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French Open champ Swiatek rises to 17th; Djokovic, Nadal 1-2

By HOWARD FENDRICH use either their 2019 or 2020
AP Tennis Writer results at any given tourna-
French Open champion ment for rankings purposes,
Iga Swiatek joined the Top so Barty wasn't hurt by sit-
20 for the first time Monday ting out the French Open a
by rising 37 spots in the WTA year after winning it.
rankings to a career-best Osaka also sat out the trip
No. 17. to Paris this time, opting to
Rafael Nadal's 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 rest and recover after her
victory over Novak Djokov- championship at the U.S.
ic on Sunday for a 13th Open last month.
championship at Roland Halep did compete at
Garros and 20th Grand the French Open, but her
Slam trophy in all — tying 6-1, 6-2 loss to Swiatek in
Roger Federer's record for the fourth round didn't af-
men — did not change the fect the three-time major
top of the ATP rankings. champion's ranking.
Djokovic, who won the Aus- In the ATP, Argentina's Di-
tralian Open in February for ego Schwartzman, who
his 17th major title, is still No. reached his first Grand
1, with Nadal at No. 2, fol- Slam semifinal before losing
lowed by U.S. Open cham- to Nadal, cracked the Top
pion Dominic Thiem and 10 for the first time, jumping
Federer. to No. 8 from No. 14.
The 19-year-old Swiatek The Eiffel Tower is seen in the background, as Poland's Iga Swiatek, suddenly becoming a Grand Russia's Andrey Rublev also
entered the French Open Slam champion at the age of 19, poses with her trophy during a photo call on the rooftop of Gal- made his Top 10 debut
at No. 54 and became eries Lafayette, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, after winning the final match of the French Open tennis Monday, using a second
the lowest-ranked female tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Saturday. consecutive major quarter-
champion at the clay-court Associated Press final appearance to go to
Grand Slam tournament Slam singles champion. Slam matches in 2020, win- at No. 2, and Naomi Osaka No. 10 from No. 12.
since the WTA computer Kenin's run to the final — ning her first such trophy at at No. 3. Serena Williams is The biggest mover in the
rankings began in 1975. the first time she made it the Australian Open in Feb- No. 10. men's Top 100 was Jannik
Her 6-4, 6-1 victory over So- to the quarterfinals on clay ruary. When competition re- Sinner, whose quarterfinal
fia Kenin on Saturday gave anywhere — allowed her The top three in the wom- sumed in August after a showing — he was beaten
Swiatek the first tour-level to move up two places to en's rankings remained hiatus of about five months by Nadal — pushed the
title of any sort in her pro- No. 4, matching her career as they were before the because of the coronavirus 19-year-old Italian up 29
fessional career and made high. The 21-year-old Amer- French Open, with Ash Bar- pandemic, the tours de- places to No. 46 from No.
her Poland's first Grand ican went 16-2 in Grand ty at No. 1, Simona Halep cided to allow players to 75.q
Falcons name Raheem Morris interim replacement for Quinn

By CHARLES ODUM Morris could become a interim coach despite be-
AP Sports Writer candidate for the full-time ing in charge of a defense
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlan- job if the Falcons, who play which ranks near the bot-
ta Falcons named defen- at Minnesota on Sunday, tom of the league in pass-
sive coordinator Raheem can revive their season. ing, total yards and points
Morris interim head coach Morris was coach of the allowed.
on Monday after firing Dan Tampa Bay Buccaneers The Falcons have tried to
Quinn. from 2009-2011. His team compensate for a second-
Morris is in his sixth season finished 10-6 in 2010, mark- ary which has been deplet-
with the Falcons and his first ing the best turnaround in ed by injuries. The defense
season as defensive coor- franchise history following a faces a big problem in cor-
dinator. 3-13 finish in 2009. recting its tackling. Several
The Falcons fired Quinn on "Raheem is a strong leader players whiffed on initial
Sunday night, hours after and a talented coach that contact in the loss to Caro-
the team fell to 0-5 for the has adapted to a variety of lina. Panthers running back
first time since 1997 with a roles since joining the Fal- Mike Davis often carried In this Dec. 6, 2015, file photo, Atlanta Falcons assistant head
23-16 loss to the Carolina cons in 2015," McKay said in defenders along for the coach Raheem Morris is shown before an NFL football game
Panthers. Falcons owner a statement Monday. "He ride as he broke through to against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in Tampa, Fla.
Arthur Blank also fired long- has experience as a head the second and third level. Associated Press
time general manager coach and has worked on The defense gave up too yards, averaging 6.6 yards. receivers before being
Thomas Dimitroff. both sides of the ball. We many big plays, nine of Todd Gurley, who finished switched to the secondary.
When firing Quinn and felt that combined with his which covered at least 15 with 121 yards on just 14 The move was seen as a
Dimitroff, the Falcons an- connection to the players yards and included a 57- carries, had success break- major reason Atlanta went
nounced team president and coaching staff, which yard touchdown pass from ing tackles and running on 6-2 in its final eight games
Rich McKay would take will be an important fac- Teddy Bridgewater to D.J. the perimeter. to finish 7-9 last season.
control of football opera- tor as we move forward in Moore. Morris has experience on Morris spent three seasons
tions on an interim basis 2020, he was the right per- Morris may lean on a run- offense and defense in his as defensive backs coach
and also assist Blank in the son to give this responsibility ning game which was a 18 years coaching in the for the Washington Football
search for a full-time coach to." bright spot in Sunday's loss. NFL. He opened the 2019 Team before joining the
and general manager. Morris was the choice as The Falcons ran for 166 season with Atlanta's wide Falcons.q