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Crown Prince Presents King's Cup to Al-Hilal FC

The final match, held Friday evening at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, pitted Al-Hilal FC against rival Al-Nassr FC. - SPA
The final match, held Friday evening at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, pitted Al-Hilal FC against rival Al-Nassr FC. - SPA
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Crown Prince Presents King's Cup to Al-Hilal FC

The final match, held Friday evening at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, pitted Al-Hilal FC against rival Al-Nassr FC. - SPA
The final match, held Friday evening at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, pitted Al-Hilal FC against rival Al-Nassr FC. - SPA

Deputizing for Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, presented the prestigious King's Cup to Al-Hilal FC following their victory in the 2023-2024 season finals, SPA repoted.
The final match, held Friday evening at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, pitted Al-Hilal FC against rival Al-Nassr FC.
Upon arrival, the Crown Prince was greeted by Deputy Governor of Makkah Region Prince Saud bin Mishaal bin Abdulaziz, Minister of Sport Prince Abdulaziz bin Turki bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Sport Badr Al-Qadi, Assistant Minister of Sport Abdul-Ilah Al-Dallak, and Saudi Arabian Football Federation President Yasser Almisehal.
The arrival ceremony culminated with the playing of the Royal Anthem.
Following a tense and competitive match, Al-Hilal FC emerged victorious after a penalty shootout that concluded with a score of 5-4.
The Crown Prince shook hands with the match officials and players of both teams after the final whistle.
The match was attended by a number of princes, ministers and officials.

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Germany beat Slovakia 3-0 despite the absence of No. 2-ranked Alexander Zverev, and 2023 runner-up Australia came out on top in its duel with France on Tuesday as the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals kicked off.

Four groups play across four cities this week to qualify for the Final 8 knockout stage to be held in Malaga, Spain, in November. The top two in each four-team group will advance.

Germany and Slovakia were the first teams in action on Tuesday playing in China in Group C, which also includes the United States. The US plays Chile on Wednesday.

Germany sent out Maximilian Marterer in the first singles match and the 104th-ranked player won 6-4, 7-5 against Lukas Klein. Yannick Hanfmann then saved a match point and rallied from a set down to win 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3) against Jozef Kovalik in the second singles match.

US Open doubles finalists Tim Pütz and Kevin Krawietz completed the German win by claiming a 7-5, 6-3 against win over Klein and Igor Zelenay.

After finishing runner-up the past two years, Australia is again among the favorites and beat France 2-1 in Group B in the Spanish town of Valencia.

Thanasi Kokkinakis gave Australia a 1-0 lead with a 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) win over No. 25-ranked Arthur Fils.

Kokkinakis, ranked 78th, fought back from a 4-2 deficit in the second set to record a first top-30 win in the team competition.

"Arthur is a great player, he’s going to be leading the French team for a while, so I knew it was a tough challenge," Kokkinakis said. "I just tried to hang in there and I think I played steady on the big moments. There wasn’t much in it."

Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Edouard Roger-Vasselin saved a match point then took the second set of the decisive doubles match but ultimately lost to Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell 7-5, 5-7, 6-3. Purcell and fellow Australian Jordan Thompson won the men's doubles title at the US Open last weekend.

Among the big names competing this week are Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and British player Jack Draper, who made it to the US Open semifinals last week.

Italy beat Australia for the 2023 title.

Playing in Group D, Denis Shapovalov converted all four break points to defeat Francisco Cerundolo 7-5, 6-3 and give Canada an early lead. Felix Auger-Aliassime then beat Sebastian Baez 6-3, 6-3 to clinch Canada's victory. It ended 2-1 after Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni came from behind to beat Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in doubles.

In Group A, Belgium beat the Netherlands 2-1.