Venus, Ostapenko bounced on first day
Venus Williams was beaten in her opening match at a second consecutive major, the only time in her lengthy, distinguished career she has had such early back- to- back exits.
Williams, a seven- time major champion, had 21 more unforced errors than her opponent in a 6- 4, 7- 5 loss to 85th- ranked Wang Qiang of China on Sunday in Day 1 of the French Open in Paris.
“I mean, nobody plans on this,” Williams said.
The women’s draw also saw the exit of defending champion Jelena
Ostapenko, who stunned the tennis world last year by winning her initial tour- level title.
Ostapenko’s high- risk game produced far fewer rewards than problems, with 48 unforced errors to only 22 winners as she bowed out to 67th- ranked Kateryna Kozlova of Ukraine 7- 5, 6- 3.
BASEBALL Tanaka steals show against Ohtani
Masahiro Tanaka pitched six sharp innings and struck out Japanese countryman Shohei Ohtani twice as the Yankees defeated the visiting Angels 3- 1. Ohtani was pushed back from his scheduled start because of what the Angels called “workload management,” but Tanaka ( 6- 2) held up his end up of the anticipated pitchers’ duel that never materialized. He struck out eight and allowed just Andrelton Simmons’ sixth- inning home run in his longest outing in nearly a month.
The Indians scored five runs in the ninth inning before rookie Greg
Allen hit his first homer in the 14th to lift the Indians to a 10- 9 victory over the visiting Astros. Astros second baseman Jose Altuve had four hits in his first four at- bats to extend his consecutive hits streak to 10, before lining out to center in the ninth. The Tigers’ Walt Dropo owns the majorleague record of 12, set in 1952.
Bryce Harper hit his NL- leading 16th homer, and the Nationals completed a three- game sweep by beating the host Marlins for the 11th time in a row. The Nationals matched the longest winning streak in franchise history against one team.
Austin Pruitt went 5‰ innings for the save in the Rays’ 8- 3 victory over the visiting Orioles. It was the longest regular- season save since
Joaquin Benoit went seven innings for the Rangers in 2002. The Giants’
Madison Bumgarner pitched five innings for a save in Game 7 of the 2014 World Series.
Rookie outfielder RonaldAcuna suffered a left leg injury in the Braves’ 7- 1 victory over the host Red Sox.
MISCELLANEOUS Rose wins by three over Koepka
Justin Rose closed with a 6- under 64 and finished at 20 under at Colonial for a three- stroke victory over U. S. Open champion Brooks Koepka in the Fort Worth Invitational in Texas. Rose won for the ninth time on the PGA Tour and became the fifth player with multiple victories this season. Koepka shot 63, but had started the day four strokes behind Rose in the final group. EmilianoGrillo carded a 64 and finished third at 16 under.
Kyle Busch won the Coca- Cola 600, becoming the only active driver to win a Cup Series points race at every racetrack on the NASCAR circuit. Busch took the first three stages and led 377 of 400 laps overall at CharlotteMotor Speedway.