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SPORTS Thursday 8 June 2017

MIGHTY

MIKE

Austria’s Dominic Thiem
celebrates wining his
quarterfinal match of
the French Open tennis
tournament against Serbia’s
Novak Djokovic in three sets
7-6 (7-5), 6-3, 6-0, at the
Roland Garros stadium, in
Paris, France. Wednesday,
June 7, 2017.
Associated Press
‘16 champ

Djokovic in
‘whole new

situation’ after

Paris loss

HOWARD FENDRICH,
AP Tennis Writer
PARIS (AP) — His French
Open title defense nearing
an end, Novak Djokovic
stumbled and tumbled to
his knees on the red clay,
his racket flying from his
right hand as his oppo-
nent’s backhand zipped
past.
Even Djokovic found it hard
to fathom how far he’s fall-
en, only a year removed
from leaving Roland Gar-
ros as a player nonpareil,
the first man in nearly a
half-century to win four
consecutive Grand Slam
titles.
That he departed this time
with a surprisingly lopsided
7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-0 quarterfinal Royals’ halt Astros’ win streak at 11
loss to sixth-seeded Domi-
nic Thiem of Austria on Kansas City Royals’ Mike Moustakas watches his two-run home
Wednesday left everyone, run to win a baseball game against the Houston Astros during
including Djokovic, pon- the ninth inning Tuesday, June 6, 2017, in Kansas City, Mo. The
dering the answers to dif- Royals won 9-7.
ficult questions. Associated Press
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