Mertens upsets Svitolina in women’s quarterfinal

Elise Mertens has taken a 10-match winning streak straight into the Australian Open semifinals.

The 22-year-old Belgian upset over No. 4 Elina Svitolina 6-4, 6-0 Tuesday in the first women’s quarterfinal of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Mertens, ranked 37th, successfully defended her Hobart International title two weeks ago, and has now won five matches at Melbourne Park.

Mertens dominated, leading 5-2 in the first set.

She won a 27-point rally while holding serve in the fourth game of the second set, then hit a backhand winner into the open corner to break Svitolina in the next game for a 5-0 lead. said Monday.

Police said a mounted state police corporal was trying to disperse a crowd in a stadium parking lot around 3:15 p.m. Sunday when a man struck the horse twice in the shoulder and then hit the corporal in the face.

Andrew Tornetta, 19, is being charged with aggravated and simple assault, reckless endangering and related offenses, police said.

“This is a game-changing day for our athletics program,” Washington State President Kirk Schulz said.

Prior to his stint at Florida Atlantic, Chun spent 15 years in several roles at Ohio State.

At Ohio State, Chun oversaw record fundraising years of $42 million in 2012 and $41 million in 2011.

Chun is a native of Strongsville, Ohio, and he earned a bachelor’s degree at Ohio State and a master’s at Duquesne. touchdowns in a season.

Israel played in just two games for Clemson in 2016. He had hoped to compete with Kelly Bryant for the starting job this fall, but a serious stomach ailment kept him off the field and out of the lineup.