Novak Djokovic claims that during the second round of the Shanghai Masters, Marin Cilic, his compatriot, “suffered a lot”
The 38-year-old Serb won 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 over his 37-year-old opponent in his first one hour and 54 minute first tournament since the US Open and his first non-grand Slam contest since May.
The oldest ATP Masters 1000 main draw match between Djokovic and Cilic was between them when the pair were 75 years and 139 days apart.
As both players served before Djokovic took the tie-break, little could separate the pair in the first set.
In the third game of the second set, Cilic’s serve was broken, and world number five Djokovic was able to hold his own to advance to the third round.
Djokovic said, “I did enjoy it, but I also suffered a lot on the court.”
“It was a very close match,” he said. He probably gave me more breathing space during the first set than he did for the first set.
I believe I managed to avoid trouble by doing good serving, which is obviously cheering me up.
In the third round, Djokovic will face German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann, who is already a big-time champion.
Ben Shelton, the sixth seeded, looked rusty as he lost to Belgium’s David Goffin, 6-2, 6-4.
The 22-year-old American has been recovering from a shoulder injury from the US Open and lost his serve in the third and seventh games.
The world number 83 ended the match with a second-half penalty for Shelton’s error in the ninth game, which gave Goffin the lead.
Goffin will face 31-seed Gabriel Diallo in a third-round match against Canada’s Gabriel Diallo.
Eight months after Paul Danan’s 46th birthday, his will was made public.
The death of the Love Island and Hollyoaks icon was made public in January of this year. Eight months later, documents reveal that he left a fortune worth more than £438,000.
Jamie and Joshua, his two brothers, each $30,000, according to his will. The actor also left £20,000 to Emma Devries, who is alleged to be DeNiro’s legal guardian, for his son. The TV star’s 10-year-old son will inherit the remainder of his estate when he reaches the age of 21.
(Paul Danan/Instagram) Paul refers to DeNiro as his “mini-me”
On January 15th, Bristol resident Paul Danan was discovered dead at his home (Jam Press).
Paul, a TV personality, once referred to his beloved son as his “proudest accomplishment.” DeNiro, who was born in 2015, was referred to as his “mini-me” by Paul event.
Over the years, Paul is alleged to have co-parented his beloved son with his beloved son. He has since shared photos of himself with his co-parents on Instagram.
One year prior to his passing, Paul wrote a heartfelt birthday greeting to DeNiro: “Happy birthday to my most precious, beautiful, and amazing child in the entire world!” I adore you dearly and aspire to spend every day with you, so please let G-d lead us. I’ll just say hello to you and wish you the best birthdays ever. I adore you, sweetheart. Daddy always and forever.
On January 15, Paul was discovered dead on a sofa in his Bristol home. An inquest was held in May of this year, and the TV icon’s friends were the ones who found him.
According to the coroner, Paul’s friends called 911 after not seeing him. A neighbor entered his home and they were able to locate him for two days before he passed away.
Paul was lying slumped against the edge of his sofa, the television still on, and he was there. The late actor, who was known for his roles on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks and Celebrity Big Brother, died from a combination of drugs, including cocaine and heroin.
His management made the announcement that Paul would pass away the following day. We share the tragic news of the passing of @pauldanan at the age of 46, and this statement reads: “It is with heavy hearts that we share the tragic news.
Paul was a beacon of light to many thanks to his television presence, exceptional talent, and unwavering kindness. All those who knew him will have irreplaceable voids in their lives as a result of his premature departure.
We kindly request Paul’s family, friends, and coworkers’ privacy during this difficult time. At this time, there won’t be any more comments.
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Eight months after Paul Danan’s 46th birthday, his will was made public.
The death of the Love Island and Hollyoaks icon was made public in January of this year. Eight months later, documents reveal that he left a fortune worth more than £438,000.
Jamie and Joshua, his two brothers, each $30,000, according to his will. The actor also left £20,000 to Emma Devries, who is alleged to be DeNiro’s legal guardian, for his son. The TV star’s 10-year-old son will inherit the remainder of his estate when he reaches the age of 21.
(Paul Danan/Instagram) Paul refers to DeNiro as his “mini-me”
On January 15th, Bristol resident Paul Danan was discovered dead at his home (Jam Press).
Paul, a TV personality, once referred to his beloved son as his “proudest accomplishment.” DeNiro, who was born in 2015, was referred to as his “mini-me” by Paul event.
