Geraci scores a hat-trick in Dortmund's win over Villarreal in the Champions League, and Roneh intends to return to tennis in September

Guinean striker Serho Djerassi scored three times in an exciting victory for his German team, Borussia Dortmund, over Spain's Villarreal, 3-2, in the first round of the Champions League, on Tuesday evening.

After a negative first half, Dortmund took the lead with an own goal scored by Villarreal's Renato Vega by mistake against his own team in the 53rd minute of the match that was held at Signal Iduna Park, the stronghold of the German team.

The visitors equalized with a goal by Santiago Moreno in the 66th minute.

But Geraci restored Dortmund's advantage with a goal in the 80th minute, and added a second goal from a penalty kick in the 85th minute, giving the Germans a 3-1 lead.

But Villarreal reduced the gap with an own goal, accidentally scored by Geraci himself against Dortmund in the 93rd minute, ending the match with an exciting victory for the hosts.

Danish Holger Rone, who has been absent from the field for nearly a full year due to injury, will return to competitions next month, according to what was announced on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old player, formerly ranked fourth in the world, will return to action when his country, Denmark, faces Bulgaria in the Davis Cup on September 18.

Rohne had postponed his return to competition several times since he suffered a rupture in his left Achilles tendon last October.

Roone, currently ranked 133rd in the world, said in a video clip he posted on Instagram: “I have great news... I will return next weekend to participate in the Davis Cup in Copenhagen.”

He added, “I am very excited... It has been 11 months of hard work. I missed that so much. To return to playing and start in my home country and among my fans would be great, so I will see you on September 18 in Copenhagen in my first match.”

The 2022 Paris Masters 1000 points winner was hoping to recover in time for the grass season.

But he eventually withdrew from Wimbledon, before also withdrawing from the US Open, the last of the four major tournaments.

“I want to come back better than I was before,” Rohne told AFP in June.

He continued: “When returning from injury, I don’t feel any real pressure... I just want to go on the field and have fun, enjoy my comeback, and try to be at the best possible level and give my best.”

Real Madrid opened its Champions League campaign with a 2-1 victory over its guest Inter Milan on Tuesday.

Kylian Mbappe and Federico Valverde took advantage of fatal defensive errors by Inter's defenders and goalkeeper to score before the end of the first half, while Carlos Augusto reduced the gap in the 76th minute.

The Madrid giant added the first three points to its tally, to reconcile its fans a few days after its first loss this season to Real Betis in the fourth round of the Spanish League. On the other hand, Inter Milan suffered its first loss this season after three consecutive victories in the league championship.

Facing the Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho, who led him to the Champions League, League and Cup treble in 2010 before leaving him at the end of the season to embark on his first adventure with Real, Inter’s struggle continued against the Royal Club, which achieved its sixth successive victory over its Italian rival. Inter had only beaten Real in Madrid once out of nine previous European visits, dating back to March 1967 with a score of 2-0 in the second leg of the European Champion Clubs Cup quarter-finals. When it reached the final and lost to Celtic of Scotland. The next test for Real Madrid will also be when it visits Roma in the second round on October 14, while Inter plays at home against Club Brugge of Belgium, which lost on Tuesday to its guest Aston Villa, the English champion of the Europa League, with two goals to three. Inter was the most dangerous party at the beginning of the match and came close to opening the scoring through Frenchman Marcus Thuram, but Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois shined at the beginning of his match. 100 in the competition (4). Inter continued its danger and threatened Courtois' goal on more than one occasion, but the goal came from the opposite side and from Real Madrid's first serious attempt, through Frenchman Kylian Mbappe, who scored his seventy-first goal in the competition after the ball reached him from Moroccan Ibrahim Diaz, following a grave error by German centre-back Jan Pesek (14). Inter returned to threatening Courtois' goal, who was forced to intervene in the face of a free kick executed by Turkish Hakan Calhanoglu. (16). But a new grave mistake, this time from the Spanish goalkeeper Josep Martinez, who misreceived an easy pass from his French teammate Benjamin Pavard, allowing Uruguayan Federico Valverde to snatch the ball and shoot it into the net (23). After that, the goalkeepers lost real chances, so the score remained the same until the counted time instead of stoppage time for the first half, when Martinez excelled in blocking Mbappe’s shot and a follow-up by the Englishman Jude Bellingham, before The left post intervenes to block another follow-up in the same game by Brahim Diaz. From a counter-attack that put Mbappe in a one-on-one position against Martinez, the Spanish goalkeeper excelled in defending his goal during the first minutes of the second half (49), then Inter responded through the Englishman Curtis Jones, who clashed with the brilliance of Courtois (50). After a wonderful effort by Brahim Diaz on the right side, Bellingham almost added the third, but Martinez excelled again and saved his team, and then the Dutchman’s follow-up passed. Denzel Dumfries, who was facing his former team, went over the crossbar (58), before Inter responded with a long shot by Alessandro Bastoni, which was blocked by Courtois (63), and then Real through Mbappe, but Martinez was on time (67). From a cross by the Argentine Lautaro Martinez, the Brazilian Carlos Agosto overtook Dumfries and turned the ball into Courtois' net (77). Inter pressed in the remaining minutes, searching for a draw, which would have almost been achieved had it not been for it. Courtois shined in the face of a long shot from Armenian substitute Henrikh Mkhitaryan (89), so the score remained the same until the end.