Katie Ledecky makes Stanford debut

By Nick ZaccardiOct 14, 2016, 7:07 PM EDT

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Katie Ledecky won one of her two individual events in her Stanford debut, a sold-out dual meet at Oregon State on Friday.

Ledecky clocked 50.10 seconds to win the 100-yard freestyle after anchoring a 200-yard medley relay team to victory, swimming her leg after Olympic 100m freestyle champion Simone Manuel. Full results are here.

Manuel did not contest the 100-yard free against Ledecky. Ledecky’s personal best in the 100-yard freestyle is 48.28 seconds from 2015.

Ledecky’s previous 10 times in the 100-yard free — from 2013 through 2015 — were all faster than her time Friday, but she is two months separated from the Olympics, swam it among four races in one session and still won by .97.

Ledecky also finished second in the 200-yard butterfly (an event she hasn’t raced since 2014) and anchored a 400-yard freestyle relay.

Ledecky, a freshman who won four gold medals in Rio, passed up millions of dollars in potential endorsements to stay amateur because she wanted to swim collegiately.

Stanford’s next meet is against Washington State on Thursday, streamed live here.

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To round out a great day for the Cardinal freshmen, @katieledecky with her first individual collegiate victory #GoStanford🌲 pic.twitter.com/nQJpwtVb7W

— Stanford W. Swimming (@stanfordwswim) October 14, 2016

From Rio to Corvallis: Katie Ledecky wins her first collegiate race as the anchor in the 200m IM at Oregon State. #liveonKMTR pic.twitter.com/cCU1u0PNNn

— Hayden Herrera (@haydenherrera) October 14, 2016

Two months after repping @TeamUSA, @katieledecky anchors @stanfordwswim to a win in the 200 IM relay, her first collegiate race. #liveonKMTR pic.twitter.com/KeHtuoNZ2q

— Hayden Herrera (@haydenherrera) October 14, 2016

Our friend @katieledecky made her Pac-12 debut today.

Spoiler Alert: She won.#Pac12Swim pic.twitter.com/xcyL2QVzbx

— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) October 15, 2016

2023 French Open women’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkMay 29, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT

At the French Open, Iga Swiatek of Poland eyes a third title at Roland Garros and a fourth Grand Slam singles crown overall.

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

Swiatek, the No. 1 seed from Poland, can join Serena Williams and Justine Henin as the lone women to win three or more French Opens since 2000.

Turning 22 during the tournament, she can become the youngest woman to win three French Opens since Monica Seles in 1992 and the youngest woman to win four Slams overall since Williams in 2002.

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But Swiatek is not as dominant as in 2022, when she went 16-0 in the spring clay season during an overall 37-match win streak.

She retired from her most recent match with a right thigh injury last week and said it wasn’t serious. Before that, she lost the final of another clay-court tournament to Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.

Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed, and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, the No. 4 seed and Wimbledon champion, are the top challengers in Paris.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula and No. 6 Coco Gauff, runner-up to Swiatek last year, are the best hopes to become the first American to win a Grand Slam singles title since Sofia Kenin at the 2020 Australian Open. The 11-major drought is the longest for U.S. women since Seles won the 1996 Australian Open.

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2023 French Open Women’s Singles Draw

2023 French Open men’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkMay 29, 2023, 8:00 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, who lost in the French Open first round in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, is improved on clay. He won the Italian Open, the last top-level clay event before the French Open, and is the No. 2 seed ahead of Djokovic.

No. 9 Taylor Fritz, No. 12 Frances Tiafoe and No. 16 Tommy Paul are the highest-seeded Americans, all looking to become the first U.S. man to make the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003. Since then, five different American men combined to make the fourth round on eight occasions.

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