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Tennis‘ biggest stars continue to dominate the proceedings at the 2016 French Open as Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal headlined a high-profile group of players who cruised into the third round during Thursday’s action. There were no major upsets during the second half of Round 2. The highest seed to get eliminated from either draw was No. 20 Bernard Tomic on the...
Published: May 26, 2016
Joost Luiten, Scott Hend and Y.E. Yang set the clubhouse target on Thursday after each hitting an opening-round 65 to finish the first day of the 2016 BMW PGA Championship at the top of the leaderboard. Danny Willett finished on 66 and had to settle for finishing one shot off the leaders, despite being the only player not to hit a bogey on day one at Wentworth Club. Englishmen Robert...
Published: May 26, 2016
Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal easily booked their spot in the third round of the 2016 French Open on Thursday, beating Steve Darcis and Facundo Bagnis in straight sets, respectively. Borna Coric knocked out Bernard Tomic, while Tomas Berdych needed four sets to get past Malek Jaziri. In the women’s draw, Serena Williams wasted little time getting past Teliana Pereira, and Ana Ivanovic booked...
Published: May 26, 2016
Surely by now you’ve seen the full-on horror show video of Tiger Woods rinsing three shots from 100 yards at Congressional earlier this month. If somehow morbid curiosity hasn’t gotten the better of you yet, you can watch at the Daily Mail (viewer discretion advised). And now, time to insert the obligatory reminder that Tiger Woods hasn’t competed in a PGA Tour event since last...
Published: May 26, 2016
Who do you think will win the Copa America Centenario? Argentina—beaten in the 2015 final—and Brazil will always pop up as the main options in your mind, even though they’ve only lifted the trophy just once between them in the last three editions. Uruguay—winners in 2011—and holders Chile surely deserve serious consideration, too, particularly when you take into account...
Published: May 26, 2016
Top-seeded Serena Williams made quick work of Teliana Pereira in the French Open on Thursday, ousting the Brazilian 6-2, 6-1 in a second-round match. The American needed just one hour and six minutes to advance to the third round, and she cemented her status as the clear favorite to win it all at Roland Garros. According to Bet365, the future Hall of Famer has been nothing short of dominant...
Published: May 26, 2016
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic‘s march toward a first career French Open title continued Thursday, as he took down the pesky Steve Darcis in a 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 second-round victory at Roland Garros. According to the International Tennis Federation, Djokovic joined elite company with his 50th career French Open win: Djoker also furthered his Grand Slam winning streak to 23 consecutive matches...
Published: May 26, 2016
For tennis fans stateside, the French Open‘s insomnia-inducing hours often render live viewing of the event out of the question, especially during the work week. It’s an unfortunate state of affairs, especially on a day like Thursday, when the likes of Serena and Venus Williams, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga are all on the schedule. Luckily, there is a solution for...
Published: May 26, 2016
Nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal cruised into the third round at the 2016 tournament on Thursday with a crushing 6-3, 6-0, 6-3 victory over Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis. The Spanish clay-court master was surprisingly broken in the opening game of the match, and Bagnis, the world No. 99, went 2-0 up. However, the 26-year-old then won just one of the next 14 games as Nadal saw...
Published: May 26, 2016
As the 2016 Formula One season gets set to resume with the Monaco Grand Prix, all eyes will be on Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg following their first-lap crash in Spain on May 15. The drivers have clashed on several occasions since Mercedes’ rise to prominence at the beginning of 2014, but the Spanish GP was the first time both drivers were forced to retire as a direct result of an on-track...