The Washington Post - USA (2022-04-25)

D2 EZ SU THE WASHINGTON POST.MONDAY, APRIL 25 , 2022

TELEVISION AND RADIO

MLB

7 p.m. Boston at Toronto » MLB Network

10 p.m. Cleveland at Los Angeles Angels » MLB Network (joined in progress)

NBA PLAYOFFS

7 p.m. Eastern Conference first round, Game 4: Boston at Brooklyn » TNT

8 p.m. Eastern Conference first round, Game 5: Toronto at Philadelphia » NBA TV

9:30 p.m. Western Conference first round, Game 5: Utah at Dallas » TNT

SOCCER

1:30 p.m. Turkish Super Lig: Kasimpasa at Besiktas » beIN Sports

3 p.m. English Premier League: Leeds at Crystal Palace » USA Network

TENNIS

6 a.m. ATP: BMW Open and Estoril Open, early rounds » Tennis Channel

COLLEGE SOFTBALL

7 p.m. Missouri at Kentucky » SEC Network

TENNIS

Rublev tops Djokovic

for Serbia Open title

Andrey Rublev defeated
Novak Djokovic, 6-2, 6-7 (7-4),
6 -0, on Sunday in Belgrade to win
the Serbia Open for his third title
of the season.
The second-seeded Russian
dug deep to stop Djokovic from
mounting another comeback as
he prevented the top-ranked Serb
from claiming his first title of
2022.
The 24-year-old Rublev looked
fitter in their third set as he
closed out the win in 2 hours 24
minutes. Djokovic, 34, appeared
affected by the effort he put in to
level the match in the second-set
tiebreaker.
Djokovic already had came
back from a set down in each of
his three matches at his
hometown tournament,
defeating Laslo Djere, Miomir
Kecmanovic and Karen
Khachanov on his way to the
final in what were only his fifth,
sixth and seventh matches of the
year....
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek
defeated Aryna Sabalenka, 6-2,
6-2, in the final of the Stuttgart

(Germany) Open for her fourth

title of the year.

The Polish player stretched her

winning run to 23 matches by

beating last year’s finalist in her

own tournament debut in 1 hour

24 minutes.

Swiatek has won her past

seven finals in straight sets....

Exactly 17 years ago, an

1 8-year-old Rafael Nadal was

starting to attract the attention of

the tennis world by winning the

Barcelona Open and making it to

the top 10 for the first time.

Carlos Alcaraz followed in the

footsteps of his hero, also

winning his first Barcelona title

and cracking the top 10 men’s

rankings for the first time at the

same age.

Alcaraz continued his

impressive run by beating Pablo

Carreno Busta in straight sets for

his third title of the season,

winning the all-Spanish match,

6 -3, 6-2, after having made it to

the final a few hours earlier in a

semifinal match postponed from

Saturday because of rain.

AUTO RACING

Formula One champion Max

Verstappen dominated in a Red

Bull rout of Ferrari at the Emilia-

Romagna Grand Prix in Imola,

Italy, much to the dismay of the

sea of red-clad “tifosi.”

Verstappen won from the pole,

logged the fastest lap and picked

up his second win of the season

while leading teammate Sergio

Pérez to the first one-two Red

Bull finish since Malaysia in 2016.

“Lovely Sunday,” Verstappen

radioed his Red Bull team on

what was actually a dreary,

overcast and misty race day.

The Dutchman scored

maximum points on the weekend

— he also won the sprint

qualifying race Saturday — and

led Red Bull in its

embarrassment of Ferrari in

what the Italian scuderia hoped

to be its celebratory weekend at

home.

Lando Norris was third for

McLaren.

PRO BASKETBALL

Shatori Walker-Kimbrough

scored a team-high 13 points as

the Washington Mystics dropped

their first preseason game, 88-69,

to the Atlanta Dream on Sunday

in College Park, Ga.

Washington shot just 26 for 80

(32.5 percent) from the field.

Megan Gustafson (11 points)

was the only other Mystics player

in double figures.

Shakira Austin, the No. 3 pick

in this month’s draft, scored just

three points in 23 minutes but

grabbed 12 rebounds and

blocked six shots, both game

highs.

Washington returns to the

court Wednesday to host the

Minnesota Lynx at 11:30 a.m. The

team’s regular season opener is

scheduled for May 6 at home

against the Indiana Fever.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

North Carolina guard Caleb

Love is returning for his junior

season, a huge boost for the Ta r

Heels after their improbable run

to the NCAA championship

game.

The 6-foot-4 Love announced

his decision in a social media

video on the final day for players

to declare for the NBA draft.

Love’s return means the Ta r

Heels will bring back every

starter except floor-stretching big

man Brady Manek....

Center Hunter Dickinson

announced he will return for his

junior year at Michigan.

The 2020 All-Met Player of the

Year out of DeMatha averaged

18.6 points and 8.6 rebounds last

season for the Wolverines....

Duke freshman AJ Griffin is

heading to the NBA, becoming

the fifth Blue Devils player in the

past week to declare early for the

draft.