Over the years, Paul is alleged to have co-parented his beloved son with his beloved son. He has since shared photos of himself with his co-parents on Instagram.
One year prior to his passing, Paul wrote a heartfelt birthday greeting to DeNiro: “Happy birthday to my most precious, beautiful, and amazing child in the entire world!” I adore you dearly and aspire to spend every day with you, so please let G-d lead us. I’ll just say hello to you and wish you the best birthdays ever. I adore you, sweetheart. Daddy always and forever.
On January 15, Paul was discovered dead on a sofa in his Bristol home. An inquest was held in May of this year, and the TV icon’s friends were the ones who found him.
According to the coroner, Paul’s friends called 911 after not seeing him. A neighbor entered his home and they were able to locate him for two days before he passed away.
Paul was lying slumped against the edge of his sofa, the television still on, and he was there. The late actor, who was known for his roles on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks and Celebrity Big Brother, died from a combination of drugs, including cocaine and heroin.
His management made the announcement that Paul would pass away the following day. We share the tragic news of the passing of @pauldanan at the age of 46, and this statement reads: “It is with heavy hearts that we share the tragic news.
Paul was a beacon of light to many thanks to his television presence, exceptional talent, and unwavering kindness. All those who knew him will have irreplaceable voids in their lives as a result of his premature departure.
We kindly request Paul’s family, friends, and coworkers’ privacy during this difficult time. At this time, there won’t be any more comments.
This story, do you like? Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok,Snapchat,Instagram,Twitter,Facebook,YouTubeandThreads for more latest news and gossip.
United States President Donald Trump has issued a weekend ultimatum for Hamas to accept his 20-point plan for a ceasefire in Gaza, as Israel’s war on the territory grinds on.
On Friday, the Republican leader took to his social media platform Truth Social to denounce Hamas as a “ruthless and violent threat” and to pressure it to accept his proposal.
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He warned an agreement must be reached by 6pm US Eastern time (22: 00 GMT) on Sunday, or else Gaza would face further violence.
“If this LAST CHANCE agreement is not reached, all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against Hamas. THERE WILL BE PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER”, Trump wrote.
The Trump administration had discussed the peace plan with a group of Arab and Muslim leaders in September on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
Then, on Monday, as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a fourth visit to the White House, he unveiled the full text of the plan.
It does not include a pathway to Palestinian statehood, a major point of contention. And it makes few demands of Israel, whose military campaign in Gaza has killed more than 66, 000 Palestinians, many of them women and children.
An independent UN commission in September determined that Israel’s actions in Gaza amounted to the crime of genocide, confirming similar reports from human rights observers.
But the outline does set forth a plan to “redevelop” Gaza into a “deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours”. It also calls on Hamas to “agree to not have any role in the governance of Gaza, directly, indirectly, or in any form”.
In exchange, aid will be allowed into Gaza, where famine has been declared for half a million people. An Israeli blockade has prevented adequate resources from reaching civilians, heightening the hunger crisis.
The plan also calls for Hamas to release Israeli captives and the bodies of those who died. Israel, in return, will release the 1, 170 Gazans who were detained after the start of the war in October 2023, plus 250 people sentenced to life imprisonment.
The plan also calls for the establishment of a “Board of Peace”, led by Trump himself and helmed by other heads of state, including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Trump repeatedly referred to the proposal as Hamas’ “last chance” to negotiate in Friday’s social media post. Hamas would suffer significant losses if it refused to acquiesce, he also reiterated his warnings.
More than 25, 000 Hamas “soldiers” have already been killed, according to Trump, in retribution for the October 7th attack on civilization. The majority of the rest are surrounded and militarily repressed, waiting for me to declare, “GO,” so that their lives can be quickly saved.
We are aware of where and who you are, and you will be hunted down and killed, as for the rest.
It has been an underwhelming start for Florian Wirtz’s first nine starts for Liverpool, according to analysis of his first nine starts.
Some have gone even further. Wayne Rooney, a former England international, claimed that the £116 million signing “damages the balance” of Liverpool’s team.
Rooney said, “He’s a top player and I’m sure he will improve,” but “he’s had a slow start, and I think there’s no disputing that.”
Does Wirtz’s absence from his new club’s scoring or assist indicate anything?
Liverpool’s and Wirtz’s changing roles have changed.
Liverpool’s balance is off, but it’s obvious that they’re going through a transition.
