Rio Olympics Daily Preview: August 10

By Nicholas MendolaAug 10, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT

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As competition continues in Rio, catch both men’s and women’s U.S. basketball teams on Day 5, and on the beach, Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross play a preliminary match against Switzerland’s Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Vergé-Dépré.

USA Rugby’s men’s Eagles face off against the No. 1 team in Rio: Two-time defending World Rugby Sevens Series champions Fiji.

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In boxing, undefeated New Jersey native Shakur Stevenson is expected to have his first fight, but the main event of Day 5 pits Japan’s Kohei Uchimura against the world in gymnastics.

Uchimura comes to Rio with a chance to become the first male gymnast to repeat individual all-around gold at an Olympics in over 40 years, something his countryman achieved at the 1968 and 1972 Games.

In swimming, expect to see Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin and Nathan Adrian in the pool for Team USA.

What to Watch: Day 5, Aug 10

7:30 a.m. EDT – WATCH LIVE – Women’s Cycling: Individual Time Trial

U.S. cyclist Kristin Armstrong is going for the Olympic three-peat in the women’s time trial, after taking gold in both Beijing and London.

9 a.m. EDT – WATCH LIVE – Stream Live Men’s Cycling: Individual Time Trial

Team USA’s Taylor Phinney says there is “something a little bit wrong with us” when describing endurance cyclists who push the limits of what their bodies can do on two wheels.

In time trial racing, riders pedal against the clock as they grind to the finish for little more than 30 miles. In Rio they will face a course with challenging climbs. One hill features a 13% grade climb. That’s steep in anyone’s book.

10 a.m. EDT – WATCH LIVE – Men’s Boxing: Bantam (56kg) bouts

Look for Newark’s undefeated U.S. bantamweight boxer Shakur Stevenson (23-0 international record) to fight in his Olympic debut.

12:30 p.m. EDT – WATCH LIVE – Men’s Rugby: Fiji vs. United States

The U.S. men’s rugby team takes on the No. 1 seed, Fiji, the two-time defending World Rugby Sevens Series champions.

2:30 p.m. EDT – WATCH LIVE – Women’s Basketball: United States vs. Serbia

Head coach Geno Auriemma leads his Olympic veterans and former UCONN Huskies Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, and Maya Moore in Rio.

3 p.m. EDT – WATCH LIVE – Men’s Gymnastics: Individual all-around final

Japan’s Kohei Uchimura tries to become the first male gymnast to win back-to-back Olympic all-around titles since fellow countryman Sawao Kato did it at the 1968 Mexico City and 1972 Munich Olympics.

American Sam Mikulak has said publicly he wants to be the one to dethrone Uchimura, but after an Olympic Trials filled with mistakes, Mikulak will need to be at his absolute best to have a shot at gold.

6 p.m. EDT – WATCH LIVE – Men’s Basketball: Australia vs. United States

The United States takes on their toughest opponent of the tournament to date in Australia. The Aussies sport an NBA-studded lineup featuring players from the last three NBA champions: Matthew Dellavedova (2016), Andrew Bogut (2015) and Patty Mills (2014).

DeMarcus Cousins, DeAndre Jordan and Draymond Green will be put to the test as the Boomers possess one of the toughest frontcourts in the tournament in Bogut and the Detroit Pistons’ Aron Baynes.

8 p.m. EDT – WATCH LIVE – Women’s Beach Volleyball: United States vs. Switzerland

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings formed a new partnership with London silver medalist April Ross just moments after defeating her. Now on the same side of the net, the top U.S. women’s beach volleyball team looks for a win on Day 5 against Switzerland’s Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Vergé-Dépré.

9 p.m. EDT – WATCH LIVE – Swimming: Day 5 Evening Session

Don’t miss:

Women’s 100m freestyle semifinals

Men’s 100m freestyle final

Men’s 200m individual medley semifinals

Women’s 4x200m freestyle final

U.S. sprinter Nathan Adrian won gold in London in the 100m freestyle by just 0.01 seconds, relegating Australia’s James Magnussen to silver. Magnussen didn’t qualify for the Rio 100m free, but that won’t make Adrian’s defense any easier as Aussie Cam McEvoy.

