2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships TV, live stream schedule

2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships
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The U.S. Gymnastics Championships air live on NBC Sports and Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA from Thursday through Sunday as Olympic hopefuls continue their march toward Tokyo.

All four senior sessions — two days each for men and women — are live from Fort Worth, Texas.

Simone Biles headlines the women’s field in the last meet before the U.S. Olympic Trials in St. Louis in three weeks.

Biles, undefeated in all-around competition for eight years, goes for a seventh national women’s all-around title, extending a record since USA Gymnastics formed in 1963. She can’t clinch an Olympic spot until Trials, where the top two women in the all-around automatically make the team.

Biles is considered a lock for the Olympic team that will likely be six women total. Jade Carey already clinched a spot in individual events only. Jordan Chiles, who was second to her training partner Biles at the U.S. Classic two weeks ago, is also in very good position.

Others will look to make an impression on selectors this week, including 2017 World all-around champion Morgan Hurd, 2019 U.S. all-around silver medalist Suni Lee and Rio Olympic team champion Laurie Hernandez.

Sam Mikulak headlines the men’s field. Like Biles, he is a six-time U.S. all-around champion, but his training has been interrupted by an elbow injury. Mikulak said last year he plans to retire after the Tokyo Olympic season.

Mikulak could be challenged by Yul Moldauer, the 2017 U.S. all-around champion who made every world championships team in this Olympic cycle. Mikulak is the lone active U.S. man with Olympic experience.

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2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships Broadcast Schedule

Day Time (ET) Network Competition
Thursday 8 p.m. Olympic Channel | STREAM LINK Men Day 1
10:30 p.m.-1 a.m.* NBCSN | STREAM LINK Men Day 1
Friday 8-10 p.m. NBCSN | STREAM LINK Women Day 1
Saturday 8-10:30 p.m. NBCSN | STREAM LINK Men Day 2
Sunday 2-3 p.m.* NBC | STREAM LINK Men Day 2
7-9 p.m. NBC | STREAM LINK Women Day 2

*Delayed broadcast.

2023 French Open men’s singles draw, scores

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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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2023 French Open Men’s Singles Draw

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2023 French Open women’s singles draw, scores

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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.

Having turned 22 on Wednesday, 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 last pre-French Open match with a right thigh injury 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, is her top remaining challenger in Paris.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula, the highest-seeded American man or woman, was eliminated in the third round. No. 4 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, who has three wins over Swiatek this year, withdrew before her third-round match due to illness.

No. 6 Coco Gauff, runner-up to Swiatek last year, is the best hope 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

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