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Naomi Osaka is in a better place as she returns to the Olympics and Roland Garros at Paris Games
PARIS (AP) — Naomi Osaka is back at Roland Garros, a place that marked such a significant moment in her life — a moment of vulnerability, yes, and, in a way, of triumph, even if not in a traditional, "What was the score?" sense. Osaka spent time away from tennis in recent years,...
Olympic tennis schedule has Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in action Saturday
PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz all are on the Paris Olympics' tennis schedule Saturday, the first day of action at Roland Garros. Serbia's Djokovic will compete in singles only, Nadal in doubles only and Alcaraz in both. Nadal and Alcaraz are teammates...
Rafael Nadal could meet Novak Djokovic in the second round of 2024 Olympic tennis
PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic could meet in the second round of the tennis tournament at the Paris Olympics — which might end up being the last event of Nadal's career. Djokovic was drawn Thursday against Australian Matthew Ebden in the first round, and Nadal faces...
Olympic tennis players return to the red clay of Paris' Roland Garros after Wimbledon's grass
PARIS (AP) — The competition surface doesn’t change for most Olympic sports. A pool’s a pool. A track’s a track. A wrestling mat’s a mat. And so on. Tennis? That’s a whole other story, with tournaments contested on clay, hard or grass courts — and now there’s a shift for the Paris...
Jasmine Paolini wins Wimbledon's longest women's semifinal and faces Barbora Krejcikova next
LONDON (AP) — Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the longest Wimbledon women's semifinal on record — after dropping the opening set, after being two games from defeat in each of the last two sets, after twice trailing...
Elena Rybakina beats Svitolina to reach the Wimbledon semifinals and will next face Krejcikova
LONDON (AP) — Elena Rybakina knows people see her as the favorite to win her second Wimbledon title. The 2022 champion's 6-3, 6-2 victory over No. 21 Elina Svitolina to reach the semifinals on Wednesday will only bolster that view. “Definitely, I have an aggressive...
Novak Djokovic wins his first match at Wimbledon with a sleeve on his surgically repaired knee
LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic wore a gray sleeve on his surgically repaired right knee while winning his first-round match at Wimbledon on Tuesday without too much of a test. Playing his first match since tearing the meniscus in his knee at the French Open on June 3, Djokovic never...
Wimbledon 2024: Iga Swiatek calls herself a perfectionist and now she wants to improve on grass
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Shortly after Iga Swiatek completed the most lopsided French Open final in 17 years, ceding a grand total of three games against an overmatched opponent to claim a third consecutive title in Paris, she was asked whether that represented a perfect performance. ...
Wimbledon 2024: Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic are among the men to watch
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Here are some of the men to watch at Wimbledon, which starts at the All England Club on Monday: Jannik Sinner Ranking: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Italy Age: 22 2024 Record:...
2-time French doubles champ Caroline Garcia leads France tennis team at Olympics
PARIS (AP) — Two-time French Open doubles champion Caroline Garcia was selected in the France tennis team for the Paris Olympics on Friday but not her frequent partner Kristina Mladenovic. Garcia and Mladenovic won at Roland Garros — the Olympic venue next month — in 2016 and...
