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MONACO (AP) Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner will renew their Sincaraz rivalry when they meet in the Monte Carlo Masters final on Sunday with the No. 1 ranking at stake.Four-time Grand Slam champion Sinner will reclaim the top spot if he beats seven-time major winner Alcaraz, the Monte Carlo defending champion.Sinner reached his first Monte Carlo final by beating Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-4 an eighth straight time on Saturday. In his semifinal, Alcaraz eliminated home hope Valentin Vacherot 6-4, 6-4, concluding with a sublime drop shot.Alcaraz leads their head-to-head 10-6 going into their eighth final. Both players are bidding for a 27th career title.Sinner swept Indian Wells and Miami and become only the fourth man to reach the final at the first three Masters tournaments of the season, matching Roger Federer (2006), Rafael Nadal (2011) and Novak Djokovic (2015).Alcaraz's two titles this year include the Australian Open, where he downed Djokovic and became the youngest man ever to win all four tennis majors. ___AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis

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Rory McIlroy took a record six-shot lead into the final 36 holes of the Masters. Here's how the six players who had five-shot leads after 36 holes finished at Augusta National:Scottie Scheffler, 2022In his debut as the No. 1 player in the world, Scheffler looked the part with rounds of 69-67 in a roaring wind to build a five-shot lead over defending champion Hideki Matsuyama, Charl Schwartzel, Shane Lowry and Sungjae Im.Scheffler had to salvage bogey from the trees on the 18th on Saturday for a 71 as Cameron Smith cut his lead to three shots. Scheffler walked up to the final hole with a five-shot lead and four-putted for double bogey, about the only thing that went wrong for him. He won by three shots over McIlroy, who holed a bunker shot on the last hole for his best finish at the time.Jordan Spieth, 2015Coming off a runner-up finish in his Masters debut the year before, Spieth opened with rounds of 64-66 to break a 36-hole scoring record that had stood for 39 years. He was at 14-under 130 and led by five shots over Charley Hoffman.Spieth set the 54-hole scoring record (200) and led by four shots, and went on to win by four over Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose. So dominant was this performance that no one got closer than three shots of Spieth over the final 54 holes.Raymond Floyd, 1976Floyd opened with rounds of 65-66 to build a five-shot lead over defending champion Jack Nicklaus in what became the most impressive scoring week at the time. Floyd set records for low start by a champion (65), the 36-hole record (131) and the 54-hole record (201), all of which stood until Spieth's win in 2015.Floyd shot 70 in the third round to expand his lead to eight shots over Nicklaus, and a closing 70 matched the 72-hole record (271) set by Nicklaus in 1965.Jack Nicklaus, 1975Already a four-time Masters champion, Nicklaus opened 68-67 to build a five-shot lead over Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper and Tom Watson. The Golden Bear was prescient when he said he hoped for a 10-shot lead after the third round: I've been coming to Augusta for many years. I've seen many strange things happen.Indeed, Big Jack shot 73 in the third round and was overtaken by Tom Weiskopf, who shot 66. That set up as thrilling a back nine as the Masters has ever seen, marked by Nicklaus making a 40-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole to outlast Weiskopf and Johnny Miller.Herman Keiser, 1946Keiser had served three years in the Navy when he returned to the first Masters since the end of World War II. In a field of top stars, Keiser shot 69-68 to build a five-shot lead over Jimmy Thomson, a big hitter from Los Angeles. All the headlines were whether Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and Sam Snead could track down a player who had only one PGA Tour title.Keiser finished strong Saturday for a 71 to keep his five-shot lead, this time over Hogan. He shot 74 on the last day and held on to beat Hogan when both three-putted the 18th hole.Harry Lighthorse Cooper, 1936The third Masters had so much rain that the first round didn't start until Friday, and when Sunday was washed out, the final two rounds were played on Monday. Cooper shot 70-69 to lead by five shots over Bobby Cruickshank.In the third round Monday morning, Cooper shot 71 as Horton Smith, the first Masters champion, shot 68 to cut the lead to three shots. Smith rallied on the back nine with a 50-foot chip he sank for birdie on the 14th and a birdie on the par-5 15th. He shot 72 to win by one over Cooper, who faded with a 76. Cooper ended his career without a major.___AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

