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Jan 28 '20
KITZBUEHEL, Austria -- Gerald Melzer of Austria won 10 of the last 11 games to beat his older brother Jurgen 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 and reach his second career semifinal at the Generali Open on Thursday. Morten Andersen Jersey .Gerald Melzer plays the fourth-seeded Paolo Lorenzi of Italy for a place in Saturdays final. In the other semifinal, the sixth-seeded Dusan Lajovic of Serbia takes on Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia. None of the four semifinalists has won an ATP title before.Appearing in his first ATP event after a 10-month layoff following shoulder surgery, Jurgen Melzer dominated the opening set but lost control after an hour-long interruption of the match because of rain early in the second set.I am happy to be in the semifinals but Id rather won against a different opponent today, said Gerald Melzer, who failed to win a match on ATP level this season coming into the tournament.Earlier Thursday, Lorenzi missed two match points in the second set before beating Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 and advancing to his third career semifinal.The 48th-ranked Italian failed to serve out the match at 5-4 in the second set, and missed two more match points on Struffs serve in the final set before converting his fifth chance after more than three hours of play.It was a great battle, Lorenzi said. I had two match points after an hour and 20 minutes but usually I love a good fight so I am happy with this match.Earlier, Lajovic defeated Karen Khachanov of Russia 6-3, 6-2 for his second win in 10 career quarterfinals.Basilashvili reached his maiden semifinal after coming from behind to beat Adam Pavlasek of the Czech Republic 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-3. Hokie Gajan Jersey . Having already announced that the race will start May 9 with three stages in Northern Ireland and Ireland and finish in Trieste on June 1, the rest of the route was unveiled Monday. Doug Atkins Jersey . Now, correct me if Im wrong but I saw one official distinctly pointing at the net indicating a good goal but after an inconclusive review they overturned the goal. Shouldnt the ruling on the ice (good goal) stand after an inconclusive review? Why was this overturned? James Veaudry Pembroke, ON -- Hey Kerry, Youll get a lot of these, but why was the Montreal goal against Nashville Saturday night overturned? Eller puts the puck on net and the on ice ruling from the ref behind the net is a Montreal goal. http:///...sey-large-1692e.html . I cant pinpoint a date, but I do remember a player from my youth. Brian Downing was with the Chicago White Sox at a time when I listened to every game I possibly could on the radio. That particular season the late great Harry Caray was calling the White Sox games. PARIS -- Cristiano Ronaldo and Ricardo Carvalho have waited a dozen years to reach another final with Portugal. Some teammates will have a more recent Portuguese setback on their minds going into Sundays European Championship final against France.Joao Mario, William Carvalho, Rafa Silva and Raphael Guerreiro were in the squad at the European Under-21 Championship a year ago when Portugal was denied the title by Sweden.I have lost a final last year and I hope this year things are different, the 23-year-old Mario said Friday. Im sure that its the match of our lives because theres nothing better than playing in a tournament like this one for our country.Marios stock has certainly been on the rise in the last year. What he lacks in height, he makes up for with intelligent technique on the ball. The playmaker has been linked with a post-Euro 2016 move from Sporting Lisbon to Inter Milan.My only focus is on playing this final, Mario said, avoiding discussing his club career at the Portugal training base south of Paris.If Mario needs advice on leaving Portugal for one of Europes bigger leagues, he only has to look across the dressing room at Ronaldo and Ricardo Carvalho. Ronaldo left Sporting for Manchester United in 2003. A year later, after impressing in central defense at Euro 2004, Carvalho earned a move from Porto to Chelsea.Ronaldo and Carvalho, veterans of the Euro 2004 final loss to Greece on home soil, are well placed to calm any anxieties heading into Sundays final at the Stade de France.We have players who give us advice at certain moments in the match, Mario said, without providing names. Theyre older and more experienced, thats normal, but were also a bit cheeky towards them, which comes from our youth. The most iimportant thing is to give the young players a chance, and the coach did. Cheap Custom Saints Jersey. Older players are getting chances too from coach Fernando Santos.At the other end of the age scale to Mario is 32-year-old Jose Fonte who has had to make the international grade the hard way.Five years ago, the defender was playing in the English third tier -- the start of a rise to the Premier League with Southampton where he remains.Obviously Ive always had the ambition and the desire and the belief that I could get there (to the Portugal team), Fonte said this week. As soon as I could get to the Premier League, I thought Id be closer to the dream, to my target.Fortunately, weve been able to progress at Southampton to be a top-six or seven club in the Premier League, and that gave me the opportunity to be selected by the manager (Santos). Its something that I am proud of and something Ill always cherish, this time in Euro 2016.Its not over yet.Portugal will need to beat France for the first time since 1975 if it is to win a first major international title. The Portuguese arent trying to avoid being weighed down by the lop-sided nature of the rivalry.France hadnt beaten Germany for a long time but they did yesterday, Mario said. Im sure that France will go out onto the pitch with a different mentality. Theyll be playing at home and theyre allowed to dream of victory.Were very ambitious and were aware of our past against France. Thats what will motivate us and certainly give us even more strength to win this final.---Rob Harris can be followed at www.twitter.com/RobHarris and www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports ' ' '
