Grigory Rodchenkov, Russia’s former antidoping lab chief, countersued three athletes who had accused him of defamation and took further aim at Mikhail D. Prokhorov.
In 2016, a 20-year-old Juan Benitez of Colombia was engaged in gritty, physical clay-court battle with 17-year-old future star Denis Shapovalov of Canada in the quarterfinals of the Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation Tennis Championships U.S. Tennis Association Pro Circuit “Futures” event in Vero Beach, Florida. Benitez was playing his seventh match in eight days in [...]
Mondays with Bob Greene STARS Rafael Nadal beat Stephanos Tsitsipas 6-2 6-1 to win the Barcelona Open Bac Sabadell in Barcelona, Spain Karolina Pliskova beat Coco Vandeweghe 7-6 (2) 6-4 to win the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany Marco Cecchinato beat John Millman 7-5 6-4 to win the Gazprom Hungarian Open in [...]
Sig Mejdal, the Houston Astros’ top analyst, spent a season with the Tri-City ValleyCats, and he came away convinced that young players crave the information that tech-savvy teams can offer.