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Olympic tennis: Lorenzo Musetti of Italy beats Felix Auger-Aliassime for the men's singles bronze

Aug. 03, 2024 16:57 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Lorenzo Musetti won Italy's first Olympic tennis medal in 100 years on Saturday night, beating Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 for the men's singles bronze. Asked by an Italian reporter how he planned to celebrate, Musetti said he would eat a pizza. ...

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz meet for the Olympic tennis men's singles gold

Aug. 03, 2024 09:52 AM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will meet for the men's tennis singles gold medal at the Paris Olympics on Sunday in the latest installment of a fascinating old-vs.-young rivalry that included a matchup in the Wimbledon final three weeks ago. Alcaraz won that one —...

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will play for the men's singles gold at the 2024 Olympics

Aug. 02, 2024 17:02 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — When Novak Djokovic's first berth in an Olympics tennis final was secured, when he was assured of a chance to win the gold medal that's missing from his lengthy list of accomplishments, he fell back on the clay, limbs spread apart — the sort of pose generally reserved for securing...

Novak Djokovic faces Carlos Alcaraz for the 2024 Olympics men's gold after beating Lorenzo Musetti

Aug. 02, 2024 15:10 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic's surgically repaired knee did not appear to slow him down a bit as he finally reached a Summer Olympics singles final for the first time, defeating Lorenzo Musetti of Italy 6-4, 6-2 on Friday night. Djokovic will play Carlos Alcaraz for the gold on...

Alcaraz, Djokovic, Musetti and Auger-Aliassime reach the men's semifinals in Olympic tennis

Aug. 01, 2024 17:36 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz says he doesn't feel unbeatable at Roland Garros, the site of the Paris Olympics tennis competition and the French Open title he won last month. His opponents might disagree. Alcaraz ran his winning streak at the place to 11 matches and became the...

Novak Djokovic is concerned about his right knee at the Paris Olympics after a win over Tsitsipas

Aug. 01, 2024 16:44 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic was worried about his surgically repaired right knee at the Paris Games on Thursday night after feeling pain during a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas that put the 24-time Grand Slam champion in the Olympics semifinals for the fourth time as he pursues his...

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will meet in the Wimbledon men's final again

Jul. 12, 2024 16:27 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz is only a couple of months past his 21th birthday, and yet this whole Grand Slam success thing is already a bit been-there, done-that for him. Moving a step closer to a second consecutive Wimbledon trophy and fourth major championship overall, Alcaraz...

Novak Djokovic beats Lorenzo Musetti to set up a rematch of last year's Wimbledon final against Carlos Alcaraz

Jul. 12, 2024 14:56 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic beats Lorenzo Musetti to set up a rematch of last year's Wimbledon final against Carlos Alcaraz.

Carlos Alcaraz faces Daniil Medvedev, and Novak Djokovic plays Lorenzo Musetti in Wimbledon's semis

Jul. 11, 2024 07:35 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz's ability to hit any type of shot, from any position on the court, on any surface, keeps fans on the edge of their seats. Keeps other players guessing, too. Alcaraz delights in all of that — he loves putting on a show just as much as he...

Lorenzo Musetti reaches his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon and will face Novak Djokovic

Jul. 10, 2024 17:34 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Lorenzo Musetti threw his head back and spread his arms wide to celebrate reaching his first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon, then covered his face with both hands. His 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Taylor Fritz on Wednesday was a big deal, to be sure....