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Karolina Pliskova of the
Czech Republic celebrates 10
her win over Germany’s
Carina Witthoeft during
their third round match of
the French Open tennis
tournament at the Roland
Garros stadium, Sunday, June
4, 2017 in Paris. Piskova won
7-5, 6-1.
Associated Press
French Open
up for grabs for

women; Murray,
top men in QF

PARIS (AP) — For all of the
tumult in the French Open
women’s draw and the
unfamiliar names filling the
quarterfinal slots, the men’s
tournament has been
much more about the
usual suspects: Andy Mur-
ray, Novak Djokovic, Stan
Wawrinka and, of course,
Rafael Nadal.
The No. 1-seeded Murray,
a three-time major cham-
pion and last year’s runner-
up at Roland Garros, and
No. 3 Wawrinka, whose
own trio of Grand Slam
trophies includes the 2015
French Open, moved into
the quarters with ho-hum,
straight-set victories Mon-
day.
While three of the winners
in women’s fourth-round
action Monday — No. 2
Karolina Pliskova, No. 3 Si-
mona Halep and No. 5 Springer, Astros power past Rangers 7-2
Elina Svitolina — are highly
seeded, none of the eight
players left in that field has Houston Astros’ George Springer celebrates his solo home run after crossing the
ever won a Grand Slam plate in the first inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers on Sunday,
June 4, 2017, in Arlington, Texas.
tournament. Associated Press
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