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Open season as Joint leads Aussie charge in Cincinnati
Teenage tennis sensation Maya Joint continues to fly the Australian flag in the US, powering her way into the third round of the Cincinnati Open. The 19-year-old overcame a mid-match wobble to put paid to 18th-seeded Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-4 4-6 6-4 on Saturday (local time). Joint proved much more effective on her first serve, landing 70 per cent of her first delivery compared with just 55 per cent for the Brazilian. In a match that featured a swag of break-point opportunities, Joint had a slight advantage, converting seven of the 19 chances she set up, compared with six of 17 for Haddad Maia. Never backing down 🌟Maya Joint completes an incredible match to defeat Haddad Maia in three sets!#CincyTennis — wta (@WTA) August 9, 2025 It was a superb win against the Brazilian, who is certainly no slouch, having won four tournaments in a career that has taken her to a highest ranking of No.10 in the world. Victory for Joint on the Cincinnati hard courts set up a third-round meeting with 12-seeded Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova. Joint reached a career-high singles ranking of No.37 last month and is currently Australia's No.2 behind Daria Kasatkina. Looking to join the 19-year-old in the third round in Cincinnati are fellow Aussies Kasatkina, Kimberly Birrell and Ajla Tomljanovic, who play their second-round matches on Sunday (local time). Kasatkina, seeded 15th in Cincinnati, is favoured to advance when she takes on Italy's Lucia Bronzetti. Birrell faces a daunting challenge, up against American fourth seed Jessica Pegula, who reached the final of last year's US Open. Tomljanovic will also have her hands full when she takes on Denmark's Clara Tauson, who beat major winners Iga Swiatek and Madison Keys on her way to the semi-finals of last week's Canadian Open. Swiatek bounced back from her shock loss to Tauson in Montreal by beating Russia's Anastasia Potapova 6-1 6-4 in the second round in Cincinnati on Saturday. The Polish superstar, winner of six major singles titles, powered through the first set, then had to fend off four break points in the second. She next plays Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk, who she has defeated in all three previous meetings, in the third round. Also through to the third round is British No.1 and 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu, who beat Serbia's Olga Danilovic 6-3 6-2. Incredible from Raducanu 🤩#CincyTennis — wta (@WTA) August 9, 2025 Australian Open winner Keys had a tougher start to her Cincinnati campaign, saving two match points to survive against German Eva Lys with a 1-6 6-3 7-6 (7-1) win to punch her ticket to the third round, where she will play Japan's Aoi Ito. "I just kept trying to listen to everyone here cheering me," said American Keys, who triumphed in 2019 and clinched Saturday's affair with an unreturnable forehand. "It helped me get back into the match and across the finish line." The Cincinnati Open is a vital lead-up to the year's final major, the US Open, played on the hard courts at Flushing Meadows in New York from August 24. - with Agencies
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Projecting Team Czechia's 2026 Olympic Roster
In just a handful of months, the 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be upon us. So what better time than now to talk about what our projected Men's Olympic hockey rosters will look like? We've been doing that all week, starting Tuesday with roster projections for Team Canada, then moving to Team USA on Wednesday, followed by Team Sweden on Thursday, and on Friday, we projected the roster of Team Finland. Today, we're wrapping things up with a look at Team Czechia. Czechia will come into the Olympic tournament as a clear underdog. But that's probably the way they want it, as it will mean Czechia is playing with considerably less pressure than the Canadian and American teams. With that said, here's The Hockey News' projected 25-man Czechia roster. Injuries and/or sub-par play in the near future could affect real-life roster decisions, but these are our picks to play for Team Czechia: Team Czechia Projected Roster Forwards: Roman Cervenka (C), Tomas Hertl (C), Filip Chytil (C), Jiri Kulich (C), Ondrej Palat (LW), Dominik Kubalik (LW), Pavel Zacha (LW) David Kampf (LW), David Pastrnak (RW), Martin Necas (RW), David Tomasek (RW), Lukas Sedlak (RW) Extras: Jakub Flek (LW), Ondrej Beranek (LW) The Breakdown: Team Czechia's biggest strength is its forward group, which has speed and finesse, things that are rewarded in the international game. And