VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ELITE MATCH BETWEEN AL AHLI AND AL GHARAFA COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (AFC – See restrictions before use)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE AFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ELITE MATCH BETWEEN AL AHLI AND AL GHARAFA RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (AFC – See restrictions before use) AL-AHLI (WHITE AND GREEN) V AL-GHARAFA (BLUE AND YELLOW) 1. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS WALKING OUT AND SHAKING HANDS FIRST HALF 2. GOAL! (32’) AL-AHLI WINGER, MATHEUS GONCALVES, FINDS MIDFIELDER, ENZO MILLOT, WHO FIRES IT IF OFF THE CROSS BAR. AL-AHLI LEAD 1-0 3. REPLAY OF GOAL 4. GOAL! (38’) GONCALVES AGAIN WITH THE ASSIST, THIS TIME HE SETS UP MIDFIELDER, FRANCK KESSIE, WHO HEADS IT HOME. AL-AHLI LEAD 2-0 5. REPLAY OF GOAL 6. GOAL! (41’) KESSIE PICKS UP A PASS INSIDE THE BOX AND SCORE HIS SECOND. AL-AHLI LEAD 3-0 7. REPLAY OF GOAL SECOND HALF 8. GOAL! (76’) AL-AHLI MAKE A BREAK, THE GOALKEEPER COMES OUT OF THE GOAL AND WINGER, SALEH ABU AL-SHAMAT, BEATS HIM AND SHOOTS INTO AN EMPTY GOAL. AL-AHLI LEAD 4-0 9. REPLAY OF GOAL 10. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS AT FULL-TIME STORY: Defending champions Al-Ahli cruised to a 4-0 win over Qatar's Al-Gharafa in Jeddah on Monday (October 20) to move to the top of the Asian Champions League Elite standings as fellow Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad picked up their first victory of the campaign. Former Barcelona midfielder Franck Kessie scored twice after Enzo Millot had given Al-Ahli the lead at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in a devastating first-half performance by Matthias Jaissle's side. Millot put the hosts ahead in the 32nd minute when he hooked in a close-range volley via the underside of the crossbar and Kessie added the second six minutes later with a towering header. The Ivorian scored the third before half-time when he charged through the defence to pick up a return pass from Riyad Mahrez and slotted in. Saleh Abu Al-Shamat rolled in the fourth 14 minutes from time. Al-Ahli moved on to seven points from three games in the western league phase of the competition, with the top eight finishers advancing to March's knockout rounds. Al-Ahli are level on seven points with Al-Wahda from the UAE, who fought back from a goal down to Qatar's Al-Duhail to pick up a 3-1 win in Abu Dhabi, with goals from Brahima Diarra and Ala Zouhir securing the points for the home side. Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal are third in the 12-team standings on six points from two games and will face Al-Sadd from Qatar on Tuesday (October 21). (Production: Kurt Michael Hall)
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VIDEO SHOWS: NEWCASTLE UNITED PRESS CONFERENCE WITH EDDIE HOWE AHEAD OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST BENFICA / BENFICA PRESS CONFERENCE WITH JOSE MOURINHO COMPLETE SHOTLIST AND SCRIPT TO FOLLOW STORY: (Production: Lucy Thomson, Kurt Michael Hall)
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VIDEO SHOWS: NEWCASTLE UNITED PRESS CONFERENCE WITH EDDIE HOWE AHEAD OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST BENFICA / BENFICA PRESS CONFERENCE WITH JOSE MOURINHO RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT AND TO REPLACE SLATE SHOWS: NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (UEFA – This content can only be used in the reporting of the UEFA Champions League 2025/2026 season – no other use allowed. No commercial use. Must on-screen courtesy " UEFA 2025". No resales. No sublicensing. No monetisation.) 1. NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, SAYING: "We feel like we need another game. We're delighted to play quickly and try to build momentum back in our performance. I felt reflecting on the Brighton game was mixed. So, a lot of good in the game. Ultimately, it doesn't matter. We lost the game, and we know we need to improve." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, SAYING: "Yeah, we'll give him [Sandro Tonali] every opportunity, I think. He wasn't there, obviously, at training today and he's such an important player. So, yeah, we'll use all the hours we have." