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Monday 9 July 2018
Wimbledon glance: Federer, Nadal, Williams start Week 2

By The Associated Press mon of France, No. 8 Kevin
A quick look at Wimbledon: Anderson of South Africa
LOOKAHEAD TO MONDAY vs. Gael Monfils of France,
Roger Federer, Rafael Nad- No. 9 John Isner of the U.S.
al and Novak Djokovic all vs. No. 31 Stefanos Tsitsipas
will be in action as Week 2 of Greece, No. 13 Milos Ra-
begins. So will Serena Wil- onic of Canada vs. Mack-
liams. Wimbledon’s unique enzie McDonald of the U.S.,
second Monday is guar- and No. 24 Kei Nishikori of
anteed to be busy: This is Japan vs. qualifier Ernests
the only Grand Slam tour- Gulbis of Latvia.
nament that schedules all OTHER WOMEN’S MATCH-
16 men’s and women’s UPS MONDAY
fourth-round singles match- No. 11 Angelique Kerber of
es on one day’s schedule. Germany vs. Belinda Ben-
The No. 1-seeded Federer, cic of Switzerland, No. 12
seeking a record-extending Jelena Ostapenko of Lat-
ninth title at the All England via vs. Aliaksandra Sasnov-
Club and 21st major tro- ich of Belarus, No. 13 Julia
phy overall, opens the pro- Goerges of Germany vs.
ceedings at Centre Court Donna Vekic of Croatia,
by taking on No. 22 Adrian Camila Giorgi of Italy vs.
Mannarino of France, who Ekaterina Makarova of Rus-
never has been to the Switzerland’s Roger Federer returns the ball to Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff during their men’s sia, Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan
quarterfinals at any Slam. singles match, on the fifth day of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Friday July 6, vs. Dominika Cibulkova of
Federer? He’s been to the 2018. Slovakia, and Alison Van
final eight 52 times. Another Associated Press Uytvanck of Belgium vs.
statistic that makes this one turner, the highest success Federer at Centre Court, one of the top 10 women’s Daria Kasatkina of Russia.
seem like quite a mismatch: rate of anyone remain- and she plays 120th-ranked seeds remains after an up- MONDAY’S FORECAST
Federer is 5-0 against Man- ing. No. 2 seed Nadal, a qualifier Evgeniya Rodina set-filled Week 1: No. 7 Kar- Sunny. High of 84 degrees
narino, winning 12 of the two-time champion, tries of Russia. They are the last olina Pliskova, the 2016 U.S. (29 Celsius).
13 sets they’ve played. Not to get back to the quar- two mothers remaining in Open runner-up. She plays STAT OF THE DAY
only has Federer not lost terfinals at the All England the singles draw of the half- the day’s first match on No. 67 — Consecutive service
a set in the tournament Club for the first time since dozen who started. Williams 2 Court, facing No. 20 Kiki games won at Wimbledon
so far, and not only hasn’t 2011, meeting 93rd-ranked is also the lone past Wim- Bertens of the Netherlands, by Federer, a streak that
he been broken so far, he Jiri Vesely of the Czech Re- bledon champion left in who eliminated Venus Wil- dates to last year’s semifi-
hasn’t so much as faced public, while No. 12 Djokov- the women’s bracket; she liams in the third round. nals.
a single break point. Man- ic, who’s won Wimbledon owns seven titles, includ- OTHER MEN’S MATCHUPS QUOTE OF THE DAY
narino, meanwhile, has three times, meets 40th- ing in 2015 and 2016, the MONDAY “Here, if you don’t have a
converted 19 of 29 break ranked Karen Khachanov previous two times she en- No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro big, big serve, you can’t
points he’s earned as a re- of Russia. Williams will follow tered the tournament. Only of Argentina vs. Gilles Si- feel ... safe.” — Nadal.q

Sagan wins Stage 2 in Tour de

France, Froome has calmer ride

career win at the Tour but. And the second stage of the small bunch hunt-
came just over a year since looked like it would feature ing for position, reaching
he was disqualified from another duel between the a speed of 57.6 kph on the
cycling’s most prestigious veteran Sagan and new final 500 meters on his way
event by race officials who star Gaviria. to the finish line.
ruled he had caused a But Gaviria was involved in With Sonny Colbrelli about
crash that broke Mark Cav- a group pileup inside the to catch him, Sagan thrust
endish’s shoulder. three-kilometer zone that forward to ensure victory.
“Revenge? I already forgot neutralizes the impact of “It was really a hard sprint. It
about last year,” Sagan accidents and could do was climbing a little bit in a
Slovakia’s Peter Sagan celebrates as he crosses the finish line
to win the second stage of the Tour de France cycling race said. “I’m just happy I can nothing to stop Sagan from headwind and already the
over 182.5 kilometers (113.4 miles) with start in Mouilleron-Saint- be in the Tour de France, claiming a six-second over- last five kilometers were up
Germain and finish in La Roche Sur-Yon, France, Sunday, July 8, the biggest race in the all lead. and down. It was a mess,”
2018. world.” “We expected some crash- Sagan said.
Associated Press Defending champion Chris es in this tricky final and “I was a bit scared be-
By JOSEPH WILSON Powering past the compe- Froome, who fell into a moved up early,” said En- cause Sonny was coming
Associated Press tition to reach the finish line. ditch near the end of Satur- rico Poitschke, sports direc- back strong.”
LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, The three-time defending day’s Stage 1, arrived safe- tor of Sagan’s Bora-Hans- Sagan won the mostly flat
France (AP) — A year after world champion took the ly with most of the peloton. grohe team. 182.5-kilometer (113.4-mile)
leaving the Tour de France overall lead of the Tour on Sagan came up short in “This proved to be impor- leg from Mouilleron-Saint-
in disgrace, Peter Sagan Sunday after he bettered the opening stage’s sprint tant as we were able to Germain to the depart-
earned the race’s yellow about a dozen other sprint- when he crossed second avoid the last crash. Every- ment capital of La Roche-
jersey on Sunday after do- ers to win Stage 2. behind Fernando Gaviria, thing turned out perfect.” sur-Yon in 4 hours, 6 min-
ing what he does best: The Slovakian rider’s ninth who won on his Tour de- Sagan moved to the front utes, 37 seconds.q