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Spain’s serves to Australia’s during their fi rst round match on day three of the tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Rublev eliminated, Kvitova pulls out of Roland Garros with injury Barty and Nadal advance at French Open, Venus exits PARIS, June 1, (AP): At the mercy runner-up Jen- of Bernarda Pera’s deep ground- nifer Brady breezed past Anasta- strokes and struggling with her sija Sevastova to reach the second moves, top-ranked round and match her best perfor- gave the impression that her return mance at the French Open. to Roland Garros would be short- The 13th-seeded American, who Wizards avoid sweep as lived. has never reached the third round at In ideal playing conditions on the Roland Garros, won 6-3, 6-3 after sun-kissed Court Philippe Chatrier, breaking Sevastova at love in the Barty was often left stranded on fi nal game. the red clay by the big shots of her Brady is not a clay specialist. She American rival. But two years after played only one tournament on the claiming the French Open title, the surface last year, losing her open- top-ranked Australian fought hard Jazz extend series lead ing match at Roland Garros. She enough to overcome the challenge achieved her best result on clay and eventually prevailed 6-4, 3-6, earlier this season when she made 6-2 on Tuesday. it to the third round in Madrid in the As Pera lost her focus and hit 19 buildup to the French Open unforced errors in the deciding set, Venus Williams was runner-up at Barty made up for her lack of mo- Roland Garros 19 years ago but has bility with clever combinations of now lost her opening match at the lobs and angled shots. She played clay-court major for the fourth year with her left thigh bandaged and re- in a row. ceived medical treatment after Pera The American veteran in her 24th leveled at one-set apiece. appearance at the French Open lost “I just keep fi ghting, I just keep 6-3, 6-1 to Ekaterina Alexandrova trying,” Barty said after improving of . her three-set match record to 12-2 Two-time Wimbledon cham- this year. pion Petra Kvitova pulled out of Barty decided not to defend her the tournament because of an ankle title last year because of the coro- injury. Kvitova said she fell and navirus pandemic. In the buildup hurt her ankle during “post-match to the French Open, she played press requirements” after her fi rst- 13 matches on clay, winning 11. round victory on Sunday. The 11th- But she was forced to retire in the seeded Kvitova saved a match quarterfi nals in Rome because of an before coming back to beat Greet injury to her right arm, raising con- Minnen 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-1. cerns about her condition ahead of the tournament in Paris. “It’s going to be a little bit TENNIS tough this week,” she said. “I think over the weekend we had a In the men’s draw, up-and-com- bit of a flare-up through my left ing beat American hip, which obviously just needed Jenson Brooksby 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and a bit of help today, needed some was joined in the second round by assistance to try and release it off 14th-seeded Gael Monfi ls. as best I could.” Rafael Nadal’s bid for a record- The seeded players in the wom- breaking 21st title has en’s draw scheduled early in the started with a straight-set victory at day got off solid starts. Fifth-seed- the French Open. ed trailed 5-2 in Nadal twice was a point from the second set but beat wild card dropping the third set against Alex- Oceane Babel 6-2, 7-5. ei Popyrin but eventually held on there and wound up winning the fi rst-round match at Court Philippe guard (45) drives ahead of forward (24) in the second half of Game 4 of an NBA Chatrier 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (3). first-round playoff series in Memphis, Tenn. (AP) Nadal has now won 26 consecu- tive sets at Roland Garros dating to the 2019 fi nal that he won. Embiid leaves with sore knee in 76ers loss He won last year’s title at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament the stretch all helped the Wizards for his record-extending 13th tro- WASHINGTON, June 1, (AP): After the Philadelphia beat the 76ers 122-114 to cut Phil- phy in Paris. That also allowed him adelphia’s series edge to 3-1. to tie for the men’s 76ers lost NBA MVP finalist Asked for more information about record with 20 major singles cham- Joel Embiid to what the team Embiid’s knee, Rivers said, “I really pionships. called a sore right knee late don’t know,” and added that