Day 8 Archives - uSports.org https://usports.org/tag/day-8/ Sports News & Views Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:07:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics 2018: Feb. 17 (Day 8) Preview Of Events, TV Schedule https://usports.org/pyeongchang-winter-olympics-2018-feb-17-day-8-preview-events-tv-schedule/ https://usports.org/pyeongchang-winter-olympics-2018-feb-17-day-8-preview-events-tv-schedule/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:07:58 +0000 http://usports.org/?p=48945 Winter Olympics 2018 Opening Ceremony
The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics have brought tons of excitement this first week, and much more is yet to come. Winter Olympics 2018 Day 8 Schedule Entering Friday, Norway leads the total medal count with 19 (6 gold), although second-place Germany (15 medals) leads in gold hardware with 9. Team USA is still fifth with […]

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Winter Olympics 2018 Opening Ceremony

The Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics have brought tons of excitement this first week, and much more is yet to come.

Winter Olympics 2018 Day 8 Schedule

Entering Friday, Norway leads the total medal count with 19 (6 gold), although second-place Germany (15 medals) leads in gold hardware with 9. Team USA is still fifth with 8 medals (5 gold).

Here is the full Games schedule for Saturday (Day 8):

NBC

3-6 PM ET: Men’s Freestyle Skiing – Aerials Competition; Women’s Biathlon – 12.5km Mass Start Gold Medal Final; Women’s Cross Country – 4x5km Relay Gold Medal Final

8-11 PM ET/5-8:30 PM PT: Men’s Alpine Skiing – Giant Slalom, First Run (LIVE); Short Track – Gold Medal Finals; Women’s Skeleton – Gold Medal Final Runs; Men’s Ski Jumping – Individual Large Hill Gold Medal Final

11:30 PM-1:30 AM ET: Men’s Alpine Skiing – Giant Slalom, Gold Medal Final Run (LIVE); Men’s Freestyle Skiing – Slopestyle Gold Medal Final

11 PM-2 AM PT: Primetime Encore

1:30-4:30 AM ET: Primetime Encore

2-5 AM PT: Primetime Encore 2

NBCSN

2:40-5 AM ET: Men’s Ice Hockey – Switzerland vs. South Korea (LIVE)

5-7:10 AM ET: Men’s Curling – Canada vs. Sweden

7:10-10:30 AM ET: Men’s Ice Hockey – U.S. vs. Olympic Athletes from Russia (LIVE); Men’s Freestyle Skiing – Aerials Competition

10:30 AM-1:30 PM ET: Women’s Cross Country – 4x5km Relay Gold Medal Final; Women’s Biathlon – 12.5km Mass Start Gold Medal Final; Short Track – Gold Medal Finals

1:30-5:30 PM ET: Women’s Skeleton – Gold Medal Final Runs; Men’s Ski Jumping – Individual Large Hill Gold Medal Final; Ice Hockey Game of the Day (replay)

7-10:10 PM ET: Olympic Ice; Men’s Freestyle Skiing – Slopestyle Competition (LIVE)

10:10 PM-12:30 AM ET: Men’s Ice Hockey – Germany vs. Norway (LIVE)

12:30-2:40 AM ET: Men’s Curling – U.S. vs. Japan

USA

2:30-5 AM ET: Women’s Ice Hockey – Quarterfinal (LIVE)

5-7:10 AM ET: Men’s Curling – Switzerland vs. Norway

7:10-9:30 AM ET: Men’s Ice Hockey – Slovakia vs. Slovenia (LIVE)

CNBC

5-8 PM ET: Women’s Curling – U.S. vs. Canada

OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA

2-5 AM ET: Olympic Channel News (OBS)

5-7 AM ET: Medal Ceremonies (LIVE)

7-10 AM ET: Olympic Channel News (OBS)

10 AM-noon ET: Olympic Channel News (OBS)

Noon-12:30 PM ET: Winter Olympics Daily

12:30-1 PM ET: Winter Olympics Daily (Encore)

1-6 PM ET: Olympic Channel News (OBS)

6-6:30 PM ET: Winter Olympics Daily (Encore)

6:30-7 PM ET: Winter Olympics Daily (Encore)

7-11 PM ET: Olympic Channel News (OBS)

11 PM-2 AM ET: Olympic Channel News (OBS)

Among the big victories for The U.S. on Friday was the men’s hockey team’s 2-1 win over Slovakia. Twenty-one-year-old Harvard center-forward Ryan Donato scored both goals.

 

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Angelique Kerber eliminated from Wimbledon

Angelique Kerber is out of Wimbledon.

