THREE THINGS TO WATCH
Here are three things to watch late Tuesday at the Olympics (all times Pacific):
1. Tennis (7 p.m., Olympic Channel): Thirdround play begins with the sport’s two biggest names in the Games — Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic — looking strong. Osaka, the top remaining women’s seed (second) after No. 1 Ash Barty lost in the first round, has been in the spotlight of the Olympics since she lit the flame during the Opening Ceremony on Friday. Djokovic is hoping to join Steffi Graf as the only two players with the career golden slam: wins in all four majors and the Olympics. Men’s and women’s doubles also are being played. 2. Women’s water polo, U.S. vs. Hungary (9:35 p.m. !38): In 2004, the U.S. took the bronze in what was then only the second women’s waterpolo tourney in the Olympics. The U.S. improved to silver in ’08, then won gold in ’12 and ’16. This year’s team may be the best. The Americans opened with a 254 throttling of Japan, then beat China 127 in a game that was tied at halftime. Nine U.S. players scored against China, led by Stanford alum Makenzie Fischer’s three goals. The Hungarians have played for the bronze in three straight Olympics, but have lost each time. 3. Swimming (11:35 p.m. !38): Five finals are scheduled on the fifth day of competition: women’s 200 free, 200 IM and 1,500 free and the men’s 200 fly and 4x200 free relay. The women’s 1,500 is being contested by women for the first time in the Olympics and offers American Katie Ledecky the chance to put behind her silvermedal finish in the 400 free — the first individual Olympic loss of her career. Ledecky, a fivetime gold medalist who is also in the 200, is the worldrecord holder at 1,500 meters, having finished 18plus seconds faster than any other woman.