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BAHAMAS AQUATICS NAMES 23MEMBER CCCAN TEAM

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

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onquel Jones continues to show why many pundits expect her to be one of the top players in the WNBA this season as she led the Connecticut Sun to a 2-0 start.

Jones scored a team high 25 points and added eight rebounds in the Sun’s 88-77 win over the Indiana Fever at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Tuesday night. She shot 10-16 from the field, 4-7 from three-point range and had two blocked shots.

“Just being aggressive,” Jones said of her performance. “My teammates believe in me and they told me if I kept rolling to the basket that I would have open opportunities and they found me in the right positions.”’

She opened the game with nine points in the first quarter and added another five in the second quarter. Her 14 first-half points lifted the Sun to a 40-37 lead at the half. She made three of her three pointers in the third quarter as the Sun raced out to take command with a 19-9 run. They took their first double-digit advantage and led 62-52 headed into the fourth.

Jones opened the season with a double double - 10 points and 14 rebounds - in the Sun’s 84-69 home win over the Washington Mystics on Saturday night. She also added three blocked shots and two steals in just over 30 minutes. Her early season numbers are 17.5 points, 11 rebounds and 2.5 blocks per game.

The Sun will face the Los Angeles Sparks Friday, creating an early season matchup with former No.1 overall pick Chiney Ogwumike.

This offseason, Sun traded Ogwumike to the Sparks for a 2020 first-round pick, creating an increased role for Jones.

When Ogwumike was injured for the entire 2017 season, Jones posted a breakout season, but was then relegated to a reserve role in

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

In 2017, Jones was named to the All-WNBA Second Team after she averaged a double double, set the league’s single season rebounds total, was named an All-Star and was awarded as the WNBA’s Most Improved Player.

She finished the year averaging 15.5 points and 11.9 rebounds per game - a dramatic increase from

BAHAMAS Aquatics has selected a 23-member team to compete at the XXXII CCCAN Swimming Championships, set for June 28 to July 2 in Bridgetown, Barbados.

The team breakdown includes 13 men and 10 women, a cross-section of veterans and relative newcomers to regional competition at this level.

The women include Kaliyah Albury, Celia Campbell, Devin CuffyBethel, Rhanishka Gibbs, Jamilah Hepburn, Rachel Lundy, Delaney Mizell, Keianna Moss, Giann Sands and Ariel Weech, while the men are Amuri Bonamy, Davante Carey, Tristin Ferguson, Nigel Forbes, Gershwin Greene, Marvin Johnson, Kohen Kerr, Peter Morley, Ian Pinder, William Russell, Kierro Stubbs, Lamar Taylor and Erald Thompson III. The team will be coached by Travano McPhee, assisted by Sara Knowles.

Georgette Albury will serve as the team manager, Karon Pinder-Johnson and Kendric Albury will be the team chaperones.

The meet has also been approved by FINA as a qualifier for the 18th FINA World Championships Gwangju 2019.

The schedule for the meet includes Artistic Swimming June 24 - 27, Swimming: June 28 - July 2,

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CONNECTICUT Sun centre Jonquel Jones shoots over the Indiana Fever defence on Tuesday night.

(Sean D Elliot/The Day via AP) 2018 once Ogwumike returned to the floor. “We played her every day in practice so we know each other well,” Jones said.

“The team knows her, she knows the team, she knows our plays and stuff so it’s just going to be a battle of wills and everybody is just going to come out there and play hard.”

CBS Sports’ award predictions tabbed Jones as the frontrunner for the WNBA MVP award.

“Just staying consistent, making sure I come to work every day and have that work ethic to take it to the next level,” Jones said at Sun media day.

“The year that Chiney wasn’t here because of injury I showed that I could do it.

“I’m not shying away from it, I think it’s something I’m definitely capable of and it’s something that I’ve done before.”

Travis Munnings invited to Impact Basketball Pro Day

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net TRAVIS Munnings continues his path toward professional basketball, hoping to create an opportunity at high profile showcases during the pre-draft scouting process.

Munnings, the LouisianaMonroe graduate, was one of 40 players invited to work out at the Impact Basketball Pro Day last weekend in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The event was headlined by UNC’s Nassir Little – a projected lottery pick, Ole Miss’ Terence Davis, Gonzaga’s Zach Norvell, Michigan’s Ignas Brazdeikis and Charles Matthews, Yale’s Miye Oni and many others.

