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              French Open
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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
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