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, SAYING: "I said this before, the previous Champions League game, we're desperate to qualify in the competition. We know the importance of our home games. So, after the disappointment of Barcelona, we're looking forward to this one." 8. WHITE FLASH 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, ON JOSE MOURINHO, SAYING: "The characteristics that he has as a manager—his teams are very hard to beat; his teams are incredibly well-organised. I think we'll see all of those things on the pitch tomorrow. I think he has a way of inspiring his teams to be very, very good off the ball. They're very disciplined in the games that I've seen since he's taken over as manager. There's highlights there against Chelsea. I thought they were very close to getting a great result. It's a really tight game, and we know it's a difficult place to go, and the game against Porto was equally, you know, really tight. That was a very good defensive performance from his Benfica team. So, I think we know what to expect, and it's going to be up to us to try and influence our players and deliver the game plan that we want." 10. WHITE FLASH 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, SAYING: "We're under no illusions. It's going to be tactically an interesting game, a difficult challenge for us, but one that hopefully we can rise to." 12. WHITE FLASH 13. HOWE DEPARTING PRESS CONFERENCE 14. BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, ENTERING PRESS CONFERENCE 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, SAYING: “We might win. And then we wouldn’t have needed anything else. It could happen. It might be that we win the match and after the match we’ll say we weren’t missing anything to win here. Let’s see. But essentially, we face an opponent, like in every match. Lots of times you have a game plan that you put into practice, and other times you can’t. You just can’t do it. And then people start talking about it being the wrong game plan. But lots of times, it’s not the game plan that was wrong, sometimes your opponent makes it look like the wrong game plan. But we’re facing a very strong, very strong, team tomorrow.” 16. WHITE FLASH 17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, ON FORMER NEWCASTLE MANAGER, SIR BOBBY ROBSON, SAYING: “Sir Bobby is a legend here. And in England, when you are a legend, there are many reasons to be a legend. He loved this club. He gave everything to this club.” 18. WHITE FLASH 19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, ON FORMER NEWCASTLE MANAGER, SIR BOBBY ROBSON, SAYING: “One thing is the opportunities that he gave me. He took me to Barcelona. And for a young guy to go to Barcelona and to have the opportunity to stay there as long as I stayed there – because even after Sir Bobby, I stayed there for three more years. So, it was an incredible experience for me. And that door was a huge door that was only opened by Sir Bobby. The second thing is what I learned at the football level and at the human level. And the third thing was the trust he put in me. Especially at that period, because now it is more like that – but at that period, assistant coaches were very limited in their area of action. Nowadays, it’s different. Now, assistant coaches are more important. They have more freedom. They have more responsibilities. He put a lot of trust in me. So, of course, I consider him to be very important for my career. I tried to pay with everything that I gave and what did I give him? I don’t know. I only know that I gave everything I had. And that, for me, is enough.” 20. WHITE FLASH 21. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, ON ANY REGRETS OF NOT COACHING AT NEWCASTLE, SAYING: “I don’t have regrets because I never had the chance to (coach at Newcastle). I never said ‘no’ to Newcastle. And I’ve said ‘no’ to many clubs in my career – always with huge respect, but sometimes I’d have to say ‘no, I’m not interested. No, it’s not the right time’. I’ve never been contacted by Newcastle United at any moment. So, I don’t regret anything. And to be honest, now I don’t think they need a coach. I hope they don’t need one in the coming years. Which would mean that everything goes well for the club and for Eddie, which is what I wish. But on top of that, at this moment of my career, there isn’t another club where I could be happier and more motivated than I am at Benfica. So, I wouldn’t change Benfica for any club at the moment.” / MOURINHO LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE STORY: Newcastle United will look to claim consecutive Champions League victories for the first time in more than a decade, when they take on Benfica at St James' Park in London on Tuesday (October 21). Eddie Howe's side, who are coming off a 2-1 Premier League loss to Brighton on Saturday (October, 18), have not won back-to-back games in the League since February 2003. If Newcastle are to pull off the win, they may have to do it without Sandro Tonali, who was absent from training Monday (October 20) due to illness. "We'll give him every opportunity, he wasn't there obviously at training today, and he's such an important player so we'll use all the hours we have" Howe said. The Portuguese club will travel to England in search of their first competition points in three matches, after having lost to Qarabag FK and Chelsea. Coach Jose Mourinho said he had a game plan in place but said Newcastle will be a hard team to face in a tough stadium to play away at. “We’re facing a very strong, very strong, team tomorrow,” Mourinho told a press conference. (Production: Lucy Thomson, Kurt Michael Hall)
