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Another seed leaves Wimbledon when Madison Keys is surprised

by Laura Siegemund

By HOWARD FENDRICH match against Rinky Hijikata
AP Tennis Writer that was suspended Thurs-
LONDON (AP) — This most day night. Defending cham-
unpredictable of Wimble- pion Carlos Alcaraz reached
dons delivered yet another the fourth round by beating
surprise Friday when reign- Jan-Lennard Struff in four sets.
ing Australian Open cham- The other seeded men who
pion Madison Keys, the No. advanced were No. 5 Taylor
6 seed, was a lopsided loser Fritz, No. 14 Andrey Rublev
in the third round, eliminated and No. 17 Karen Khacha-
6-3, 6-3 by 104th-ranked Lau- nov. In the women’s draw,
ra Siegemund of Germany. four-time major title winner
Keys’ exit left just one of the Naomi Osaka’s Wimbledon
top six women in the bracket ended in the third round for
before the end of Week 1: the third time, eliminated by
No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, who Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
was scheduled to face 2021 And No. 13 Amanda Anisi-
U.S. Open champion Emma mova of the U.S. advanced
Raducanu later in the day. to the fourth round. No. 24
No. 2 Coco Gauff, No. 3 Jes- Elise Mertens eliminated No.
sica Pegula, No. 4 Jasmine 14 Elina Svitolina. And No. 30
Paolini and No. 5 Zheng Qin- Laura Siegemund of Germany reacts after beating Madison Keys of the U.S. during their women’s Linda Noskova also reached
wen already were out. The singles third round match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday, July 4, 2025. the fourth round.
men’s field also has seen its Associated Press Who is scheduled to play
share of surprises, including a is enjoying a breakthrough when you beat a great play- “I try to remember that I only at the All England Club on
Wimbledon-record 13 seeds 2025, including her title at er like Madison,” Siegemund play for myself. I don’t feel Saturday?
gone in the first round. Melbourne Park in January. said. like I need to prove anything Five-time Grand Slam cham-
“At times, it wasn’t the best Keys’ power vs. Siegemund’s How unexpected is this for anymore. My boyfriend often pion Iga Swiatek will take on
quality, let’s say. But I man- spins and slices offered quite Siegemund? Before this year, tells me that.” Danielle Collins at Centre
aged, and in the end, it’s just a contrast in styles, and this her career record at the All On Sunday, the German Court — who could forget
important to find solutions outcome was surprisingly England Club was 2-5, and faces another unexpected their testy exchange at the
and I did that well. Kept my one-way traffic on a windy she’d never made it past participant at this stage of Paris Olympics? — while No.
nerves in the end,” Siege- afternoon at No. 2 Court. the second round. Taking the grass-court major: 101st- 1 Jannik Sinner and 24-time
mund said, then added with The key statistic, undoubt- into account all four Grand ranked Solana Sierra of Ar- major champ Novak Djokov-
a laugh: “There are always edly, was this: Keys made Slam tournaments, she had gentina, who lost in quali- ic also are involved in match-
nerves. If you don’t have 31 unforced errors, 20 more reached the third round only fying and made it into the es at the main stadium. Two
nerves in this moment, you’re than Siegemund. once in 28 previous appear- main draw when another American women will be in
probably dead.” When it ended with one last ances, getting to the quar- player withdrew. action at No. 1 Court: Hai-
Wimbledon might be the backhand return from Keys terfinals at the 2020 French What else happened at Wim- ley Baptiste faces No. 7 Mirra
only Grand Slam event that sailed wide, Siegemund Open. bledon on Friday? Andreeva of Russia, and No.
where Keys hasn’t reached smiled broadly, raised her “There is technically no pres- Tenth-seeded Ben Shelton 10 Emma Navarro plays de-
at least the semifinals, but arms and jumped up and sure for me,” said Siegemund, played for all of four points fending champion Barbora
she has participated in the down repeatedly. at 37 the oldest woman re- and about a minute, wrap- Krejcikova of the Czech
quarterfinals there twice and “You can’t not be happy maining in the tournament. ping up his second-round Republic.q

Reliever Santillan strikes out Bohm with bases loaded in the 8th,

Reds beat Phillies 9-6

By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Spencer Steer hit a two-RBI double to spark a five-run third inning
and Reds reliever Tony Santillan struck out Alec Bohm with the bases loaded to end
the eighth and lead Cincinnati past the Philadelphia Phillies 9-6 on Friday.
Phillies starter Jesús Luzardo lasted only two-plus innings and Reds starter Andrew Ab-
bott both pitchers entered with seven wins couldn’t get out of the fourth. The Reds or
Phillies scored at least one run in each of the first six innings and the defending NL East
champion Phillies finished with 14 hits. The Reds had 11.
Nick Castellanos hit a two-run homer in the first inning to help stake Luzardo (7-5) to a
3-0 lead.
Luzardo pitched like an All-Star deep into May with an ERA hovering under 2.00 through
his first 10 starts. He has been rocked in most of his outings since. He allowed a run in the
second inning and gave up two run-scoring singles, a sacrifice fly and Steer’s double
in the third that made it 6-3.
Elly De La Cruz added an RBI single in the fourth and the Reds tacked on two more runs
Cincinnati Reds’ Tyler Stephenson (37) scores past Philadelphia in the fifth for a 9-4 lead.
Phillies catcher J.T. Realmuto, left, on an RBI single by Rece
Hinds in the second inning of a baseball game, Friday, July 4, Sam Moll one of seven Reds pitchers tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the win and
2025, in Philadelphia. Emilio Pagán got his 19th save. Santillan truly saved the game when he caught Bohm
Associated Press looking on a 98 mph fastball to keep the score 9-6.q