Author: Howard Fendrich
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Anderson edges Isner 26-24 in 5th for 1st Wimbledon final
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LONDON — Kevin Anderson won the longest Centre Court match in history and earned a chance to try to collect his first Grand Slam championship, edging John Isner 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 6-7 (9), 6-4, 26-24 at Wimbledon in a 6-hour, 36-minute marathon between two…
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Williams vs. Rodina is matchup of Mom vs. Mom at Wimbledon
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LONDON — When Serena Williams steps out on Centre Court to play Evgeniya Rodina in Wimbledon’s fourth round on Monday, it will be a rare meeting of Mom vs. Mom. Such matchups could happen with greater frequency as parenthood becomes increasingly popular on the women’s…
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Nadal wins 11th French Open title by beating Thiem in 3 sets
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PARIS — As Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem warmed up before the French Open final, the booming voice of an announcer at Court Philippe Chatrier called out each player’s bona fides. Nadal’s introduction included a…
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Simona Halep beats Sloane Stephens to win French Open
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save PARIS — Simona Halep kept telling everybody who would listen: She was a different player. She was stronger mentally. She wanted so much to finally win a Grand Slam title and was sure that, one…
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Lindsey Vonn trying not to think of downhill as her last at Olympics
JEONGSEON, South Korea — Lindsey Vonn prefers not to dwell on what shapes up as a significant story line for the women’s downhill at the Pyeongchang Games. “I’ve tried not to think about it as being my last Olympic downhill. Just focus on the moment, the right here and the right now. And I think…
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Colorado skier Mikaela Shiffrin drops out of Olympic downhill after schedule change
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Back at the last Olympics, Mikaela Shiffrin exuberantly talked about chasing five gold medals this time around. Now it turns out she’ll only enter three races at the 2018 Games. The two-time gold medalist dropped out of Wednesday’s downhill race so she can focus on the Alpine combined event that was…
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Another day, another delay for Mikaela Shiffrin, other Alpine skiers
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — The start of Mikaela Shiffrin’s bid for multiple medals at the 2018 Olympics was delayed yet again when the women’s slalom was postponed from Wednesday to Friday because of strong winds. It’s the third time in four days an Alpine skiing race was shelved because gusts made it too dangerous for competition. Shiffrin…
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2nd Alpine postponement means Shiffrin starts with slalom
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea— Mikaela Shiffrin’s pursuit of gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics will start on a different day — and in a different event, the slalom, which is her forte — than everyone expected. Of course, that’s assuming they ever get around to doing any racing at all in Alpine skiing, after each of the…
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Vonn, Shiffrin represent Alpine’s best past, present, future
Separated in age by about a decade, Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin head to the Pyeongchang Olympics as the past, present and future of ski racing in the United States and around the world. In the World Cup, their sport’s annual measuring stick, Vonn, 33, owns four overall titles; Shiffrin, who turns 23 in March, is on pace for her second.…
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Colorado native Shiffrin set up as Olympics star; Vonn, Hirscher big, too
If Mikaela Shiffrin continues to race as well as she has been, she is setting herself up to be the biggest star of the Pyeongchang Olympics. Not just of Alpine skiing, but the entire Winter Games. To put it simply: She is about as close to unbeatable as can be right now. Shiffrin, a 22-year-old…