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VIDEO SHOWS: NEWCASTLE UNITED PRESS CONFERENCE WITH EDDIE HOWE AHEAD OF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MATCH AGAINST BENFICA / BENFICA PRESS CONFERENCE WITH JOSE MOURINHO RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT AND TO REPLACE SLATE SHOWS: NEWCASTLE, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (UEFA – This content can only be used in the reporting of the UEFA Champions League 2025/2026 season – no other use allowed. No commercial use. Must on-screen courtesy " UEFA 2025". No resales. No sublicensing. No monetisation.) 1. NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, AT PRESS CONFERENCE 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, SAYING: "We feel like we need another game. We're delighted to play quickly and try to build momentum back in our performance. I felt reflecting on the Brighton game was mixed. So, a lot of good in the game. Ultimately, it doesn't matter. We lost the game, and we know we need to improve." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, SAYING: "Yeah, we'll give him [Sandro Tonali] every opportunity, I think. He wasn't there, obviously, at training today and he's such an important player. So, yeah, we'll use all the hours we have." 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, SAYING: "I said this before, the previous Champions League game, we're desperate to qualify in the competition. We know the importance of our home games. So, after the disappointment of Barcelona, we're looking forward to this one." 8. WHITE FLASH 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, ON JOSE MOURINHO, SAYING: "The characteristics that he has as a manager—his teams are very hard to beat; his teams are incredibly well-organised. I think we'll see all of those things on the pitch tomorrow. I think he has a way of inspiring his teams to be very, very good off the ball. They're very disciplined in the games that I've seen since he's taken over as manager. There's highlights there against Chelsea. I thought they were very close to getting a great result. It's a really tight game, and we know it's a difficult place to go, and the game against Porto was equally, you know, really tight. That was a very good defensive performance from his Benfica team. So, I think we know what to expect, and it's going to be up to us to try and influence our players and deliver the game plan that we want." 10. WHITE FLASH 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) NEWCASTLE UNITED MANAGER, EDDIE HOWE, SAYING: "We're under no illusions. It's going to be tactically an interesting game, a difficult challenge for us, but one that hopefully we can rise to." 12. WHITE FLASH 13. HOWE DEPARTING PRESS CONFERENCE 14. BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, ENTERING PRESS CONFERENCE 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese) BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, SAYING: “We might win. And then we wouldn’t have needed anything else. It could happen. It might be that we win the match and after the match we’ll say we weren’t missing anything to win here. Let’s see. But essentially, we face an opponent, like in every match. Lots of times you have a game plan that you put into practice, and other times you can’t. You just can’t do it. And then people start talking about it being the wrong game plan. But lots of times, it’s not the game plan that was wrong, sometimes your opponent makes it look like the wrong game plan. But we’re facing a very strong, very strong, team tomorrow.” 16. WHITE FLASH 17. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, ON FORMER NEWCASTLE MANAGER, SIR BOBBY ROBSON, SAYING: “Sir Bobby is a legend here. And in England, when you are a legend, there are many reasons to be a legend. He loved this club. He gave everything to this club.” 18. WHITE FLASH 19. