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All the consternation over whether golfs addition to the Summer Games makes sense raises the question of whether tennis -- another individual, professional sport with four annual Grand Slam tournaments and millions of dollars in prize money -- belongs, too. Willie Cauley-Stein Warriors Jersey .To U.S. Olympic mens tennis coach Jay Berger, the answer is obvious.When it first starts, people dont know what to expect. And I think golf is having this a little bit, in its infancy. They dont know what the meaning is going to be. But you look at the draw for the tennis, the very top players want to play, Berger said. Ive seen those top players cry for joy at having won a bronze medal. And Ive seen players cry because they lost a medal. When you get down to it, the Olympics kind of transfer to any sport, really.Sam Querrey, for one, isnt so sure.Querreys ranking made him eligible to be a member of Bergers team in Rio de Janeiro, where the draw is Thursday and play begins Saturday, but he opted to skip the trip to Brazil.His take, essentially: Let the gymnasts, swimmers and sprinters have their moment.I feel like the Olympics should only be sports where, like, thats the pinnacle of your sport: If you win the Olympics, theres nothing better, said Querrey, who ended Novak Djokovics 30-match Grand Slam winning streak at Wimbledon. But I think for tennis, you ask anyone, theyd rather win a Grand Slam over the Olympics.That might be the case for many folks, but certainly not for all.Venus Williams, who has won four gold medals, calls her Olympic success beyond anything I ever dreamed and places its importance always at the top -- above her seven major singles titles.The proudest moment for me, when they do the on-court announcements, she said, are the Olympic results.She and others would hate to see the International Olympic Committee, which brought tennis back in 1988 after a 64-year absence, drop the sport again.And make no mistake: The Olympics have helped tennis grow worldwide.If you look at whats happened from `88 to now, our sport has really become even more international because of the Olympic movement, International Tennis Federation President David Haggerty said, pointing to a more than 40 percent increase in the number of nations that belong to his organization.Just examine the WTA rankings. The week before Wimbledon in 1986, the top 100 women included 47 from the United States, and only 13 countries had more than one representative. The week before Wimbledon this year, the top 100 women included 14 Americans, and 21 countries had at least two members.Still, the sense that the Olympic tennis tournament is not all that much different from, well, any tournament held during any week is inescapable for some.The faces are, for the most part, familiar. So are the rules.The events -- mens and womens singles, mens and womens doubles, mixed doubles -- are found at each of the four Grand Slam tournaments. The U.S. Open starts a couple of weeks after the Rio competition ends and will be contested on the same surface, hard courts.All of which prompts suggestions for a format change.Have age restrictions of some sort, say, to promote future stars.Or take a break from Davis Cup and Fed Cup in Olympic years and use something similar to their setup.I dont think what we have now is broken, WTA CEO Steve Simon said, but I do think that the conversation about format, and potentially a team format, has merit.International Tennis Hall of Fame CEO Todd Martin, who calls barely missing out on participating in singles at Atlanta in 1996 one of my great disappointments, thinks Olympic tennis needs to do something different to make it look like something different.I look at it and say, `Why should the Olympics not be a team event? Other sports figure out how to make it a team event, said Martin, the 1999 U.S. Open runner-up. In tennis, we figure out how to make it an individual event, just like Roland Garros, just like Wimbledon.One proposal: Each country could have three two-person teams in mens and womens tennis that would face off in singles and doubles.Svetlana Kuznetsova, a two-time major champion from Russia, wants a totally different format and two full weeks of Olympic tennis, instead of nine days.Her father coached Olympic cyclists; her brother won a silver in cycling. So she insists on this: Tennis must remain in the Summer Games.Being from my family, I know how important the Olympics are and how big a deal the Olympics are, Kuznetsova said. So for me, tennis of course has to be in the Olympics. For Russians, winning a gold medal would be like winning a Grand Slam.