Munnings worked with a group that included Oni, Miami’s Anthony Lawrence, Montana’s Mike Oguine, Notre Dame’s Will Vorhees and FIU’s Brian Beard.

Following the official NBA Draft combine in Chicago, several agency-sponsored pro days, provided the opportunity for other players to showcase their skills for executives, coaches, players and top-level decision-makers, NBA franchises and other pro basketball organisations.

Impact Basketball is a development programme for professional players, international teams, college and high school players, and student athletes at every level of the game.

They host several programmes, including summer training, a post graduate academy, team training, custom group training, professional training, remote mini-camps and has become renowned for its NBA Draft Prep in recent years.

Munnings concluded his fouryear Warhawks career and reached several milestones as a senior.

TRAVIS Munnings (left) was one of 40 players invited to work out at the Impact Basketball Pro Day last weekend.

He concluded his NCCA career with a hot shooting month of March where he averaged 20.3 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.

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made at least five three pointers in four games.

Munnings received a basketball commemorating membership in the 1,000-point/800-rebound

career club. He also played in more games than any other player in Warhawks history with 133.

As a senior, he averaged 14 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game on 44 per cent shooting from the field and 36 per cent from three-point range.

After testing the market last spring and facing evaluation from scouts and coaches, Munnings withdrew from the NBA Draft and decided to return to the Warhawks for his final year of eligibility.

As a junior, he averaged 15.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. He was previously honoured as Second-team All-Sun Belt Conference selection and won Sun Belt Player of the Week on several occasions.

As a freshman, he averaged 7.2 points and 5.4 rebounds and increased those numbers to 13.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game as a sophomore.

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GOLDEN State Warriors guard Klay Thompson shoots during practice for the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors in Toronto yesterday. Game 1 of the NBA Finals is tonight in Toronto.

(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Golden State’s plan for stopping Kawhi is throw everything at him

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer TORONTO (AP) — Draymond Green believes he’s the best defensive player in basketball. Klay Thompson sought inclusion on the NBA’s all-defensive team for years. Andre Iguodala, even at 35 years old, can still neutralise just about any opponent.

Golden State has some big-time defenders, without question.

And they all respect Kawhi Leonard’s offensive game.

They will probably all get a turn at guarding Toronto’s best player at some point during the NBA Finals, whether the assignment is by design or just sort of happens organically when defenders get switched during a Raptors possession. When the title series starts tonight, the biggest key for the Warriors will likely be slowing down Leonard — the dominant player so far in this postseason.

“He’s been playing amazing this whole playoff run and really all season,” Warriors star Stephen Curry said. “He’s always at his own pace, and never seems to get rushed or be in a

TORONTO Raptors’ Kawhi Leonard passes during practice for the NBA Finals in Toronto on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Raptors and Golden State Warriors is Thursday in Toronto.

(Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) hurry. He’s obviously physically gifted and strong. He can get to his spots, but he’s become a really good shooter. Off the dribble, getting to a spot, rising up. ... But we have some capable — beyond capable — defenders to guard him.”

Those capabilities will be tested.

The only thing that has slowed Leonard in these playoffs was the flu, which

he was dealing with when he shot 5 for 19 in Game 3 against Orlando. Not even a leg injury has been able to derail Leonard. He’s averaged 31.2 points in the playoffs, along with 8.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists while shooting 51 per cent.

The numbers he’s put up so far in the playoffs compare to what LeBron James in his last four playoff runs with Cleveland.

The East isn’t owned by James anymore.

For now, it belongs to Leonard and the Raptors — who’ll take their turn in the role James has held, facing Golden State for a title.

The Warriors’ primary task in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 was slowing James.

This year, slowing Leonard is the priority. And he’s been boning up on film, trying to figure out what

he can do to maximise his chances. “I think it just really comes down to being smart and just being in those situations before and just knowing what’s going to happen,” Leonard said.

“Going through years of playing and seeing defensive schemes or offensive schemes and watching film and seeing how they guarded other guys or me in the past.”

GOLDEN State Warriors guard Stephen Curry smiles during practice for the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors in Toronto yesterday.

