Reddit hosts AMAs with Tokyo Olympic, Paralympic hopefuls

By OlympicTalkMar 18, 2021, 8:45 AM EDT

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Reddit is hosting Ask Me Anything (AMA) events every Thursday with U.S. Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls for the Tokyo Games.

Each AMA will be here from 1-2 p.m. ET.

It’s a chance for fans and Games followers to ask the nation’s top athletes about their events and their preparations for the world’s biggest sporting events.

Allyson Felix, the most decorated female Olympic track and field champion with nine medals and six golds, kicked off the series in January 2020, before the Games were postponed by one year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Among the 2021 AMA headliners before the July 23 Olympic Opening Ceremony: basketball player A’ja Wilson, high jumper Vashti Cunningham, Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long and gymnast Morgan Hurd.

Reddit hosted its first Olympic AMA series leading up to the PyeongChang Winter Games, featuring figure skater Adam Rippon, hockey player Hilary Knight and cross-country skier Jessie Diggins, among others.

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Reddit Olympic and Paralympic AMA Schedule

Day	Athlete(s)	Sport	Transcript
Jan. 28, 2020	Allyson Felix	Track and Field	AMA Link
Feb. 4, 2020	Haley Anderson	Open-Water Swimming	AMA Link
Feb. 11, 2020	Katie Nye	Weightlifting	AMA Link
Feb. 18, 2020	Naya Tapper	Rugby	AMA Link
Feb. 25, 2020	Brady Ellison	Archery	AMA Link
March 3, 2020	Elena Della Donne	Basketball	AMA Link
March 10, 2020	Heimana Reynolds	Skateboarding	AMA Link
Feb. 11, 2021	Melissa Stockwell	Paralympic Triathlon	AMA Link
Feb. 18, 2021	Rai Benjamin	Track and Field	AMA Link
Feb. 25, 2021	Nicky Nieves	Sitting Volleyball	AMA Link
March 4, 2021	Mallory Weggemann	Paralympic Swimming	AMA Link
March 11, 2021	Roderick Townsend	Paralympic Track and Field	AMA Link
March 18, 2021	Johnny Hooper	Water Polo	AMA Link
March 25, 2021	Haylie McCleney Amanda Chidester Cat Osterman	Softball	AMA Link
April 1, 2021	MyKayla Skinner	Gymnastics	AMA Link
April 8, 2021	A’ja Wilson	Basketball	AMA Link
April 15, 2021	Sakura Kokumai	Karate	AMA Link
April 22, 2021	Vashti Cunningham	Track and Field	AMA Link
April 29, 2021	Jessica Long	Paralympic Swimming	AMA Link
May 6, 2021	Morgan Hurd	Gymnastics	AMA Link
May 13, 2021	Nathaniel Coleman Colin Duffy Kyra Condie	Sport Climbing	AMA Link
May 20, 2021	Robbie Hummel	3×3 Basketball	AMA Link
May 27, 2021	Colleen Quigley	Track and Field	AMA Link
June 3, 2021	Hunter Woodhall	Paralympic Track and Field	AMA Link

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 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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