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Djokovic rolls into second round with win over Dzumhur
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic got his campaign to win a fourth U.S. Open, and 18th Grand Slam title overall, off to a flying start on Monday by beating Damir Dzumhur 6-1 6-4 6-1 to advance to th...
Aug 31, 2020
PGA Tour’s Zozo Championship switched to California from Japan
(Reuters) - The PGA Tour said on Tuesday this year's Zozo Championship has been relocated to California from Japan due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The $8 million tournament, which was launched as Japan'...
Aug 31, 2020
Tennis: Players frustrated to be in ‘bubble within a bubble’ after positive COVID-19 test
By Amy Tennery NEW YORK (Reuters) - A number of competitors at the U.S. Open have expressed their frustration after they were moved into a so-called "bubble within a bubble" as they had been in contac...
Aug 31, 2020
Sevastova picks up first win of year to send Gauff to exit
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anastasija Sevastova beat American teenager Coco Gauff 6-3 5-7 6-4 to claim her first match win of the year on Monday and advance to the second round of the U.S. Open. In a ragged...
Aug 31, 2020
Reds manager Bell, others suspended for incident with Cubs
Major League Baseball disciplined three members of the Cincinnati Reds and one from the Chicago Cubs in response to a benches-clearing incident between the teams in the fourth inning of the second gam...
Aug 31, 2020
U.S. Open order of play on Tuesday
(Reuters) - Order of play on the main show courts on the second day of the U.S. Open on Tuesday (play starts at 1500 GMT/11 AM ET unless stated, prefix number denotes seeding): Arthur Ashe Stadium (16...
Aug 31, 2020
Tennis: Zverev downs Anderson in battle of big servers
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Germany's Alexander Zverev overcame a patchy performance to beat South African Kevin Anderson 7-6(2) 5-7 6-3 7-5 in the opening round of the U.S. Open on Monday. Fifth seed Zverev...
Aug 31, 2020
Shapovalov spoils Korda grand slam debut to reach U.S. Open second round
(Reuters) - Denis Shapovalov, one of tennis's young guns tipped as a future Grand Slam winner, took a confident first step towards living up to the hype moving into the second round of the U.S. Open w...
Aug 31, 2020
Tsitsipas races past Ramos-Vinolas to reach second round
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Greek fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas kicked off his quest for a maiden Grand Slam title in style as he overwhelmed Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-1 6-1 on Monday to reach the...
Aug 31, 2020
MLB postpones two Mariners-A’s games after positive COVID-19 test
(Reuters) - The first two games of the Oakland Athletics series against the Seattle Mariners have been postponed after a member of the A's organization tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend, M...
Aug 31, 2020