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, ON FORMER NEWCASTLE MANAGER, SIR BOBBY ROBSON, SAYING: “One thing is the opportunities that he gave me. He took me to Barcelona. And for a young guy to go to Barcelona and to have the opportunity to stay there as long as I stayed there – because even after Sir Bobby, I stayed there for three more years. So, it was an incredible experience for me. And that door was a huge door that was only opened by Sir Bobby. The second thing is what I learned at the football level and at the human level. And the third thing was the trust he put in me. Especially at that period, because now it is more like that – but at that period, assistant coaches were very limited in their area of action. Nowadays, it’s different. Now, assistant coaches are more important. They have more freedom. They have more responsibilities. He put a lot of trust in me. So, of course, I consider him to be very important for my career. I tried to pay with everything that I gave and what did I give him? I don’t know. I only know that I gave everything I had. And that, for me, is enough.” 20. WHITE FLASH 21. (SOUNDBITE) (English) BENFICA COACH, JOSE MOURINHO, ON ANY REGRETS OF NOT COACHING AT NEWCASTLE, SAYING: “I don’t have regrets because I never had the chance to (coach at Newcastle). I never said ‘no’ to Newcastle. And I’ve said ‘no’ to many clubs in my career – always with huge respect, but sometimes I’d have to say ‘no, I’m not interested. No, it’s not the right time’. I’ve never been contacted by Newcastle United at any moment. So, I don’t regret anything. And to be honest, now I don’t think they need a coach. I hope they don’t need one in the coming years. Which would mean that everything goes well for the club and for Eddie, which is what I wish. But on top of that, at this moment of my career, there isn’t another club where I could be happier and more motivated than I am at Benfica. So, I wouldn’t change Benfica for any club at the moment.” / MOURINHO LEAVING PRESS CONFERENCE STORY: Newcastle United will look to claim consecutive Champions League victories for the first time in more than a decade, when they take on Benfica at St James' Park in London on Tuesday (October 21). Eddie Howe's side, who are coming off a 2-1 Premier League loss to Brighton on Saturday (October, 18), have not won back-to-back games in the League since February 2003. If Newcastle are to pull off the win, they may have to do it without Sandro Tonali, who was absent from training Monday (October 20) due to illness. "We'll give him every opportunity, he wasn't there obviously at training today, and he's such an important player so we'll use all the hours we have" Howe said. The Portuguese club will travel to England in search of their first competition points in three matches, after having lost to Qarabag FK and Chelsea. Coach Jose Mourinho said he had a game plan in place but said Newcastle will be a hard team to face in a tough stadium to play away at. “We’re facing a very strong, very strong, team tomorrow,” Mourinho told a press conference. (Production: Lucy Thomson, Kurt Michael Hall)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY ONE OF THE VIENNA OPEN, AN ATP 500 EVENT COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (ATP MEDIA / IMG – See restrictions before use)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ATP SWISS INDOORS BASEL RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: BASEL, SWITZERLAND (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (ATP MEDIA / IMG – See restrictions before use) ALEJANDRO DAVIDOVICH FOKINA (SPAIN / WHITE SHIRT) BEATING LORENZO SONEGO (ITALY) 7-6(2) 6-4 1. SONEGO WALKING OUT 2. DAVIDOVICH FOKINA WALKING OUT FIRST SET 3. SONEGO ON SERVE, DAVIDOVICH FOKINA WITH A FOREHAND WINNER 4. (TIEBREAK) SONEGO ON SERVE, DAVIDOVICH FOKINA WITH A FOREHAND WINNER TO GO UP 6-2 ON THE TIEBREAK SECOND SET 5. MATCH POINT – SONEGO ON SERVE, SONEGO GOES WIDE AND DAVIDOVICH FOKINA GETS THE BREAK TO WIN THE MATCH 7-6(2) 6-4 6. VARIOUS OF DAVIDOVICH FOKINA CELEBRATING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH SONEGO JAKUB MENSIK (CZECH REPUBLIC / BLACK CAP) BEATING HENRY BERNET 7-6(1) 6-7(7) 6-3 FIRST SET 7. SET POINT – MENSIK ON SERVE, BERNET NETS AND MENSIK WINS THE SET 7-6(1) SECOND SET 8. MENSIK ON SERVE, MENSIK WITH A NO-LOOK TWEENER, BUT BERNET IS THERE FOR THE EASY POINT 9. (TIEBREAK) MENSIK ON SERVE, GREAT EFFORT BY BERNET TO GET THE POINT FROM AT THE NET AND GO ON TO WIN THE SET THIRD SET 10. BREAK POINT – BERNET ON SERVE, BERNET GOES LONG AND MENSIK GETS THE BREAK TO GO UP 2-0 11. MATCH POINT – MENSIK ON SERVE, BERNET NETS AND MENSIK WINS THE MATCH 7-6(1) 6-7(7) 6-3 12. VARIOUS OF MENSIK CELERBATING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH BERNET JENSON BROOKSBY (UNITED STATES / WHITE CAP) BEATING ALEXANDRE MULLER (FRANCE) 6-4 6-3 FIRST SET 13. BROOKSBY ON SERVE, BROOKSBY WITH A GREAT, REACHING FOREHAND