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Youth movement takes place for ladies’ finale at French Open

PARIS — Sipping tea every night is working wonders for Maja Chwalinska. The Polish player became just the second qualifier to reach a Grand Slam singles final in the Open Era when she beat Diana Shnaider of Russia 7-6 (4), 6-4 on Thursday. The 24-year-old Chwalinska can match Emma Raducanu’s title run at the 2021 U.S. Open when she plays Russian teenager Mirra Andreeva in Saturday’s final at Roland Garros. Nothing will change Chwalinska’s routine for the biggest match of her life. “I’m going to drink my tea,” she said. Chwalinska and Raducanu, according to stats ...

Andreeva, Chwalinska take different roads to French Open women’s finals

PARIS — Mirra Andreeva could not hold her nerve at Roland Garros last year. Facing the unheralded Lois Boisson for a spot in the French Open semifinals, the Russian teenager lost her temper, losing in straight sets after receiving a warning for angrily hitting a ball into the stands. There ...

Knicks open NBA Finals on road with win over Spurs

SAN ANTONIO — The New York Knicks’ winning streak lives on, and they struck first in the NBA Finals. Jalen Brunson scored 30 points, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and the Knicks erased a 14-point second-half deficit to beat the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 in ...

Packers fans will wait longer for Parsons to return

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers edge rusher Micah Parsons’ return from a torn anterior cruciate ligament figures to take place a little later than the All-Pro initially hoped. Parsons said the day after the Packers’ wild-card playoff loss to the Chicago Bears that he hoped to return ...

Vegas still on a roll as Game 2 arrives for Stanley Cup

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Vegas Golden Knights were up one, down to a frantic 5.6 seconds left to secure Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Carolina Hurricanes. The Hurricanes won a faceoff in the Vegas zone, with Logan Stankoven passing to Alexander Nikishin up top for a one-timer from ...

Sanchez’s run ends with win

PHILADELPHIA — Phillies ace Cristopher Sanchez extended his consecutive shutout innings streak to 50 2/3 innings before allowing a two-out RBI single to San Diego’s Jackson Merrill in the seventh Wednesday night. The Phillies won the game, 3-2. Sanchez’s streak is the third-best overall dating to the start of the Live Ball Era in 1920 behind the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Orel Hershiser’s 59 scoreless innings in 1988, and Don Drysdale’s 58 in 1968. He struck out San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. and set the Padres down in order in the first to pass Carl Hubbell and become the ...