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The Associated Press

PARIS (AP) — When Novak Djokovic’s first berth in an Olympics tennis final was secured, when he was assured of a chance to win the gold medal that’s missing from his lengthy list of accomplishments, he fell back on the clay, limbs spread apart — the sort of pose generally reserved for securing a championship.

Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will play for the men’s singles gold at the 2024 Olympics

Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) -Zheng Qinwen became the first Chinese player to win an Olympic tennis singles gold medal when she held off Croatia's Donna Vekic for a 6-2 6-3 win in a tense final on Saturday.

Olympics-Tennis-Zheng beats Vekic to win historic gold for China

In what promises to be a blockbuster Gold Medal match at the Paris Olympics, Novak Djokovic is set to take Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard won their recent Wimbledon final easily, but Djokovic has impressed so far at the Paris Olympics and is that much healthier after his knee surgery. As always, we here at LWOT will be offering our predictions for the match, but who will claim gold?

Paris Olympics Gold Medal Match Prediction – Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz

Sports Illustrated

Odds, how to watch, and prediction for the men's tennis Olympic gold medal match between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz.

Olympic Tennis Odds: Novak Djokovic vs. Carlos Alcaraz Prediction for Gold Medal Match

Zheng Qinwen arrived at the Paris Olympics as a top-10 player but an unlikely candidate to win the title. She will leave as China’s first-ever singles champion, the biggest accolade of her young career.

Zheng Qinwen summons inner strength to claim China’s first Olympic singles gold medal with victory against Donna Vekić

The Independent

 Team GB continue their hunt for more medals at the Olympics on Sunday as Paris 2024 rolls on with another hectic schedule in the French capital.LIVE! Follow all the action and medal updates from Paris 2024Sunday’s highlightsThe headline act is the men’s 100m final, in which America’s Noah Lyles goes up against Jamaica’s rising star Kishane Thompson. Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo is another contender and Britain’s Zharnel Hughes will hope to be in the mix for a medal too, after he was disqualified from the final in Tokyo.Keely Hodgkinson will go in the women’s 800m semi-finals, before Josh Kerr battles...

Today at the Olympics: Sunday’s schedule of events with 100m final, Keely Hodgkinson and Djokovic v Alcaraz in Paris

PARIS -- Either China or Croatia will earn its first singles gold medal in Olympic tennis when Zheng Qinwen faces Donna Vekic in the Paris Games women’s final on Saturday. This would be the biggest title for both players: Neither Zheng nor Vekic has won a Grand Slam trophy.

Olympic tennis: China's Zheng Qinwen and Croatia's Donna Vekic to meet for the women's singles gold

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L.A. TACO

Two prized local purveyors of Mexican seafood and fish tacos have teamed up to bring you something new in Highland Park: Carnal, a self-described “cocina artesanal” (artisanal kitchen) focused on just about anything but seafood.

Rancho Cooking With a Twist: Carnal Opens In Highland Park From Two Titans of Mexican Seafood

Carlos Alcaraz demolished Felix Auger-Aliassime in the semi-finals of the 2024 Paris Olympics to advance to the gold medal match. The Spanish star produced a devastating display to steamroll Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1 in just an hour and 15 minutes on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Alcaraz broke the world No 19 five times...

Carlos Alcaraz achieves sensational Olympics feat as he steamrolls his way into gold medal match

Sporting News

Roland-Garros is synonymous with some of the greatest tennis stars of all time. But at the Paris Olympics, boxing's next generation will take centre stage at the clay court Mecca.

Why is boxing taking place at Roland-Garros? 2024 Olympic medal bouts head to Paris' iconic tennis venue

Yusuf Dikeç is now an internet legend. Turkish shooter Yusuf Dikeç won a silver medal in the 10m air pistol mixed team competition in the Paris Olympics on Tuesday and then went viral for his casual look during the event. The 51-year-old Dikeç wasn't dressed like many others...

Turkish Shooter Had Most Honest One-Liner After Going Viral While Winning Silver

CBS News

American swimmer Katie Ledecky won her signature event, the 1,500-meter freestyle, by 10 seconds, earning her eighth gold medal and setting a new Olympic record for the event. Meanwhile, the U.S. women's national soccer team advanced past the group stage after beating Australia.

Katie Ledecky claims her 12th Olympic medal as U.S. women's soccer advances

At the fifth time of asking, Novak Djokovic is finally into an Olympic final. The Olympic Games haven’t always been the happiest of hunting grounds for arguably the greatest male player of all time, with Djokovic on the wrong side of some big results throughout his Olympic career. However,...

Novak Djokovic matches Serena Williams, Roger Federer in rare Olympic feat

The Sparks rookie is watching the Games from afar.

Cameron Brink Shares Special Message After USA 3x3 Basketball Team Advances to Semis

NBC Sports had a creative way of showing the jaw-dropping height Simone Biles reached during her gold medal-winning Vault routine at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ever wondered just how high Simone Biles is in the air during her vault routine? It was likely a question on the minds of plenty of fans as they watched Biles, who performed her signature Yurchenko double pike en route to winning the seventh gold medal of her career at Bercy Arena in the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday.

NBC Showed Jaw-Dropping Height Simone Biles Reached On Vault With Funny Goats Graphic

Trinity Rodman ended a stalemate 105 minutes into the U.S.’s quarterfinal against Japan, showing Emma Hayes’s squad can win ugly. Trinity Rodman leaped into her teammate, Emily Fox’s arms, with utter relief strewn across her face. After over 105 minutes of sluggish and torpid play on Saturday afternoon in Paris, Rodman’s masterpiece of a finish lifted the U.S. women’s national team to a 1–0 win over Japan. Gathering a long ball over the top from outside back Crystal Dunn, Rodman charged into the box before cutting back to her left foot, curling a stunning shot past the Japan goalkeeper to secure a quarterfinal win for the U.S.

USWNT Outlasts Japan, Sets Sights on Olympic Redemption

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Lorenzo Musetti collapsed to the clay after winning the Olympic bronze medal match against Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime. The 22-year-old has become the second Italian tennis player to win a medal in the Olympics. He also enters the history books as the first Italian to do so in the last 100 years since Uberto de Morpurgo did so in 1924.

Lorenzo Musetti Wins 1st-Ever Olympic Medal

Felix & Dabrowski win Olympic mixed doubles bronze. Tomas Machac and Katerina Siniakova rallied from the brink of defeat to claim the mixed doubles gold medal for Czechia at the Paris Olympics. The Czechs trailed Chinese duo Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen 6/8 in a dramatic match tie-break but after...

Two points from defeat, Machac & Siniakova rally to take mixed doubles gold

PARIS (Reuters) -Czech pair Katerina Siniakova and Tomas Machac won the Olympic mixed doubles gold medal with victory in the final against China's Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen on Friday.

Olympics-Tennis-Czech duo Siniakova and Machac win mixed doubles gold

After her stunning semifinal loss to Zheng Qinwen, Iga Swiatek found herself in an alternative universe -- on the wrong side of a match score at Roland Garros. Jaw set, eyes and face red, she conceded later it was not her best effort. “It’s the result of the match. So...

Swiatek's Paris Olympic dreams pivot to bronze medal after semifinal loss

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Qinwen Zheng vs. Donna Vekić Odds and Prediction for Women's Tennis Olympic Gold Medal Match

Breaking down everything you need to know to bet on the women's singles tennis match for the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. The...

Qinwen Zheng vs. Donna Vekić Odds and Prediction for Women's Tennis Olympic Gold Medal Match

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