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Iga Swiatek advances as only top-10 player remaining at French Open

Iga Swiatek of Poland celebrates a set against Danka Kovinic of Montenegro during the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros on May 28, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Antonio Borga/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty Images)

Iga Swiatek extended her winning streak to 31 matches, downing Danka Kovinic in the third of the French Open on Saturday.

The No. 1 seed is now just one victory away from tying Justine Henin’s 32 straight match wins in 2007-08.

“For sure, I felt like she used my power in some moments, so I had to adjust a little bit more to what she was playing, and for sure played a little bit more smart,” Swiatek said of the matchup.

The 20-year-old will next take on Qinwen Zheng in the Round of 16.

The other two remaining top-10 seeds were bounced from Paris on Saturday, with No. 3 Paula Badosa retiring in her second set due to a right calf injury, handing Veronika Kudermetova the walkover victory.

No. 7 Aryna Sabalenka was upset as well, with Camila Giorgi of Italy besting the 24-year-old 4-6, 6-1, 6-0 in their third-round matchup. The No. 28 seed has now won five of her last seven matches against top-10 players.

With both sides deploying an aggressive strategy, Giorgi ultimately played a cleaner game, logging three more winners and five fewer unforced errors than Sabalenka.

Giorgi will take on No. 20 Daria Kasatkina in the Italian’s first French Open Round of 16 appearance.

Jessica Pegula is the second-highest ranked player entering the fourth round after downing No. 24 Tamara Zidanšek Saturday. The American won 63 percent of her first serve points and boasted a 74 percent win percentage on her second serve to take out last year’s semifinalist.

Another American advanced Saturday, with No. 22 Madison Keys bouncing No. 16 Elena Rybakina in a three-set thriller.

The 27-year-old dropped the first set 3-6 before charging to a 6-1 second set and capturing the third 7-6 (10-3) to move on to her first fourth-round appearance at Roland Garros since 2019.

Retired WNBA Legend Candace Parker Stirs the Pot on New Podcast

Candace Parker speaks at a panel during a 2024 Hello Sunshine event.
Retired WNBA legend Candace Parker launched a new podcast with Indiana Fever center Aliyah Boston this week. (Presley Ann/Getty Images for Hello Sunshine)

Retired three-time WNBA champ Candace Parker weighed in on the current state of the league this week, making waves on her newly launched podcast Post Moves alongside fellow host and current Indiana Fever center Aliyah Boston.

With CBA negotiations in full swing, Parker called this year's All-Star Game a missed opportunity for the players, although 2025 All-Star Boston challenged that perspective.

"You all cannot come out there with those shirts of 'Pay Us What You Owe Us' and then do that in the All-Star Game," Parker said, referencing the midseason matchup's lack of competitive edge.

"An All-Star Game, when we have another game in two days, I think that it's okay to go out there, hoop, and have some fun," Boston countered.

Parker later sounded off on her recent viral moment ranking Chicago Sky star Angel Reese as "C tier" during a Complex Sports interview.

"Are you taking Angel above Paige [Bueckers]? Are you taking Angel above Arike [Ogunbowale], are you taking Angel above Sabrina [Ionescu] or Kelsey [Plum] or Caitlin [Clark] or A'ja [Wilson] or Napheesa [Collier] or Breanna [Stewart]?" Parker asked. "No. That does not make her a bad player."

"Do I think [Reese] could be up there? Yes.... Is she there now? No. And this is in no way, shape, or form hating," she said while calling out the need for objective criticism in the WNBA.

How to listen to Parker and Boston on "Post Moves"

Parker and Boston's new podcast Post Moves will drop a new episode across all major podcast platforms — including Spotify, Apple, and YouTube — every Wednesday.

Minnesota Lynx Defeat New York Liberty in 2024 WNBA Finals Revenge Win

Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier celebrates a three-pointer during a 2025 WNBA game.
Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier scored 30 points in Wednesday's win over the reigning champion New York Liberty. (Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images)

Wednesday's WNBA action brought the heat, as the No. 1 Minnesota Lynx took down the No. 2 New York Liberty 100-93 in the first 2024 WNBA Finals rematch of the 2025 season.

"Fans were excited to see this matchup, and I thought they were treated to a heck of a basketball game," Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve said after the home win.

Minnesota forward Napheesa Collier and guard Kayla McBride played hero, putting up 30 and 24 points, respectively, to help lift the Lynx over injury-plagued New York — despite Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu's game-leading 31-point performance.

