Albany Times Union (Sunday)

Djokovic, Nadal set to meet in Italian final

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ROME — Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will renew their recordsett­ing rivalry in the Italian Open final on Sunday.

Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 in a grueling, rain-delayed quarterfin­al that began on Friday.

Then the top-ranked Serb returned a few hours later against local favorite Lorenzo Sonego for a 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2 victory.

Nadal beat American Reilly Opelka 6-4, 6-4.

Cycling: French cyclist Victor Lafay won the eighth stage of the Giro d’italia for the first victory of his profession­al career and Attila Valter maintained the overall leader’s pink jersey.

NFL: A person with knowledge of the details tells The Associated Press that Broncos wide receiver Daesean Hamilton sustained a serious knee injury Friday while working out on his own. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Hamilton is suspected to have torn an ACL . ...

Paul Miller, a former Tennessee Titans employee, is suing the team for firing him after he was told to quarantine for a positive COVID-19 test, in violation of federal law.

Horse racing: French horse racing suspended star jockey Pierre-charles Boudot for three months pending a rape investigat­ion. Fellow jockey Pierre Bazire was given the same suspension after being accused of failing to report the alleged crime in February.

Soccer: Midfielder Youri Tielemans’ goal from 32 yards out at 63 minutes helped Leicester win the FA Cup for the first time in its 137-year history with a 1-0 victory over Chelsea . ... Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowsk­i equaled the Bundesliga’s record of 40 goals in a season and Augsburg, Mainz and Hertha Berlin all clinched survival in the penultimat­e round . ... Sweden forward Zlatan Ibrahimovi­c will miss the upcoming European Championsh­ip because of a knee injury . ... Juventus kept alive its Champions League qualificat­ion hopes by winning at Serie A champion Inter Milan 3-2, when Atalanta clinched a place in Europe’s premier competitio­n.

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