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the second set, laying
down on the sideline and
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getting massaged by a
And they’re all well aware. trainer, but then played
“Everyone knows who re- well the rest of the way,
mains in the draw,” said Svi- using his sweet-swinging
tolina, who was two points one-handed backhand to
from losing before coming great effect.
back to beat 290th-ranked “I have experienced this
Petra Martic 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. before.
“It’s a big opportunity.” I’m not seriously worried.
There’s a lot more ex- It doesn’t keep me from
perience and hardware playing, and it doesn’t
among the remaining keep me from playing
men. well,” Wawrinka said about
There’s Murray and his back. “Let’s put it this
Wawrinka on the top half way: It’s under control.”
of the bracket. On the bot- Svitolina dealt with sudden
tom half, No. 2 Djokovic, pain in her back about a
the defending champion, half-hour before her match
and No. 4 Nadal, seeking and said she panicked.
a record-extending 10th Then it affected her play.
title in Paris, would set up a But after trailing 5-2 in the
showdown in the semifinals third set, and love-30 while
with one victory apiece Britain’s Andy Murray protects himself as he almost gets hit by the ball in his fourth round match serving,
Tuesday. against Russia Karen Khachanov at the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros she switched to what she
“Looks like one of the top stadium, in Paris, France. jokingly called Svitolina
four guys” is going to end Associated Press Mode and barely a missed
up grasping the champi- a shot the rest of the way.
on’s Coupe des Mousqu- against No. 8 Kei Nishikori, “It’s a huge bonus for me, five times. She won 20 of the last 24
etaires, seven-time major who got past a slow start looking to the rest of the “Each match, I feel like I points.
titlist John McEnroe ob- to defeat Fernando Ver- tournament,” Cilic said, played better. I have hit Svitolina plays 2014 runner-
served. dasco 0-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0. “knowing that, mentally the ball cleaner and start- up Halep, who defeated
He added that he thinks Murray’s head-to-head and physically, ed to see the right shots at No. 21 Carla Suarez Navar-
“quite probably” the semi- record against Nishikori is I haven’t spent any energy the right moments,” said ro 6-1, 6-1.
finals will be No. 1 vs. No. 3, 8-2. Wawrinka, meanwhile, at all.” Murray, who became the In another quarterfinal,
and No. 2 vs. No. 4. is 11-2 against quarterfi- Murray did not arrive in Paris 15th man with 650 tour- Pliskova meets No. 28 Car-
Sure looks that way at the nal opponent No. 7 Marin at the height of his powers, level match victories and oline Garcia, a 6-2, 6-4 win-
moment. Cilic, who was leading 6-3, dealing with a cold and has a .782 career winning ner against Alize Cornet
Murray was barely tested in 3-0 when Kevin Anderson some recent shaky results. percentage. “Yeah, come in a match between two
the fourth round, beating stopped because of an in- But he appears to have a long way the last 10 days Frenchwomen.
21-year-old Karen Khacha- jured left hamstring. found his form. or so.” So what, exactly, is Svito-
nov 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Wawrinka Cilic knows what it takes Dealing quite well with a Wawrinka’s biggest difficul- lina Mode?
had only a bit more trou- to win a major title — he swirling wind that other ty was that his lower back “I just try to find myself into
ble, eliminating the last topped Nishikori in the 2014 players complained about, locked up on him early this zone where I don’t do
Frenchman, No. 15 Gael U.S. Open final — so he ap- Murray made only 14 un- against Monfils. much unforced errors,” the
Monfils, 7-5, 7-6 (7), 6-2. preciates his easy path. He forced errors and broke the Wawrinka took a medical Ukrainian said, “and still
Next for Murray is a match has not dropped a set. strong-serving Khachanov timeout midway through play aggressive.”q

Upon further review, Lydia
Ko is still No. 1 in women’s golf

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. ment from two years ago
(AP) — An oversight by the was inadvertently includ-
women’s world golf rank- ed, which gave Ko an ad-
ing means Lydia Ko is still ditional event.
No. 1. In the two-year formula,
The LPGA Tour said last Ko has played 50 tour-
week that projections from naments. The projection
the world ranking showed showed her at 51 tourna-
Ariya Jutanugarn going to ments.
No. 1 because Ko didn’t The difference meant Ko
play the ShopRite LPGA stays at No. 1 by an aver-
Classic and So Yeon Ryu age ranking of .01 points.q
missed the cut.
But the tour said Monday
that the projections were In this May 24, 2017, file
based on the day they photo, Lydia Ko, of New Zea-
were calculated, instead land, attends a media event
of the day when the rank- at Trump National Golf Club in
Bedminster, N.J.
ing is released. A tourna- Associated Press