Nadal confirms that he will play at Wimbledon
Rafael Nadal confirmed he will travel to London on Monday with the intention of playing Wimbledon, which begins June 27.
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Daniil Medvedev beat Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-4 to reach the Halle Open semifinals . ... Matteo Berrettini is back in the Queen’s Club semifinals with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Tommy Paul.
Gymnastics: The Michigan Supreme Court rejected a final appeal from sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts.
NFL: The NFL suspended Giants linebacker Justin Hilliard without pay for the first two games of the regular season for using performance-enhancing drugs . ... The NFL fined Commanders coach Ron Rivera $100,000 and docked the team two OTA practices for excessive hitting during their offseason program this year, a source said.
NHL: The Rangers signed forward Sammy Blais to a oneyear extension . ... Herb Fritch, chairman of the Predators, has agreed to sell the majority of his stake in the NHL team to former Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam.
Golf: Jennifer Kupcho opened a two-stroke lead over defending champion Nelly Korda in the LPGA Meijer Classic.
College basketball: Canisius recruit Sarion Mcgee was denied bail, five days after campus police arrested him for having two handguns, a shotgun and numerous high-capacity magazines outside the school’s indoor athletic complex . ... Uconn landed transfer Joey Calcaterra from San Diego . ... Davidson coach Bob Mckillop is retiring after 634 wins and 10 trips to the NCAA tourney in his 33 seasons. His son, associate head coach Matt Mckillop, will take over.
College baseball: Ivan Melendez of Texas won the Dick Howser Trophy as most outstanding player . ... Jackson Nicklaus hit a grand slam, Jake Bennett pitched six strong innings and Oklahoma beat Texas A&M 13-8 in the College World Series.
— Wire reports