Manager Arne Slot has altered his style this year, and possibly the loss of right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold raised more questions than expected.
Liverpool are looking to play with a greater number of rotations between players, progressing through the middle of the pitch with quick, small-space interplay, in a manner akin to Slot’s Feyenoord team.
Therefore, Wirtz’s central attacking force makes sense in order to connect everything.
He has been asked to play a role that is a little bit different from what he is used to, which is in reality.
And that has reduced how frequently he plays for or assists others.
Wirtz is advancing much deeper.
More frequently is Wirtz receiving the ball.
Liverpool seem to be severely lacking in Alexander-Arnold’s ability to pass the ball while playing deep, which is impressive.
The long-range pass from captain Virgil van Dijk to Mohamed Salah is a fantastic way for them to reliably raise the ball up the pitch. Without this, Liverpool struggled to find team-mates on the field.
Sometimes Wirtz has had to bear that burden. Before turning and attempting to carry the ball up the pitch, he has been dropping deep. Due to his technical abilities, he can accomplish this, but it also cuts off time from the opposition goal.
If another player can shoulder build-up responsibilities, Wirtz might be able to position himself higher up the pitch.
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Wirtz enjoys traveling in space, much like Grealish.
The Premier League’s reduced space and increased pressure applied to him are two of the biggest differences.
With less time and space to play, Wirtz has found himself centrally positioned between the lines against incredibly compact defensive teams like Crystal Palace.
There were times when Wirtz would play left wing for Bayer Leverkusen while his teammates would move the ball up the pitch before finding him.
Alternately, he could play in the central attacking midfield, especially when there was more room for the transitional in games.
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It’s ideal to get the ball to Wirtz when there isn’t immediate pressure on him in order to get the most out of him.
When he can use body feints and a change of speed to disrupt opposing defenses when he can receive the ball on the half-turn and carry it forward with a gap between himself and the nearby player.
His best work, like Jack Grealish’s for Everton, comes from playing ball drives and kicking at players, much like Jack Grealish’s.
Many of Wirtz’s best moments this season were transitional, which is why.
Perhaps Wirtz’s workrate is preventing him from succeeding.
The intensity of the Premier League affects players both tactically and personally, and Wirtz appears to have not fully adjusted to this change.
With fewer bodies behind the ball, Liverpool are more prone to counter-attacks because of Slot’s quicker and more rotation-based attack style. When the ball is lost, attackers like Wirtz must counter-press with intensity.
Wirtz has worked tirelessly and fully committed to the instructions to end possession. He is being encouraged to drop deep in the attack while also being given permission to launch attacks against both the left and right.
Images courtesy of Getty
How technique is affected by physical demands?
Wirtz discussed the differences between his performances this year and last in a recent interview with Sky Sports Germany.
He claimed that Slot had suggested that “it could be because we press a lot and I run a lot.”
For instance, consider the running stats: I always have the best results because I work hard and follow coach instructions. For that, I require a lot of strength and drive. I might be lacking a little when I have the ball. That it will simply move along as I increase my physical activity, improve my ability to play more games, and improve my ability to perform certain tasks more effectively before becoming fit enough and rehabilitated enough to exert pressure when I have the ball.”
For Leverkusen, there were times during which he would jog or walk slowly to recover, enabling him to use his burst more decisively.
Although Wirtz’s physical condition will naturally improve as his game progresses, energy conservation is crucial if he wants to make darting runs and pass passes with accuracy in the later stages of the match.
What will Liverpool and Wirtz do after that?
These potential solutions aim to place Wirtz in situations that more closely resemble those in which he was previously found himself for Leverkusen.
Slot, of course, may be hoping that Wirtz and his team-mates will develop the chemistry necessary to realize his vision.
Players need time to adjust to a new squad, but expensive signings must perform more to protect themselves from criticism from the outside.
Given his performances, what has been asked of him, and the wider uncertainties surrounding Liverpool, it’s probably too strong to conclude that Wirtz has been poor so far.
Umm al-Khair, occupied West Bank – Every time Yinon Levi returns to Umm al-Khair, where videos and witness testimonies implicate him in the murder of Awdah Hathaleen, anger stirs within the community.
Seeking to prevent further arrests or violence, village leaders urge people to hide in their homes.
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But Levi’s appearance leaves villagers, who have long faced home demolitions by Israeli authorities and attacks from Israeli settlers that have intensified since the war in Gaza started, afraid and seething.