The U.S. women, led by Katie Ledecky and Missy Franklin, look to keep the streak alive in the 4x200m freestyle relay, where the U.S. has topped the podium at every Olympics since Barcelona ’92.

10 p.m. EDT – WATCH LIVE – Gibb/Patterson (USA) vs. Herrera/Gavira (ESP)

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2023 French Open men’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkJun 5, 2023, 4:59 PM EDT

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The French Open men’s singles draw is missing injured 14-time champion Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, leaving the Coupe des Mousquetaires ripe for the taking.

The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.

Novak Djokovic is not only bidding for a third crown at Roland Garros, but also to lift a 23rd Grand Slam singles trophy to break his tie with Nadal for the most in men’s history.

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But the No. 1 seed is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who won last year’s U.S. Open to become, at 19, the youngest man to win a major since Nadal’s first French Open title in 2005.

Now Alcaraz looks to become the second-youngest man to win at Roland Garros since 1989, after Nadal of course.

Alcaraz missed the Australian Open in January due to a right leg injury, but since went 30-3 with four titles. Notably, he has not faced Djokovic this year. They could meet in the semifinals.

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No. 2 seed, was upset in the first round by 172nd-ranked Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild. It marked the first time a men’s top-two seed lost in the first round of any major since 2003 Wimbledon (Ivo Karlovic d. Lleyton Hewitt).

All of the American men lost before the fourth round. The last U.S. man to make the French Open quarterfinals was Andre Agassi in 2003.

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Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek set French Open rematch

By OlympicTalkJun 5, 2023, 3:25 PM EDT

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Coco Gauff swept into the French Open quarterfinals, where she plays Iga Swiatek in a rematch of last year’s final.

Gauff, the sixth seed, beat 100th-ranked Slovakian Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 7-5, 6-2 in the fourth round. She next plays the top seed Swiatek, who later Monday advanced after 66th-ranked Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko retired down 5-1 after taking a medical timeout due to illness.

Gauff earned a 37th consecutive win over a player ranked outside the top 50, dating to February 2022. She hasn’t faced a player in the world top 60 in four matches at Roland Garros, but the degree of difficulty ratchets up in Wednesday’s quarterfinals.

Swiatek won all 12 sets she’s played against Gauff, who at 19 is the only teenager in the top 49 in the world. Gauff said last week that there’s no point in revisiting last year’s final — a 6-1, 6-3 affair — but said Monday that she should rewatch that match because they haven’t met on clay since.

“I don’t want to make the final my biggest accomplishment,” she said. “Since last year I have been wanting to play her, especially at this tournament. I figured that it was going to happen, because I figured I was going to do well, and she was going to do well.

“The way my career has gone so far, if I see a level, and if I’m not quite there at that level, I know I have to improve, and I feel like you don’t really know what you have to improve on until you see that level.”

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Also Monday, No. 7 seed Ons Jabeur of Tunisia dispatched 36th-ranked American Bernarda Pera 6-3, 6-1, breaking all eight of Pera’s service games.

Jabeur, runner-up at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year, has now reached the quarterfinals of all four majors.

Jabeur next faces 14th-seeded Beatriz Haddad Maia, who won 6-7 (3), 6-3, 7-5 over Spaniard Sara Sorribes Tormo, who played on a protected ranking of 68. Haddad Maia became the second Brazilian woman to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal in the Open Era (since 1968) after Maria Bueno, who won seven majors from 1959-1966.

Pera, a 28 year-old born in Croatia, was the oldest U.S. singles player to make the fourth round of a major for the first time since Jill Craybas at 2005 Wimbledon. Her defeat left Gauff as the lone American singles player remaining out of the 35 entered in the main draws.

The last American to win a major singles title was Sofia Kenin at the 2020 Australian Open. The 11-major drought matches the longest in history (since 1877) for American men and women combined.

In the men’s draw, 2022 French Open runner-up Casper Ruud reached the quarterfinals by beating 35th-ranked Chilean Nicolas Jarry 7-6 (3), 7-5, 7-5. He’ll next play sixth seed Holger Rune of Denmark, a 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7) winner over 23rd seed Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina.

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