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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.