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sports Diaranson 16 september 2020

2 Giants-Seattle games off due to smoky skies, moved to SF

(AP) — The two-game se- Neither Servais nor Giants
ries between the San Fran- manager Gabe Kapler were
cisco Giants and Mariners immediately available for
in Seattle that was sched- comment Tuesday.
uled to start Tuesday night
was postponed because of The area has had unhealthy
poor air quality caused by air quality for about a week
the West Coast wildfires. after weather patterns have
brought smoke from wild-
The teams will now play fires east of Seattle in Wash-
Wednesday and Thursday at ington, Oregon and Califor-
Oracle Park in San Francisco, nia. There are fires burning
with game times to be deter- near San Francisco, too, but
mined. The announcement the air quality is better.
came as forecasters called
for smoke to reach very un- A Mariners official said
healthy levels in Western smoke is expected to start
Washington through at least clearing late Thursday or Fri-
Thursday. day when they return home
for a three-game series with
Both teams had a scheduled the San Diego Padres, fol-
day off Thursday that al- lowed by their final three
lowed them to avoid playing home games with the Hous-
a doubleheader on Wednes- ton Astros next Monday
day. Some players com- through Wednesday.
plained about smoky condi- roof closed at T-Mobile Park. with allowing the makeup plain as the night wore on.
tions Monday night after the doubleheader to proceed. “I’m a healthy 22-year-old. I “We appreciate the Giants
Mariners split a doublehead- Seattle manager Scott Servais But the smoke got worse shouldn’t be gasping for air willingness to work with us
er with the Oakland Athlet- said he thought “visibility and throughout the evening, or missing oxygen. I’ll leave on this challenge, and we
ics. The smoke level during playability” were fine Mon- seeming to increase when it at that,” said Jesús Luzardo, look forward to returning to
the games reached a level day night after the games and rain moved into the area. A’s who started the opener for T-Mobile Park on Friday to
of very unhealthy on the air that Major League Baseball manager Bob Melvin said Oakland. host the Padres,” Mariners
quality index, even with the officials were comfortable several players began to com- President Kevin Mather said.
Italian teenager Musetti stuns Wawrinka in Rome

(AP) — Local teenager starting to click now,’” said a match point late in the third
Lorenzo Musetti stunned the 249th-ranked Musetti, set before closing it out af-
Stan Wawrinka 6-0, 7-6 who needed a wild card to ter nearly three hours on a
(2) in the first round of get into the qualifying tour- steamy 32 degree Celsius (90
the Italian Open on Tues- nament. “Everything was in degree F) day.
day for a memorable first place for me to fail. But I’ve The top-ranked Djokovic,
win on tour. Out-hitting been working on the mental who had a first-round bye,
Wawrinka’s famed back- aspect of the game the most, said Monday that he learned
hand with a one-hand- and I’ve improved a lot over "a big lesson” after he was
ed version of his own, the last month. thrown out of the tourna-
the 18-year-old qualifier “To get win my first match ment in New York for un-
moved the three-time here in Rome -- unfortu- intentionally hitting a line
Grand Slam champion nately without fans -- I don’t judge in the throat with a ball.
from corner to corner have words to describe it,” he
and displayed an all-court added. Djokovic beat Caruso in
game that belied his years. Musetti, who came through straight sets in their only
qualifying, was the runner- career meeting in the third Diminik Koepfer. hit three consecutive double-
Musetti became the first play- up in the 2018 U.S. Open round of last year’s French Also, Argentine qualifier faults to hand back an early
er born in 2002 to win on the junior final then won the Open. Musetti next faces Federico Coria, the younger break in the second set before
ATP tour -- after fellow Ital- Australian Open junior title Kei Nishikori, who is re- brother of 2005 Rome run- regaining her composure to
ian Jannik Sinner achieved in 2019. He’s one of a record turning from right elbow ner-up Guillermo Coria, seal the victory in 1 hour, 21
the feat last year for play- eight Italians to have reached surgery and missed the U.S. beat Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1, minutes.
ers born in 2001. Wawrinka, the second round in Rome. Open after testing positive 7-6 (5). Coria will next face
who chose not to travel to the Roman-born Matteo Berret- for COVID-19. “I’m not local favorite Matteo Berret- Gauff said she had good re-
U.S. Open, appeared rusty tini, a U.S. Open semifinalist afraid of anyone,” Musetti tini, the No. 4 seed. sults on clay as a junior and
and committed a series of er- last year, is seeded No. 4 this said. “I’m just having fun.” In the women’s tourna- noted that she spends a lot
rors early on. week. And Marco Cecchi- In other matches on Rome’s ment, Katerina Siniakova of time on the surface at the
“In the first set and the begin- nato, the 2018 French Open red clay, U.S. Open quarter- rolled past three-time Grand French academy run by Pat-
ning of the second there was semifinalist, defeated Kyle finalists Andrey Rublev and Slam champion Angelique rick Mouratoglu, Serena Wil-
no match,” said Musetti, who Edmund 3-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2, Denis Shapovalov both won Kerber 6-3, 6-1; and last liams’ coach.
won the first eight games. As to end a seven-match losing in straight sets. Rublev elimi- year’s French Open finalist, “I’ve been going there since I
the match wore on, though, streak. nated Argentine qualifier Fa- Markéta Vondroušová, held was 10,” Gauff said. “So I’m
and Wawrinka began to put Wild-card entry Salvatore cundo Bagnis 6-4, 6-4; then off a comeback from Japa- quite used to the red clay.”
up more of a fight, Musetti Caruso, another Italian, de- Shapovalov was even more nese qualifier Misaki Doi to Gauff’s next opponent will
continued hitting winners feated American qualifier efficient in a 6-2, 6-4 vic- win 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Also, Coco be former French Open and
and delicate drop volleys. Tennys Sandgren 3-6, 6-3, tory over Guido Pella. Alex Gauff won her first Tour- Wimbledon champion Garb-
He even had more aces than 7-6 (4) and will now face de Minaur — another U.S. level match on clay, sliding iñe Muguruza, who beat
the hard-serving Wawrinka Novak Djokovic in the top- Open quarterfinalist — was into her shots like a veteran Sloane Stephens 6-3, 6-3 in
-- five to three. “I kept think- ranked Serb’s first match tentative and wasted numer- in beating 34th-ranked Ons a match that was interrupted
ing, ‘I’m up a set and a break since being defaulted from ous chances in a 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 Jabeur 6-4, 6-3. But the for more than an hour be-
against Wawrinka and he's the U.S. Open. Caruso saved (6) loss to German qualifier 16-year-old American also tween sets due to rain.