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Wawrinka beats Sousa in straight sets in first round at Wimbleton:
In Tennis action at Wimbledon,
French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland eased into the second round of the Wimbledon Championships on Monday with a 6-2 7-5 7-6 win over Joao Sousa of Portugal.
Stan Wawrinka says that he is playing well and feels full of confidence following his first-round victory.
"The mentality is the same as last year. I know I'm playing well. I have a lot of confidence. It's a new year, new tournament. We all start from zero. We need to win match after match. We take match after match if we want to go through and go further in the tournament. I'm confident with myself, but I'm really careful with how mentally I get ready for every match. So far I'm really happy with the first one today. In general I feel good. I know where is my game. I feel ready for the next one."
Fourth seed Wawrinka, who upset world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the French Open final in Paris earlier this month, began his challenge to add a third grand slam title to his 2014 Australian title with a comfortable win after one hour, 50 minutes of play.
Old warrior Australian Lleyton Hewitt waved an emotional goodbye to Wimbledon after losing a dramatic five-set match to Finland's Jarkko Nieminen, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 11-9.
Hewitt reflects on his long Wimbledon career after bowing out for good following defeat to Nieminen.
"For me, it's the home of tennis. I don't get the same feeling walking into any other ground in the world - no other tennis court, no other complex than I do here. I really do get goosebumps walking into this place."
In other first round action,
Novak Djokovic took out German Philip Kohlschreiber 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Five-time champion Venus Williams defeated fellow American Madison Brengle 6-0, 6-0.
Grigor Dimitrov eased into the second round with a 6-3 6-0 6-4 victory over Federico Delbonis.
Kei Nishikori survived a 6-3 6-7(4) 6-2 3-6 6-3 test against Italy's Simone Bolelli.
Chile beat 10-man Peru 2-1 to reach Copa America final
Chile qualified for the Copa America final on Monday after two goals from Eduardo Vargas gave them a 2-1 win over Peru in an action-packed semi-final marked by another controversial refereeing decision.
Peru had to play with 10 men for most of the match after Carlos Zambrano, who was yellow carded in the seventh minute, was sent off for a high challenge 13 minutes later.
Chile got the opener on 42 minutes when Vargas managed to poke the ball home from three yards after an Alexis Sanchez cross had come back off the post.
Peru equalised on the hour mark when Paolo Guerrero split the Chilean defence with a pass for Luis Advincula and his vicious cross was turned into his own net by Gary Medel.
Peru's lead lasted just four minutes, though, and again it was Vargas who got Chile's goal, lashing home an unstoppable strike from 30 yards.
Chile will play the winners of Tuesday's semi-final between Argentina and Paraguay.
Houston Astros beat Kansas City Royals 6-1
In Major League Baseball,
Jose Altuve and Chris Carter both scored home runs as the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Monday in Texas.
Royals starter Joe Blanton walked Domingo Santana, his third straight walk, to force in a run to give the Astros a 1-0 lead in the second inning.
Houston broke open the game in the third inning. Jose Altuve led off the inning with a solo home run to leftfield to make it 3-0.
Preston Tucker and Santana added RBI singles later in the third to extend the Astros advantage to 5-0.
Astros starter Lance McCullers induced Christian Colon to hit into an inning ending double in the fifth.
Houston went on to beat Kansas City 6-1 and snapped the Royals' four-game winning streak.
In other actions,
New York Rangers cracked Baltimore Orioles 8-1.
Milwaukee Brewers beat Philadelphia Phillies 7-4.
Cleveland Indians took out Tampa Bay Rays, 7-1.
The Los Angeles Angels beat out the New York Yankees, 4-1.
Australia ready to face Essex before Ashes series in Cardiff
In Cricket,
The Australia Ashes squad are in Colchester on Monday having won the first warm-up game in their Ashes tour.
They beat Kent by 255 runs and move on to play Essex in readiness for the opening Ashes test against England which begins on July 8 in Cardiff.
The team against Essex includes bowler Mitchell Johnson and batsman Steve Smith which could indicate they are unlikely to play in the opening test.
Johnson said he was satisfied with Australia's performance in the first match of their tour.
"Yes it was the best possible start for myself and the team. To get a win on the board, you know, is really satisfying. The way I bowled you know gave me a lot of confidence coming into the start of the Ashes series. It's always nice to start like this, so taking pace up there in these slower, slower wickets, it is quite nice so I think everybody did a pretty good job throughout the game and got a lot out of it so we've got one warm-up game to fine tune everything and then we are into it."
Steve Smith is playing in his first Ashes series in England but is conscious that the last Australia series win was in 2001.
Left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc said the wealth of talent in the Australia squad gave the selectors the difficult task of deciding who to leave out.
Brad Haddin, the 38-year-old wicketkeeper is on his fourth Ashes test series, and is looking to win in England.
Discovery wins European TV rights through 2024
US-based Discovery Communications has secured the European broadcast rights for four Olympics through 2024 in a landmark deal worth 1.3 billion euros, roughly 1.5 billion US dollars.
The parent company of the Discovery Channel and Eurosport won the rights to the games of 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024.
The deal covers all platforms - including free television, subscription and pay TV, Internet and mobile phones - in 50 countries across the continent.
But the agreement excludes Russia and does not cover Britain and France for the 2018 and 2020 Olympics.
As part of the deal, Discovery also agreed to collaborate with the International Olympic Committee on its new year-round Olympic Channel across Europe.
The channel, which was approved by the IOC in December, is scheduled for launch next April.
