Halep, Konta advance to third round at Cincinnati; Kasparov suffers first defeat in comeback event

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On the women’s side of the Cincinnati Masters, second-seeded Simona Halep and seventh-seeded Johanna Konta became the first players to reach the third round of this U.S. Open warmup.

CHESS

Kasparov loses against Nepomniachtchi

On a day that included a string of draws for Garry Kasparov, including one against Indian grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, he also tasted defeat. Making his return to competitive chess after 12 years in the Rapid and Blitz tournament being held at St. Louis, Kasparov lost to compatriot Ian Nepomniachtchi.

CRICKET

Law asks Windies to ‘rewrite history’

West Indies coach Stuart Law believes that his boys can compete against England as they take on the hosts in a three Test series starting on Thursday.

The first of those three Tests will be played at Edgbaston and will be the first time that England hosts a day/night Test match.

TENNIS

Injuries, upsets dominate men’s draw at Cincinnati

Milos Raonic withdrew from the Cincinnati Western & Southern Open on Tuesday, becoming the seventh player ranked in the top 10 to opt out of the tournament.

Add to it the defeats of seeded players David Goffin, Tomas Berdych and Jack Sock, and the possible match-up between John Isner and Alexander Zverev gains further significance than it normally would have.

In the women’s section, Garbine Muguruza, Simona Halep and Venus Williams powered through to the next round, while French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko was ousted in straight sets.