1 of 5 | Team USA's Xander Schauffele led the 2020 Summer Games golf tournament through two rounds after he shot an 8-under par 63 on Friday at Kasumigaseki Golf Club. File Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI |
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July 30 (UPI) -- The 2020 Summer Games tennis, baseball and golf tournaments are among must-watch sports events this weekend.
The world's best swimmers, track stars, gymnasts, basketball players, golfers and other elite athletes also will be in action as part of the 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.
Stateside, MLB and MLS regular season games pack any gaps in the weekend sports schedule.
Olympic Tennis
Men's No. 5 Alexander Zverev of Germany knocked off No. 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia in the semifinals of the 2020 Summer Games singles tennis tournament Friday in Tokyo. His win denied Djokovic of a rare calendar-year Golden Slam.
Zverev will face No. 25 Karen Khachanov of the Russian Olympic Committee in the men's gold medal match early Sunday on NBC's Olympic Channel.
Khachanov beat No. 11 Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain in the other men's semifinal Friday in Tokyo. Djokovic battles Carreno Busta in the bronze medal match at 2 a.m. EDT Saturday.
No. 12 Belinda Bencic of Switzerland beat No. 20 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in the first women's singles semifinal Thursday in Tokyo. No. 42 Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic beat No. 6 Elina Svitolina of the Ukraine in the other women's semifinal.
Bencic battles Vondrousova in the final match on Arike Tennis Park's Centre Court Saturday on NBC's Olympic Channel.
Friday
Baseball
MLB: Cubs at Nationals at 7:05 p.m. EDT on MLB Network (Out of market only)
MLB: Red Sox at Rays at 7:10 p.m. EDT on MLB Network (Out of market only)
Golf
Olympics: Third round at 6:30 p.m. EDT on Golf Channel
Men's soccer
MLS: Columbus at NYCFC at 7:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN+
MLS: Atlanta at Orlando at 8 p.m. EDT on ESPN
MLS: Portland at Los Angeles Galaxy at 10 p.m. EDT on ESPN
Swimming
Olympics: Men's 100m butterfly final at 9:30 p.m. EDT on NBC
Olympics: Women's 200m backstroke final at 9:37 p.m. EDT on NBC
Olympics: Women's 800m freestyle final at 9:46 p.m. EDT on NBC
Olympics: Mixed 4x100m medley relay final at 10:43 p.m. EDT on NBC
Saturday
Tennis
Olympics: Novak Djokovic vs. Pablo Carreno Busta in bronze medal match at 2 a.m. EDT on Olympic Channel
Olympics: Elena Rybakina vs. Elina Svitolina in bronze medal match after first match
Olympics: Belinda Bencic vs. Marketa Vondrousova in gold medal match after second match
Men's soccer
Olympics: Spain vs. Ivory Coast at 4 a.m. EDT on NBCSN
Olympics: Japan vs. New Zealand at 5 a.m. EDT on USA
Olympics: Brazil vs. Egypt at 6 a.m. EDT on Universo
Olympics: Korea vs. Mexico at 7 a.m. EDT on Telemundo
MLS: San Jose at Seattle at 5 p.m. EDT on ESPN+
MLS: New England at New York Red Bulls at 6 p.m. EDT on ESPN+
MLS: DC United at Cincinnati at 7:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN+
MLS: Montreal at Miami at 8 p.m. EDT on ESPN+
MLS: Salt Lake at Houston at 8:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN+
MLS: Dallas at Kansas City at 8:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN+
MLS: Colorado at Austin at 9 p.m. EDT on ESPN+
MLS: Minnesota at Vancouver at 10 p.m. EDT on ESPN+
Baseball
Olympics: Team USA vs. Korea at 6 a.m. EDT on USA
MLB: Royals at Blue Jays at 3:07 p.m. EDT on MLB Network (Out of market only)
MLB: Athletics at Angels at 4:05 p.m. EDT on FS1
MLB: Twins at Cardinals at 7:15 p.m. EDT on FS1
Track
Olympics: Men's discus throw final at 7:15 a.m. EDT on Peacock
Olympics: Mixed 4x400 relay final at 8:35 a.m. EDT on Peacock
Olympics: Women's 100m final at 8:50 a.m. EDT on Peacock
Olympics: Women's shot put final at 9:35 p.m. EDT on USA
Basketball
Olympics: Team USA vs. Czech Republic at 8 a.m. EDT on NBC
Golf
Olympics: Final round at 6:30 p.m. EDT on Golf Channel
Swimming
Olympics: Men's 50m freestyle final at 9:30 p.m. EDT on NBC
Olympics: Women's 50m freestyle final at 9:37 p.m. EDT on NBC
Olympics: Men's 1,500m freestyle final at 9:44 p.m. EDT on NBC
Olympics: Women's 4x100m medley relay final at 10:15 p.m. EDT on NBC
Olympics: Men's 4x100m medley relay final at 10:36 p.m. EDT on NBC
Sunday
Tennis
Olympics: Alexander Zverev vs. Karen Khachanov in gold medal match at TBA on Olympic Channel
Gymnastics
Olympics: Men's floor final at 4 a.m. EDT on Peacock
Olympics: Women's vault final at 4:45 a.m. EDT on Peacock
Olympics: Men's pommel horse final at 5:44 a.m. EDT on Peacock
Olympics: Women's uneven bars final at 6:27 a.m. EDT on Peacock
Track
Olympics: Men's high jump final at 6:10 a.m. EDT on Peacock
Olympics: Women's triple jump final at 7:15 a.m. EDT on Peacock
Olympics: Men's 100m final at 8:50 a.m. EDT on Peacock
Olympics: Men's long jump final at 9:20 p.m. EDT on USA
Olympics: Women's 100m hurdles final at 10:50 p.m. EDT on USA
Men's soccer
MLS: Chicago at Philadelphia at 6 p.m. EDT on TUDN
MLS: Nashville vs. Toronto at 7:30 p.m. EDT on ESPN+
Gold Cup: Qatar/USA vs. Mexico/Canada at 8:30 p.m. EDT on FS1
MLB
Indians at White Sox at 2:10 p.m. EDT on TBS (Out of market only)
Red Sox at Rays at 7:08 p.m. EDT on ESPN
From left to right, China's silver medalist Xijing Tang, China's gold medalist Chenchen Guan and the United States'
bronze medalist Simone Biles pose during the awards ceremony for the balance beam individual apparatus final on August 3. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI |
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