Britain’s Jack Draper roared past Denmark’s Holger Rune 6-2, 6-2 on Sunday to win his first ATP Masters 1000 title at Indian Wells.The 14th-ranked Briton, who toppled two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-finals, didn’t face a break point as he subdued the 13th ranked Dane in just 69 minutes.He’ll make his top 10 …
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Rory McIlroy and J.J. Spaun battled through Sunday’s dramatic final round at the storm-hit Players Championship without determining a winner, forcing a three-hole aggregate playoff on Monday to decide the champion.Second-ranked McIlroy, a four-time major winner from Northern Ireland, and 34-year-old American Spaun, chasing his second PGA Tour title, both finished on 12-under 276 after 72 …
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Mirra Andreeva rallied from a set down to beat world number one Aryna Sabalenka for the Indian Wells WTA 1000 title on Sunday, continuing a meteoric rise backed by the coaching counsel of Conchita Martinez.”Maybe it’s happening fast, but I like it,” Andreeva said after ensuring she will climb to a career-high sixth in the …
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Russian 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva toppled world number one Aryna Sabalenka 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday to capture her second WTA 1000 title at Indian Wells.Andreeva, who last month become the youngest ever player to win an elite 1000 level crown with her triumph in Dubai, ended a frustrating run against the Belarusian to ensure she …
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Rory McIlroy seized a one-stroke lead before a thunderstorm halted final-round play on Sunday at the PGA Tour Players Championship.McIlroy, who began the day four strokes adrift, made three birdies, an eagle and a bogey through the first 11 holes to stand on 12-under at TPC Sawgrass.That was good enough for a one-stroke edge over …
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Defending champion Matteo Jorgenson won the eight-day Paris-Nice race on Sunday, crossing the finish line on the French Riviera in second place as another American, Magnus Sheffield, won the stage from a solo attack.Visma’s Jorgenson started out last Sunday as his team’s co-leader with two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard who pulled out in …
When Roki Sasaki makes his Los Angeles Dodgers debut next week, the pitcher will dedicate it to those who supported him after his father and grandparents were killed in Japan’s 2011 tsunami.Sasaki joined the World Series champion Dodgers in January and he is set to play against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday as the two …
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Shohei Ohtani thrilled Tokyo baseball fans again on Sunday despite a brief hitless performance from the Japanese superstar as his Los Angeles Dodgers lost their second exhibition game.Ohtani is in the Japanese capital with the World Series champion Dodgers to open the Major League Baseball season with two games against the Chicago Cubs next week.The …
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Kristaps Porzingis scored 24 points in his return from an eight-game illness absence and Payton Pritchard set an NBA record to spark Boston over host Brooklyn 115-113 on Saturday.Jason Tatum contributed 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists for the Celtics while Pritchard had 22 points off the bench for the reigning NBA champions and …
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Carlos Alcaraz crashed out of his Indian Wells three-peat bid on Saturday, and nerves played a key role in “one of the worst sets I have played in my career.”A four-time Grand Slam champion, Alcaraz said he was too focused on what weapons British left-hander Jack Draper might bring and unable to calm the pre-match …
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