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Plenty of dramatics as Nadal tops Kyrgios at Wimbledon
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
WIMBLEDON, England
— There is never a dull
moment with Nick Kyrgios,
whether he’s smacking a fore-
hand directly at Rafael Nad-
al’s midsection — right at
him, on purpose — and earn-
ing a staredown in return or
arguing with the chair umpire
or hitting a second-serve ace
at 135 mph or an underarm
ace.
All of that and more —
much, much more — was
on display at Centre Court
on Thursday, when Nadal
emerged from the tumult to
beat Kyrgios 6-3, 3-6, 7-6
(5), 7-6 (3) in a second-round
Wimbledon match boast-
ing all manner of dramat-
ics, doses of animosity and
delightful play.
“When he wants to com-
pete well, he’s one of the
toughest opponents you can
face. Normally against me
and the top guys he wants to
try hard,” said Nadal, who
was ranked No. 1 when he
lost to a 19-year-old Kyrgios at
the All England Club in 2014.
“And when he’s that way, he’s
very tough.”
They have been at odds
more recently away from the
court, with Nadal, his uncle
AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Spain’s Rafael Nadal, right, greets Australia’s Nick Kyrgios at the net after beating him in a men’s singles match Thursday at
the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London.
and Kyrgios all trading barbs.
In the leadup to this meet-
ing, Kyrgios joked that he
didn’t think “me and Rafa
could go down to the Dog &
Fox and have a beer together,”
referring to a nearby pub
where the 24-year-old Austra-
lian was spotted Wednesday
night. The 33-year-old Nadal,
meanwhile, observed that he
was “too old for all this stuff.”
Kyrgios is capable of
being as entertaining and
befuddling a player as there
is and showed why through-
out this 3-hour-plus contest
that overshadowed every-
thing else going on around
the grass-court Grand Slam
tournament on Day 4.
Defending
champion
Angelique Kerber lost to
Lauren Davis, an American
who lost in qualifying but
got into the main draw when
someone else withdrew. Sev-
en-time champion Serena
Williams needed a comeback
to win in three sets against
an 18-year-old qualifi er. Wil-
liams’ partner for mixed dou-
bles, two-time Wimbledon
singles winner Andy Mur-
ray, played his fi rst-round
match in men’s doubles. Mar-
cos Baghdatis, the 2006 Aus-
tralian Open runner-up and a
fan favorite, played what he
says will be the last match of
his career.
Everything was ren-
dered secondary to Nadal vs.
Kyrgios.
The No. 2-seeded Nadal is
seeking his third Wimbledon
title but fi rst since 2010. He is
eyeing a 19th Grand Slam title
overall, which would move
him within one of Roger Fed-
erer’s record for men.
Kyrgios, ranked 43rd,
hasn’t been past the quarterfi -
nals at any major yet.
And yet, because of his
talent, plenty of people agree
with Nadal’s post-match
assessment:
“Potentially,” Nadal said,
“he’s a Grand Slam winner.”
There is a lot to dissect
with Kyrgios, who some-
times seems to act as if it
is more important to look
cool than to play well. It’s
very much in the eye of the
beholder, certainly, but he did
do some of each Thursday.
We have a wiener! Joey Chestnut eats 71 hot dogs for title
By ALI SWENSON
Associated Press
NEW YORK — Joey
“Jaws” Chestnut ate 71
wieners and buns to secure
his 12th title at Nathan’s
Famous annual July Fourth
hot dog eating contest on
Thursday, just a few hot
dogs shy of breaking the
record he set last year.
In front of a crowd of
fans and facing 17 oppo-
nents, the California native
far exceeded his near-
est competitors, but didn’t
quite make or pass the
74-dog mark he reached in
2018.
When asked how he felt
after the contest, Chestnut,
35, said, “I feel like I should
eat a couple more.
“I knew it was going
to be close. I was trying
hard and I was overstuff-
ing my mouth and it wasn’t
going down,” he said. “I
just needed to fi nd a way
to move a little bit faster. I
think it’s getting harder the
older I get.”
Miki Sudo won the wom-
en’s competition by chomp-
AP Photo/Sarah Stier
Joey Chestnut stuff s his mouth with hot dogs during the men’s competition of Nathan’s Fa-
mous July Fourth hot dog eating contest on Thursday at New York’s Coney Island.
ing down 31 hot dogs.
The 33-year-old fell
short of her total last year
of 37 frankfurters but
earned her sixth consecu-
tive title by easily beating
runner-up Michelle Lesco,
who wolfed down 26
hot dogs.
Like Chestnut, she
expressed some disappoint-
ment in not eating more.
“It wasn’t my best num-
ber, the numbers were
pretty low across the board.
I don’t know if it was the
heat, but I really can’t com-
plain. I wasn’t feeling in my
best shape so I’m just glad
that it was enough to pull
off a sixth belt,” she said.
Sonya
“The
Black
Widow” Thomas holds the
all-time women’s record of
45 hot dogs in 10 minutes.
Chestnut and Sudo will
each take home $10,000.
Spectators with foam
hot dog hats, plastic noise-
makers and homemade
signs descended on Coney
Island’s famed boardwalk
for the contest.
The annual eat-off
started in 1972, though
the company has long pro-
moted the event with a the-
atrical backstory that places
its start date in 1916.
Chestnut has only lost
once since 2007, when he
pulled ahead of longtime
foe Takeru Kobayashi for
the fi rst time. An ESPN
documentary
released
Tuesday features the two
former rivals and their
extreme training regimens.
“It’s not something
that there’s books written
about,” Chestnut says in the
fi lm, which shows him lift-
ing his head up and down
with a weight dangling
from his mouth. “There’s
not trainers. Everything’s
trial and error.”
Kobayashi no longer
takes part in the event.
Spectator George Car-
tolano, 40, said his favor-
ite part of the contest was
“watching them try not to
regurgitate.”
Elle Marks, 27, said she
likes Chestnut because he’s
relatable. “He’s a normal
guy who just happens to be
able to eat 74 hot dogs,” she
said.
Chestnut’s next meal
will probably be a “salad”
and “a lot of liquid,” he
said. But he’ll be back next
year for the franks.
“As long as I’m healthy,
as long as I’m happy and
competitive, you can count
me in,” he said.
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