The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Big debut may earn Mullens another start

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San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said he has not decided on who will start at quarterbac­k next game after Nick Mullens threw for 262 yards and three touchdowns in his debut.

Mullens started ahead of C.J. Beathard, who was nursing a wrist injury, and led the 49ers to a 34-3 victory over the Raiders on Thursday night in Santa Clara.

Shanahan said he will have a decision early next week when the players return from their long weekend.

Shanahan also said running back Raheem Mostert and cornerback Emmanuel Moseley will need season-ending surgery after getting injured against the Raiders. Mostert broke his arm, and Moseley dislocated his shoulder.

Mostert had 41 carries for 297 yards this season as a backup to Matt Breida, including a 52-yard touchdown against Oakland.

■ Chargers running back Melvin Gordon is questionab­le for Sunday’s game at Seattle. Gordon missed the Chargers’ last game on Oct. 21 in London against Tennessee due to a hamstring injury. The fourth-year running back was listed as a full participan­t during Friday’s practice after being limited Wednesday and Thursday.

■ The Broncos will be without starters Bradley Roby, Darian Stewart, Brandon Marshall and rookie returner DaeSean Hamilton for their game against the Texans on Sunday. The Broncos activated safety Su’a Cravens off injured reserve and replaced receiver Isaiah McKenzie with River Cracraft.

Tennis: Novak Djokovic remains on course for a fifth Paris Masters title after beating Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 on Friday to set up a semifinal against Roger Federer.

Federer advanced to their 47th career meeting by beating Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4, his sixth straight win against the Japanese player.

Federer has won this tournament only once, in 2011, and has not played here since 2015. He was given a huge ovation by the crowd after his win.

Now he has to find a way past Djokovic, the Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion who has beaten Federer in their past three meetings and leads him 24-22 overall.

Golf: Defending champion Justin Rose has a twoshot lead halfway through the Turkish Airlines Open after consecutiv­e 6-underpar 65s. Another Englishman, Tom Lewis, posted the low score so far of 63 to share second with Danny Willett (65) and 2016 champion Thorbjorn Olesen (67).

Rose could return to No. 1 with a win Sunday.

■ Peter Uihlein topped the leaderboar­d at 8-under 63 on Thursday in the Shriners Hospitals For Children Open in Las Vegas, with Jordan Spieth three strokes back in his season debut. Uihlein birdied six of his final nine holes in the morning round at TPC Summerlin.

■ So Yeon Ryu shot a 7-under 65 to take a one-shot lead after the first round of the Toto Japan Classic. Nasa Hataoka of Japan and South Koreans Jiyai Shin and In-Kyung Kim were a stroke back.

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