Wednesday's Report: Bay Bay Thomas, Mercer Tennis Classic/Wimbledon; Braves, Falcons; WNBA, NBA, MLB, NASCAR, tennis, golf, NFL, colleges, more
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Bay Bay Thomas had stage 2 CTE
Around/About Central Georgia
Mercer Tennis Classic alums go deep at Wimbledon
Half of the women’s singles quarterfinalists at Wimbledon know their way around Macon and Mercer a little bit.
They played in the Mercer Tennis Classic.
Alja Tomljanovic is a little more familiar. Her sister Hana, a former player at Virginia, was a Mercer assistant for two years. Alja played in the MTC twice, losing in the finals in 2013 and quarters in 2017.
She outlasted Alize Cornet 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the fourth round, and now faces 17th-seed Elena Rybakina at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Tatjana Maria is in the semifinals, having knocked off German countrywoman Jule Niemeier 4-6, 6-2, 7-5. She now faces third seed Ons Jabeur, who eliminated Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Maria played in Macon in 2021, and it was a short stay, thanks to just having a baby, with a first-round loss. Maria and Jabeur play Friday at midnight.
Bouzkova had a better trip to town, losing in the semifinals in 2018.
Amanda Anismova of the United States, from New Jersey, has reached a semifinal after handling Harmony Tan 6-2, 6-3. Anismova was an up-and-coming teenager in her first-round loss in 2017 in Macon.
The 20th seed gets Simona Halep at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday.
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
Pitching sizzles, Riley powers Braves past Cards
Edwards thrilled with Falcons fit
Atlanta coaches stimulating minds of new QBs
NBA/WNBA
Griner’s coach: This would be fixed by now if it was LeBron
Holmgren stands out in summer league debut
Baseball/MLB/College
Scherzer returns, in very good form
Schwarber powers Phillies past Nationals
Four Oakland fans hurt by bullet fragments
Auto Racing
NASCAR heading to Atl, er, Hampton
Tennis
Dojo storms back from two sets down for 26th straight
Jabeur makes more history for Arab women
Some like it white, some don’t
Kyrgios charged with assaulting ex-girlfriend
Golf
DeChambeau got more than $125 mil from LIV
Football/NFL/USFL
Dallas criticized for deal with gun-themed coffee company
College Football
Emporia State player dies after jumping off cliff
College Sports
Grambling volleyball coach made waves, now fired, five months later
Is the Big Ten big enough now?
Pac-12 accelerates rights negotiations
Hockey
Teams weigh risks of drafting Russian prospects
Top goalie prospect sent to Russian military base
Around the nation/world