(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Leonard hasn’t faced Green since May 14, 2017 — Game 1 of the Western Conference finals that year between the Warriors and San Antonio, the game where the Spurs were up big and Leonard had 26 points in the third quarter and was generally unguardable.

And then Zaza Pachulia closed out on him, got his foot under Leonard’s on a jumper, creating an awkward landing that knocked Leonard out for the rest of that series.

Iguodala and Thompson have seen Leonard once since, that being back in November, a game in Toronto where the Raptors’ star scored 37.

He made his first six shots that night, the first four of them when the Warriors matched Damion Jones against Leonard.

By the time the fourth shot fell, Jones just put his head back in mock disbelief. It wasn’t like he wasn’t trying. He just didn’t have the capability to stop him.

It’ll be a different approach tonight.

“I would say they’re going to probably do something similar to what we’re going to do,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said.

“There are a lot of bodies that can guard a lot of different people. I think you are going to see a lot of different people.”

Green said Leonard doesn’t dominate games in the same way that James, or Curry, or still-injured Warriors star Kevin Durant, or Portland’s Damian Lillard can when they get rolling.

It wasn’t a knock. Green insisted Leonard’s style is just as effective.

“Kawhi didn’t come into this league as a scorer, yet he’s one of the best scorers we have in the league now,” Green said.

“It just doesn’t look the same, but the results are the same and/or better.

He’s really worked to get to where he is today.”

Thompson also tipped his cap to Leonard, saying he’s MVP-calibre.

And Iguodala went a step further, saying the Warriors have to be ready to “throw the whole kitchen at him.”

“He’s kind of got a different game than anybody,” Iguodala said.

“He’s very unique with his strength, with his quickness, being able to explode to the basket but also being a threat from the perimeter.

He’s pretty much got it all.”

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Tsavoussis and Bayles are the new golf champions BAHAMAS Golf Federation President Lynford Miller has announced the Bahamas has two new male and female golf champions.

After four gruelling rounds in the BGF’s Royal Fidelity National Amateur Championship played at Lyford Cay, Albany, Royal Blue and Ocean Club courses, Paul Tsavoussis and Jenna Bayles emerged as the new male and female amateur champions.

Paul Tsavoussis battled over the four days with two-time defending champion Richard Gibson Jr and Nadario Ferguson to win by three shots with a gross score of 299. Gibson and Ferguson finished 2nd and 3rd with scores of 302 and 306 respectively.

In the ladies’ division, Jenna Bayles led from day 1 and never looked back, winning with a gross score of 326. Last year’s champion, Ashley Michel, was 2nd with 338 and A’marie Smith finished 3rd with 351.

Other division winners: The President Cup, which is a two-day NET event played over the last two days, was won by Ted Adderley with a net score of 142 or 2 under par. He beat out Heathcliffe Kane, who also shot 142 on the count back. Dwight Tinker finished 3rd at 143.

President Miller said that he was happy with the participation which increased from last year and thanked all players for their support, especially those from Freeport, Abaco and Exuma who came in especially for this event.

He also extended special thanks and appreciation to the title sponsor Royal Fidelity as well as management and staff of Lyford Cay, Albany, Royal Blue

and Ocean Club Courses as well as Sands Beer for their support.

Scores in this event will automatically be included in the Sands Beer Cup Series. The next event on the calendar is the Great Exuma Classic on July 13.

This years DIVISIONAL WINNERS are as follows:

Ladies Division Regular Runner Up Miss Ashley Michel Winner Miss Jenna Bayles

Ladies Senior Runner Up Ms Kika Borghese Winner Ms Yvonne Maissen

Mens Super Senior Runner Up Mr Diminique Lefevre Winner Mr Raymond Gibson

Men Senior Runner Up Mr Horace Miller Winner Mr Peter McIntosh

JENNA BAYLES (second from left) gets her championship trophy.

DAVID SLATTER, Royal Fidelity executive, presents the trophy to Paul Tsavoussis. Looking on is Lynford Miller (left), president of the BGF, and Vice President Anthony Hinsey.

BOWL SEASON BEGINS IN BAHAMAS THE bowl season will begin in the Bahamas this year as the 2019 Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl has been set for 2pm on Friday, December 20.

