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Bernal wins 16th stage to extend Giro lead; Caruso up to 2nd

(AP) — Egan Bernal took Bernal to leave his mark. The lead.
a major step toward his Colombian attacked on the
second Grand Tour title Giau, caught the last remain- "It's a victory with the pink
by winning the wet and ing breakaway rider, Antonio jersey and I wanted to show
mountainous 16th stage of Pedrero, and gained time on it off," Bernal said.
the Giro d'Italia on Mon- all of his challengers.
day. Damiano Caruso came third
"I wanted to put on a show. with the same time as Bardet
The 2019 Tour de France This is the type of cycling I and moved up from third to
champion rode alone over like, tough stages like these," second overall, 2:24 behind
the top of the snowy Giau Bernal said. "It's a risk but I Bernal. Hugh Carthy moved
Pass then carefully navigated believed in myself and the up from fifth to third, 3:40
the technical and wet descent team believed in me." back.
into Cortina to add to his Bernal, who rides for Ineos Simon Yates, who was second
overall lead. Grenadiers, crossed in 4 overall entering the stage,
Snow and rain throughout hours, 22 minutes and fin- was dropped on the Giau and
the Dolomites prompted ished 27 seconds ahead of fell to fifth.
organizers to drastically Romain Bardet, who was
shorten what was slated to quicker on the descent. Two-time Giro winner Vin-
be the race's "queen" stage. cenzo Nibali was part of an
Instead of a 212-kilometer Before crossing the finish early six-man breakaway that
(132-mile) route over three line, Bernal had time to take fell apart on the Giau.
major mountain passes, the his raincoat off and show off
stage followed a 153-kilome- his pink jersey as he celebrat- Tuesday is the race's second
ter (95-mile) route over only ed. and final rest day, after which
one major pass, the Giau. more mountains loom before
Bernal also won the ninth Sunday's finish in Milan with
That was still enough for stage, when he claimed the an individual time trial.

Brooksby, 20, heads to Paris, 2 years after a US Open splash

(AP) – Like many a Stebe, who is seeded 20th, the world." Every so often, someone who Meadows.
20-year-old American in at Roland Garros in French does work his or her way into
Paris for the first time, Open qualifying Tuesday, but This is what competitiveness the main event uses that mo- "The whole world told him to
tennis pro Jenson Brooks- in the years to come. Asked and confidence sound like. mentum as a springboard for go pro," Brooksby's advisor,
by is excited about where where he sees himself a de- It's also evidence that having serious success. Amrit Narasimhan, said in a
he is and eager to see cade from now, Brooksby did had a taste, albeit a brief one, telephone inteview, "whereas
where he's headed. not hesitate a bit. of the uppermost echelon of At the 2020 French Open, for I was like, 'Buddy, you're not
a sport can do for someone example, 20-year-old Ameri- ready to play pro tennis.'"
Brooksby, who's from Sacra- "I mean, by then, I want to be who is trying to make it big can Sebastian Korda went Brooskby acknowledges as
mento, California, has been No. 1 in the world. I believe one day. from qualifying to the fourth much, saying, "I felt my game
tearing up the lower-level I can do it. It's a long road. round before losing to even- was ready, but not other ar-
ATP Challenger Tour — It takes a lot of, obviously, a Qualifying for the French tual champion Rafael Nadal; eas. Not physically, not men-
19-2 record; youngest U.S. lot of hard work, a lot of dis- Open began Monday; play 23-year-old Argentine Nadia tally. ... Now I'm ready."
player to accumulate three cipline getting better. But I in the main draw starts next Podoroska took that route all
titles in one season on that believe I'm very motivated Sunday. Players whose rank- the way to the semifinals be- So he chose Baylor — but
circuit in 15 years; ranking enough to do that," he said ings weren't high enough fore losing to eventual cham- then never actually played a
rose from 315th in February in an interview with The As- to get direct entry into the pion Iga Swiatek. At this year's college match, sidelined by a
to 163rd on Monday — and sociated Press conducted via Grand Slam bracket can earn Australian Open, 27-year-old toe injury. In the meantime,
now he's looking for more. Zoom. "And by then, even their way in through the Russian Aslan Karatsev quali- he's grown to 6-foot-4 and
five, 10 years, or before — I three rounds of qualifying — fied and got to the semifinals improved his strength and
Not just this week, when he's mean, I don't want put limits essentially a tournament be- before losing to — yes, that's fitness.
scheduled to face 20-year- on it, my goals — I definitely fore the tournament. right — eventual champion The best part of his tennis
old German Cedrik-Marcel want to be the best player in Novak Djokovic. game?

Brooksby — known as "JT" "The strength," Brooksby
to those closest to him, be- said, "is no weaknesses."
cause his middle name is He's been with the same
Taylor — played in only one coach since age 7, Joe Gilbert,
Grand Slam tournament as a who joked that Brooksby is
junior, the 2018 U.S. Open. "not growing a beard anytime
But he stood in the spotlight soon" and offered a similar
at age 18 in New York the fol- assessment to Narasimhan's
lowing year: Brooksby won about their player's on-court
three matches in qualifying to demeanor.
book a spot in the main draw,
then beat 2010 Wimbledon "He can't stand losing. And
runner-up Tomas Berdych. he's a very fiery competi-
There was a swirl of attention tor," said Gilbert, who met
around Brooksby and con- Brooksby after giving his
versation about whether he parents tennis lessons. "So he
would, or should, opt out of battles himself. Sometimes
playing college tennis at Bay- battles his opponent. He
lor and declare himself a pro- battles everything out there,
fessional so he could accept because he is a bit emotional.
the prize money at Flushing But he loves it."