Tariq Hathaleen, 31, is a community leader whose eyes are still bloodshot and glossy in grief over his best friend’s murder two months ago.
“Seeing [Levi] makes me sick,” he said with disgust. “Really, it makes me deeply sick.”
A violent settler
The residents of Umm al-Khair are a Bedouin shepherding community who were expelled from the Naqab Desert during the Nakba, when Zionist gangs ethnically cleansed hundreds of Palestinian villages to make way for the declaration of the state of Israel in 1948.
The community fled north to the South Hebron Hills, in the southern occupied West Bank, where they bought land to establish a new home across the arid land in clusters of buildings interspersed with wide grazing lands for their livestock.
In 1980, a hilltop was seized from Umm al-Khair. In its place the illegal Israeli settlement of al-Karmil, also known as Carmel, was built, looming over Umm al-Khair, especially its northernmost cluster, where Levi and other settlers are now focusing their attention.
Levi is a notorious Israeli settler sanctioned by the European Union and several governments for violent attacks on Palestinian communities in the South Hebron Hills, including spearheading the expulsion of Palestinians from Khirbet Zanuta village.
He runs an earthworks company that for years has facilitated setting up settler outposts – small, illegal clusters of caravans or tents settlers put on Palestinian land in hopes of getting Israeli government approval to remain. These outposts are illegal even under Israeli law.
He has also been hired by the Israeli Civil Administration to demolish Palestinian homes in Area C – the 60 percent of the West Bank under full Israeli control – where Palestinians seldom get building permits.
In February, settlers from al-Karmil came just south of that northernmost cluster of Umm al-Khair, where the community centre and playing fields are for the whole village, and planted an Israeli flag and olive trees there, staying close to a settler highway at first.
Later, settlers came to measure a strip running from their flag westwards, to see how many settler caravans they could fit in a line hemming in the Palestinian homes and the village community centre.
To make this feasible, they turned to the sanctioned settler, Levi, asking him to level the land on which they wanted to place outpost caravans.
Trapped
The community centre cluster of Umm al-Khair is already bisected by a settler road leading from the illegal settlement of al-Karmil, north of the strip they chose for caravans.
To extend the landgrab, Levi and the settlers wanted to build a shorter connection between the road and the strip of caravans, an access point closer to the gates of the illegal settlement.
But that road would run right through a patch of private Palestinian land in the village, which villagers had recently planted with olive trees.
The villagers erected a fence around their land several times to prevent settler incursions, and an Israeli court upheld their right to have it there. Still, settlers would violently demolish the fence.
The day Awdah was shot dead, July 28, an excavator owned and operated by Levi attempted to plough through this private Palestinian land.
As villagers tried to stop the excavator, with some throwing rocks, Levi came out of the machine and fired twice into the crowd of villagers, among them women and children.
One bullet struck Awdah, who filmed his own death, in the chest.
Levi was released to house arrest by the police the same day. Three days later, an Israeli judge released him from house arrest, agreeing with Levi’s claims that he was acting in self-defence.
Just days after he shot Awdah, Levi was back in the village.
“To see the murderer of your most beloved person in this life return again and again, and yet you’re not allowed even to say a word … it makes me sick,” said Tariq.
“It would be the smallest right in this unlawful, unjust legal system that they ban him from here, but instead they let his company continue working”.
Since the killing of Awdah – a leader who was pivotal in fostering deep ties between the community and global supporters and solidarity activists – Levi has returned at least six times to the village, according to villagers, excavating and landscaping to prepare for settler caravans in Umm al-Khair.
‘Anything he can to provoke you’
Over three separate nights in late August and the first half of September, seven settler caravans were transferred to the area cleared by Levi.
He returned with his construction equipment on September 14 to hook the caravans up to water and electricity lines. While doing so, he was caught on camera using his excavator to destroy the village’s water and electricity lines. Levi emerged from the excavator at the end, jubilant.
“He doesn’t only come here again,” said Tariq. “He comes and smiles at you, laughs at you, [does] anything he can to provoke you.”
An Israeli officer shouts at Palestinians to keep them away from Yinon Levi, who is in the excavator, deliberately destroying the village’s water and power supply lines [Screengrab: Al Jazeera]
“Nothing happens with the settlers randomly or suddenly – it’s something well-planned for,” he continued.
