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FRENCH OPEN

Serena Williams loses in fourth round

PARIS (AP) — Serena Williams’ latest bid for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title has ended at the French Open.

Williams lost in the fourth round to 21st-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, 6-3, 7-5.

The six-foot Rybakina, who is 21, was playing in the fourth round of a major for the first time. She still hasn’t dropped a set in the tournament.

The 39-year-old Williams first played at Roland Garros in 1998, one year before Rybakina was born.

In other Sunday action:

— Daniil Medvedev’s remarkable turnaround at the French Open has propelled him to the quarterfinals. The Russian beat Cristian Garin 6-2, 6-1, 7-5 Sunday. Medvedev is seeded No. 2, but few envisioned his current run of success because he arrived in Paris with a career record of 0-4 at Roland Garros.

— Alejandro Davidovich Fokina reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal with a 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 victory over Federico Delbonis at Roland Garros The 22-year-old Davidovich Fokina is ranked 46th. The Spaniard was the junior champion at Wimbledon in 2017.

— The other quarterfinal on that side of the field will be No. 6 Alexander Zverev of Germany against unseeded 22-year-old Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain. Davidovich Fokina beat Federico Delbonis 6-4, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal, before Zverev made quick work of Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 at night in a matchup between two past U.S. Open runners-up.

— Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova has reached the quarterfinals for the first time in 10 years at Roland Garros. The 31st-seeded Russian beat 2013 semifinalist Victoria Azarenka 5-7, 6-3, 6-2. Pavlyuchenkova lost her only quarterfinal at the French Open in 2011.

— Tamara Zidansek has become the first Slovenian woman to reach the quarterfinals of a major tournament. She did so by winning 7-6 (4), 6-1 against Romanian Sorana Cirstea, who was also unseeded.

— Two teenagers have reached the men’s fourth round at the French Open for the first time since 2006. For 19-year-old Italians Jannik Sinner and Lorenzo Musetti, the reward will be matches against Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Nadal faces Sinner who is a rising star seeded 18th. Djokovic plays Musetti who is coming off an arduous five-set win in the third round.

— American Sofia Kenin is the highest-seeded player left in the women’s draw at No. 4, and she’ll face Maria Sakkari. Defending champion Iga Swiatek plays unseeded Marta Kostyuk, and 17-year-old American Coco Gauff takes on Ons Jabeur.

FRENCH OPEN-FEDERER

Federer withdraws from French Open

PARIS (AP) — Roger Federer has withdrawn from the French Open to give himself a chance to recover before Wimbledon.

The tournament announced the 20-time Grand Slam champion’s decision to pull out of the field. Federer said in a statement that it is important for him to listen to his body as he returns to action after two operations on his right knee.

The 39-year-old was supposed to play against Matteo Berrettini in the fourth round on Monday. Instead, Federer will turn his focus to the grass-court portion of the season.

Wimbledon begins June 28. Federer has won a men’s-record eight titles at the All England Club.

NBA-SCHEDULE

Young scores 35, Hawks top Embiid, Sixers 128-124 in Game 1

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trae Young scored 35 points and the Atlanta Hawks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 128-124 in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Hawks led by 26 points and withstood a late rally by the Sixers.

Joel Embiid had 39 points and nine rebounds for Philly. Tobias Harris scored 20 points.

Game 2 is Tuesday in Philadelphia.

The Hawks came in as five-point underdogs and quieted a rowdy Philly crowd that’s been anticipating a matchup with Brooklyn in the East finals.

Young hit four 3-pointers and had 10 assists.

NBA-NEWS

Harden to miss Game 2 vs Bucks with hamstring tightness

NEW YORK (AP) — James Harden will miss Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Monday night because of right hamstring tightness. Harden left Brooklyn’s 115-107 victory over Milwaukee in Game 1 on Saturday night after just 43 seconds because of an injury that troubled him during the latter part of the regular season.

He grabbed at the upper part of his right leg on a drive to the basket and checked out after the Nets had to take a timeout.

The Nets said further updates on his status would be provided as appropriate. Coach Steve Nash said Harden’s recent troubles with the injury made his availability for later in the series hard to predict.

NHL-BORDER RESTRICTIONS

NHL gets travel exemption

UNDATED (AP) — The NHL has received an exemption from Canadian health officials to allow cross-border travel for teams starting in the semifinal round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

When in Canada, teams will be required to stay in a bubble and be tested daily for COVID-19, similar to the tight restrictions that allowed the NHL to stage and complete its playoffs in two hub cities last year. Teams will be assigned designated hotels and have no interaction with the public.

