The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)
Sharapova’s first match at U.S. Open against No. 2 seeded Simona Halep Boxing
Maria Sharapova’s first Grand Slam match in more than 1 years will come against No. 2-seeded Simona Halep at the U.S. Open.
Sharapova’s firstround matchup with two-time French Open runner-up Halep was set up by Friday’s draw.
The U.S. Tennis Association awarded a wild-card invitation to Sharapova, who is ranked only 147th after returning from a 15-month doping suspension in April. Her five major championships include the 2006 U.S. Open.
Sharapova was kicked off the tour after testing positive for the newly banned drug meldonium at the 2016 Australian Open. The U.S. Open starts Monday.
World boxing champion Terence Crawford has had his 90-day jail sentence overturned, though he still will be on two years’ probation for two misdemeanors in connection with a 2016 disturbance at an Omaha body shop.
Douglas County District Judge Kimberly Miller Pankonin ruled on Thursday that the jail sentence imposed by a lower court judge was excessive.
Crawford was found guilty of disorderly conduct and damage to property for his actions in response to a billing dispute at the body shop where one of his vehicles was painted. Crawford was accused of damaging a hydraulic lift in an incident captured on a surveillance video.
Crawford knocked out Julius Indongo in Lincoln last Saturday to win all four world championship belts in the 140-pound division.