ROGER, NOVAK DRAWN IN SAME HALF

London: Spectators will be hoping for a mini repeat of this year’s epic Wimbledon final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer after the two tennis legends were drawn in the same group for next week’s climax to the season, the ATP Finals. Their group clash in London will only be the best of three sets —Austria’s two-time French Open finalist Dominic Thiem and Italian Matteo Berrettini make up the quartet. World number one Rafael Nadal is in a group with this year’s US Open finalist Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece and Germany’s Alexander Zverev. Nadal declared himself fit for the finals on Tuesday after he pulled out of last week’s Paris Masters semifinal. Nadal had still replaced Djokovic as world number one in ATP rankings but the Serbian can reclaim it.

Liverpool won 4-1 in Genk two weeks ago and looked on course for another comfortable victory against the Belgians when Georginio Wijnaldum gave them the lead at Anfield.

Tanzanian striker Mbwana Ally Samatta headed Genk level before the interval, and it took a fine strike by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to win the game. “The plan was to win the game and we did that, so job done,” admitted Klopp.

Liverpool are top of Group ‘E’, a point above Napoli, who could have qualified for the last-16 with a win against Salzburg but were held.

In Germany, Inter looked to be heading for a second straight win against Dortmund as they raced into a 2-0 half-time lead with Lautaro Martinez and Matias Vecino scoring. Yet Dortmund fought back in the second half to win the game as Achraf Hakimi grabbed a brace either side of a Julian Brandt goal.