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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Wednesday, July 5, 2017 Wimbledon Kerber, Raonic make it through in straight sets By CHRIS LEHOURITES Associated Press LONDON — Last year’s runners-up were up first on the main showcourts at Wimbledon on Tuesday, and both came through in straight sets. Angelique Kerber, playing in the spot on Centre Court normally reserved for the defending women’s champion, beat Irina Falconi of the United States 6-4, 6-4. On No. 1 Court, Milos Raonic defeated Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (4). “A lot of memories came back when I walk on the Centre Court,” Kerber said. “Playing there again, it’s one of the best courts to play. It’s traditional, so it was really great to being back.” Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, who own a combined 10 titles at the All England Club, didn’t even need three sets to advance. They both reached the second round when their opponents retired from their matches in the second set. Kerber stepped in to the opening spot on Centre Court on Day 2 in place of Serena Williams, the defending champion who is out for the rest of the season because she is pregnant. Although Kerber became the first women seeded No. 1 in the profes- AP Photo/Alastair Grant Germany’s Angelique Kerber returns to Irina Falconi of the United States during their Women’s Sin- gles Match on day two at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London Tuesday, July 4, 2017. sional era to lose in the first round of the French Open, she made it through to the second round on the grass. “Playing first rounds in Grand Slams are always tough, especially with my first-round match that I lost in Paris,” Kerber said. “I was actually just thinking about point by point, trying to finding my rhythm during the whole match.” Djokovic followed on Centre Court, leading 6-3, 2-0 when Martin Klizan stopped because of injury. The second-seeded Serb was leading 30-0 in the third game of the second. The victory put Djokovic alone into second place on the list of Grand Slam match wins, one ahead of Jimmy Connors, with 234. Federer, an eight-time champion who followed on Centre Court and beat Alexandr Dolgopolov, leads the list with 315. Federer was leading 6-3, 3-0 when Dolgopolov retired. Raonic came into Wimbledon after playing only one match on grass, a first-round loss at Queen’s. The last time he failed to win a match on grass prior to Wimbledon, in 2014, he reached the semifinals. Last year he did even better than that, reaching the final at the All England Club and losing to Andy Murray in straight sets. Juan Martin del Potro needed seven match points, but he also advanced, beating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 (2), 6-4. Other winners include 2015 Wimbledon finalist Garbine Muguruza among the women, and 15th-seeded Gael Monfils among the men. Tour de France Cavendish withdraws, Sagan disqualified after Tour crash By ANDREW DAMPF & JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press VITTEL, France — Mark Cavendish has been forced out of the Tour de France after suffering a fractured shoulder blade in a serious crash caused by world cham- pion Peter Sagan, who was disqualified from cycling’s showcase event. Hours after Tuesday’s crash in a chaotic sprint finish to Stage 4, Cavendish’s Team Dimension Data said on its Twitter feed that “Unfortu- nately, @MarkCavendish has been forced to withdraw from #TDF2017.” The British rider sustained hand and shoulder injuries in the crash, and was taken to a hospital for checks. “I’m obviously massively disappointed to get this news about the fracture,” Caven- dish said. “The team was incredible today. “They executed to perfec- tion what we wanted to do this morning. I feel I was in a good position to win and to lose that and even having to leave the Tour, a race I have built my whole career around, is really sad.” The crash occurred about 50 meters (yards) from the end of the stage, when Sagan elbowed Cavendish, who was squeezed against the barriers to his right, out of the way. Cavendish slammed into the barriers and two other riders plowed over the British AP Photo/Christophe Ena Britain’s