TENNIS
Wimbledon at a glance
WIMBLEDON, England — A look at Wimbledon on Thursday:
Weather: Partly cloudy. High of 81 degrees.
Men’s Seeded Winners: No. 4 Andy Murray, No. 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 7 David Ferrer, No. 9 Juan Martin del Potro, No. 10 Mardy Fish, No. 16 Marin Cilic, No. 17 Fernando Verdasco, No. 19 Kei Nishikori, No. 27 Philipp Kohlschreiber, No. 28 Radek Stepanek, No. 30 Andy Roddick.
Men’s Seeded Losers: No. 2 Rafael Nadal, No. 13 Gilles Simon, No. 22 Alexandr Dolgopolov.
Women’s Seeded Winners: No. 1 Maria Sharapova, No. 2 Victoria Azarenka, No. 4 Petra Kvitova, No. 6 Serena Williams, No. 8 Angelique Kerber, No. 10 Sara Errani, No. 14 Ana Ivanovic, No. 20 Nadia Petrova, No. 21 Roberta Vinci, No. 22 Julia Goerges, No. 24 Francesca Schiavone, No. 25 Zheng Jie, No. 28 Christina McHale.
Women’s Seeded Losers: No. 9 Marion Bartoli, No. 31 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Stat of the Day: 13 — Consecutive points 100th-ranked Lukas Rosol won on his serve, including seven aces, to close out his 6-7 (9), 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 upset victory over Nadal.
Quote of the Day: “Just to play three good sets, you know. Just don’t lose 6-0, 6-1, 6-1.” — Rosol, on his expectations before facing Nadal in the second round.
On Court today: No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 28 Radek Stepanek, No. 3 Roger Federer vs. No. 29 Julien Benneteau, No. 21 Milos Raonic vs. Sam Querrey (completion of suspended match); No. 1 Maria Sharapova vs. Hsieh Su-wei, No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Heather Watson, No. 8 Angelique Kerber vs. No. 28 Christina McHale, No. 12 Vera Zvonareva vs. Kim Clijsters.
Today’s Forecast: Passing showers. High of 70.
WNBA
Women’s National
Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 9 3 .750 —
Chicago 7 4 .636 1½
Indiana 8 5 .615 1½
Atlanta 6 7 .462 3½
New York 4 9 .308 5½
Washington 2 9 .182 6½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 13 1 .929 —
Los Angeles 10 6 .625 4
San Antonio 6 5 .545 5½
Seattle 6 7 .462 6½
Phoenix 3 9 .250 9
Tulsa 2 11 .154 10½
Thursday’s Game
San Antonio 94, Los Angeles 80
Today’s Games
Connecticut at Washington, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Tulsa, 2 p.m.
Phoenix at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Seattle at New York, 10 a.m.
Thursday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Placed DH Nick Johnson on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF Xavier Avery from Norfolk (IL).
NEW YORK YANKEES — Placed LHP Andy Pettitte on the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Adam Warren from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Optioned 3B Josh Bell to Reno (PCL). Recalled RHP Trevor Bauer from Reno.
HOUSTON ASTROS — Assigned RHP Rauldison Rodriguez and 3B Rio Ruiz to the Gulf Coast Astros and C Tyler Heineman to Tri-City (NYP).
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Assigned 1B Ryan Howard to Lakewood (SAL) for a rehab assignment.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA — Announced the resignation of senior vice president for referee operations Major General Ronald L. Johnson.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DE Jeff Charleston. Waived DT Terrell Resonno.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Agreed to terms with DT Akiem Hicks on a four-year contract.
NEW YORK JETS — Released OT Ray Willis. Waived QB G.J. Kinne.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Promoted Sam Ramsden to to director of player health & performance, Donald Rich to associate head trainer and David Stricklin to assistant trainer. Named Michael Tankovich physical therapist.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
LOS ANGELES KINGS — Signed G Jonathan Quick to a 10-year contract extension through the 2022-23 season.
COLLEGE
HARDIN-SIMMONS — Named Arin Spence-Salas softball coach.
SOCCER
2012 European Championship
SEMIFINAL
Wednesday
Donetsk, Ukraine
Spain 0(4), Portugal 0(2)
Thursday
Warsaw, Poland
Italy 2, Germany 1
FINAL
Sunday, July 1
Kiev, Ukraine
Spain vs. Italy, 8:30 a.m.