some “pre- Seventh-seeded cautionary” tests will be done Tuesday. was knocked out in the fi rst round, in the first quarter Monday Tobias Harris, who led the Six- losing 6-3, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 3-6, 6-4 to night, they lost their lead - ers with 21 points and 13 rebounds, Jan-Lennard Struff. and their chance at the fran- summed up his club’s situation this Earlier, play was briefl y delayed chise’s first playoff sweep in way: “It’s not the end of the world.” on Court Simonne-Mathieu follow- Simmons’ take? 36 years. Game 5 of the best-of-seven East- ing a bomb scare near the stadium ern Conference fi rst-round series is that turned out to be a false alarm, With Embiid gone for most of Italy’s plays a Game 4, Bradley Beal’s 27 points, Wednesday at Philadelphia. return to Japan’s Yasutaka Uchiya- according to French police. A secu- Won’t be easy for that one to be as ma during their first round match on rity perimeter was quickly set up as Russell Westbrook’s 12th career eventful as this one was, including the day three of the French Open ten- spectators and tournament employ- playoff triple-double and Wash- third-quarter sight of a spectator run- nis tournament at Roland Garros in ees were forced to enter the venue ington’s strategy of fouling Ben ning out of the stands and onto the Paris, France. (AP) via another access. Simmons whenever possible down court before being slammed to the ground by a security guard - the latest guard Russell Westbrook, (left), goes to the basket example of NBA Fans Gone Wild. next to Philadelphia 76ers guard George Hill (33) during the first half of Japanese cites anxiety Nothing had as much of an effect on the Game 4 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series in Washington. (AP) outcome and, potentially, the rest of this postseason for Philadelphia, the East’s No. 1 seed, as what happened to Embiid, who Osaka withdraws from French Open came into the night averaging better than a Scotland report first virus point per minute in the series. PARIS, June 1, (AP): Garros is unfortunate,” French tennis with the media, like we always have.” In Game 3’s 29-point win for the withdrew from the French Open and federation president Gilles Moretton In Monday’s post, Osaka spoke 76ers, for example, he produced a case at Euro training camp wrote on Twitter that she would be said . “We wish her the best and the about dealing with depression since playoff career-high 36 points in 28 taking a break from competition, a quickest possible recovery. And we the 2018 U.S. Open, which she won minutes against the Wizards, who GLASGOW, Scotland, June 1, teams at Euro 2020 to have three ex- dramatic turn of events for a four-time look forward to having Naomi in our by beating in a fi nal needed to go through the play-in round (AP): The Scotland team reported tra players in a 26-man squad to help Grand Slam champion who said she tournament next year.” fi lled with controversy. just to get the No. 8 seed. their fi rst player testing positive cover for COVID-19 cases and man- experiences “huge waves of anxiety” Moretton said the four major tour- “I would never trivialize mental for COVID-19 on Tuesday at a datory isolation or quarantine. training camp in ahead of Fleck, who plays for Sheffi eld before speaking to the media and re- naments, and the professional tennis health or use the term lightly,” Osaka BASKETBALL vealed she has “suffered long bouts of tours, “remain very committed to all wrote, explaining that speaking with the European Championship. United, was unlikely to be in the depression.” athletes’ well-being and to continually the media makes her anxious. The national federation said starting lineup when Scotland Osaka’s agent, Stuart Duguid, con- improving every aspect of players’ ex- “I think now the best thing for the But the center headed to the locker midfi elder John Fleck is self-iso- open on June 14 against the Czech fi rmed in an email to The Associated perience in our tournament, including tournament, the other players and my room late in the fi rst quarter after taking lating and will not travel to Portu- Republic in Glasgow. Press that the world’s No. 2-ranked well-being is that I withdraw so that a hard fall behind the baseline when his gal for a warm-up game Wednes- Scotland are preparing for its fi rst tennis player was pulling out before everyone can get back to focusing on shot was blocked by Robin Lopez. Em- day against the Netherlands. fi nals tournament since the 1998 her second-round match at the clay- the