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sports Diaranson 10 augustus 2022

Dynamo Kyiv reaches Champions League playoffs; PSV advances

(AP) — Dynamo Kyiv’s baijan title holder shocked
unlikely run toward the Ferencváros 3-1 in Budapest
Champions League con- to advance 4-2 on aggregate.
tinued with an extra-time
win over Sturm Graz in Norwegian club Bodø/Glimt
the third qualifying round is building a European repu-
on Tuesday. tation after reaching the Eu-
ropa Conference League
The Ukrainian club is now quarterfinals last season, and
two games away from mak- eased into the Champions
ing the lucrative group stage League playoffs with a 1-1
of the Champions League as draw in Lithuania that com-
it faces a playoff against Ben- pleted a 6-1 aggregate win
fica over the next two weeks. over Žalgiris.
Bodø/Glimt will host Dina-
Goals from defender Kos- mo Zagreb next week, after
tiantyn Vivcharenko in the the Croatian champion’s 4-2
97th minute and midfielder win at home to Ludogorets
Viktor Tsyhankov in the made it 6-3 on aggregate.
112th lifted Dynamo to a 2-1
win in Austria and a 3-1 vic- Ludogorets ended the game
tory on aggregate. with eight players, getting
three red cards starting with
Dynamo’s four Champions midfielder Dominic Yankov
League qualifying games group stage. Shakhtar earned overcome Monaco 3-2 in the in the 17th minute.
in the past 20 days are the its place by being top of the game and 4-3 on aggregate Union, Monaco, Sturm Graz
only competitive matches it Ukrainian Premier League and Midtjylland will instead Red Star Belgrade, the 1991
has played all year because when it was abandoned last Trailing Monaco in the 89th enter the group stage of the European Cup winner, eased
of Russia’s was on its home season because of the war. minute, the 1988 European second-tier Europa League. to a 2-0 win at Armenia’s
country. Ukrainian clubs champion got an equalizing That draw is made on Aug. Pyunik for a 7-0 aggregate
are also relying on depleted Dynamo will host Benfica goal from Érick Gutiérrez, 26. score.
rosters with little hope of at- in the first leg next week in the Mexico midfielder, to
tracting players from other Łódź, Poland, where it is tie the game at 2-2. UEFA Sheriff was eliminated Tues- Maccabi Haifa awaits Red
countries. playing its “home” games in scrapped the away-goals rule day and will not return to the Star in the playoffs, despite
For the second straight quali- the European competition. last year so Monaco did not group stage where its debut a 2-0 loss in Cyprus against
fying round, Dynamo need- Russian teams have been advance when the overall season one year ago started Apollon. Maccabi won the
ed extra time and late goals in banned from UEFA and score was 3-3 after regulation with wins against Shakhtar first leg 4-0.
the away leg to advance. FIFA competitions. time. and eventual champion Real
Benfica eased past Midtjyl- PSV next faces Rangers, Madrid. National champions who
The next challenge for Dyna- land 7-2 on aggregate with which overcame Belgian The champion of Moldova were eliminated Tuesday
mo and veteran coach Mircea a 3-1 win in Denmark on newcomer Union Saint- lost 2-1 at Viktoria Plzeź now move across to the Eu-
Lucescu is a two-leg play- Tuesday. Gilloise’s two-goal lead from to go out 4-2 on aggregate ropa League playoffs next
off against Benfica as it tries PSV Eindhoven also need- the first leg, winning 3-0 in against the Czech champion. week.
to join Shakhtar Donetsk ed an extra-time goal, from Glasgow and 3-2 on aggre- Plzeź next faces Qarabağ in
in the Champions League Luuk de Jong in the 109th, to gate. the playoffs after the Azer-

Osaka exits opening match at Toronto with back injury

(AP) — Naomi Osaka re- Entering the tournament, an Achilles injury. guruza of Spain.
tired from her opening Osaka had been eliminated Kanepi won four of the next
match at the National from her last three compe- Prior to that run, she had her In other matches, 10th seed- seven games to go up 5-3.
Bank Open due to a back titions in the first or second best tournament of the year ed Gauff beat fellow Ameri- From there, Osaka had to
injury Tuesday. round, including a straight- making it to the final of the can Madison Brenglem 6-1, fight her way out of two set-
sets loss to Coco Gauff at last Miami Open in early April 6-3; China’s Zheng Qinwen point opportunities from
Osaka was trailing Estonia’s week’s Mubadala Silicon Val- before losing to top-ranked got past Canada’s Rebecca Kanepi. With a mix of a strong
Kaia Kanepi 7-6 (4), 3-0 ley Classic. That was her first Iga Swiatek. Marino, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4; backhand and multiple errors
when she withdrew from the tournament since the French The 31st-ranked Kanepi will Italy’s Camila Giorgi defeat- from Kanepi, Osaka was able
match. Open as she recovered from next play No. 8 Garbine Mu- ed ninth-seeded Emma Ra- to tie it up and send the set to
ducanu of England, 7-6 (0), a tiebreaker.
6-2. Elise Mertens of Bel- With the tiebreaker tied 3-3,
gium, Sara Sorribes Tormo Kanepi turned up her level of
of Spain, Ajla Tomljanovic of play taking four of the next
Russia, Amanda Anisimova five points as Osaka handed
of the United States, and her set point on a shot past
Zhang Shuai of China also the baseline. Kanepi built
advanced. on that momentum in the
second set, taking advantage
Osaka struggled with un- of Osaka’s mishaps and fir-
forced errors and had four of ing sharp forehands past the
her five double faults in the Japanese star.
first set. She won the first
game with the help of three After hitting her second ace
unforced errors from Kane- of the match earlier in the fi-
pi, but the four-time Grand nal game, Kanepi closed out
Slam champion lost her mo- with a strong serve that Osa-
mentum after going up 2-1. ka returned high and wide.