San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
MEDVEDEV EYEING THE NO. 1 RANKING
Daniil Medvedev never gave Andy Murray a chance.
The top-seeded Medvedev opened his bid to reclaim the No. 1 ranking Saturday by topping Murray 6-4, 6-2 in the second round of the Miami Open at Miami Gardens, Fla. Medvedev never faced a break point in any of his nine service games.
He can regain the No. 1 spot by making the Miami semifinals.
“Definitely, I have a lot of motivation to try and get it back,” Medvedev said.
Meanwhile, Naomi Osaka moved into the fourth round without ever taking the court. Osaka — the former women’s No. 1-ranked player who got straight-set wins on Wednesday and Thursday to get into Round 3 — got a walkover victory Saturday when
Karolina Muchova withdrew citing a need for recovery.
Another seeded thirdround winner on the women’s side was Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins of the U.S. The No. 9 seed played through some neck soreness and downed Vera Zvonareva 6-1, 6-4.
Tommy Paul of the U.S. got the upset over No. 23
Karen Khachanov, winning 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3). Paul improved to 14-7 on the year and will next meet No. 11 Taylor Fritz, the highest-ranked American. Fritz — coming off a win at Indian Wells, even after injuring an ankle — needed three sets to beat qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin on Saturday.
Figure skating
Olympic bronze medalist Shoma Uno concluded a dominant figure skating world championships by winning the gold medal, while Vincent Zhou of the U.S. catapulted from sixth after his short program to earn the bronze.
Uno finished with 312.48 points to easily outdistance Yuma Kagiyama, who finished second to his Japanese teammate in both the short program and free skate. Kagiyama had 297.60 points while Zhou finished with 277.38.
In the free dance, which wrapped up worlds in Montpellier, France, Olympic ice dance champs Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron delivered for their home fans a memorable performance at Sud de France Arena.
Papadakis and Cizeron shattered the world record with their rhythm dance, then did the same in the free dance, giving them a total of 229.82 points. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue
were second with 222.39 points in the final competition of their career together, while American teammates Madison Chock and Evan Bates finished third.
Locally
The San Diego Seals dropped a 14-12 decision on Friday night in Vancouver. Forward Dane Dobbie led the Seals offense with four goals and eight points on the night, including the game-tying goal.
• The San Diego Sockers (20-0-1) won their 17th straight match, 8-6 over the host Baltimore Blast. Eduardo “El Vaquero” Velez ,a fourth-string forward filling in, had a hat trick for the Sockers.
Local colleges
The San Diego State softball team (21-10, 5-4 MW) edged host Fresno State, 5-4, for its seventh consecutive victory.
• The No. 14 Cal State San Marcos softball team (31-3, 22-2) recorded its second walk-off homer in two days to clinch the Cougars’ fourth CCAA series sweep of the season (third consecutive). The Cougars claimed a 3-0 shutout in the doubleheader opener against San Francisco State (14-18, 7-13) before Ryann Steiner blasted a walk-off in grand slam fashion with an 11-1 mercy-rule victory.
• The UC San Diego baseball team (8-14, 1-1 Big West) scored a 12-1 win over visiting Cal Poly (12-10, 4-1).
• The third-ranked Point Loma Nazarene baseball team (23-3, 9-3 Pacwest) split a doubleheader at Holy Names (13-20, 6-14) in Alameda. The Sea Lions lost the first game, 5-4, but rebounded in the second game to grab a 5-3 win.
• The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (9-16, 5-10 CCAA) dropped a doubleheader to No. 18 Chico State (22-5, 15-3) by scores of 11-3 and 10-6 on the road.
• The SDSU baseball team (5-17) dropped its eighth straight to start Mountain West play, with an 8-2 loss at home to Fresno State (11-12, 5-3).
• The USD baseball team (14-7, 4-1 WCC) scored a 4-1 win over Saint Mary’s at home.
Soccer
Johnny Russell scored the decisive goal as host Sporting Kansas City (2-3-0) earned a 1-0 win over Real Salt Lake (3-1-1) in MLS action.
• Karol Swiderski’s two goals and Kristijan Kahlina’s six saves lifted host Charlotte FC (2-3-0) to an MLS win over Cincinnati (2-3-0) by a score of 2-0.