Petra Kvitova has overpowered Maria Sharapova to become the Wimbledon women’s champion, becoming the first left-hander to win at the All England club since the last of the great Martina Navratilova’s nine titles 21 years ago. Sharapova is the first Czech to win at Wimbledon since Jana Novotna in 1998. Navratilova watched on as eighth-seeded [...]
Rafael Nadal reached the last 16 with victory over Gilles Muller. Muller, a wildcard entry, gave the defending champion a tougher challenge than expected and came close to winning the first two sets on tie-breaks. But Nadal kept his composure on the key points to ultimately win 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (7-5) 6-0 . Muller [...]
Three-time Wimbledon runner-up Andy Roddick was eliminated 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2), 6-4 Friday by Feliciano Lopez in the 3rd round, the biggest upset of the men’s tournament so far. The 44th-ranked Feliciano Lopez served 28 aces and piled up 57 winners to defeat Andy Roddick on Centre Court, the American’s first loss to the Spanish [...]
Unable to an add an impact bat, the Angels chose to upgrade their rotation Sunday when they acquired ace right-hander Dan Haren from the Arizona Diamondbacks for left-hander Joe Saunders, minor league pitchers Patrick Corbin and Rafael Rodriguez and a player to be named.
The unraveling began innocently enough Wednesday night, as a run-scoring bloop single fell in front of right fielder Ryan Sweeney in the fourth inning. From there, the wheels came off completely for A’s left-hander Gio Gonzalez as the New York Yankees finished a three-game sweep with a 6-2 victory before 31,518 fans at the Coliseum. [...]
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