San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
CANADIAN BEATS NO. 1 ALCARAZ
Felix Auger-aliassime extended his perfect career record against top-ranked
Carlos Alcaraz to win 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals at the Swiss Indoors on Saturday at Basel, Switzerland.
The ninth-ranked Canadian improved to 3-0 against the U.S. Open champion and ran his overall win streak to 12 matches in October.
Alcaraz created the first break-point chance faced by Auger-aliassime all week in Basel, but could not take it in what proved to be the final game.
Auger-aliassime clinched with a service winner and will seek his third straight title in today’s final against another 19-year-old,
Holger Rune.
“So far it has been very close to perfect,” Augeraliassime said of his play in Basel. “I’ve been serving amazing, not getting broken once yet.
“There’s still one match to go, but it’s been a fantastic week, played some great tennis, and again today against the best player in the world.”
Rune, who is ranked No. 25 though is unseeded in Basel, advanced to the final after beating sixth-seeded
Roberto Bautista Agut 7-6 (1), 7-6 (6).
Locally
Katie Lukes, who had 17 kills, led No. 3 University of San Diego women’s volleyball (20-1, 11-0 WCC) to its 17th consecutive win in the Jenny Craig Pavilion, a 3-0 sweep of visiting Gonzaga (5-18, 1-11).
Lukes reached 1,200 career kills in what marked the Toreros’ shortest match (1:17) of 2022.
• The San Diego State women’s volleyball team (617, 4-8 MW) received doubledigit kills from three players to defeat host Wyoming in a grueling four-set match.
• A comeback bid fell short and the 13th-ranked UC San Diego men’s water polo team (11-11, 6-1) suffered its first Western Water Polo Association loss by a score of 15-12 at 12th-ranked Loyola Marymount (15-5, 7-0).
• On Senior Day for No. 16 Point Loma Nazarene women’s soccer, it was freshman Lily Paulson’s first collegaite goal that gave the Sea Lions (10-2-4, 5-1-2 Pacwest) a 1-0 win over visiting Hawaii Pacific.
• The San Diego Gulls lost 7-3 to the Abbotsford Canucks late Friday in the first of back-to-back games at Abbotsford Centre. Axel Andersson and Austin Strand scored their first goals of the season and Brayden Tracey scored his third for the Gulls. On Saturday night, the Gulls (34-0) put in a better defensive effort and came away with a 3-2 shootout victory. Danny O’ragan scored the winning goal in fourth round of the shootout.
Boxing
Vasiliy Lomachenko returned from military service in Ukraine and beat Jamaine Ortiz by unanimous decision at Madsion Square Garden to restart his quest to get another shot at the lightweight titles. Lomachenko got stronger as the fight went on after a slow start that perhaps could have been due to his ring rust. Lomachenko (17-2) won by scores of 117-111, 116112 and 115-113.
International soccer
Brighton defeated Chelsea 4-1 in the English Premier League to hand Graham Potter his first loss since leaving the southcoast club to take over the Blues in September. The loss means Chelsea dropped eight points behind Manchester City.
City took the overnight lead in the standings by beating Leicester 1-0 away thanks to an inch-perfect free kick from Kevin De Bruyne in the second half. Tottenham came from two goals down in the second half to beat Bournemouth 3-2 and halt a run of two straight league losses. Resurgent Newcastle has won five of its last six after routing Aston Villa 4-0 at home. Liverpool lost at home to Leeds 2-1. Fulham and Everton finished 0-0.
• Robert Lewandowski scored in stoppage time to snatch Barcelona a 1-0 win at Valencia and pull the team level with Real Madrid atop the Spanish league.
• Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe all scored as Paris Saint-germain beat Troyes 4-3 in the French league.
• Bayern Munich is back on top of the Bundesliga for a day at least. It swept aside Mainz 6-2 to continue the champion’s impressive run of big wins. Sadio Mane bagged one goal and set up two more as Bayern cruised to its sixth straight win in all competitions.
Horse racing
Back at her preferred distance, trainer Phil D’amato’s Going Global ($2.60) was nothing short of brilliant in defending her title in the Grade II, $200,000 Goldikova Stakes at Santa Anita by 1½ lengths. In what figures to be her career finale, the diminutive 4-year-old Irish-bred filly got one mile on turf in 1:33.85 under Umberto Rispoli. Cabo Spirit ($7.40), with Joe Bravo aboard, won the Grade II Twilight Derby by a half length. Trained by George Papaprodromou, Cabo Spirit, a 3-year-old gelding by Pioneerof the Nile, got a mile and one eighth on turf in 1:49.46. And D’amato scored again when Rhea Moon ($14.60) won the Grade III Autumn Miss for 3-yearold fillies at one mile on the grass.