Albany Times Union

Wawrinka tops Murray as French Open begins

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PARIS — Andy Murray lost 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 to Stan Wawrinka on Sunday as he played at the French Open for the first time in three years.

Alexander Zverev, Kei Nishikori, Coco Gauff, Victoria Azarenka and Simona

Halep were among firstround winners. Venus Williams, 9th-seeded Johanna Konta and No. 11 seed David Goffin were ousted.

More tennis: andrey Rublev charged back from 5-3 down in the deciding set of the Hamburg Open final to beat stefanos Tsitsipas and head to the French Open with his third title of 2020.

golf: hudson swafford

stopped his slide with a 10-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole, and he finished with an 8-foot par putt to hold on for a one-shot victory in the Corales Puntacana Club and Resort Championsh­ip. ... John catlin birdied three of his last four holes to close with a 6-under 64 and storm from behind for a two-shot victory in the Irish Open, his second win in three weeks. NBA: Timberwolv­es guard Malik Beasley is in jail on charges of drug possession and receiving and concealing stolen property. wnba: Breanna stewart scored a career playoff-high 31 points — tying Seattle’s franchise playoff record — and the Storm beat Minnesota 92-71 to sweep the Lynx and advance to the WNBA Finals. ... angel Mccoughtry scored 16 of her 29 points in the third quarter as Las Vegas forced a decisive Game 5 on Tuesday with an 84-75 semifinal victory over Connecticu­t. horse racing: swiss skydiver will become the first filly since Rachel alexandra won in 2009 to run against males in the Preakness. college football: Georgia State says the positive COVID-19 tests that caused Saturday’s game at Charlotte to be postponed were the result of errors in reading the test results. ... North Carolina State safety khalid Martin is being discharged from a Virginia hospital after being examined for a possible spinal cord injury. soccer: Hoffenheim ended Bayern Munich’s 32-game unbeaten streak with a 4-1 victory in the Bundesliga.

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