While You Were Asleep: Neymar stars in PSG’s win, Napoli again on high of Serie A, Swiatek clinches eighth title of the season

Off the pitch, Brazilian star Neymar goes via a difficult interval however the striker is in red-hot kind for his membership after his objective gave Paris St Germain a 1-0 house victory in opposition to bitter rivals Olympique de Marseille in Ligue 1.

Neymar discovered the again of the web on the stroke of halftime to place leaders PSG on 29 factors from 11 video games, three forward of second-placed Lorient.

Back from damage, Lionel Messi hit the crossbar and mixed properly with Neymar and Kylian Mbappé all through the sport with the “MNM” mixture creating many possibilities on the break in a energetic match on the Parc des Princes.

PSG may have received by a bigger margin however Marseille goalkeeper Pau Lopez made eight saves to maintain his crew within the match.

PSG had drawn their earlier three video games in all competitions.

Neymar Jr and eight others go on trial in Barcelona on Monday charged with fraud and corruption over the participant’s switch to Barcelona from Santos in 2013.

Napoli on high of Serie A

Napoli continued their profitable streak and opened a two-point lead in Serie A after a 3-2 house win over Bologna on Sunday. Luciano Spalletti’s facet prolonged their profitable run to 10 in a row in all competitions.

Napoli needed to come from behind, and targets from Juan Jesus and Hirving Lozano both facet of the break appeared to have turned the match round. But Musa Barrow leveled for Bologna earlier than Osimhen scored what was to show the winner.

Napoli is 2 factors forward of Atalanta on the high of the Italian league. Defending champion AC Milan moved into third place with a 2-1 win at lowly Hellas Verona.

Napoli was brimming with confidence after it certified for the final 16 of the Champions League midweek. It had scored 14 targets in its final three matches in all competitions.

Swiatek wins the eighth title of season

Iga Swiatek was pushed to 3 units by surging qualifier Donna Vekic, however the World No.1 prevailed once more to win her eighth title of the 12 months on the San Diego Open.

eighth title of 2022 🏆
sixty fourth win of 2022 🏁
24-1 within the US in 2022 💨

The accolades for @iga_swiatek simply continue to grow!#SanDiegoOpen pic.twitter.com/dOMoYvGqrg

— wta (@WTA) October 17, 2022

Iga Swiatek defeated Vekic 6-3, 3-6, 6-0 in a match that lasted for 1 hour and 47 minutes.

Swiatek has probably the most match-wins in a single season (together with WTA Tour occasions and Billie Jean King Cup play) since Serena Williams received 78 matches in 2013.

Swiatek, who rose to world primary in April following Ash Barty’s retirement, is now 64-8 on the season. The 21-year-old received the US Open and French Open this 12 months and would be the scorching favorite when WTA Finals kick off in Fort Worth on October 31.