Torrey Pines’ Taylor Fritz wins in singles, continuing San Diego’s run of Olympic success
Taylor Fritz of the United States competes against Jack Draper of Great Britain during the men’s single tennis competition at Roland Garros. Catalina Gnoriega, based at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center, won 6-0 against Katharina Bauer of Germany in the individual elimination round, then lost 6-5 to Indonesia’s Diananda Choirunisa.
Chase Budinger and partner Miles Evans lost 2-0 to Yorick de Groot and Stefan Boermans of the Netherlands.Steffen Peters and the U.S. team were eliminated from team dressage medal contention in the preliminaries at Chateau de Versailles.The Chula Vista-based women’s team lost 24-12 to eventual gold medalist New Zealand in the semifinals, then beat Australia 14-12 for the bronze medal. Sarah Levy and Kayla Canett play for Team USA.Hans Henken and partner Ian Barrows moved up to fifth place in the 49er competition in Marseille with a third-place finish in the ninth of 12 scheduled races.The second round was postponed for Caitlin Simmers and others because wind and rain degraded surf conditions in Tahiti.Taylor Fritz rallied to beat Jack Draper of Great Britain 6-7, 6-3, 6-2 in their second-round singles match.Garrett Muagututia and the U.S. men won 3-2 against Germany to improve to 2-0 in group play.Alex Bowen scored three goals as the U.S. men beat Romania 14-8 to even their group play record at 1-1.Isaiah Pineiro and the Puerto Rico men continue group play against Serbia. Isalys Quinones plays for the Puerto Rico women, who face Spain.Megan Valzonis and U.S. women play Australia after posting a tie and loss in their first two games.It will be a San Diego Wave reunion when the United States plays Australia in the group play finale in Marseille at 10 a.m. PDT. Wave goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan and Canada get Colombia in Nice.Fritz has a busy day ahead, with a third-round singles match against Lorenzo Musetti of Italy followed by doubles with partner Tommy Paul against Robin Haase and Jean-Julien Rojer of the Netherlands.Navy christens destroyer named after heroic Camp Pendleton MarineNew $30 million park gets go-ahead for CarlsbadSan Diego’s short-term rental rules have had a disastrous effectSan Diego unseated as No. 1 metro with fastest-growing home pricesPadres Daily: A trip to talk about; Musgrove’s push; Machado’s weekend; Bogaerts’ slug
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