Mark Cavendish crashes during the sprint of the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 207.5 kilometers (129 miles) with start in Mondorf-les- Bains, Luxembourg, and finish in Vittel, France, , Tuesday, July 4, 2017. sprint specialist, a winner of 30 Tour stages. “Mark suffered a fracture to the right scapula,” Team Dimension Data doctor Adrian Rotunno said. “Fortunately no surgery is required at this stage, and most importantly there is no nerve damage. “He’s been withdrawn from the race for obvious medical reasons, and we’ll continue monitoring him over the coming days.” Race jury president Philippe Marien of the UCI said race rules allowed orga- nizers to disqualify riders in “serious cases”. “We have decided to disqualify Peter Sagan from the 2017 Tour de France after the tumultuous sprint here in Vittel, where he endangered several riders, including Mark Cavendish and others who were involved in the crash,” Marien said. Apart from doping offenses, disqualifications are rare in the Tour. In 2010, Australian Mark Renshaw was thrown out for a head- butt that cleared a path in a sprint for his teammate Cavendish to win the stage in Bourg-Les-Valence. “I get on with Peter well, but I don’t get ... if he came across is one thing, but the elbow. I’m not a fan of him putting his elbow in me like that,” Cavendish said. “A crash is a crash, I’d just like to know about the elbow, really,” Cavendish added. “I’d just like to speak to him about it.” After the crash, Sagan went over to see how Cavendish was and patted him on the back, while the British rider showed him his wounds. The Slovak said later he had apologized to Cavendish. “It’s not nice to crash like that,” said Sagan, who had finished the stage in second place behind Demare. “It’s the sprint. I just didn’t know that Mark is behind me, he’s coming from the right side,” Sagan added. “Mark was coming pretty fast from the back and after I just didn’t have time to react, to go left, and he just came (into) me and after into the fence.” A medical team quickly ran out to treat Cavendish, jogging into the oncoming stream of riders to reach him. When Cavendish was finally helped to his feet, his jersey was badly torn and blood was streaking down his side. Cavendish rode in with a teammate after treatment, gingerly holding his right arm close to his body, with his right hand in a bandage. It’s already been a diffi- cult year for Cavendish, who came down with mononucle- osis caused by the Epstein- Barr virus in April. “If there was a mistake, then you have to congratu- late the jury for having the courage to punish the world champion, the big star of cycling today,” said France’s Arnaud Demare, who won Tuesday’s stage. There was another crash earlier that delayed Tour leader Geraint Thomas, but the Welshman retained the yellow jersey since it happened in the neutral zone near the stage finish. Thomas leads Sky team- mate and three-time champion Chris Froome by 12 seconds, with third-place Michael Matthews of Australia also 12 seconds back. Thomas scraped his knee but said it was OK. “I hit the deck but I’m fine,” Thomas said. Demare clocked nearly five hours over the largely flat 207.5-kilometer (129- mile) route, which started and finished in two spa towns, Mondorf-les-Bains in Luxembourg and Vittel in France. Demare’s win ended a long wait for the home fans, with the previous French victory in a bunch sprint at the Tour being won by Jimmy Casper in Stage 1 in Strasbourg in 2006. “We’ve been working with Arnaud for a long time on sprints,” said Marc Madiot, manager of Demare’s FDJ team. “Winning in the Tour is the best.” After Sagan’s disqualifi- cation, Alexander Kristoff moved up to second place in the stage, with Andre Greipel in third. Stage 5 on Wednesday concludes with the first serious climb of the Tour. The 160.5-kilometer (100- mile) leg begins in Vittel and winds its way to La Planche Des Belles Filles with a short but steep finishing ascent that features a leg-breaking 20-percent gradient in the final meters. All of the overall favorites should swing into action. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. Svetlana Kuznetsova (7), Russia, def. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, 6-3, 6-2. Agnieszka Radwanska (9), Poland, def. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 7-6 (3), 6-0. Kristina Mladenovic (12), France, def. Pauline Parmentier, France, 6-1, 6-3. Garbine Muguruza (14), Spain, def. Ekater- ina Alexandrova, Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (16), Russia, lost to Arina Rodionova, Australia, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 9-7. Timea Bacsinszky (19), Switzerland, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0. Daria Gavrilova (20), Australia, lost to Petra Martic, Croatia, 6-4, 2-6, 10-8. Kiki Bertens (23), Netherlands, lost to Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 7-6 (4), 7-5. CoCo Vandeweghe (24), United States, def. Mona Barthel, Germany, 7-5, 6-2. Lauren Davis (28), United States, lost to Varvara Lepchenko, United States, 6-4, 7-5. Daria Kasatkina (29), Russia, def. Zheng Saisai, China, 6-2, 6-4. Zhang Shuai (30), China, lost to Viktorija Golubic, Switzerland, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-1. Lucie Safarova (32), Czech Republic, def. Oceane Dodin, France, 6-2, 6-2. 19. Grega Bole, Slovenia, Bahrain-Merida, same time. 20. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, Quick-Step Floors, same time. Also 22. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, same time. 28. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, same time. 31. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time. 47. Richie Porte, Australia, BMC Racing, same time. 54. Andrew Talansky, United States, Cannondale Drapac, same time. 81. Alberto Contador, Spain, Trek-Segafre- do, same time. 113. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ, same time. 115. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Bora-Hansgro- he, same time. 135. Nate Brown, United States, Cannon- dale Drapac, same time. 148. Taylor Phinney, United States, Can- nondale Drapac, same time. 155. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, same time. Overall Standings (After four stages) 1. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, 14:54:25. 2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, :12. 3. Michael Matthews, Australia, Sunweb, same time. 4. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Dimension Data, :16. 5. Pierre-Roger Latour, France, AG2R La Mondiale, :25. 6. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, Quick-Step Floors, :30. 7. Michal Kwiatkowski, Poland, Sky, :32. 8. Tim Wellens, Belgium, Lotto Soudal, same time. 9. Arnaud Demare, France, FDJ, :33. 10. Nikias Arndt, Germany, Sunweb, :34. 11. Alexey Lutsenko, Kazakhstan, Astana, :37. 12. Stefan Kueng, Switzerland, BMC Racing, :38. 13. Emanuel Buchmann, Germany, Bora-Hansgrohe, :40. 14. Greg Van Avermaet, Belgium, BMC Racing, same time. 15. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Bora-Hansgro- he, :43. 16. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Quick-Step Floors, same time. 17. Diego Ulissi, Italy, UAE Team Emirates, same time. 18. Simon Yates, Britain, Orica-Scott, :45. 19. Daryl Impey, South Africa, Orica-Scott, same time. 20. Richie Porte, Australia, BMC Racing, :47. Also 21. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar, :48. 24. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, :51. 27. Alberto Contador, Spain, Trek-Sega- fredo, :54. 43. Andrew Talansky, United States, Cannondale Drapac, 1:12. SCOREBOARD Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB Boston 48 35 .578 — New York 44 38 .537 3½ Tampa Bay 44 41 .518 5 Baltimore 40 43 .482 8 Toronto 38 45 .458 10 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 44 37 .543 — Kansas City 43 40 .518 2 Minnesota 43 40 .518 2 Detroit 37 45 .451 7½ Chicago 37 46 .446 8 West Division W L Pct GB Houston 56 27 .675 — Los Angeles 43 45 .489 15½ Seattle 41 44 .482 16 Texas 40 43 .482 16 Oakland 36 48 .429 20½ ——— Monday’s Games Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, Toronto 3 Boston 7, Texas 5, 11 innings Minnesota 9, L.A. Angels 5 Chicago White Sox 7, Oakland 2 Kansas City 3, Seattle 1 Tuesday’s Games Toronto 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Detroit 5, San Francisco 3 Minnesota 5, L.A. Angels 4 Tampa Bay 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Oakland 