Wimbledon, Swiatek and Grand Slam
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American Amanda Anisimova looks to continue her Cinderella run at Wimbledon as she takes on four-time Slam winner Iga Swiatek.
Anisimova, 23, returns to Centre Court for Saturday's final against the winner of Iga Swiatek and Belinda Bencic. Anisimova is trying to become the first American to win a Grand Slam in London since Serena Williams' seventh and final Wimbledon title in 2016.
The No. 13 seed stunned No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, to reach her first major final at Wimbledon. She will face either No. 8 Iga Switaek or unseeded Belinda Bencic in Saturday’s championship.
She defeats No. 1-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in a semifinal Thursday and will face five-time major champion Iga Swiatek for the title at All England Club.
The Guardians claimed a surprising series win over Houston after entering the three-game set mired in a 10-game skid. The Astros dropped back-to-back home contests for the first time since suffering a three-game sweep to the San Francisco Giants in their first homestand of the year.
Nick Kurtz hit a grand slam, Lawrence Butler homered twice and the Athletics beat the Atlanta Braves 10-1 on Tuesday night. The Braves have lost five straight and seven of eight. Jeffrey Springs (7-6) pitched six innings and gave up a run — a solo shot by Eli White in the fifth — on six hits.
Amanda Anisimova, the New Jersey-born former phenom who made a French Open semifinals when she was 17 but had yet to break through to a Grand Slam final, will finally compete for a major trophy after the now 23-year-old upset top-seeded Aryna Sabalenka in the Wimbledon semifinals on Thursday, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Jannik Sinner defeated a hampered Novak Djokovic in three sets to advance to the Wimbledon final and set up a highly anticipated match against Carlos Alcaraz.