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LOS ANGELES: Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko LOS ANGELES: Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko defeated newly topped Australian Open champ Sofia Kenin 6-three, 2-6, 6-2 on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) to preserve Latvia alive of their Fed Cup qualifying tie against the United States. Ostapenko’s victory, in one hour and 58 mins at the Angel of the Wings arena in Everett, Washington, cut Latvia’s deficit to 2-1 within the excellent-of-5 in shape tie. America’s 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams turned into up subsequent with a risk to clinch it in opposition to world No. 41 Anastasija Sevastova.If necessary, the tie will go to a decisive doubles suit, with an area inside the finals in Budapest in April on the road. The Americans had taken a commanding 2-zero lead on Friday, whilst Kenin defeated Sevastova and Williams, playing her first Fed Cup in shape considering the fact that 2018, beat Ostapenko to take her ideal singles report within the women’...

LOS ANGELES: US President Donald Trump LOS ANGELES: US President Donald Trump has tweeted that disgraced former Major League Baseball superstar Pete Rose have to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rose, who is MLB’s all-time hits leader, changed into permanently banned from American baseball in 1989 for gambling on video games as a supervisor for the Cincinnati Reds. “Pete Rose performed Major League Baseball for 24 seasons, from 1963-1986, and had greater hits, 4,256, than every other player (via a huge margin). He gambled, however simplest on his personal team prevailing, and paid a many years long price. GET PETE ROSE INTO THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. It’s Time!” Trump tweeted Saturday.Last week Rose petitioned Commissioner Rob Manfred to make him eligible for the Hall of Fame, bringing up the new cheating scandal that has engulfed the Houston Astros. Rose argued his ban have to be lifted due to the fact Manfred decided now not to punish other gamers accused of viola...