Coco Gauff is still in and Naomi Osaka is out following Day 1 at Wimbledon. The 15-year-old Gauff showed poise and power in a 6-4, 6-4 stunner against seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams. The 39-year-old Williams was the oldest competitor in the women’s bracket before falling to the youngest competitor to qualify at the All England Club in the professional era.
Meanwhile, the second-seeded Osaka continued her recent downward spiral by dropping her first-round match to Yulia Putinseva, 7-6, 6-2. Osaka is the reigning U.S. Open and Australian Open champion, but her slump dropped her from the top of the WTA rankings last week.
Other first-round winners on the women’s side include third seed Karolina Pliskova, seventh seed Simona Halep, eighth seed Elina Svitolina, No. 14 Caroline Wozniacki and No. 17 Madison Keys.
The men’s bracket also opened with a pair of major upsets. Jiri Vesely earned a four-set win over sixth seed Alexander Zverev, and No. 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas was beaten in five sets by Thomas Fabbiano. Men’s No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 4 Kevin Anderson advanced to Round 2 by winning in straight sets.
NBA
The Golden State Warriors have reason to smile again after losing All-Star forward Kevin Durant to a free-agent contract with the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. All-Star guard Klay Thompson has announced on Instagram that he is staying in the Bay Area. He is expected to sign a five-year max contract for $190 million when the NBA free agent moratorium period ends, remaining with Golden State just as he had hoped all along. Thompson had been scheduled for surgery this past week for a torn ACL in his left knee after he was injured during a Game 6 loss to the Toronto Raptors in the NBA Finals.
The Miami Heat have completed agreements to land Jimmy Butler from the Philadelphia 76ers in a four-team swap with the Clippers and Trail Blazers. The Heat also receive Meyers Leonard, the Blazers get Hassan Whiteside, the Clippers pick up Moe Harkless and a future first-round pick, and the 76ers acquire Josh Richardson.
A person with knowledge of the details says the Knicks have agreed to a two-year deal with guard Elfrid Payton after signing Wayne Ellington. Payton was limited to 42 games last season because of injuries, averaging 10.6 points and 7.6 assists.
Kyrie Irving says his decision to join the Nets is about wanting to play at home. His representatives say the All-Star point guard has agreed to a four-year, maximum contract with the Nets after two seasons in Boston.
Two people with knowledge of the deal say Seth Curry and the Mavericks have agreed on a four-year, $32 million package. Curry had the best season of his career with the 2016-17 Mavs, averaging career highs of 12.8 points, 2.7 assists and 29 minutes per game.
Versatile guard Tomas Satoransky says he is headed to the Bulls after averaging career highs of 8.9 points, 5.0 assists and 3.5 rebounds in 80 games with Washington last season.
A person familiar with the situation says the Pelicans have acquired veteran center Derrick Favors from the Jazz for a pair of second-round draft choices.
MLB
Major League Baseball has been rocked by the sudden death of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs at age 27. Skaggs was with the team in Texas when he was found unresponsive in his hotel room. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they are investigating, but no foul play is suspected at this time. Skaggs had been a regular in the Angels' starting rotation since late 2016, when he returned from Tommy John surgery. He struggled with injuries repeatedly over the past three seasons, but persevered to become a valuable starter in Los Angeles' injury-plagued rotation.
The Rangers have designated pitcher Shelby Miller for assignment. The right-hander was 1-3 with an 8.59 ERA in 19 games this season, including eight starts as he tries to come back from Tommy John surgery.
On the diamonds yesterday, Christian Yelich singled with the bases loaded and belted his major league-leading 30th homer as the Brewers downed the Reds, 8-6 at Cincinnati. Milwaukee sent 10 batters to the plate for five runs in the seventh inning before Yelich added a two-run blast in the ninth. The Reds led 3-1 until the seventh-inning eruption. Eugenio Suarez launched a couple of two-run homers, but the Reds lost to the Brewers in Cincinnati for the sixth straight time.
The Brewers lead their division by one game over Chicago after Josh Bell slammed three more homers in the Pirates’ 18-5 thrashing of the Cubs. Bell belted a three-run shot off Adbert Alzolay in the first, added a two-run shot off the Cubs rookie in the second and finished off a four-hit, seven-RBI night by going deep against newly-signed Chicago closer Craig Kimbrel in the eighth. Adam Frazier finished 5 for 6 and tied a major-league record with four doubles. Colin Moran collected a career-high five hits for the Pirates.
