U.S. Open adding video review
The U.S. Open is adding video review for double bounces. It’s a first for Grand Slam tennis
Video review will make its Grand Slam tennis debut when main-draw competition begins in New York on Aug. 28.
Video review — which is separate from the electronic line-calling used for ruling balls in or out at all matches — will be set up for five of the Open’s 17 competition courts: Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium, Grandstand, Court 5 and Court 17. That sampling, which should include a little more than 50 percent of singles matches, according to Garner, will be studied before deciding whether to expand the system in 2024.
Swiatek advances in Montreal
MONTREAL — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek overcame a first set-scare to beat Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (6), 6-2 on Wednesday in the second round of the National Bank Open.
Swiatek advanced to face 14thseeded Karolina Muchova, a 7-5, 6-4 winner over Sorana Cirstea.
Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova, seeded ninth, beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 7-5. Wozniacki, a former No. 1 player, was playing her first WTA Tour event in 3½ years.
Vondrousova set up a match against sixth-seeded Coco Gauff, a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Katie Boulter.
Also, third-seeded Elena Rybakina outlasted Jennifer Brady 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a match that was suspended Tuesday night because of rain, fourth-seeded Jessica Pegula topped Yulia Putintseva 6-4, 6-4, and 10th-seeded Daria Kasatkina edged Anna Blinkova 6-2, 7-5.
Medvedev opens with win
TORONTO — Second-seeded Daniil Medvedev returned to competition Wednesday in the National Bank Open, beating Matteo Arnaldi 6-2, 7-5.
Also in the round of 32, Gael Monfils upset fourth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-3, seventh-seeded Jannik Sinner beat Matteo Berrettini 6-4, 6-3, eighth-seeded Taylor Fritz outlasted Ugo Humbert 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3, and Canadian Milos Raonic edged Taro Daniel 6-4, 6-3.
NBA fines Edwards $50,000
NEW YORK — Minnesota Timberwolves All-star guard Anthony Edwards was fined $50,000 by the NBA on Wednesday for a postgame outburst following the team’s ouster from the playoffs in Denver.
Ohio State AD to retire in ’24
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, who has spent the past 18 years at Ohio State leading one of the largest and most successful athletic programs in the country, announced Wednesday he will retire at the end of June next year.
Coyotes to buy land in Mesa
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Coyotes said Wednesday that owner Alex Meruelo has executed a letter of intent to buy a piece of land for a potential arena in Mesa, Ariz., a positive development for the NHL team in its lengthy search to find a permanent home in the desert.