Duke said the 6 -6, 222-pound

wing regarded as a potential

lottery pick plans to hire an

agent.

Griffin’s NBA move follows

that of 7-1 sophomore Mark

Williams, 6-10 star freshman

Paolo Banchero, 6-5 wing

Wendell Moore Jr. and 6-5

guard Trevor Keels....

Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji

announced his decision to begin

his professional career.

A super-senior season was

available to the first-team all-

American.

CYCLING

Rising star Remco Evenepoel

posted the biggest win of his

career with a solo victory in

cycling’s oldest classic — the

Liege-Bastogne-Liege race — as

Belgian riders swept the podium

places in their home country.

A versatile rider widely

regarded as one of the most

promising talents of his

generation, Evenepoel, 22,

triumphed in “La Doyenne” at his

first attempt.

Evenepoel added his name to a

list of winners that includes

cycling greats Eddy Merckx and

Bernard Hinault.

— From news services

and staff reports

DIGEST

over Chicago, 2-1, in Kansas City,

Kan....

First-half goals by Nichelle

Prince and Ally Prisock helped

the Dash beat Racing Louisville,

2-1, in Houston.

Portland, 1-0, in Fullerton, Calif.

The Thorns’ loss put the Wash-

ington Spirit into the tournament

semifinals....

Kristen Hamilton scored in the

76th minute to lift the Current

PHIL NOBLE/REUTERS

Divock Origi scores Liverpool’s second goal of the day at Everton,

finishing off a close header with five minutes to play in a victory.

Barcelona had lost three in a row

at home in all competitions in the

same season.

l MLS: Danny Musovski

scored the game-winner in the

79th minute of a 2-1 win for Los

Angeles FC at Cincinnati....

Gabriel Pereira scored twice,

including the game-winning goal

in the 75th minute, as New York

City FC won at home against

Toronto....

Bryce Duke’s goal in the

64th minute led Inter Miami to a

2-1 win over Atlanta United in

Fort Lauderdale, Fla....

Luquinhas scored and Carlos

Miguel stopped one shot to lead

the New York Red Bulls to a 3-0

win over host Orlando City.

l NWSL: In the Challenge

Cup, Christen Press scored in the

29th minute, and previously win-

less Angel City held on to beat the

for second place in Ligue 1 with

just four rounds left.

l GERMANY: Hertha Berlin

took another step away from the

Bundesliga’s drop zone with a 2-0

home win over Stuttgart, the

team’s second straight victory

over a relegation rival.

l ITALY: If AC Milan wins its

first Serie A title in 11 years this

season, its last-gasp comeback

victory at Lazio might go down as

one of the keys to success. Sandro

Tonali scored in stoppage time as

Milan came back from a goal

down for a 2-1 win that restored

the Rossoneri’s position atop the

Italian league table.

l SPAIN: Barcelona lost, 1-0, to

Rayo Vallecano for an unprec-

edented third straight home de-

feat, leaving Real Madrid a point

away from clinching the title in

La Liga. It was the first time

going down” to their rivals from

across Stanley Park.

Completing a dismal day for

Everton was relegation rival

Burnley winning a second

straight game since it fired l ong-

serving manager Sean Dyche, 1-0,

at home over Wolverhampton.

It left Everton in third-to-last

place and two points below Burn-

ley, which finally climbed out of

the relegation zone.

In other games, Chelsea scored

in the 90th minute through

Christian Pulisic to beat West

Ham, 1-0, in London and cement

third place, five points clear of

Arsenal in fourth.

Brighton drew, 2-2, at home

against Southampton.

l FRANCE: Marseille moved

closer to securing a Champions

League spot by beating host Re-

ims, 1-0, to retain a six-point lead

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Staying in the slipstream of
Manchester City in the Premier
League title race wasn’t Liver-
pool’s only cause for celebration
following a victory in another fast
and furious Merseyside derby.
Liverpool’s 2-0 win at Anfield
on Sunday also dumped Everton
into the relegation zone, leaving
its neighbor’s 6 8-year stay i n Eng-
land’s top flight in major doubt
with a month left of the season.
Second-half goals by Andrew
Robertson and Divock Origi were
enough for Liverpool in a match
that ended with the jubilant
home fans singing “Going down,

SOCCER ROUNDUP

Liverpool’s win puts Everton into relegation zone

LIVERPOOL 2,

EVERTON 0

NWSL CHAMPIONS... THAT’S

GOT A NICE RING TO IT.

COME JOIN THE CELEBRATION ON MAY 1ST AT AUDI FIELD AND WATCH US RECEIVE OUR CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS,

AND IF YOU’RE A SEASON-TICKET HOLDER, YOU COULD EVEN WIN ONE FOR YOURSELF!

COME CELEBRATE WITH US—YOU’LL LIKE OUR SPIRIT.

SEASON TICKET HOLDERS HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP RING WITH THEIR NAME ON IT.

THREE LUCKY WINNERS WILL WIN ONE RING EACH. TO LEARN MORE, VISIT WASHINGTONSPIRIT.COM