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By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The serves were big. So big. Other shots, too. The points were over quickly. So quickly: Seven of the first 13 were aces. And so it was immediately apparent in the Australian Open women’s final between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina that the one who

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka has taken the second set 6-3 over Elena Rybakina to give each a set in the final of the Australian Open final on Saturday at Rod Laver Arena. Rybakina won the first set 6-4.

SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin has posted the fastest time in the opening run of a women’s World Cup slalom. She positioned herself for her 85th career victory. A win would move her within one of the World Cup record of 86 wins set by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark in

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Elena Rybakina has taken the first set 6-4 over Aryna Sabalenka in the Australian Open women’s final at the Rod Laver Arena. Rybakina is playing in her second final in the last three Grand Slam tournaments. The Wimbledon champion beat No. 1 Iga Swiatek in the fourth round at Melbourne Park.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Open women’s singles final between Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and Aryana Sabalenka has started at Rod Laver Arena. Sabalenka is in her first Grand Slam singles title match. Sabalenka is 10-0 in 2023, winning all 20 sets she has contested this season.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Vancouver Canucks right wing Ilya Mikheyev is set to have season-ending surgery on his left knee. Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin said Friday night the 28-year-old Russian forward tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in the team’s first preseason game Sept. 25. Mikheyev will undergo surgery next

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Cameron Brink had 21 points, 13 rebounds and six blocks, Haley Jones added 17 points and eight rebounds and No. 3 Stanford beat Oregon State 63-60. Agnes Emma-Nnopu added eight points and five rebounds as Stanford (20-2, 8-1 Pac-12) extended its Pac-12 home winning streak to 20 games. Timea Gardiner scored

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Elias Pettersson scored twice, Bo Horvat had a career-high four assists and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-2 on Friday night for their second victory in three games under Rick Tocchet. Tocchet took over as coach after Bruce Boudreau was fired Sunday. Quinn Hughes had a goal

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Tyler Toffoli, Elias Lindholm and Blake Coleman all had a goal and two assists and the Calgary Flames topped the Seattle Kraken 5-2. Calgary rebounded impressively after getting surprisingly routed at home a day earlier in a 5-1 setback to lowly Chicago. The Flames topped the

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Dutch legend Diede de Groot extended her winning streak to nine consecutive Grand Slam titles when she overcame a slow start to beat Yui Kamiji of Japan 0-6, 6-2,  6-2 in the women’s wheelchair singles final at the Australian Open. It was de Groot’s fifth Australian Open title and 17th Grand

By SONJA CHEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry had 35 points and 11 assists, and the Golden State Warriors beat the Toronto Raptors 129-117. The high-scoring affair was close until the Warriors pulled away with a 31-point fourth quarter, securing a sweep in the season series. Klay Thompson added 29 points, knocking

By MIKE CRANSTON Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Kindyll Wetta made a corner 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left in overtime to snap a tie and the No. 25 Colorado women improved to 3-0 against ranked teams at home with a 73-70 victory over No. 8 UCLA. Quay Miller had 20 points and 12 rebounds,

DALLAS (AP) — Jack Hughes scored his second goal of the game 20 seconds into overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars. Hughes’ winning goal skipped off the stick of Dallas’ Tyler Seguin and eluded Jake Oettinger as the Devils rallied from a 2-0 deficit and improved

By GLEN ROSALES Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored 24 points — seven during a crucial late surge — in No. 25 New Mexico’s 81-73 victory over Air Force on Friday night. Jaelen House had 19 points and six steals for the Lobos (19-3, 6-3 Mountain West). Morris Edeze added 15

By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Teen star Isabeau Levito needed a near-flawless free skate to capture gold at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships after Bradie Tennell’s beautiful performance minutes earlier. And the 15-year-old accomplished just that, delivering a dazzling 149.55 score for a 223.33 total to win her first

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Dwayne Cohill scored 25 points as Youngstown State beat Oakland 77-73. Cohill added five rebounds, six assists, and three steals for the Penguins (16-6, 8-3 Horizon League). Brandon Rush added 12 points and Adrian Nelson scored 11. The Golden Grizzlies (9-13, 7-4) were led by Jalen Moore’s 27 points and eight assists.

KENT, Ohio — Sincere Carry scored 24 points and Kent State turned back Buffalo 74-68. Carry added seven assists for the Golden Flashes (17-4, 7-1 Mid-American Conference). Chris Payton pitched in with 12 points, eight rebounds and five blocks. Jalen Sullinger scored 11. Isaiah Adams led the way for the Bulls (10-11, 4-4) with 23

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Jimmy Butler had 29 points, Bam Adebayo added 20 and the Miami Heat rallied again in the fourth quarter to beat the Orlando Magic 110-105 on Friday night. Max Strus scored 17, 15 of them on 3-pointers, for Miami. The Heat moved a season-high six games

By JOHN COON Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Alissa Pili scored 21 points and Kennedy McQueen added 17 behind five 3-pointers to lead No. 9 Utah to an 83-73 victory over Southern California. Pili shot 9 of 13 from the floor to pace an efficient offensive attack from the Utes. Gianna Kneepkens added