7, Chicago White Sox 6 Milwaukee 6, Baltimore 2 Kansas City 7, Seattle 3 San Diego at Cleveland, late finish Houston at Atlanta, late finish Boston at Texas, late finish Today’s Games Toronto (Estrada 4-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 8-4), 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 0-5) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 5-9), 11:20 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Pelfrey 3-6) at Oak- land (Gray 3-4), 12:35 p.m. Baltimore (Aquino 1-1) at Milwaukee (Garza 3-4), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Perdomo 3-4) at Cleveland (Bauer 7-6), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Blach 5-5) at Detroit (Norris 4-6), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Musgrove 4-7) at Atlanta (Garcia 2-6), 4:35 p.m. Boston (Fister 0-1) at Texas (Cashner 3-7), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Bridwell 2-1) at Minnesota (Santana 10-5), 5:10 p.m. Kansas City (Vargas 12-3) at Seattle (Miranda 7-4), 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W Washington 50 Atlanta 40 L Pct GB 34 .595 — 41 .494 8½ New York 38 45 .458 11½ Miami 37 45 .451 12 Philadelphia 28 53 .346 20½ Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 46 40 .535 — Chicago 41 42 .494 3½ St. Louis 40 43 .482 4½ Pittsburgh 37 46 .446 7½ Cincinnati 35 47 .427 9 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 55 29 .655 — Arizona 52 31 .627 2½ Colorado 49 36 .576 6½ San Diego 34 48 .415 20 San Francisco 33 52 .388 22½ ——— Monday’s Games Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 1 Washington 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 0 St. Louis 14, Miami 6 Colorado 5, Cincinnati 3 Tuesday’s Games Washington 11, N.Y. Mets 4 Detroit 5, San Francisco 3 Miami 5, St. Louis 2 Tampa Bay 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Pittsburgh 3, Philadelphia 0 Milwaukee 6, Baltimore 2 San Diego at Cleveland, late finish Houston at Atlanta, late finish Cincinnati at Colorado, late finish Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, late finish Today’s Games Tampa Bay (Snell 0-5) at Chicago Cubs (Lackey 5-9), 11:20 a.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 8-3) at Washington (Roark 6-6), 4:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Cole 6-7) at Philadelphia (Lively 1-3), 4:05 p.m. Baltimore (Aquino 1-1) at Milwaukee (Garza 3-4), 4:10 p.m. San Diego (Perdomo 3-4) at Cleveland (Bauer 7-6), 4:10 p.m. San Francisco (Blach 5-5) at Detroit (Norris 4-6), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Musgrove 4-7) at Atlanta (Garcia 2-6), 4:35 p.m. Miami (Volquez 4-8) at St. Louis (Leake 6-6), 5:15 p.m. Cincinnati (Feldman 7-5) at Colorado (Gray 1-0), 5:40 p.m. Arizona (Godley 3-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Wood 9-0), 7:10 p.m. MiLB Northwest League North Division W Vancouver (Blue Jays) 12 Tri-City (Padres) 11 Everett (Mariners) 8 Spokane (Rangers) 7 South Division W Eugene (Cubs) 11 Hillsboro (D-backs) 10 Boise (Rockies) 9 Salem-Keizer (Giants) 8 L 7 8 11 12 Pct. GB .632 — .579 1 .421 4 .368 5 L 8 9 10 11 Pct. GB .579 — .526 1 .474 2 .421 3 ——— Monday’s Games Spokane 5, Boise 2 Vancouver 7, Eugene 2 Everett 8, Hillsboro 4 Salem-Keizer 3, Tri-City 2, 10 innings Tuesday’s Games Vancouver at Spokane, late finish Hillsboro at Salem-Keizer, late finish Boise at Eugene, late finish Tri-City at Everett, late finish Today’s Games Vancouver at Spokane, 6:30 p.m. Hillsboro at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m. Boise at Eugene, 7:05 p.m. Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m. Washington 10 6 .625 Connecticut 8 7 .533 New York 7 7 .500 Atlanta 6 7 .462 Indiana 7 8 .467 Chicago 3 12 .200 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Minnesota 12 1 .923 Los Angeles 12 3 .800 Phoenix 7 6 .538 Dallas 8 9 .471 Seattle 7 8 .467 San Antonio 1 14 .067 ——— Monday-Tuesday No games scheduled Today’s Games Connecticut at San Antonio, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Dallas, 5 p.m. Washington at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Chicago 11 3 4 Toronto FC 10 3 5 NYC FC 10 5 3 Atl. United FC 9 7 3 Orlando City 8 6 5 Columbus 9 10 1 New York 7 8 2 