The longest-running international bowl game in college football history will play its sixth edition once again in Nassau’s 15,000seat Thomas A Robinson National Stadium, and the game will be broadcast in the United States for the sixth consecutive year by ESPN. For the fourth straight year, the game date falls on a Friday at the start of a long holiday period in the Bahamas.

“We are proud to be the opening game of the bowl season during the celebration of 150 years of college football in 2019,” said Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl Executive Director Richard Giannini.

“Keeping our game on Friday allows more Bahamians and their families to attend as the starting event of the holidays, and the later kickoff time will also give more people an opportunity to attend.

Our bowl is now a fixture on the Bahamas sporting calendar, it has provided exciting competition in a great Bahamian gameday atmosphere for our fans in attendance, and it continues to be a yearly showcase of the Bahamas on ESPN. Thanks to the assistance of Elk Grove Village and Makers Wanted, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and the Atlantis, we know that the 2019 bowl will let everyone know why ‘‘Bowl Games are Better in The Bahamas’.”

Each year, thousands of American football fans travel to Nassau to see their universities play in the only current bowl game played outside the United States.

The inaugural bowl game in 2014 saw WKU beat Central Michigan 49-48 in a memorable offensive shootout. In 2015, Western Michigan beat Middle Tennessee 45-31, Old Dominion held off Eastern

Michigan 24-20 in the 2016 game, Ohio beat UAB 41-6 in 2017 and FIU rallied to beat Toledo 35-32 in last year’s game.

As with the first five editions, the 2019 Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl will feature teams from Conference USA and the Mid-American Conference.

For more information on the 2019 Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl, visit MakersWantedBahamasBowl. com. The game is one of 15 postseason bowl games owned and operated by

ESPN Events, a division of ESPN. The Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl, the longest-running international bowl game in college football history, will provide student-athletes, conference partners, alumni, fans and sponsors a first-class international bowl experience while promoting The Bahamas and highlighting the educational and athletic opportunities for the youth of The Islands through college football.

The sixth-annual Makers Wanted Bahamas Bowl will take place in Nassau, Bahamas on December 20, 2019 at Thomas A Robinson National Stadium between schools from Conference USA and the Mid-American Conference.

The game will be televised nationally in the United States on ESPN.

Men Mid Amateur Runner Up Mr Mark Carter Winner Mr Lynford Miller

Men Regular Runner Up Mr Richard Gibson Jr. Winner Mr Paul Tsavoussis

PRESIDENT’S CUP 3nd Runner Up Mr Dwight Tinker 2nd Runner Up Mr Heathcliffe Kane Winner Mr Ted Adderley

FEMALE NATIONAL AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPION Runner Up Miss Ashley Michel Winner Miss Jenna Bayles

MALE NATIONAL AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPION Runner Up Mr Richard Gibson Jr Winner Mr Paul Tsavoussis

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CONNECTICUT Sun centre Jonquel Jones drives to the basket around the defence of Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell on Tuesday night.

Photos by Sean D Elliot/The Day via AP)

Jonquel Jones scores team high 25 points in win over Fever FROM PAGE 1 her rookie season when she averaged 6.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game.

Once Ogwumike returned, Jones faced limited playing time and a dip in production. But she still averaged 11.8 points, 5.5 rebounds, a career-high 1.7 assists and 1.24 blocked shots per game

and was named the 2018 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year, earning the honour as the league’s top reserve for the first time in her three-year career. “It was an important 2-0 homestand to start

the season and it was important to get two early wins with us being the first Eastern Conference team to go on a West Coast trip,” said Sun head coach and general manager Curt Miller.

JONQUEL Jones (35) and guard Jasmine Thomas, back, trap Indiana JONQUEL JONES, centre, battles Indiana Fever guards Tiffany Mitchell, left, and Erica Wheeler Fever guard Erica Wheeler along the sideline during the second half. for the ball during the second half.

BAHAMAS AQUATICS NAMES 23MEMBER CCCAN TEAM FROM PAGE 1 Open Water: July 3 and 5 and Water Polo: July 4 - 8.

The CCCAN Championships are held every odd year and began in 1960.

Approximately 30 countries are expected to compete in this year’s event.

In their last appearance at the event, the Bahamas finished fourth with a total of 540.50 points. Trinidad and Tobago took first place with 649.50 points, Colombia was second with 584 points and Aruba was third with 561.50 points. Panama rounded out the top five with 526.50 seconds.

