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Wimbledon 2024: Here’s how to watch on TV, betting odds and more you should know
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Get caught up at Wimbledon with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the grass-court Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the betting odds are, what the schedule is and more: How to watch Wimbledon on TV — In...
Wimbledon 2024: Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are in the draw after recent operations
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray both were placed in the Wimbledon bracket during Friday's draw despite coming off recent operations. That's no guarantee either 37-year-old past champion at the All England Club will actually compete at the event that begins...
Russian tennis players Khachanov, Samsonova decline Paris Olympics invites. Medvedev status unclear
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian tennis players Karen Khachanov and Liudmila Samsonova declined to play at the Paris Olympics, the IOC said on Friday, and their next highest ranked compatriots were invited instead. The IOC said Pavel Kotov, the 50th-ranked men’s player, and...
IOC invites 8 Russian tennis players, 2 from Belarus to compete as neutrals at Paris Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The IOC invited eight top Russian tennis players plus Aryna Sabalenka and Victoria Azarenka from Belarus on Thursday to compete as neutral athletes at the Paris Olympics — though some already declined the expected offer. The Russian men invited to...
Sabalenka and Rybakina reach French Open fourth round while Medvedev and Zverev also advance
PARIS (AP) — Grand Slam winners Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka reached the fourth round of the French Open in straight sets on Saturday. Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina, seeded fourth, beat Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-4, 6-2. Two-time Australian Open champion Sabalenka,...
On a wing and a prayer, a pigeon is rescued by a French Open chair umpire during a match
PARIS (AP) — This one's for the birds: A pigeon landed on the court during a French Open match Saturday, leading the chair umpire to use a towel to rescue the fallen fowl. The pigeon dropped to the red clay at Court Suzanne Lenglen — and remained on the ground — during a...
Zverev's stock is rising for the French Open amid questions over Djokovic, Nadal, Sinner and Alcaraz
ROME (AP) — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic hasn’t won a tournament all year. Record 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal has been far from his best. Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz have been out injured. And Daniil Medvedev has won only one clay-court title in his career. ...
Carlos Alcaraz withdraws from Italian Open with right forearm injury
ROME (AP) — Third-ranked Carlos Alcaraz announced his withdrawal from the Italian Open on Friday because of the right forearm injury that already prompted him to pull out of tournaments in Monte Carlo and Barcelona. The announcement comes two days after Alcaraz’s bid to win a...
Swiatek returns to Madrid Open final by beating Keys. Medvedev retires in quarterfinal with injury
MADRID (AP) — Iga Swiatek cruised to a straight-sets semifinal win over Madison Keys on Thursday to reach the Madrid Open final and a rematch against No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka. Top-ranked Swiatek beat No. 20 Keys 6-1, 6-3 and will next face the defending champion Sabalenka, who...
Nadal tested in a 3-hour win over Cachin at Madrid. Swiatek reaches the women's quarterfinals
MADRID (AP) — After spending more than three hours on the court and earning a hard-fought victory, Rafael Nadal was feeling optimistic again. Nadal's body withstood its toughest test yet at this Madrid Open in a 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 win over 91st-ranked Pedro Cachin on Monday. ...
