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5 a.m. on ESPN — Wimbledon Championsh­ips, second round, at London

much, much more, stunning the 11th-seeded Kvitova 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 to reach the third round at Wimbledon.

The reason for Brengle’s preoccupat­ion with taking merely a single game? In her Madison Brengle, pictured, beat Petra Kvitova 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 to reach the third round Wednesday at Wimbledon in London.

WASHINGTON — National Public Radio marked the Fourth of July by tweeting the entire Declaratio­n of Independen­ce, but it seems some Twitter users didn’t recognize what they were reading.

The broadcaste­r tweeted out the words of the declaratio­n line-by-line Tuesday. Some of the founders’ criticisms of King George III were met with angry responses from supporters of President Donald Trump, who seemed to believe the tweets were a reference to his presidency.

One tweet read, “A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.”

Another said: “and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.”

A Twitter user accused NPR of condoning violence while trying to sound patriotic. The user apologized after the misunderst­anding was pointed out.

Another asked if the tweet was talking about the U.S. current foreign agenda, asking if Americans were the tyrants.

Others were under the impression NPR was trying to provoke Trump with the tweets and praised the outlet for doing so. Many, recognizin­g it was the Declaratio­n of Independen­ce, said how history is repeating itself.

NPR broadcast its annual reading of the declaratio­n for the 29th straight year on Independen­ce Day. This is the first year the tradition has been extended to Twitter.

Spokeswoma­n Allyssa Pollard says the tweets were shared by thousands of people and generated “a lively conversati­on.”

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