“They send [Levi] and they insist on sending him back again and again. They want to provoke us, for one of the community members to do something.”
The villagers were left without water or power for four days, at which point contractors hired by the village were able to complete the work, harassed and under duress the whole time.
“No water for the goats, no water for us, no lights or cameras to watch for settlers,” recalled Khalil Hathaleen, 39, a member of the village council and Awdah’s brother.
During those four dark nights, the settlers’ usual tactics of blaring loud music and flashing spotlights at the village seemed exceptionally terrifying.
“We didn’t sleep for four days,” said Khalil.
As barefoot Palestinian children play football on a dirt field, settlers descend from a truck metres away to bring supplies to the newly installed caravans. Young settler families tour the caravans, debating whether to move in.
Population transfer of an occupier’s population into occupied lands is prohibited by the Geneva Conventions. While Israeli law prohibits settler outposts in the West Bank, the construction and population of these unauthorised outposts are being overseen and protected by al-Karmil’s guard, as soldiers look on.
Tariq Hathaleen is still grieving the murder of his best friend, Awdah [Al Jazeera]
Umm al-Khair, a sprawling Bedouin community, has long faced movement restrictions, attacks on people’s homes, and seizure of village lands by Israeli authorities and settlers from al-Karmil, including settler shepherds who graze on village lands where the villagers’ own sheep can no longer go.
Now, the people of Umm al-Khair fear these new outposts will threaten the safety and integrity of the community even more, following similar troubling trends across the West Bank that threaten even the strongest of Palestinian communities in Area C.
“If the settlers move into these caravans, they will separate the sides of the village,” explained Khalil, referring to a cluster of houses to the south, beyond an expanse of grazing land.
“My wife is from the south side of the village. In the future, maybe [we] cannot go to the south side of Umm al-Khair and see them. We will be cut off.”
The menace that is Shimon Attiya
The villagers can see that settlers operate with impunity, even when apparently violating Israeli law or court orders. Like Shimon Attiya, a settler and a major aggressor against the Umm al-Khair community.
An Israeli court prohibited Attiya this summer from coming within 50 metres (164 feet) of a family’s home after he allegedly harassed and attacked the family repeatedly.
But Attiya returned, repeatedly violating the court order and harassing other families, villagers told Al Jazeera.
He was within 50 metres of the family’s home to harass contractors the villagers had secured permission to bring in and fix the water and electric lines after Levi severed them, preventing them from doing their work.
The day after, the military again obeyed the settlers, despite the permits the village had, declaring the area a closed military zone. It took four days and three attempts to complete the work.
“They’re never held accountable – ever – just because they are settlers, and they have a privilege to have guns, shoot anytime they want, and there’s no accountability for Palestinians if they’re killed,” said Eid Hathaleen, 41, another community leader.
“Instead, this government just supports them with guns, funding, power and legal protection.”
‘The victim pays the price’
On top of the lack of accountability for Awdah’s murder, the villagers found themselves targeted by an occupying army, following orders from the accused killer.
Right after he killed Awdah, Levi brought Israeli soldiers to identify nearly a dozen Palestinians he claimed had attacked him when he shot Awdah.
These men, including Eid and Tariq, were taken to the notorious Ofer Prison. Most of them spent 11 days there without charge, cuffed, shackled and blindfolded, with prison guards beating them, Eid says.
Khalil Hathaleen, in front of the caravans, metres away from where Awdah was shot [Al Jazeera]
“The victim pays the price, while the killer is just free to go,” said Eid.
And yet, Khalil insists that Umm al-Khair’s spirit does not waver.
“After my brother [was killed] … all the community promised together, we will be staying in the land. The murder of Awdah has not broken the people,” said Khalil. “We know what Awdah would want.”
“I prefer to die in my land than for us to become refugees again,” he said.
Yet, village leaders like Eid continue to preach the tenets that have brought worldwide fame to this resilient community of approximately 300 people.
“We told them before [Awdah’s murder] and also after: we need to stay peaceful, to stay non-violent,” said Eid. “And to keep hope … this is the way we survive.”
But as the signs in the village demanding “Justice for Odeh [another spelling of Awdah]” go unheeded, some like Tariq grow fatalistic.
“After the killing of Hajj Suleiman and now Awdah, we all expect to lose our lives,” said Tariq. “If settler Yinon Levi was punished by the system for the killing of Awdah, this very beloved person, others would not dare to shoot and kill and murder people.
