Julian Quinones scores game’s only goal in 51st minute
Al-Khobar club now just two points behind league leaders Al-Nassr
Updated 28 September 2025
Arab News
RIYADH: Al-Qadsiah won 2-1 away at Al-Fateh on Saturday night to move into second place in the Saudi Pro League.
The win puts Spanish coach Michel’s team on 10 points after four games, just two behind leaders Al-Nassr, who maintained their perfect start to the season by beating Al-Ittihad 2-0 in Jeddah on Friday night.
The visitors were given a huge boost on 39 minutes when Al-Fateh goalkeeper Fernando Pacheco was given a straight red card. Amin Al-Bukhairi came on to take his place, with midfielder Othman Al-Othman sacrificed.
The game’s only goal came on 51 minutes, when Mexican forward Julian Quinones latched on to Musab Al-Juwayr’s long pass, charged into the penalty area and finished confidentially with his left foot into the roof of the net.
Earlier on Saturday, Neom won 3-2 away at Al-Riyadh to briefly go into third place, only to be leapfrogged by Al-Qadsiah, while Al-Fayha’s 2-1 win at Al-Najma lifted them to ninth in the table.
Inconsistent Sabalenka advances to the fourth round at the Australian Open
Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka is chasing her third Australian Open title in four years
Daniil Medvedev rallies from two sets down to beat Fabian Marozsan of Hungary
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MELBOURNE: Top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka overcame several bouts of inconsistent play Friday to beat Anastasia Potapova 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7) and advance to the fourth round at the Australian Open. Sabalenka, chasing her third Australian Open title in four years, led 6-5 and 40-0 in the opening set but Potapova saved all three set points to send it to a tiebreaker. Sabalenka led 3-0 in the tiebreaker before Potapova leveled at 3-3. Sabalenka held two more set points and clinched the set when she laced a backhand down the line off Potapova’s second serve. After trailing 4-0 in the second set, Potapova rallied to tie it 4-4 and again force a tiebreaker. Potapova had three set points to win the set in the tiebreaker, but Sabalenka rallied when the pressure was on. “She played incredible tennis,” Sabalenka said of Potapova in her on-court TV interview. “I was always on the back foot. There are days where you just have to fight and … it was such a fight.” Sabalenka won the Australian Open title in 2023 and 2024 and was the runner-up a year ago to Madison Keys. Sabalenka has also won the US Open twice. In other women’s matches, No. 17 Victoria Mboko defeated 14th-seeded Clara Tauson 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-3. On the men’s side, No. 11 Daniil Medvedev rallied from two sets down to beat Fabian Marozsan of Hungary 6-7 (5), 4-6, 7-5, 6-0, 6-3. Medvedev is the 2021 US Open champion. Also, No. 19 Tommy Paul of the United States beat Alejandro Davidovich when Davidovich retired after dropping the first two sets 6-1, 6-1. And 25th-seeded Learner Tien of the United States defeated Nuno Borges 7-6 (9), 6-4, 6-2. Tien will play Medvedev in the fourth round. In later matches on Friday, top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz played Corentin Moutet, and third-seeded Coco Gauff played fellow American Hailey Baptiste.