WINNER SECOND SET 14. MULLER ON SERVE, BROOKSBY FINDS THE LINE WITH A BACKHAND WINNER 15. REPLAY SHOWING BALL ON THE LINE 16. MATCH POINT – MULLER ON SERVE, BROOKSBY ANSWERS WITH A FOREHAND WINNER ON THE RETURN TO WIN THE MATCH 6-4 6-3 17. VARIOUS OF BROOKSBY CELEBRATING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH MULLER JAUME MUNAR (SPAIN / BLACK SHIRT) BEATING REMY BERTOLA (SWITZERLAND) 6-2 6-4 SECOND SET 18. MATCH POINT – MUNAR ON SERVE, BERTOLA’S RETURN GOES WILD AND MUNAR WINS THE MATCH 6-2 6-4 19. VARIOUS OF MUNAR CELEBRATING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH BERTOLA STORY: Seeded players Jakub Mensik of the Czech Republic and Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina had to rely on first-set tiebreak wins to secure first round wins at the Swiss Indoors Basel on Monday (October 20). Seventh-seeded Mensik wrapped up the competition on day one with a hard-fought, 2-hour, 29-minute 7-6(1) 6-7(7) 6-3 victory over Swiss wild card Henry Bernet. Mensik broke Bernet in the second game of the deciding set and never looked back. Davidovich Fokina, seeded eighth, prevailed 7-6(2) 6-4 over Italy's Lorenzo Sonego. The Spaniard recorded 23 winners in his 2-hour, 4-minute win. And Jenson Brooksby pulled a slight upset with a 6-4 6-3 win over France's Alexandre Muller while Spain's Jaume Munar ousted the host nation's Remy Bertola 6-2 6-4. (Production: Kurt Michael Hall)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY ONE OF THE VIENNA OPEN, AN ATP 500 EVENT COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (ATP MEDIA / IMG – See restrictions before use)
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VIDEO SHOWS: HIGHLIGHTS FROM DAY ONE OF THE VIENNA OPEN, AN ATP 500 EVENT RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: VIENNA, AUSTRIA (OCTOBER 20, 2025) (ATP MEDIA / IMG – See restrictions before use) ALEX DE MINAUR (AUSTRALIA / WHITE SHORTS) BEATING JURIJ RODIONOV (AUSTRIA) 6-4 6-1 1. DE MINAUR WALKING OUT 2. RODIONOV FIRST SET 3. DE MINAUR ON SERVE, DE MINAUR CHARGES AND TAKES THE POINT FROM AT THE NET SECOND SET 4. BREAK POINT – RODIONOV ON SERVE, DE MINAUR GETS POINT WITH AN OVERHEAD SHOT TO BREAK RODIONOV’S SERVE AND GO UP 5-1 TO SERVE FOR THE MATCH 6. MATCH POINT — DE MINAUR ON SERVE, RODIONOV GOES OUT AND DE MINAUR WINS THE MATCH 6-4 6-1 7. VARIOUS OF DE MINAUR SHAKING HANDS WITH RODIONOV AND THANKING CROWD TALLON GRIEKSPOOR (NETHERLANDS / LIGHT GREEN SHIRT) BEATING KAREN KHACHANOV (RUSSIA) 6-3 5-7 6-4 8. GRIEKSPOOR WALKING OUT 9. KHACHANOV WALKING OUT FIRST SET 10. SET POINT – GRIEKSPOOR ON SERVE, GRIEKSPOOR WITH A FOREHAND WINNER TO WIN THE SET 6-3 SECOND SET 11. SET POINT – GRIEKSPOOR ON SERVE, GRIEKSPOOR NETS AN OVERHEAD SHOT AND KHACHANOV BREAKS HIS SERVE TO WIN THE SET 7-5 THIRD SET 12. BREAK POINT – KHACHANOV ON SERVE, GRIEKSPOOR WITH A FOREHAND WINNER TO BREAK KHACHANOV’S SERVE AND GO UP 4-3 / KHACHANOV SMASHING RACKET 13. MATCH POINT – GRIEKSPOOR ON SERVE, GRIEKSPOOR WITH A DROP SHOT TO WIN THE MATCH 6-3 5-7 6-4 14. VARIOUS OF GRIEKSPOOR CELEBRATING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH KHACHANOV ALEXANDER BUBLIK (KAZAKHSTAN / PINK SHIRT) BEATING ALEJANDRO TABILO (CHILE) 6-4 6-4 FIRST SET 15. TABILO ON SERVE, BUBLIK WITH A BACKHAND WINNER SECOND SET 16. MATCH POINT – BUBLIK ON SERVE, BUBLIK WITH A FOREHAND WINNER TO WIN THE MATCH 6- 6-4 17. VARIOUS OF BUBLIK CELEBRATING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH TABILO BRANDON NAKASHIMA (UNITED STATES / GRAY SHORTS) BEATING LUCIANO DARDERI (ITALY) 6-2 7-5 SECOND SET 18. MATCH POINT – DARDERI ON SERVE, DARDERI GOES LONG AND THEN SMASHES RACKET AS NAKASHIMA WINS THE MATCH 6-2 7-5 19. VARIOUS OF NAKASHIMA CELEBRATING AND SHAKING HANDS WITH DARDERI STORY: Third-seeded Alex de Minaur of Australia earned his 300th tour-level win, rolling past native son Jurij Rodionov 6-4 6-1 in the first round of the Vienna Open on Monday (October 20). Rodionov, a wild-card entry, hung with De Minaur through the first nine games but faltered at 4-5. He had one ad point to reach 5-5, but the Aussie came up with a winner and won the next two points to take the set. De Minaur earned two breaks in the second set to advance in 1 hour, 20 minutes. In the final match of the day, fifth-seeded Karen Khachanov of Russia lost 6-3 5-7 6-4 to Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands. Griekspoor will face Brandon Nakashima in Round 2 after the American dispatched Italy's Luciano Darderi 6-2 7-5. Earlier, Eighth-seeded Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan knocked off Chile's Alejandro Tabilo 6-4 6-4. (Production: Kurt Michael Hall)
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