tennis going on in Paris,” Osaka biid tried to play on, wincing and leaning “The rest of the squad was re- World Cup and will have two home court tournament in Paris. wrote. “I never wanted to be a distrac- over during breaks in play, before check- tested for COVID-19 and returned games at Hampden Park against the tion and I accept that my timing was ing out eventually and limping off. negative results,” the federation Czechs and . The Scots’ other not ideal and my message could have He never returned and fi nished with said. Group D game is against rival Eng- TENNIS been clearer.” eight points and six rebounds in 11 UEFA allowed the 24 national land at Wembley Stadium. She continued: “Anyone that knows minutes. Philadelphia led by as many The stunning move came a day af- me knows I’m introverted, and anyone as 11 in the opening period but that Tobias Harris led the 76ers with 21 This is a different Utah team with Bo- ter Osaka, a 23-year-old who was born that has seen me at the tournaments will was down to 61-60 at halftime. points and 13 rebounds. Simmons had jan Bogdanovic available and Derrick in Japan and moved with her family to notice that I’m often wearing headphones And Washington took over briefl y in 13 points and 12 rebounds. Favors back on the bench. Conley also is the U.S. at age 3, was fi ned $15,000 for as that helps dull my social anxiety. ... I the third quarter, leading by as much as Jazz 120, Grizzlies 113 more comfortable in his second season. skipping the postmatch news conference am not a natural public speaker and get 92-78 in its fi nal minute. A back-and- Mitchell said another difference is after her fi rst-round victory at the French huge waves of anxiety before I speak to forth fourth quarter was tight down the In Memphis, Tenn., the Utah Jazz have stretch after Danny Green’s layup with put themselves in position to help erase a the Jazz aren’t satisfi ed being up 3-1. Open. She also was threatened by all the world’s media.” All-Star scored 13 of four Grand Slam tournaments with pos- Williams was asked about Osaka under 4 1/2 minutes to go made it 106-all. very bad memory from last year’s Flori- sible additional punishment, including on Monday after winning her opening That’s when Washington basically da bubble. Donovan Mitchell scored 30 his 17 points in the third quarter. Jor- disqualifi cation or suspension, if she con- match in the fi rst scheduled night ses- took the ball out of Philadelphia’s points, and the top-seeded Jazz grabbed dan Clarkson, the NBA’s 6th man of tinued with her intention - which Osaka sion in French Open history. hands, sending Simmons to the line a 3-1 lead by holding off the Memphis the year winner, scored 24. Bogda- revealed last week on Twitter - to not “do “I feel for Naomi. I feel like I wish repeatedly down the stretch with a ver- Grizzlies 120-113. novic added 13, Conley had 11. any press during Roland Garros.” I could give her a hug because I know sion of the old Hack-a-Shaq strategy That’s the same lead the Jazz blew , who averaged 33.7 She framed the matter as a mental what it’s like ... I’ve been in those that Shaquille O’Neal used to face. in losing their fi rst-round series in points through the fi rst three games, health issue, saying that it can create Japan’s Naomi Osaka celebrates positions,” Williams said. “We have Simmons came into the night 0 for 9 seven games to Denver in the bubble. scored 23 and had 12 assists for Mem- self-doubt to have to answer questions after defeating Romania’s Patricia different personalities, and people are on free throws in the series and was 1 This time around, the team with the phis. Dillon Brooks and Jaren Jackson after a loss. Maria Tig during their fi rst round different. Not everyone is the same. for 3 for the night before Hack-a-Ben NBA’s best record in the regular sea- Jr. each added 21, De’Anthony Melton “First and foremost we are sorry and match of the French Open tennis I’m thick; other people are thin. Every- went into full effect - he made 1 of 2 son is going home trying to close out had all 15 of his points in the fourth sad for Naomi Osaka. The outcome tournament at the Roland Garros one is different and everyone handles tries each of the fi nal four times he this fi rst round, best-of-seven series on quarter and Jonas Valanciunas fi nished of Naomi withdrawing from Roland Stadium in Paris. (AP) things differently. stepped to the line to end up 5 for 11. Wednesday night in Salt Lake City. with 14 points and 12 rebounds.

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