---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich David West Warriors Jersey . -- Jonathan Drouin gave Halifax the boost it needed to edge host Sherbrooke Phoenix 3-2 in a shootout in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Jacob Evans Warriors Jersey . Pence singled in the winning run with no outs in the ninth inning to give the Giants a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday. https:///...City-Edition-Jersey/ . Q: Team Canada announces their Olympic roster three weeks from today. Who is general manager Steve Yzerman watching? LeBrun: Over the last 48 hours, hes taken in the home-and-home between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche with Jamie Benn and Matt Duchene being the obvious targets. BOSTON -- Matt Andriese found out pretty quickly why the Boston Red Sox are the majors highest scoring team.Facing them for the second time in five days, Andriese gave up a season-high seven runs in just four-plus innings as the Red Sox rode another solid start by Rick Porcello to 9-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.Andriese (6-6) allowed 10 hits and noticed Bostons hitters laid off his changeup that was effective last Thursday when he went six innings, giving up three runs.I think they did. Seemed like they werent chasing the changeup like they were in my last outing, he said, a day after turning 27. They probably recognized that from the last outing and I just wasnt as good with the fastball locations.Porcello (18-3) became the majors first 18-game winner and the first Red Sox pitcher in 70 years to open a season 13-0 in Fenway Park, and Mookie Betts hit his 30th homer, a solo shot, and drove in two runs for Boston.Thats why hes got 17, 18 wins on the season, Rays catcher Bobby Wilson said. He knows how to pitch and hes obviously been pretty tough this year. He threw the ball well and we just had a couple of chances there, but hes a good pitcher and he made some quality pitches to get out of some stuff.Evan Longoria had two sacrifice flies for the Rays, who split a four-game series against the Red Sox at home last week.The Rays, buried in last in the AL East, have lost three of four.The Red Sox hold the ALs first wild-card spot but had lost four of five.Brock Holt had three hits and drove in two runs, Travis Shaw had three hits and Chris Young added a tiebreaking two-run double for Boston.Porcello allowed three runs and six hits, striking out seven without issuing a walk to become the first Boston pitcher since Dave Boo Ferriss finished 13-0 at home in 1946 to start a season by winning his initial 13 decisions in Fenway.Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia missed the game aftter a death in the family, but hes expected back Tuesday. Eric Paschall Jersey. .The game was tied 2-2 after three innings before Boston took charge with three runs in the fourth and two in the fifth.Young lined his two-run double past third baseman Longoria, moving the Red Sox ahead 4-2. Longoria seemed to mistime the speed of the liner, raising his glove a bit late. Holt added an RBI double.After the Rays cut it to 5-3, Betts lined a run-scoring double into the left-field corner. He scored on Shaws infield hit.Betts homered over the Green Monster, hitting a billboard with the ball bouncing onto the field.TRAINERS ROOMRays: Manager Kevin Cash has decided to go with six starters when RHP Aex Cobb returns to the rotation this weekend against Toronto after being sidelined since Tommy John surgery in May 2015. We have six guys, all with the reason to be starters, Cash said.Red Sox: Manager John Farrell said RHP Koji Uehara (strained chest muscle) had another strong bullpen session. The next steps are for him to have bullpen on Wednesday before facing live hitters Saturday. ... Farrell said C Ryan Hanigan (left ankle tendinitis) is expected to come off a rehab assignment and join the team when they start a road trip in Oakland on Friday.MAGICIAL MOOKIEThe 23-year-old Betts joined Ted Williams (1939, 1941) and Tony Conigliaro (1965) as the only Red Sox with 30 homers in a season before turning 24.UP NEXTRays: RHP Jake Odorizzi (9-5, 3.53 ERA) is set to start Tuesday. He pitched seven innings at home against the Red Sox last Thursday, his longest outing in a month.Red Sox: LHP Drew Pomeranz (2-3, 4.06) is looking to build on his strong start last Thursday against the Rays when he struck out a career-best 11, but got the loss despite giving up only two runs in six innings. ' ' '
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