Angelique Kerber Eliminated wimbledon

The No. 1 overall seed at the tournament and defending Wimbledon champion was eliminated early Monday following a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 fourth-round loss to 14th-seeded Garbine Muguruza, the 2015 winner.

Muguruza — who also won the 2016 Roland Garros tournament (French Open) — struggled against her 29-year-old German opponent. The 23-year-old Venezuelan-born Spaniard recorded 50 unforced errors, while Kerber — who also won the Australian Open and US Open in 2016 only had twelve. Both women won 101 points in the match, although Muguruza emerged victorious after finishing with 55 winners vs. Kerber’s 27.

The Spaniard had dropped all four of her previous matches at the All England Club in which she had lost the opening set. She will next face seventh-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. Kuznetsova, 32, beat Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4.

Meanwhile, tenth-seeded Venus Williams defeated 19-year-old Croatian Ana Konjuh — the 27th seed — 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. The 37-year-old American played her first Grand Slam at the 1997 French Open, seven months before Konjuh was born.

“Winning never gets old at any stage in your career, ever, ever,” said Williams, who finished with seven aces and won 31 of 36 first-serve points.

“I think I’m playing pretty solid,” said Williams, who last won Wimbledon in 2008. “For me, it’s about getting through the round. You’re not going to play perfect every round. I would like to play, you know, in straight sets every round. That would be great. If not, all that matters is you win.”

Williams will next play 20-year-old Latvian Jeļena Ostapenko — the 13th seed — in Tuesday’s quarterfinals.

“She’s such a great player,” Ostapenko said of Williams. “I will just go on court and enjoy the match because I really have nothing to lose.”

Before winning the French Open last month, Ostapenko had never advanced past the third round at a Grand Slam. She was the first woman to win her debut tour-level title at a Grand Slam tournament since 1979. She won the girls’ title at All England Club in 2014.

Sixth-seeded Brit Johanna Konta defeated 21st-seeded Frenchwoman Caroline Garcia 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4. Konta will next face second-seeded Romanian Simona Halep, who beat Belarusian Victoria Azarenka in two sets.

On the men’s side, World number one Andy Murray advanced with a 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4 defeat over Frenchman Benoite Paire. The 30-year-old Scotsman seemed to struggle little against Paire, who made 44 unforced errors and ten double faults despite 50 winners.

Defending Wimbledon champion Murray, on the other hand, recorded eight unforced errors, no double faults and 25 clean winners. He next faces 24th-seed American Sam Querrey — who beat Jamaica’s Kevin Anderson in five sets on Monday — in Wednesday morning’s quarterfinals.

Roger Federer — the third seed — beat 13th seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. The 35-year-old Swiss’s next opponent has yet to be determined.

Finally, 11th-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych defeated eighth-seeded Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Berdych’s first serve went in 74 percent of the time (101/141), compared to Thiem’s 56 percent ratio, and the Czech won 83 percent of his first-serve points.

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 08: Angelique Kerber of Germany celebrates match point and victory during the Ladies Singles third round match against Shelby Rogers of The United States on day six of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 8, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

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Andy Murray Beats Grigor Dimitrov to Reach Quarterfinals at US Open 2016

Andy Murray lost only five games to cruise to a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Bulgarian 22nd seed Grigor Dimitrov in the fourth round of the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadows on Monday night.

US Open 2016 Day 8: Andy Murray Beats Grigor Dimitrov To Reach Quarterfinals

The 29-year-old No. 2-seed Scot, the 2012 U.S. Open champion, will next face Japanese sixth-seed Kei Nishikori in the quarterfinals on Wednesday.

Nishikori impressed in a 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-4) win over Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic. Wednesday’s other quarterfinal will see Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro face off against third-seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka. On Tuesday, the first quarterfinal will see a matchup of two Frenchmen: No. 10-seed Gael Monfils and No. 24-seed Lucas Pouille. No. 1-seed Novak Djokovic and No. 9-seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France will face off in Tuesday’s second quarterfinal.

Wawrinka eliminated Ukraine’s Illya Marchenko 6-4 6-1 6-7 (5-7) 6-3, while Del Potro, champion in 2009, led Dominic Thiem 6-3 3-2 when the No. 8-seed Austrian retired with a knee injury.

In the men’s doubles, Jamie Murray and Brazil’s Bruno Soares defeated American Brian Baker and New Zealand’s Marcus Daniell 6-3 7-6 (9-7) to advance to the last eight.

Dimitrov won his previous match against Murray at the Miami Open in March, but on Monday, he only managed a few points against the Scottish superstar.

“I played extremely well,” said Murray. “Tactically I played a good match, made very few unforced errors and made it tough for Grigor.”

Murray gained a lead thanks to 140mph serves and thunderous groundstrokes. He began the third set by winning another difficult rally on route to an early break and then saving two break points with more big serves.

