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Greek teen Tsitsipas upsets defending champ Zverev

TORONTO (AP) — Greek most honest guys on tour,"
teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas Zverev said. "Today was an
pulled off another upset absolutely pathetic match.
Friday at the Rogers Cup, I don't think he played well.
saving two match points in ... To be honest, we played
a 3-6, 7-6 (11), 6-4 victory three sets and all three sets
over defending champion should have been 3, 3 and
Alexander Zverev. 3," Zverev said. "If we would
Zverev, the second-seeded have played best-of-five,
German star coming off a that's what the score should
victory last week in Wash- have been."
ington, double-faulted on Tsitsipas struggled with a
match point to send Tsit- first-serve percentage of 47
sipas to his first ATP World percent, well below Zverev
Tour Masters 1000 semifinal. at 70 percent. But the teen
"I kind of fooled him when I converted all four of his
was on the court," Tsitsipas break-point opportunities,
said. "I did some things that while Zverev was five for 14.
he didn't expect me to do." "The level of tennis today,
The 19-year-old Tsitsipas in my opinion, was not the
beat seventh-seeded highest — it was all right,"
Dominic Thiem and ninth- Tsitsipas said. "People
seeded Novak Djokovic seemed to love it, loved
to reach the quarterfinals. Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece hits a forehand to Alexander Zverev of Germany during Rogers Cup the show and everything. I
He's the youngest player quarterfinal tennis tournament action in Toronto on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. would say I played OK."
to beat three top-10 play- Associated Press The Greek player is ranked
ers in one tournament since a career-high 27th and is
Rafael Nadal — who also come the youngest to beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2. In Zverev was upset with his guaranteed to break into
was 19 — in 2006 at Monte four straight top-10 players the night quarterfinals, Kar- play — and wasn't that the top 20. With Zverev's
Carlo. in an event since the ATP en Khachanov beat Robin impressed with Tsitsipas, loss, Juan Martin del Potro
Tsitsipas will face fourth- World Tour was established Haase 6-3, 6-1, and the either. "I always say when will jump to No. 3 when the
seeded Kevin Anderson in in 1990. top-seeded Nadal faced the opponent played bet- new rankings come out
the semifinals, trying to be- Anderson beat fifth-seeded sixth-seeded Marin Cilic. ter, I'm probably one of the Monday.q

NCAA INJURY cussing player injuries. could be defined as lower
Continued from Page 17 "My university's attorney or upper body only.
FERPA protects educa- told me, 'You cannot be "The more specific you get,
tional records, along with specific with any injuries. the greater the chance is
medical records if treat- You can say upper body. that you will wander into
ment is given on behalf of You can say lower body,'" an area that is protected
a university. said Todd Berry, who by one or both of those
At least some players and coached college football statutes (HIPAA and FER-
coaches want that privacy for 34 years and is now PA)," said attorney William
to stay in place. executive director of the H. Brooks, who works in the
"I coached in the NFL for American Football Coach- NCAA compliance and in-
nine years and there is a es Association. "Many times vestigations group for his
stark difference between the media would already firm, Lightfoot, Franklin &
working with professionals know what it was, but that's White LLC.
and working with college all I could reference." "Now," he added, "if some-
kids," Stanford coach Da- Some coaches are more In this Oct. 14, 2017, file photo, South Carolina head coach Will one gets hurt on the field in
vid Shaw said. "I do not feel specific. Others are reluc- Muschamp, right, checks on running back Rico Dowdle (5) after front of 90,000 people and
he was injured in the first half of an NCAA college football game
right giving out medical in- tant to share anything at against Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn. you see what happened,
formation of a 19-year-old. all. Associated Press then obviously everybody
I think it's wrong in any way, Washington State's Mike knows what the injury is. But
shape or form." Leach has a history of not Mississippi State and Duke's "When there's more infor- coaches don't elaborate
Still, commissioners from the even answering questions David Cutcliffe. mation, when everyone on the treatment, how the
Power Five conferences after a game about a play- That inconsistency could knows everything — like the player is doing other than
generally believe some er who was injured on the potentially raise red flags NFL, you know exactly if a he or she is progressing."
kind of uniform injury re- field. Chip Kelly also never as legal gambling grows guy is probable, doubtful Berry said an argument
porting is inevitable, even talked about injuries while throughout the United or questionable — then no- can be made that no in-
if the details still need to be at Oregon — he's now at States. If one coach reveals body really has any inside jury information should be
worked out. UCLA — and eventually more than another, it opens information." released if institutions really
Players consent to NFL inju- neither did his successor, up questions of whether it Powers said bettors want a want to protect the privacy
ry reports as a condition of Mark Helfrich, who's now creates a chance for some common language across of student athletes.
employment. Three prac- in the NFL. Miami's Mark gamblers to gain an unfair the conferences. Coaches "We're going to show up
tice participation reports Richt used to be pretty edge. also want consistency, Ber- and play Saturday — or
are required every game open about injury updates "When there's less info out ry said. whatever day it is — and
week, along with game but started to cut back be- there, you have a greater That could mean only re- who I put out there is who
status reports and in-game cause other coaches were chance of having inside in- leasing a player's status for were playing," he said. "Al-
updates. withholding information. formation," said Brad Pow- the game — an availability though, that wouldn't make
Right now, there is no stan- Others are more forthcom- ers, senior college football report, which may be the it much fun for the gam-
dard in the NCAA for dis- ing, like Joe Moorhead at analyst for Pregame.com. safest option. Or injuries blers or for the media."q