The exemption means the winner of the NHL’s West Division second-round playoff series between Colorado and Vegas will be allowed to travel to face the winner of the North Division second-round series between Winnipeg and Montreal.

NFL-TITANS-JONES

Titans agree to deal with Falcons for Julio Jones

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have agreed to a deal with the Atlanta Falcons for seven-time Pro Bowl wide receiver Julio Jones. The Falcons will receive the Titans’ second-round pick in 2022 and their fourth in 2023 with Atlanta sending Jones and a sixth-round pick in 2023 to Tennessee.

Jones will join running back Derrick Henry and wide receiver A.J. Brown on an offense that ranked fourth in scoring in 2020.

The Falcons clear some much-needed salary cap space, while Tennessee needed more help at wide receiver after losing Corey Davis in free agency.

MLB-SCHEDULE

Orioles score most runs since 2015, blow out Indians 18-5

UNDATED (AP) — Cedric Mullins hit a leadoff homer as part of a three-hit day, and the Baltimore Orioles scored their most runs since 2015 and had a season-high 21 hits in an 18-5 rout of the Cleveland Indians on Sunday,

Baltimore entered 24th among the 30 major league teams in scoring, then put across its highest runs total since beating Oakland 18-2 on Aug. 16, 2015.

After losing their final 14 games in May, the Orioles are 4-1 in June and won two of three against Minnesota to start their homestand.

Ramón Urías also homered for Baltimore, which has won back-to-back series on the same homestand for the first time since May 8-13, 2018, when the Orioles won two of three against Kansas City and then three of four against Tampa Bay.

Mullins reached base in his first five plate appearances before his flyout in the eighth ended his on-base streak at 11. He had hits in nine consecutive at-bats in that span, Baltimore’s longest streak since Charles Johnson’s nine in a row from Sept. 13-17, 1999, and one shy of Ken Singleton’s record from April 26-28, 1981.

Elsewhere in the majors:

— Tony La Russa moved into sole possession of second on baseball’s career manager wins list, snapping a tie with John McGraw by directing the Chicago White Sox to a 3-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers. It was win No. 2,764 for La Russa, who was hired by Chicago in October for his first managerial job since he led St. Louis to the World Series championship in 2011. Dylan Cease struck out 10 in seven sparkling innings for the White Sox, and Tim Anderson had two RBIs.

— Germán Márquez pitched six effective innings and a beleaguered Colorado bullpen led by Daniel Bard held on to help the Rockies avoid a three-game sweep with a 3-1 win over the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics. Márquez saw the leadoff hitter reach in four of his frames. But he limited the damage to just a run courtesy of six strikeouts and nine groundball outs. The Rockies bullpen entered the game with the second-worst ERA in the league, but bottled up the A’s. Mychal Givens escaped trouble in the seventh and Bard went two innings to earn his seventh save in 10 chances. James Kaprielian went five solid innings in his first time facing Colorado.

— In a bizarre scene, stadium workers using tractors scrambled to hoist the protective netting behind home plate after it suddenly collapsed Sunday, interrupting the Philadelphia Phillies’ 12-6 win over the Washington Nationals. Several innings after Washington pitcher Austin Voth suffered a broken nose when he was hit trying to bunt and plate umpire Brian O’Nora was forced to leave after being struck in the mask by a foul tip, a most unusual situation developed. In the eighth, the netting behind home plate and over the third base dugout at Citizens Bank Park sagged towards the field without warning. No one appeared to be hurt in the mishap. The game was delayed 20 minutes while the problem was fixed.

— Corbin Burnes struck out a career-high 13 in seven innings, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat Arizona 2-0 to deal the Diamondbacks their team-record 17th straight road loss. Daniel Robertson and Tyrone Taylor homered as the Brewers completed a four-game sweep. The Brewers, who have won nine of their last 10, opened the day tied with the Chicago Cubs for first place in the NL Central. Arizona has lost 28 of 33 overall.

— Rookie Taylor Walls had a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning among a season-high three hits, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 7-1. The AL-leading Rays trailed 1-0 before scoring three runs in the eighth and four in the ninth to get the series victory in their return to the stadium that hosted their neutral-site World Series loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers last fall. Austin Meadows had a two-run single and Yandy Díaz a two-run homer in the ninth.

