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NBA roundup: Magic's Paolo Banchero pours in 50 vs. Pacers
Paolo Banchero became Orlando's first player with a 50-point game in 20 years and flirted with a triple-double Monday night to lead the Magic past the visiting Indiana Pacers 119-115.,Banchero finished with 50 points and matched Tracy McGrady's franchise record for points scored in a half, putting u...
NHL roundup: Oilers lose Connor McDavid, game
The visiting Edmonton Oilers lost center Connor McDavid to a lower-body injury in the opening minute against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday evening and then lost the game 6-1.,McDavid was tripped as he crossed the blue line shortly after winning the opening faceoff. The three-time Hart Memorial...
ATP roundup: Jack Draper fends off comeback, wins Vienna title
No. 7 seed Jack Draper clinched the first ATP 500-level title of his career when the Brit defeated Russia's Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-5 in the final of the Erste Bank Open on Sunday in Vienna, Austria.,Draper found himself trailing in the second set when Khachanov fought out of a 4-0 hole by winning fi...
NHL roundup: Jets 8-0-0 after dousing Flames
Cole Perfetti's power-play goal broke a third-period tie as the Winnipeg Jets continued their perfect season with a 5-3 road victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday.,The Jets are the ninth team in NHL history to open a season with eight consecutive victories.,Kyle Connor and Mason Appleton each ...
WTA roundup: Sofia Kenin reaches Tokyo finals, seeks first win since 2020
Sofia Kenin qualified for her first singles final of 2024, defeating Katie Boulter of Great Britain 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday to set up a finals showdown with top seed Qinwen Zheng at the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.,Kenin, who won the 2020 Australian Open and reached No. 4 in the world that season, has be...
WTA roundup: Sofia Kenin upsets Daria Kasatkina in Tokyo
Sofia Kenin advanced to the Toray Pan Pacific Open semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4 upset of No. 3 seed Daria Kasatkina on Friday in Tokyo.,Kenin converted six of 10 break points and eliminated her Russian opponent in 78 minutes. She will meet ninth-seeded Katie Boulter of Great Britain, a 6-2, 6-1 winner...
NHL roundup: Sergei Bobrovsky wins 400th as Panthers top Rangers
Sergei Bobrovsky made 24 saves for his 400th career regular-season victory as the visiting Florida Panthers beat the New York Rangers 3-1 on Thursday night in the first meeting between the teams since last spring's Eastern Conference finals.,Bobrovsky joined Minnesota's Marc Andre-Fleury as the seco...
ATP roundup: Grigor Dimitrov bows out in Vienna
Tomas Machac of the Czech Republic rallied for a 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 win over third seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in two hours and 31 minutes to reach the Erste Bank Open quarterfinals on Thursday in Vienna, Austria.,Dimitrov out-aced Machac 12-9 and had the same number of winners (32), but he comm...
WTA roundup: Top seed Qinwen Zheng reaches Tokyo quarters
No. 1 seed Qinwen Zheng of China swept the last nine games against Japan's Moyuka Uchijima on Thursday to move into the Toray Pan Pacific Open quarterfinals in Tokyo.,Trailing 5-4 in the first set, Zheng rolled to a 7-5, 6-0 victory in 77 minutes. The reigning Olympic gold medalist will next face No...
ATP roundup: Alexander Zverev sets career high in wins
No. 1 seed Alexander Zverev achieved a personal benchmark and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Erste Bank Open with a 6-2, 7-5 defeat of Marcos Giron on Wednesday in Vienna, Austria.,Zverev struck 10 aces and converted all three break chances in the 73-minute match for his 61st singles win of th...
WTA roundup: Canadians take center stage in Tokyo quarterfinals
Canada's Bianca Andreescu moved to the quarterfinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo on Wednesday after a back injury forced No. 2 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil to retire.,Andreescu was up 3-0 when the match ended with Haddad Maia in clear pain. After several setbacks and much time off d...
NHL roundup: Jets nip Blues, remain perfect
Cole Perfetti earned three assists as the visiting Winnipeg Jets defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Tuesday to remain undefeated.,Nino Niederreiter, Colin Miller and Kyle Connor scored in the second period for the Jets, who extended the best start in franchise history by improving to 6-0-0. Connor ...
ATP roundup: Alex de Minaur rallies in Vienna
Second seed Alex de Minaur of Australia bounced back from a tough first set and defeated Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the Erste Bank Open on Tuesday in Vienna, Austria.,Struff won 10 of his 11 first-serve points in the opening set, but de Minaur took over from the...
WTA roundup: Sofia Kenin collects upset in Tokyo
Sofia Kenin knocked out 10th-seeded Xinyu Wang of China 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Tuesday in Tokyo.,Kenin saved the only break point she faced in the 78-minute win and advanced to face Denmark's Clara Tauson, a 6-2, 6-3 winner against Japan's Nao Hibino.,No. 9 Kati...
ATP roundup: Alexander Zverev races to 60th win in Vienna
Top-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany zipped past Joel Schwaerzler 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round of the Erste Bank Open on Monday in Vienna, Austria.,The 67-minute victory was the 60th of the season for Zverev, matching his career high from 2018. He did not face a break point and won 23 of 24 point...
WTA roundup: Leylah Fernandez, Bianca Andreescu win in Tokyo
Eighth-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada survived a first-round challenge from Aliaksandra Sasnovich at the Toray Pan Pacific Open on Monday in Tokyo.,Fernandez was ahead 5-7, 6-2, 5-2 when her Russian opponent was forced to retire due to difficulty breathing after a 2-hour, 44-minute battle in the ...
NWSL roundup: Gotham beat Pride, run unbeaten streak to 7
Rose Lavelle scored what ended up being the match-winning goal just before halftime as NJ/NY Gotham topped the Orlando Pride 3-1 on Sunday night in Harrison, N.J.,Lavelle found the back of the net in the first minute of first-half stoppage time, helping NJ/NY (16-4-5, 53 points) extend its unbeaten ...
ATP roundup: Tommy Paul wins in Stockholm, grabs third title of season
Fourth-seeded Tommy Paul topped Grigor Dimitrov, the third seed, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to win his second BNP Paribas Nordic Open in Stockholm.,Paul captured his first ATP Tour championship in 2021 in the Swedish capital. Sunday's title is his third of the season, and he didn't lose a set throughout the...
WTA roundup: Daria Kasatkina wins all-Russian final in China
No. 5 seed Daria Kasatkina jumped out to an early lead, then had to rally to defeat fellow Russian Mirra Andreeva 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 at the Ningbo Open in China on Sunday.,Kasatkina cruised through the first set, capitalizing on four Andreeva double faults and breaking her serve three times. And while An...
NWSL roundup: Another record for Temwa Chawinga in Current's win
Temwa Chawinga added to her record-breaking season, scoring her 20th of the year as the Kansas City Current cruised to a 4-1 home win against the San Diego Wave on Saturday.,Chawinga increased her already NWSL-record single-season scoring total. She also became the first NWSL player to score against...