The Bahamas got its strongest performances from two age groups that topped the standings in their respective divisions, the Boys’ 15-17 (138 points) and Boys’ 13-14 with (129 points).

In the Water Polo segment, the Bahamas’ Under-16 team concluded tournament play with a silver medal and secured a Youth Pan Am Games qualification.

Bahamas Aquatics looks to continue another stellar season when they captured their third consecutive CARIFTA title in April, and fifth out of the last six titles. They collected a total of 889.5 points from 73 medals, inclusive of 35 gold, 18 silver and 20 bronze.

Several top performers from CARIFTA will also look to continue their regional success at CCCAN. Marvin Johnson, competing in the boys’ 11-12 division, captured nine gold medals and one silver.

Leading the way in the boys’ 13-14 division was Nigel Forbes with three gold, three silver and one bronze.

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CHELSEA’S PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, centre, holds the trophy after winning the Europa League Final soccer match between Chelsea and Arsenal at the Olympic stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan.

(AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Hazard scores 2 as Chelsea beats Arsenal 4-1 in EL final

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP Sports Writer BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — If this was goodbye for Eden Hazard and Maurizio Sarri, then it was a stylish farewell.

For Petr Cech, it was the worst way to retire.

Hazard scored twice past his former teammate as Chelsea sliced through Arsenal in the second half of the Europa League final yesterday, netting four times in the space of 23 minutes to win 4-1 in a London derby played far from home.

The Belgian then confirmed that he is likely to leave the club this summer, amid widespread speculation about a move to Real Madrid.

“I think it is a goodbye but in football you never know,” Hazard said. “My dream was to play in the Premier League. I did this for seven years for one of the biggest clubs in the world. Maybe it’s time for a new challenge.”

After a drab first half, Chelsea took control in the 49th minute when Olivier Giroud met Emerson’s pass with a diving header into the net. It was the French striker’s 11th goal in 14 games in the Europa League this season, but he barely celebrated against his old team, kneeling with palms raised as his teammates mobbed him.

Pedro doubled the lead when he found space in the penalty area in the 60th to stroke in a cut-back pass from Hazard. It was soon 3-0 when Hazard converted a penalty after Ainsley Maitland-Niles — the only English player to start the all-English final — shoved Giroud in the box.

Two minutes after coming off the bench, Alex Iwobi punished Chelsea for a poor clearance with a volley from the edge of the box to make it 3-1 in the 69th.

But Arsenal’s hopes of a comeback were extinguished three minutes later when Hazard and Giroud teamed up again. Hazard first passed the ball to Giroud and then knocked his flicked cross past Cech, the veteran goalkeeper who was playing his final game before retiring.

Facing the team where he spent his best years — and is expected to return this summer in an administrative role — Cech made

CHELSEA’s Gonzalo Higuain holds the trophy after winning the Europa League Final soccer match between Chelsea and Arsenal at the Olympic stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan.

(AP Photo/Darko Bandic) good saves from Hazard and substitute Willian to stop Chelsea increasing its lead yet further.

It was the first trophy for Sarri, the Chelsea coach who did not rule out leaving the club Tuesday when asked about the vacant Juventus coach job, after falling out with sections of the club’s fans.

It was the first Europa League final to have the video referee system, but referee Gianluca Rocchi never made use of it. That aggrieved Arsenal’s players and fans early on when Alexandre Lacazette collided with Chelsea goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga

but no penalty was given.

With several thousand empty seats and only around 6,000 fans from England, the atmosphere in the stadium struggled to match that of a typical European final.

Arsenal and Chelsea fans had complained of the high cost of travel from Western Europe, and even though locals and fans from elsewhere in the world made up the numbers, the atmosphere was subdued, even flat. Livening up the Baku Olympic Stadium will be a tricky task for Azerbaijani’s organisers for the four European Championships game it hosts next year.

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Thursday, May 30, 2019, PAGE 7

‘SUPER OLD’ FEDERER TO FACE EX-CONTEMPORARY’S SON AT FRENCH OPEN

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Roger Federer, 37, joked to a stadium filled with screaming kids that he’s “so super old.”