having legitimate stars, including Boston Bruins right winger David Pastrnak and Colorado Avalanche forward Martin Necas, makes Czechia a threat to do serious damage at the upcoming Games. Czechia does have its share of non-NHL players who are still valuable – in this case, players like greybeard center Roman Cervenka and veteran forward David Tomasek – so it's not like Czechia is asking Pastrnak and Necas to do all the heavy lifting. But it will be intriguing to see how Czechia's players come together when not all of them are highly familiar with each other as teammates. But this country won the IIHF World Championship in 2024, and many of the members of that team are on our projected team. So there's a winning pedigree going on with Czechia, and they shouldn't be counted out from winning a medal, even if they are in tough to win gold. Defensemen: Radko Gudas (R), Michal Kempny (L), Filip Hronek (R), Libor Hajek (L), David Jiricek (R) Jan Ruuta (R) Extras: Jakub Krejcik (L), David Spacek (R) The Breakdown: The defense corps is probably Czechia's biggest weakness. If we use the metric of 'how many current NHLers does this defense corps have?', Team Czechia falls short of every other top-five country. Indeed, while veteran hockey observers will recognize most names in our eight Czechia defensemen, the reality is that only Philadelphia's Radko Gudas, Vancouver's Filip Hronek, Minnesota's David Jiricek and free-agent veteran Jan Rutta are currently playing in hockey's best league. That's something Czechia's opponents will aim to take advantage of, and that's something that Czechia's coaches will want to address. You don't need every player on your team to be an NHLer to have success at the Olympics, but when half of your players aren't NHLers, that speaks to your competitive depth. And that's what Czechia will be dealing with on the blueline when the Games begin. Goaltenders: Lukas Dostal, Karel Vejmelka, Vitek Vanecek The Breakdown: Team Czechia's goaltending may not have the best NHL numbers of anyone in the tournament, but in Lukas Dostal, ready to come into his own with the Anaheim Ducks now that John Gibson has been traded to the Detroit Red Wings, Czechia has its starting goalie. If things go awry with Dostal between the pipes, there are a number of options for Czechia. The primary second option is Utah's Karel Vejmelka, who was Czechia's starter at the 2024 IIHF World Championship, when Czechia won gold. Beyond Dostal and Vejmelka, the third goalie option we decided on was Utah's Vitek Vanecek, whose stock certainly has dropped in recent years. But he's still only 29 years old, and while other candidate Dan Vladar of the Flyers had slightly better individual numbers last season, Vanecek has more experience. And let's not kid ourselves here – if Vanecek or Vejmelka is playing in the Olympics, something has gone terribly wrong with Dostal. Regardless of the 'what if?' game, Dostal gives Czechia the best chances at winning games. And that's what it's all about. Get the latest news and trending stories by following The Hockey News on Google News and by subscribing to The Hockey News newsletter here. And share your thoughts by commenting below the article on
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2 hours ago
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Olympic gold medalist Hezly Rivera surges to the lead at the U.S. gymnastics championships
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hezly Rivera cruised to the lead at the U.S. gymnastics championships on Friday night, putting together four steady and occasionally excellent routines on her way to a 55.600, putting her in strong position to claim her first national title on Sunday. Rivera, the youngest member of the five-woman team that cruised to gold at the 2024 Olympics, bounced back from a bumpy performance at the U.S. Classic last month. The now 17-year-old posted the top score on balance beam (14.350) and the second-highest score on floor exercise (14.000) to lead a very young field taking their first tentative steps toward the world championships this fall and — well down the road — the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Joscelyn Roberson, an Olympic alternate last summer and a rising sophomore at Arkansas, is second at 55.400. Roberson, who trained alongside two-time Olympic champion Simone Biles, finished with a dazzling floor routine to move past four-time world championship medalist Leanne Wong at 55.100. Rivera, Roberson and Wong will head into Sunday well ahead of the rest of a field whose average age is just under 18, a significant departure from the run-up to Paris, when Biles and a group of older athletes took center stage. ___
