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SPORTS Wednesday 13 november 2019

Austria's Dominic Thiem celebrates after defeating Serbia's No-
vak Djokovic in their ATP World Tour Finals singles tennis match
at the O2 Arena in London, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.

Continued from Page 18 In the best match of the
The Djokovic-Federer re- tournament so far, Djokov-
match was always going ic needed to play near
to be the highlight of the flawless tennis in the first
group stage at the sea- set — making just two un-
son-ending tournament — forced errors — to hold off
where they have 11 titles the Austrian. Washington Capitals right wing Garnet Hathaway (21) tries to get the puck past Arizona Coyotes
between them — but now At 65 minutes, the first set goaltender Antti Raanta (32), of Finland, during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Mon-
becomes even more of a alone was longer than day, Nov. 11, 2019, in Washington.
blockbuster with a semifinal Djokovic's entire straight- Associated Press
spot directly at stake. sets win over Berrettini on
Federer also has the add- Sunday. Coyotes win in shootout, snap
ed incentive of avenging But Thiem's aggressive shot-
that Wimbledon defeat, making started paying
two match points before broke Djokovic to take a Capitals' win streak at 6
when the Swiss star missed dividends after that, as he
losing 13-12 (3) in the de- 2-0 lead in the second set
ciding set. and then again to start the WASHINGTON (AP) — players on the ice in mak- snap a four-game losing
"Actually, it's good for me third. However, Djokovic Conor Garland scored the ing 31 saves during regula- streak.
to play him again, and fought back to level at shootout winner minutes tion and overtime. Raanta Warren Foegele, Ryan Dzin-
maybe that all helps to 3-3 and then thought he after an apparent Capitals went spread eagle to deny gel and Martin Necas each
get a chance to get him had earned a match point overtime goal was waved Jakub Vrana 63 seconds in, had a goal and an assist,
back," Federer said. "May- when Thiem served at 5-4. off by video review, and made a Grade-A save on and Haydn Fleury and Dou-
be it took me a few days, With the score at 30-30, the Arizona Coyotes re- Tom Wilson less than a min- gie Hamilton also scored to
couple weeks at most, to Thiem's forehand was ini- sponded from blowing a ute later and slid over to help the Hurricanes win for
get over the Wimbledon tially called wide — before big lead to beat Washing- stop Alex Ovechkin from his only the second time this
loss. . We'll find out, but I a Hawk-Eye review showed ton 4-3 Monday night. patented spot on the pow- month (2-4-0) after match-
think it's all flushed away that it had clipped the line. The NHL-leading Capi- er play in the third period. ing a franchise record with
from my side. A lot of water Thiem held and then broke tals' winning streak was Clayton Keller scored in the eight wins in October. An-
has gone under the bridge Djokovic at love — only snapped at six. The Coy- first period, and Christian dre Svechnikov and Brett
since then." for the Serb to break right otes ended their own Fischer and Michael Grab- Pesce each added two
Federer has failed to reach back when the Austrian three-game skid. ner had goals 35 seconds assists, and Petr Mrazek
the semifinals only once in served for the match. Arizona blew a 3-0 lead apart early in the second stopped 26 shots for his
his previous 16 appearanc- Djokovic led 3-0 and 4-1 in for a second consecutive to build the Coyotes' lead. eighth win of the season.
es at the ATP Finals, in 2008, the tiebreaker before Thiem game but came away vic- Evgeny Kuznetsov scored Colin White and Brady Tka-
while Djokovic is trying to won five straight points and torious this time. The Coy- twice and Oshie tied it with chuk scored for Ottawa,
equal the Swiss star's record then converted his second otes thought they lost in 1:16 left to send the game which had won three of its
of six titles. match point when his op- OT when T.J. Oshie scored, to overtime. previous four games. An-
Thiem, for his part, has now ponent hit a forehand into but the goal was wiped out HURRICANES 8, SENATORS 2 ders Nilsson gave up four
beaten Djokovic in four the net. after a replay review be- RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Se- goals on 19 shots before
of their last five meetings Federer earned the only cause the play was offside. bastian Aho scored twice, being pulled in the second
— although the previous break point of the first set Making a rare start for Joel Edmundson had a period, and Craig Ander-
three wins came on clay, at 6-5, but Berrettini saved Arizona, goaltender Antti goal and two assists, and son stopped 20 of the 24
his favorite surface. it with a forehand volley. q Raanta was one of the best Carolina beat Ottawa to shots he faced.q