Stan Wawrinka, 34, pulled a crying boy out of a crush of autograph-seekers in the stands.

Rafael Nadal, about to turn 33, offered this advice to youngsters at his match who might be pondering a tennis career: “The main thing is, don’t think about winning Roland Garros.”

Schools in France are closed on Wednesdays, bringing out a, um, louder brand of fan to the French Open, and that trio of past champions of the clay-court major seemed to appreciate the adulation from the little ones who attended their straight-set victories.

Fitting, too, perhaps, that Federer advanced to a third-round meeting against 20-year-old Casper Ruud, someone so much his junior that the guy’s father was in the field when Federer made his debut in Paris in 1999.

“I know probably more about his dad,” Federer said, “than about him.”

Federer, the tournament’s 2009 champion who hadn’t been in the field in four years, will be playing his third opponent in a row who is 25 or younger, after beating 144th-ranked Oscar Otte 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round.

Now the 20-time major champion takes on Ruud, a Norwegian ranked 63rd.

He is coached by his father, Christian, who told Casper he once practiced with Federer, although they never played.

“Ever since I can remember, I’ve been watching Roger on TV,” said Ruud, who knocked off 29thseeded Matteo Berrettini 6-4, 7-5, 6-3.

Then came this admission from Ruud: “To be honest, I’ve been a little bit more of a Rafa fan and Rafa guy.”

Better hope no one tells Roger.

Still, even if he always has preferred Nadal, Ruud described what comes next this way: “I’m playing one of the greatest champions ever of this sport on Friday, so I’m just super excited for it. I can play loose and free.”

Wawrinka, the winner in 2015 and the runner-up two years later, also had no trouble against a much younger foe yesterday, eliminating 22-year-old Cristian Garin 6-1, 6-4, 6-0.

Afterward, Wawrinka came to the rescue of one of his tiniest fans, lifting him away from danger and offering a towel as a keepsake.

“I took him out of that mess a little bit,” Wawrinka said. “He was in pain and sad.”

Owner of three Grand Slam titles in all, Wawrinka will bring his signature backhand into what shapes

up as a more competitive matchup against two-time major semifinalist Grigor Dimitrov, who eliminated 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic 6-7 (3), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 over nearly 4½ hours.

Nadal’s form hadn’t been up to his usual standards during much of the clay season: This was the first time since 2004 that he entered May without a title for the year.

But he looked good while taking the title at the Italian Open this month, including a victory over Novak Djokovic in the final, and he’s been close to untouchable so far as he seeks a recordextending 12th trophy in Paris.

His latest tour de force was a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 win over 114th-ranked Yannick Maden, a qualifier from Germany. OK, so Nadal hasn’t really faced much of a test yet. Still, he is displaying the court-covering, ball-walloping style he has perfected, which could come in handy when he plays 2016 French Open quarterfinalist David Goffin in the third round.

ROGER FEDERER, of Switzerland, celebrates winning his second round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Germany’s Oscar Otte in three sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-4, at the Roland Garros stadium yesterday.

(AP Photo/Michel Euler) “I don’t like the word ‘easy,’ because when you win, it always looks easier,” Nadal said. “I can say (I had) a comfortable victory.

I have been in control most all the time. And that’s the only thing that really matters,” he added.

While plenty of the sport’s big names still dot the men’s bracket, the women’s field keeps seeing top players depart.

Yesterday, No. 4 seed Kiki Bertens, a 2016 semifinalist and considered a contender for her first major title, quit during the

first set of her match against Viktoria Kuzmova because she was sick.

Tears filled Bertens’ eyes as she described waking up at 3am, feeling ill. “Vomiting. Diarrhoea. All night long, all day long. I felt a little bit better before the match. I had some sleep, and I just wanted to give it a try,” she said. “But then as soon as I start warming up right before the match, it started again. There was not any energy left.”

Bianca Andreescu, an 18-year-old Canadian who was seeded 22nd, pulled

out before her match against 20-year-old American Sonia Kenin, citing an injured right shoulder that sidelined her from March until this week. Kenin will face the winner of today’s match between Serena Williams and Japanese qualifier Kurumi Nara.

Bertens and Andreescu join two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, who withdrew before her first match because of an arm injury, and former No. 1s Angelique Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki, who both lost in the first round.

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