Tennis: Nadal and Alcaraz advance to round 2
Spanish men’s tennis doubles dream team Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz came out victorious during their first round match today against the Argentinian duo of Andres Molteni and Maximo Gonzalez.
They won 7-6, 6-4.
Alcaraz, 21, fresh off a Wimbledon win against Novak Djokovic, was a fan of Nadal’s growing up, and now he is playing side by side with his idol. The duo has been dubbed “Nadalcaraz” by fans.
The energy in the stadium was electric, with fans doing the wave and yelling “olé,” as the umpire asked spectators to calm down so the match could continue.
Men’s 400-meter freestyle ends with Germany on top
Germany’s Lukas Maertens took the gold in the first swimming medal event of the Paris Games, followed by Great Britain with the silver and South Korea with bronze.
Titmus, McIntosh and Ledecky own the record books in this race
Ariarne Titmus, Summer McIntosh and Katie Ledecky now own the 30 fastest 400-meter women’s freestyle times in history.
Ledecky won her eighth individual Olympic medal, tying Carl Lewis and Ray Ewry.
Michael Phelps (16) is the only American with more individual Olympic medals in any sport.
Soccer: USA defeats New Zealand in pivotal Group A match
The USMNT pulled out an important, 4-1 victory vs. New Zealand on Saturday.
USA scored three goals in the first half and tacked on one more in the second before finally conceding one to New Zealand, a dominant effort when the team needed it most….