Rory McIlroy took a record six-shot lead into the final 36 holes of the Masters. Here's how the six players who had five-shot leads after 36 holes finished at Augusta National:Scottie Scheffler, 2022In his debut as the No. 1 player in the world, Scheffler looked the part with rounds of 69-67 in a roaring wind to build a five-shot lead over defending champion Hideki Matsuyama, Charl Schwartzel, Shane Lowry and Sungjae Im.Scheffler had to salvage bogey from the trees on the 18th on Saturday for a 71 as Cameron Smith cut his lead to three shots. Scheffler walked up to the final hole with a five-shot lead and four-putted for double bogey, about the only thing that went wrong for him. He won by three shots over McIlroy, who holed a bunker shot on the last hole for his best finish at the time.Jordan Spieth, 2015Coming off a runner-up finish in his Masters debut the year before, Spieth opened with rounds of 64-66 to break a 36-hole scoring record that had stood for 39 years. He was at 14-under 130 and led by five shots over Charley Hoffman.Spieth set the 54-hole scoring record (200) and led by four shots, and went on to win by four over Phil Mickelson and Justin Rose. So dominant was this performance that no one got closer than three shots of Spieth over the final 54 holes.Raymond Floyd, 1976Floyd opened with rounds of 65-66 to build a five-shot lead over defending champion Jack Nicklaus in what became the most impressive scoring week at the time. Floyd set records for low start by a champion (65), the 36-hole record (131) and the 54-hole record (201), all of which stood until Spieth's win in 2015.Floyd shot 70 in the third round to expand his lead to eight shots over Nicklaus, and a closing 70 matched the 72-hole record (271) set by Nicklaus in 1965.Jack Nicklaus, 1975Already a four-time Masters champion, Nicklaus opened 68-67 to build a five-shot lead over Arnold Palmer, Billy Casper and Tom Watson. The Golden Bear was prescient when he said he hoped for a 10-shot lead after the third round: I've been coming to Augusta for many years. I've seen many strange things happen.Indeed, Big Jack shot 73 in the third round and was overtaken by Tom Weiskopf, who shot 66. That set up as thrilling a back nine as the Masters has ever seen, marked by Nicklaus making a 40-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole to outlast Weiskopf and Johnny Miller.Herman Keiser, 1946Keiser had served three years in the Navy when he returned to the first Masters since the end of World War II. In a field of top stars, Keiser shot 69-68 to build a five-shot lead over Jimmy Thomson, a big hitter from Los Angeles. All the headlines were whether Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson and Sam Snead could track down a player who had only one PGA Tour title.Keiser finished strong Saturday for a 71 to keep his five-shot lead, this time over Hogan. He shot 74 on the last day and held on to beat Hogan when both three-putted the 18th hole.Harry Lighthorse Cooper, 1936The third Masters had so much rain that the first round didn't start until Friday, and when Sunday was washed out, the final two rounds were played on Monday. Cooper shot 70-69 to lead by five shots over Bobby Cruickshank.In the third round Monday morning, Cooper shot 71 as Horton Smith, the first Masters champion, shot 68 to cut the lead to three shots. Smith rallied on the back nine with a 50-foot chip he sank for birdie on the 14th and a birdie on the par-5 15th. He shot 72 to win by one over Cooper, who faded with a 76. Cooper ended his career without a major.___AP golf: https://apnews.com/hub/golf

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said it felt like "a big punch in the face" when speaking on Arsenal's 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth in the Premier League. The hosts went behind in the 17th minute due to teenage sensation Eli Junior Kroupi, who fired a close-range volley in the back of the net after Ryan Christie's incisive pass released Truffert down the left flank.Viktor Gyokeres brought the tie level from the penalty spot in the 35th minute, firing powerfully into the bottom corner after Christie was penalised for handball.However, Alex Scott, who was the outstanding performer throughout, struck the decisive blow in the 74th minute, sweeping home emphatically after Evanilson's clever through ball.TRENDINGStoriesVideosYour SayThe result leaves Arsenal nine points clear of Manchester City at the summit, though Pep Guardiola's side have two matches in hand.Speaking after the game, Arsenal boss Arteta described the result as "extremely disappointing".He said: "It's a big punch in the face, it's about how we react now."Credit to them for what they did, they haven't lost in 11 games for a reason. They got a lot of things right."Arteta added: "When we had anticipation in the first half, when we regained the ball, we were far from efficient."The first opportunity they had to attack the box, it was a deflection, a really bad defensive action and it cost us a goal."That's something we have to deal with emotionally, we tried to recover and push them, we scored from the penalty and you expect a different game."But we did a lot of strange things today."LATEST SPORT NEWSArsenal slip up in Premier League title race as England World Cup hopeful leads Bournemouth upsetLiverpool legend 'agrees to join Premier League rivals' under one condition after confirming exitFootball match postponed after fire destroys stadium locker room as statement issuedThe Cherries dominated proceedings from the outset, pressing aggressively and forcing Mikel Arteta's side into uncomfortable situations throughout.Arsenal appeared anxious in possession, with goalkeeper David Raya making several risky passes that nearly proved costly.The home supporters grew increasingly frustrated with their team's laboured approach, prompting Arteta to gesture for calm from the touchline.Manchester City travel to Chelsea on Sunday before hosting Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium next weekend, a fixture that has become even more pivotal.Bournemouth head coach Andoni Iraola told TNT Sports: "Pressing is one of our strengths. Playing against Arsenal, Man Utd the other day, they give us chances to recover the ball."Sometimes you play against teams who go direct early, and you cannot play this cat-and-mouse game. If you go man to man, they will go direct. We leave them a little bit and then go, sometimes it works, sometimes you want to keep an extra man at the back."Sometimes it's a matter of a duel, one-v-one. If you win that, it's a chance for you and if you lose a chance for them. It's a high-risk, high-reward game."In most of the situations, I think we won a lot of the duels, we were the ones benefitting more."Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter

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