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What to watch for the 2024 Paris Olympics: Rugby gold at stake, Gauff makes debut Saturday, July 27

Jul. 26, 2024 17:54 PM EDT

The opening ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympics is over, and the competition really revs up on Saturday all across France. There are plenty of gold medals at stake. There's swimming and tennis all day long. And several stars will be in action. Here are the biggest storylines to...

Olympic tennis players return to the red clay of Paris' Roland Garros after Wimbledon's grass

Jul. 16, 2024 06:02 AM EDT

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...

Novak Djokovic's knee is pain-free at Wimbledon but his movement is not quite where he wants it

Jul. 04, 2024 16:12 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The good news, Novak Djokovic said, was that his surgically repaired right knee was pain-free at Wimbledon on Thursday. The bad news, he knows, is that his movement, such a big part of his success, was not yet back to normal during a 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 victory in the...

Even the biggest stars of tennis feel nerves before first-round matches at Wimbledon and other Slams

Jul. 02, 2024 11:46 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz already owns three Grand Slam titles, including from Wimbledon a year ago, and yet he spoke after his opening victory at this year's edition of the tournament about feeling nervous before setting foot on Centre Court, despite going up against a player who never before...

Raducanu reaches quarterfinals at Eastbourne after saving match point against Pegula

Jun. 26, 2024 14:03 PM EDT

EASTBOURNE, England (AP) — Emma Raducanu saved a match point before beating second-seeded Jessica Pegula 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the grass-court Eastbourne International on Wednesday. The 2021 U.S. Open champion was 6-5 down in the second-set tiebreaker...

Coco Gauff to lead US tennis team at Paris Olympics after missing Tokyo

Jun. 20, 2024 12:33 PM EDT

Coco Gauff will lead the U.S. tennis team at the Paris Olympics three years after missing the Tokyo Games because she tested positive for COVID-19. The 20-year-old Gauff, ranked No. 2, will be joined by No. 5 Jessica Pegula, Danielle Collins and Emma Navarro in women's singles, along...