— Sandy Alcantara cruised through eight innings, ending the Miami Marlins’ longest losing streak in six years at eight games with a 3-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jesus Aguilar hit a long solo home run and added a sacrifice fly for Miami. Alcantara gave up one run and six hits, striking out six. The right-hander allowed a leadoff double to Adam Frazier in the eighth, but retired the next three batters to finish his outing.

— Jose Altuve led off the game with a home run, rookie Luis Garcia earned his fifth straight win and the Houston Astros beat Toronto 6-3, finishing the Blue Jays’ first homestand of the season in Buffalo. Chas McCormick also homered, Yuli Gurriel had three hits and Alex Bregman scored twice as Houston won for the sixth time in eight games. The Blue Jays went 3-2 to open their residency at the home of their Triple-A affiliate.

— Minnesota first baseman Miguel Sanó swooped in to catch a popped-up bunt and start a triple play, highlighting the Twins’ 2-1 win over the Kansas City Royals. Sanó hit an RBI double in the third inning, then made the key defensive play in the bottom half. With Jarrod Dyson on second and Cam Gallagher on first, Nicky Lopez bunted to the right side. Sanó charged in to make the catch and threw to shortstop Andrelton Simmons to double off Dyson. Simmons then trotted toward Gallagher and tossed to second baseman Nick Gordon, who was covering first, to complete the Twins’ first triple play since 2019.

MLB-NEWS

Orioles’ ace goes to IL

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles have placed John Means on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder strain a day after the team’s ace departed in the first inning after facing just five batters.

Means is 4-and-2 and pitched a no-hitter at Seattle on May 5. He ranks fourth in the American League in ERA, seventh in innings pitched and tied for 10th in strikeouts.

Elsewhere in baseball:

— The Chicago White Sox have placed Billy Hamilton on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain and reinstated fellow outfielder Adam Engel from the IL. Hamilton is dealing with a right oblique strain.

— The San Francisco Giants placed Evan Longoria on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder sprain before Sunday’s series finale against the Chicago Cubs. He’s expected to miss at least six weeks.

— The Detroit Tigers have placed right-hander Michael Fulmer on the 10-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. The 28-year-old Fulmer hasn’t appeared in a big league game since May 30, and the IL move was made retroactive to Thursday. The Tigers also activated right-hander José Ureña from the 10-day IL and brought up right-hander Jason Foley from Triple-A Toledo. Veteran outfielder JaCoby Jones was designated for assignment.

TRACK-WORLD RECORD-10,000

Hassan beats world record by more than 10 seconds in 10

HENGELO, Netherlands (AP) — Sifan Hassan has set a world record by running the 10,000 meters in 29 minutes, 6.82 seconds at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games. The 28-year-old Dutch athlete shaved more than 10 seconds off the previous world-best mark of 29:17.45 set by Ethiopia’s Almaz Ayana at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Hassan was running in the same stadium where she set her European record of 29:36.67 in the 10,000 last October. Hassan also holds world records in the mile, one-hour event and 5-kilometer road race.

GOLF-PGS TOUR CHAMPIONS

Ames wins Principal Charity Classic for 2nd senior title

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Stephen Ames won the Principal Charity Classic for his second PGA Tour Champions title, taking advantage of Tim Herron’s final-round collapse.

Seven strokes behind Herron entering the round, Ames shot a 5-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over fellow Canadian Mike Weir. A four-time winner on the PGA Tour, Ames won the 2017 Mitsubishi Electric Classic for his first senior title.

The 57-year-old naturalized Canadian citizen from Trinidad finished at 12-under 204 at Wakonda Club. Weir closed with a 69. Herron bogeyed three of the final five holes in a 76 that left him tied for third at 10 under with Willie Wood and Doug Barron.

F1-AZERBAIJAN GP

Pérez wins Azerbaijan GP after Verstappen crashes from lead

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Sergio Pérez won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in a two-lap shootout after championship leader Max Verstappen crashed while leading with a tire failure and Lewis Hamilton went off at the restart.

Verstappen was four laps away from a second consecutive victory Sunday when his Red Bull suddenly slammed hard into the wall with a puncture to his left rear tire.

The Dutchman climbed from his car, inspected the tire and kicked it in anger before stomping off in disgust over the race-changing failure.

Hamilton finished 15th and failed to score a point for the first time in 55 races.