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Novak Djokovic advances to fourth Olympic quarterfinal; Tommy Paul joins
PARIS -- Novak Djokovic reached the Olympic singles quarterfinals for a record fourth time by beating Germany's Dominic Koepfer 7-5, 6-3 on Wednesday.,The top-seeded Serbian star looked in the mood to go much deeper in the tournament.,For all his 24 Grand Slam titles and countless other accolades, t...
Women's favorites melt in Paris; Germans have their day
PARIS -- American Coco Gauff's hopes of singles gold at the Olympics evaporated in the third round in a 7-6 (7), 6-2 to defeat at the hands of Croatia's Donna Vekic in furnace-like conditions at Roland Garros on Tuesday.,Defending Olympic champion Alexander Zverev kept cool in soaring temperatures t...
Croatia's Donna Vekic downs Coco Gauff in Paris
PARIS -- American Coco Gauff's hopes of singles gold at the Olympics evaporated in the third round in a 7-6(7), 6-2 to defeat at the hands of Croatia's Donna Vekic in furnace-like conditions at Roland Garros on Tuesday.,The 20-year-old United States' second seed held a 5-2 lead in the opening set bu...
Novak Djokovic eliminates rival Rafael Nadal in Olympics singles
PARIS -- Top-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic overcame a brief bout of nerves in the second set before beating 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal 6-1, 6-4 at the Paris Olympics on Monday.,While Djokovic moves into the third round in pursuit of his elusive Olympic gold, Spain's Nadal has only the...
Monday July 29 Best Sports Betting Picks & Predictions for Olympics
The first full week of the Olympics are underway in Paris, so we locked in some top betting picks for swimming, tennis, and more....
Rafael Nadal wins, sets up Olympics showdown with Novak Djokovic
PARIS -- Spain's Rafael Nadal made a triumphant return to the city on Sunday to blast his way into the second round of the Olympic tennis tournament and set up a blockbuster clash with nemesis Novak Djokovic of Serbia.,That the Nadal-Djokovic clash will not determine gold was the only slip in the Ol...
Gold favorite Iga Swiatek cruises into second round in Paris
PARIS -- Poland's Iga Swiatek launched her bid for Olympic gold with a 6-2, 7-5 win over battling Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu in the opening round of women's singles on Saturday.,Fifty days after clinching a fourth French Open title, the 23-year-old Swiatek returned to the Parisian clay and showed w...
Sick, Sad World of Sports: Who started off 2024 on the wrong foot
There was no shortage of allegedly heinous behavior to start the new year, with Chicago Bulls fans booing a widow, Vince McMahon resigning in disgrace (again) and various big-name athletes unaware of the age of consent. ...
ESPN, Fox, Warner Brothers creating sports streaming service
ESPN, Fox, and Warner Brothers have announced that they will launch a joint streaming service sometime this year, dedicated to broadcasting live games across 15 networks and all big four leagues....
Saudi Arabia doesn't grant women equal rights, but plans to host WTA Finals
Saudi Arabia has already invested heavily in several sports. Now, the nation plans to make headway into women’s tennis and host the 2024 WTA Finals — if a deal can be reached....
Coco Gauff-Aryna Sabalenka is tennis' best rivalry
Women’s tennis hasn’t had a great rivalry in some time. The tour was dominated by Serena Williams for so long and no one could have managed to look her in the eye for very long. The closest was her sister Venus, yet matches between the two regularly and mostly were hard on the eyes, because both see...
Taking the Daniil Medvedev ride at the Australian Open
Most of my life, I have found tennis very easy and yet very hard to watch. It’s easy in that it’s a beautiful sport to gaze upon, the players’ ballet-like movements and the steady rhythm of the sound of the ball hitting the racket and then the court over and over can lull one into a lovely state of ...