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Simona Halep's Wimbledon championship lifted her from No. 7 to No. 4 in the WTA rankings on Monday, while runner-up Serena Williams moved up one spot to No. 9.

Serena Williams will play in the Wimbledon final, looking for her eighth title at the All England Club. Williams beat Barbora Strycova 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals.

Coco Gauff will be the headline act on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
Not bad for a 15-year-old in her first Grand Slam tournament.

Aaron Hicks and Giancarlo Stanton stretched New York's home run streak to a record-tying 27 games, and the Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-8 Monday night.

Roger Federer might be getting up there in years, but he still keeps winning. Joking that he's "so super old," the 37-year-old Federer returned to the French Open's third round.

Minor struck out 11 with only one walk and set a ballpark record before leaving after six innings and Asdrúbal Cabrera hit two of the five Texas homers in a 10-9 win.

Seattle's rookie Erik Swanson was thrown into a laundry cart and pushed into the showers after allowing just one hit in six innings as the Mariners blowout Cleveland 10-0.

Ichiro Suzuki drew the loudest ovation back home in Japan and Domingo Santana delivered the biggest hit, launching a grand slam that led the Mariners over Oakland 9-7

This was quite a return for Serena Williams. Almost as if she never left.
In her first match at the Australian Open since winning the 2017 title while pregnant.

Jackie Bradley belted a grand slam for his second big hit in the ALCS, helping the Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 8-2 on Tuesday for a 2-1 series lead.