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Montreal's Auger-Aliassime advances to fourth round at French Open
PARIS — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime won his rain-interrupted match Saturday to advance to the fourth round at the French Open.
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Sabalenka and Rybakina reach French Open fourth round while Medvedev also advances
PARIS (AP) — Grand Slam winners Elena Rybakina and Aryna Sabalenka reached the fourth round of the French Open in straight sets on Saturday. Former Wimbledon champion Rybakina, seeded fourth, beat Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-4, 6-2. Two-time Australian Open champion Sabalenka, seeded second, followed her on Court Philippe Chatrier and won against Paula Badosa 7-5, 6-1. “It’s tough to play your best friend,” Sabalenka said. It was for a while. After trailing 5-3 in the first set, Sabalenka won eig
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French Open chair umpire rescues a pigeon that landed on the court
PARIS (AP) — This one's for the birds: A pigeon landed on the court during a French Open match Saturday, leading the chair umpire to use a towel to rescue the fallen fowl. The pigeon dropped to the red clay at Court Suzanne Lenglen — and remained on the ground — during a changeover in the fourth set of 2021 U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev's third-round victory over Tomas Machac at Roland Garros. Chair umpire Damien Dumusois, um, flew into action, climbing down from his perch and grabbing a wh
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McDowell wins third pole of NASCAR Cup season, his first since announcing plans to change teams
MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Michael McDowell completed a lap at 139.241 mph Saturday to earn the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway. It’s the third pole for McDowell’s No. 34 Ford in 15 races this year, but the first since he announced he will leave Front Row Motorsports at the end of the season and join Spire Motorsports. “I am as motivated as I’ve ever been to make sure that we win and make the playoffs, and for so many reasons, right? But more than ever, because I a