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Jul. 22—Alcaraz continues his winning ways NICE, France — Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz beat No. 15-ranked Borna Coric of Croatia 6-3, 6-7 (6), 10-5 in the Hopman Cup on Saturday. The top-ranked Spaniard, who beat 23-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic in a five-set Wimbledon thriller last Sunday, had only three aces compared to six for Coric but saved the two break points he faced. It was Alcaraz's second straight victory here after winning against David Goffin of Belgium on Friday. The exhibition event at the Nice Lawn Club in southern France has mixed teams representing their nation in singles and doubles. Alcaraz played doubles alongside Rebeka Masarova but lost to Coric and Donna Vekic 1-6, 6-4, 14-12. The tournament final is schedule for Sunday. MORE TENNIS: In Newport, R.I., Esther Vergeer put up eye-popping numbers during her career in wheelchair tennis, piling them up as the sport grew and became a Grand Slam event. Now, her accomplishments will be on display forever after she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday during a 45-minute ceremony on grass courts just outside the museum. "Tennis transformed me into the very essence of who I am today," said Vergeer, who suffered from a series of strokes as a child, and an operation to address an abnormality in her spinal cord blood supply left her legs paralyzed. "A testament to the power of perseverance, resilience and determination," she told the crowd. "This moment is not mine alone. It reflects the unlimited support and dedication and love that has surrounded me throughout my tennis career." A 21-time Grand Slam singles champion and seven-time Paralympic gold medalist, Vergeer held the No. 1 spot in the world rankings for 668 weeks from 2000-13 and won 470 straight singles matches. She won 96% of her singles matches overall, and also claimed 136 doubles titles. Moreu wins her pro boxing debut In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Albuquerque's Sharahya Moreu made a successful professional boxing debut with a victory by four-round unanimous decision over Brazil's Janaisa Morandin. All three judges scored the bout 40-35, giving Moreu all four rounds. Moreu scored a knockdown in the second round. Morandin, a veteran MMA fighter, is 0-2 as a professional boxer. 2 13-year-olds win at X Games VENTURA, Calif. — A pair of 13-year-old Australian skateboarding prodigies won their first gold medals at the X Games on Saturday, and a 10-year-old Canadian became the youngest medalist in the action sports event's history. Chloe Covell won the women's street competition a few hours before Arisa Trew claimed the women's vert title at the coastal Ventura County Fairgrounds. Trew had to land the first 720 by a woman in X Games competition to hold off 10-year-old Reese Nelson, who claimed silver to become the youngest medalist in the X Games' 29 years of history.