Kevin Pillar, Evan Longoria and Austin Slater homered while the Giants pounded out nine extra-base hits in a 13-2 laugher against the Padres. Jeff Samardzija gave up two runs and five hits over a season-high eight innings to get the win. Pillar's three-run homer off Robert Stock highlighted San Francisco’s four-run eighth.
Kevin Kiermaier's three run home run lifted the Rays to a 6-3 victory against the Orioles. Brandon McKay went 0 for 4 in his major league debut as a hitter for the Rays, two days after throwing one-hit ball over six innings. Tom Eshelman made his major league pitching debut for the Orioles, giving up two runs on six hits in five innings without recording a strikeout.
Freddy Galvis hit a pair of solo homers and Cavan Biggio matched his career high with four RBIs as the Blue Jays hammered the Royals, 11-4. Randal Grichuk was 4-for-5 with four RBIs for Toronto, which scored in each of the first four innings and finished with a season-high 18 hits. Teoscar Hernandez added a solo home run in the Blue Jays’ 15th victory in their last 19 home games versus Kansas City.
The Angels-Rangers game in Texas was postponed following the death of Los Angeles pitcher Tyler Skaggs.
NHL
The New York Rangers have landed a marquee forward on the first day of the NHL’s free-agent signing period. The Rangers have inked Artemi Panarin to a seven-year, $81.5 million deal, taking the high-scoring forward away from the Blue Jackets. The 27-year-old Panarin had 28 goals and 59 assists for Columbus last season. Panarin won the Calder Trophy with Chicago as the league's top rookie four years ago and has career totals of 116 goals and 204 assists in 322 games with the Blackhawks and Blue Jackets.
The Islanders held onto their captain by giving Anders Lee a seven-year, $49 million package. The Isles also inked netminder Semyon Varlamov to a four-year deal and allowed goalie Robin Lehner to head to the Blackhawks on a one-year, $5 million package.
The Canadiens have signed Carolina forward Sebastian Aho to a five-year, $42.27 million offer sheet. The 21-year-old Finn is coming off a breakout season, scoring 30 goals and 83 points in 82 games. As part of the offer, Montreal is offering an $11.3 million lump sum payment within a week of Aho's signing and another for $9.87 million next July 1. The Hurricanes have seven days to decide whether to match the offer, work out a deal involving Aho or take Montreal’s first-, second- and third-round pick in 2020 as compensation.
The Florida Panthers were able to land the top free-agent netminder available, getting Sergei Bobrovsky on a seven-year, $70 million contract. The two-time Vezina Trophy winner led the NHL with nine shutouts last season while compiling a 2.58 goals-against average and a .913 save percentage. The Panthers also had extra money on hand to sign forwards Brett Connolly and Noel Acciari, along with defenseman Anton Stralman. Connolly had career highs with 22 goals and 46 points for the Capitals this past season.
The Predators have inked forward Matt Duchene to a seven-year, $56 million deal. Duchene has averaged 57 points during his 10-year career and provided 31 goals and 70 points while playing for the Senators and Jackets last season.
The Blue Jackets began restocking their lineup by signing winger Gustav Nyquist to a four-year, $22 million deal. Columbus also re-signed defenseman Ryan Murray to a two-year, $9.2 million contract and backup goalie Joonas Korpisalo to a one-year contract.
Longtime Sharks captain Joe Pavelski has left to sign a three-year, $21 million contract with Dallas. San Jose also lost winger Joonas Donskoi, who signed a four-year $15.6 million with Colorado. However, the Sharks were able to re-sign restricted free agent forward Timo Meier.
The Maple Leafs have agreed to sign veteran center Jason Spezza to a one-year deal worth roughly the league-minimum $700,000 salary. The Leafs made another blockbuster deal by acquiring defenseman Tyson Barrie, forward Alex Kerfoot, a restricted free agent, and a 2020 sixth-round pick from Colorado. The Avalanche got back forward Nazem Kadri, prospect defenseman Calle Rosen and a 2020 third-round pick.
BROADCASTER DEATH
Police have charged a 16-year-old with two counts of manslaughter in the car crash that killed Auburn broadcaster Rod Bramblett and his wife. Police say Johnston Edward Taylor has been arrested in connection with the May 25 accident. Police say test results showed that Taylor was driving "well over" the 55 mph speed limit and had marijuana in his system at the time of the crash.
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