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Saturday 9 June 2018

GREAT 8

Spain's Rafael Nadal cel-
ebrates winning his semifinal
match of the French Open
tennis tournament against
Argentina's Juan Martin del
Potro in three sets 6-4, 6-1, 6-2,
at the Roland Garros stadium
in Paris, France, Friday, June 8,
2018.
Associated Press
Nadal beats

del Potro at

French Open,

faces Thiem

for No. 11

By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
PARIS (AP) — Under pres-
sure at the outset, Rafael
Nadal already had cast
aside three break points in
his French Open semifinal's
third game when, at 4-all,
Juan Martin del Potro held
another three.
If Nadal's march toward
an 11th championship at
Roland Garros was going
to be stopped on this day,
things were going to have
to go del Potro's way right
then. Both men knew that
full well.
"That," del Potro would say
later, "was my chance."
Ah, but there’s a reason
Nadal is 11-0 in semifinals
at the French Open, a rea-
son he is 10-0 in finals there Capitals end their title drought in Vegas desert
— so far. He doesn’t cede
a thing and he doesn’t let
up. Nadal saved that sec-
ond trio of break points Fri-
day, held there, then broke Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, of Russia, hoists the Stanley Cup after the Capitals defeated the Golden Knights in
in the next game to grab Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Thursday, June 7, 2018, in Las Vegas.
that set. Associated Press
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