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Swiatek wins 36th in a row, Nadal also advances at Wimbledon

By CHRIS LEHOURITES Like Swiatek, Nadal was
AP Sports Writer also playing for the first
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) time since Paris, where
— From the red clay of the he won his men’s record
French Open to the green 22nd Grand Slam singles
grass of Wimbledon, the title. And because of the
wins keep coming for Iga pandemic and his left-foot
Swiatek. injury, he said he hadn’t
The top-seeded Pole won played on grass since 2019,
her opening match on when he reached the semi-
Centre Court on Tuesday, finals at the All England
beating Croatian qualifier Club.
Jana Fett 6-0, 6-3. The two-time Wimbledon
The victory was Swiatek’s champion is attempting to
36th in row and includes all win his third consecutive
seven matches she played Grand Slam tournament,
at this year’s French Open but his foot is a question
in winning her second title mark.
at Roland Garros. It’s the “Every day is a test and to-
longest winning streak on day has been one of these
the women’s tour since important tests,” Nadal
1997, when Martina Hingis said on court. “I know at
won 37. “It’s my first match Poland’s Iga Swiatek returns to Croatia’s Jana Fett in a first round women’s singles match on day the beginning of the tour-
on grass this season, so I two of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday, June 28, 2022. nament especially, and the
knew it’s going to be tricky,” Associated Press difficult circumstances that
Swiatek said on court. “I’m earning consecutive titles Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Ro- 5 Maria Sakkari, No. 12 I arrived here, the victory
just figuring out how to play in Doha, Indian Wells, Mi- mania 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. Jelena Ostapenko, No. 16 is the most important thing
here and trying to imple- ami, Stuttgart and Rome. Gauff got the go-ahead Simona Halep of Romania because that gives me the
ment all the stuff that we Swiatek, again wearing break in the third set at 5-5 and No. 25 Petra Kvitova chance to practice tomor-
were practicing on.” a pin with the colors of on her sixth break point of of the Czech Republic also row again and to have an-
The men’s champion at Ukraine on her hat, started the game when Ruse dou- advanced. Both Halep and other match in two days.”
Roland Garros also won at out like she left off in her last ble-faulted. Kvitova are former champi- Also in the men’s draw, No.
Wimbledon on Tuesday. match at the French Open. In her two previous appear- ons at the All England Club. 18 Grigor Dimitrov of Bul-
Rafael Nadal defeated But she went down 3-1 in ances at the All England Among the seeded player garia retired from his match
Francisco Cerundolo 6-4, the second set before re- Club, Gauff reached the to lose was Olympic cham- with an apparent injury. He
6-3, 3-6, 6-4 in the first round covering. fourth round. pion Belinda Bencic. The was leading Steve Johnson
a few hours after Swiatek “The second set, at the Barbora Krejcikova, who 14th-seeded Swiss player of the United States 6-4, 2-5
finished her match. beginning I lost my focus a won the French Open in lost to Qiang Wang of Chi- when he stopped.
Even with seven-time little bit and she used that 2021 to split Swiatek’s two na 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. No. 12 Diego Schwartz-
champion Serena Williams pretty well,” Swiatek said. titles there, also advanced No. 18 Jil Teichmann of man of Argentina, No. 15
in the draw at the All Eng- Coco Gauff, who lost to to the second round. The Switzerland, No. 20 Aman- Reilly Opelka of the United
land Club, Swiatek is the Swiatek in this year’s French 13th-seeded Czech de- da Anisimova of the United States, No. 17 Roberto Bau-
woman to beat. She won Open final, also won her feated Maryna Zanevska States and No. 27 Yulia Pu- tista Agut of Spain and un-
five tournaments before opening match. The 11th- of Belgium 7-6 (4), 6-3. tintseva of Kazakhstan also seeded Nick Kyrgios of Aus-
heading to Paris in May, seeded American beat No. 4 Paula Badosa, No. lost. tralia also won.q

Senators ask minor leaguers for

information on MLB antitrust

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Utah. The senators asked for York Yankees farmhand
chairman and ranking mi- information on “the impact George Toolson and in the
nority member of the Sen- of the antitrust exemption 1972 Curt Flood decision,
ate Judiciary Committee on the negotiation of mi- saying any changes should
sent a letter to an advoca- nor league players’ length come from Congress.
cy group for minor leagu- of contract, wages, hous- The Curt Flood Act of 1998,
ers asking questions about ing or other working condi- which President Bill Clin-
baseball’s antitrust exemp- tions.” ton signed, applies anti-
tion. Sen. Richard Durbin, Baseball’s antitrust exemp- trust laws to MLB affecting
an Illinois Democrat who tion was created by the the employment of major Sen. Richard Durbin speaks before Vice President Kamala Harris
chairs the committee, and U.S. Supreme Court in a league players at the major at the C.W. Avery Family YMCA in Plainfield, Ill., Friday, June 24,
Charles Grassley, an Iowa 1922 case involving the league level. 2022.
Republican, sent the letter Federal League, when Jus- Perhaps the biggest impact Associated Press
Tuesday to Harry Marino, tice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the exemption is that it
executive director of Advo- wrote in a decision that allows MLB to prevent a lawsuit filed by four minor to the public.” The lawsuit,
cates for Minor Leaguers. baseball was not interstate franchise from moving to league teams urging that by teams that lost their big
The letter, first reported by commerce but exhibitions a different city without MLB “lower courts should limit league affiliations when
The Washington Post, also exempt from antitrust laws. permission. the `baseball exemption’ MLB cut the minors before
was signed by Sen. Richard The Supreme Court reaf- The U.S. Justice Depart- to conduct that is central to the 2021 season, is pend-
Blumenthal, D-Connecti- firmed the decision in a ment filed a statement the business of offering pro- ing in U.S. District Court in
cut, and Sen. Mike Lee, R- 1953 case involving New of interest this month in a fessional baseball games Manhattan.q