"It could have been anybody walking in here — we just weren't going to lose two home games in a row," echoed McBride, referencing Minnesota's upset loss to the No. 5 Atlanta Dream on Sunday.

The result leaves the Liberty skidding on a three-game losing streak while ballooning the Lynx's lead in the WNBA standings to five games.

The reigning champs did manage to hang onto the No. 2 spot, however, as the No. 3 Phoenix Mercury also fell on Wednesday, dropping 107-101 to No. 6 Indiana.

With the win, the Fever are now on a three-game winning streak, despite injured star Caitlin Clark looking on from the sideline.

The No. 5 Dream are also back in the win column with an 88-85 Wednesday victory over the No. 11 Dallas Wings, drawing level with the No. 4 Seattle Storm at 16-11 on the season.

How to watch the New York Liberty, Minnesota Lynx this week

New York will aim to reset during their visit to the last-place Connecticut Sun at 7:30 PM ET on Friday, live on ION.

Elsewhere, Minnesota is gearing up to tip off against the No. 7 Las Vegas Aces at 3 PM ET on Saturday, with live coverage on ABC.

US Swimming Icon Ledecky Wins 22nd Title at World Aquatics Championships

US star Katie Ledecky celebrates her 1500-meter freestyle gold-medal victory at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.
Ledecky won her 22nd world title with her 1500-meter freestyle victory on Tuesday. (Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

US swimming icon Katie Ledecky is back on top, earning her 22nd world title with a gold medal-winning 1,500-meter freestyle performance at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships on Tuesday.

Finishing with a time of 15:26.44, Ledecky now owns 25 of the top 26 times in the event's history and holds six World Aquatics Championships titles at that distance.

"Each one has meaning, and I love every race that I've had at Worlds over the years," the 28-year-old swimming star told broadcasters following her Tuesday victory.

That 22nd title brought Ledecky's combined Worlds total to an overall 28 medals, lifting the star to second on the all-time most decorated list where she trails only retired US men's star Michael Phelps's 33 podium finishes.

Earlier in the week, the Team USA standout took bronze in the 400-meter freestyle, coming in third behind China's silver-medalist Li Bingjie and Canadian sensation Summer McIntosh, who won the race with a time of 3:56.26.

Gold medals have been hard to come by for Team USA at this year's World Championships.

Other than Ledecky's win and the 100-meter butterfly title snagged by Gretchen Walsh on Monday, the US women have struggled to claim gold medals as they push to recover from the acute gastroenteritis that hit several team members at their pre-meet training camp in Thailand.

That stomach bug inhibited multiple US swimmers from traveling with the team to the Singapore meet, and saw contenders like 100-meter butterfly Olympic gold medalist Torri Huske pull out of initial heats.

"We're taking it a day at a time," said Team USA head coach Greg Meehan about the impact of the illness. "Obviously, this is not how we thought the first few days of this competition would go. But I'm really proud of our team."

How to watch Ledecky at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships

The 2025 World Aquatics Championships runs through Sunday, and US star Ledecky has two events left to swim at the meet.

On Thursday, she'll compete in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, before facing another showdown with rival McIntosh in the 800-meter freestyle on Saturday.

Preliminary heats kick off the night before at 10 PM ET, with finals seeing staggered starts beginning at 7 AM ET.

Live coverage of the meet airs on Peacock.

FOX Sports Women’s Euro Gamble Pays Off with Record U.S. Viewership

Fans watch the 2025 Euro final in the back garden of a pub in England.
FOX saw record viewership numbers throughout the 2025 Euro. (Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 made a splash across the pond, drawing an average of 458,000 US viewers per match across FOX platforms to mark a 97% viewership increase over the 2022 edition — making this year's tournament the most-watched English-language Women's Euro on record.

Building off the 2025 competition's previously reported record-breaking numbers, Sunday's grand finale between defending champs England and 2023 World Cup winners Spain averaged 1.35 million US viewers — a 53% increase in viewership over the last Women's Euro championship match.

Even more, the broadcast ultimately peaked at 1.92 million fans tuning in, making it the most-watched English-language Women's Euro Final on record.

The historic viewership is a major win for broadcaster FOX, who secured the women's tournament's first-ever US media deal back in May.

Initially committing to live coverage of 20 of the tournament's matches, record returns motivated the broadcast giant to quickly pivot and air all 31 matches live as part of its FOX Sports Summer of Soccer campaign.

"More and more people are tuning in to watch soccer in the US," FOX Sports commentator and UWSNT vet Carli Lloyd told The Athletic. "There's just been an incredible amount of soccer on display, which has been fantastic for the sport."

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