With just one game left to secure the victory, Murray argued with umpire Carlos Ramos at the changeover about spectators moving between points.

However, nothing ultimately proved to distract the Scotsman who, following a short rain delay, finished the match in just over two hours.

“Once I got up in the score and wasn’t giving him any free points, I could sense it was getting tough for him,” said Murray. “I just wanted to keep my foot on the gas.”

He also hit his serve speed record: an incredible 141mph.

Dimitrov admitted how exhausted he was after the match, and praised his opponent.

“Andy is the best player right now out there,” the Bulgarian said. “I ran out of fuel, I think, physically and mentally.”

On the women’s side, meanwhile, second-seed German Angelique Kerber will face seventh-seed Italian Roberta Vinci in Tuesday’s first quarterfinal. Kerber defeated 14th-seeded Czech Petra Kvitová 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday, while Vinci saw off Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko 7-6, 6-2, also on Sunday.

Tuesday’s second quarterfinal will see Denmark’s Caroline Wozniack face Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova. Also advancing to the last eight are top-seed Serena Williams, who beat Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2, 6-3 on Monday, No. 10-seed Czech Karolína Plíšková, who defeated sixth-ranked Venus Williams 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 Monday, fifth-ranked Romanian Simona Halep, who beat 11th-ranked Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro 6-2, 7-5, and Croatia’s Ana Konjuh, who beat fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland 6-4, 6-4.

NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 05: Andy Murray of Great Britain returns a shot to Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria during his fourth round Men’s Singles match on Day Eight of the 2016 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 5, 2016 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

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French Open 2016 Day 8 Recap

The 2016 Roland Garros quarterfinals began taking shape Sunday as the fourth round started in Paris.

French Open 2016 Sunday Recap: Scores, Highlights, And More

Several stars, including Andy Murray, Kei Nishikori, Garbine Muguruza, Milos Raonic and Richard Gasquet, took the court at the French Open. Simona Halep and Agnieszka Radwanska also played, but their fourth-round results remain unknown after inclement weather forced play to stop early for the evening. Here are the results for both the men and women’s singles matches on Day 8:

2016 French Open Results—Sunday, May 29
Men’s Singles Result Score
Fourth Round Albert Ramos-Vinolas def. Milos Raonic [8] 6-2, 6-4, 6-4
Fourth Round Andy Murray [2] def. John Isner [15] 7-6(9), 6-4, 6-3
Fourth Round Stan Wawrinka [3] def. Viktor Troicki [22] 7-6(5), (7)6-7, 6-3, 6-2
Fourth Round Richard Gasquet [9] def. Kei Nishikori [5] 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Women’s Singles Result Score
Fourth Round Shelby Rogers def. Irina-Camelia Begu [25] 6-3, 6-4
Fourth Round Garbine Muguruza [4] def. Svetlana Kuznetsova [13] 6-3, 6-4
Fourth Round Simona Halep [6] vs. Samantha Stosur [21] 5-3 (suspended)
Fourth Round Tsvetana Pironkova vs. Agnieszka Radwanska [2] 2-6, 0-3 (suspended)

Source: RolandGarros.com

Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas delivered the greatest upset of the day, defeating Canadian Raonic in three sets, 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. Here is a replay of the match point:


According to ESPN Tennis, the 55th-seeded Ramos-Vinolas is the lowest-seeded quarterfinalist since last year’s Wimbledon. He’s also the first unseeded player to reach the final eight at the French Open since 2011.

Swiss Stan Wawrinka defeated Serb Viktor Troicki in four sets, 7-6(5), (7)6-7, 6-3, 6-2.

No. 3 seed Wawrinka won 71.4 percent (60-of-84) of his first serves and 60.7 percent (34-of-56) of his second serves. He also posted 10 more aces (19) than Troicki (nine).

On the women’s side, 22-year-old Venezuelan-born Spaniard Muguruza reached her third consecutive French Open quarterfinal after beating Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.

American Shelby Rogers, 23, also upset No. 25 Romanian Irni-Camelia Begu, 25, in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.  


PARIS, FRANCE – MAY 29: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland hits a forehand during the Men’s Singles fourth round match against Viktor Troicki of Serbia on day eight of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros on May 29, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Dennis Grombkowski/Getty Images)

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https://usports.org/french-open-2016-sunday-recap-scores-highlights/feed/ 0 uSports.org PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 29: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland hits a forehand during the Men's Singles fourth round match against Viktor Troicki of Serbia on day eight of the 2016 French Open at Roland Garros on May 29, 2016 in Paris, France. (Photo by Dennis Grombkowski/Getty Images)