Philadelphia 6 7 4 Montreal 5 5 6 New England 5 8 5 D.C. United 5 10 3 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Sporting K.C. 8 4 7 FC Dallas 7 3 7 San Jose 7 7 5 Portland 7 7 5 Houston 7 7 4 Los Angeles 6 7 4 Vancouver 6 7 3 Seattle 5 7 6 Colorado 6 10 1 Minn. United 5 11 3 Real Salt Lake 5 12 2 Pts GF GA 37 35 17 35 31 18 33 34 21 30 39 27 29 21 26 28 30 32 23 17 23 22 24 20 21 26 26 20 27 28 18 12 27 Pts GF GA 31 23 13 28 26 16 26 22 26 26 32 29 25 31 28 22 26 26 21 21 25 21 22 27 19 18 24 18 25 42 17 17 38 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Tuesday’s Games Columbus 1, Minnesota United 0 Atlanta United FC 4, San Jose 2 D.C. United at FC Dallas, late finish Seattle at Colorado, late finish Real Salt Lake at Los Angeles, late finish Today’s Games New York at New England, 4:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Orlando City, 4:30 p.m. Montreal at Houston, 5:30 p.m. New York City FC at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Chicago at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Thursday’s Game Philadelphia at Sporting Kansas City, 5:30 p.m. Basketball WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB — 1½ 2 2½ 2½ 6½ GB — 1 5 6 6 12 Tennis Wimbledon Tuesday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London First Round Seeds Fared Men Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-3, 2-0 (30-0), retired. Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 6-3, 3-0 (30-30), retired. Milos Raonic (6), Canada, def. Jan-Len- nard Struff, Germany, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (4). Dominic Thiem (8), Austria, def. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. Alexander Zverev (10), Germany, def. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Tomas Berdych (11), Czech Republic, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. Grigor Dimitrov (13), Bulgaria, def. Diego Schwartzman, Argentina, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-2. Gael Monfils (15), France, def. Daniel Brands, Germany, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4. Jack Sock (17), United States, def. Chris- tian Garin, Chile, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Feliciano Lopez (19), Spain, lost to Adrian Mannarino, France, 5-7, 6-1, 6-1, 4-3, retired. Richard Gasquet (22), France, lost to David Ferrer, Spain, 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. John Isner (23), United States, def. Taylor Fritz, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Albert Ramos-Vinolas (25), Spain, def. Jor- dan Thompson, Australia, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 (4). Mischa Zverev (27), Germany, def. Ber- nard Tomic, Australia, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Juan Martin del Potro (29), Argentina, def. Thanasi Kokkinakis, Australia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4. Women Angelique Kerber (1), Germany, def. Irina Falconi, United States, 6-4, 6-4. Karolina Pliskova (3), Czech Republic, def. Evgeniya Rodina, Russia, 6-1, 6-4. Caroline Wozniacki (5), Denmark, def. Cycling Tour de France Tuesday At Vittel, France Fourth Stage A 128.9-mile mostly flat ride from Mon- dorf-les-Bains to Vittel 1. Arnaud Demare, France, FDJ, 4:53:54. 2. Alexander Kristoff, Norway, Katusha Alpecin, same time. 3. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto Soudal, same time. 4. Nacer Bouhanni, France, Cofidis, same time. 5. Adrien Petit, France, Direct Energie, same time. 6. Jurgen Roelandts, Belgium, Lotto Soudal, same time. 7. Michael Matthews, Australia, Sunweb, same time. 8. Manuele Mori, Italy, UAE Team Emir- ates, same time. 9. Tiesj Benoot, Belgium, Lotto Soudal, same time. 10. Zdenek Stybar, Czech Republic, Quick- Step Floors, same time. 11. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Dimension Data, same time. 12. Pieter Vanspeybrouck, Belgium, Wanty-Groupe Gobert, same time. 13. Marcel Kittel, Germany, Quick-Step Floors, same time. 14. Marcel Sieberg, Germany, Lotto Soudal, same time. 15. Mike Teunissen, Netherlands, Sun- web, same time. 16. Sylvain Chavanel, France, Direct Energie, :29 behind. 17. Oliver Naesen, Belgium, AG2R La Mondiale, same time. 18. Davide Cimolai, Italy, FDJ, same time.
