National Sports

CHENNAI, India — Carol Zhao advanced to the second round of the Chennai Open tennis tournament with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Australia's Olivia Tjandramulia on Tuesday. Zhao, from Richmond Hill, Ont., won 69.8 per cent of service points and 56.

TORONTO — Winnipeg quarterback Zach Collaros, Toronto receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. and Blue Bombers defensive lineman Willie Jefferson have been named the CFL's top performers for Week 14.

A shrinking generation of Canadians who can remember the 1972 Summit Series, and fewer of those who played in it alive with each passing year, gave documentarians urgent reasons in addition to a 50th anniversary to retell an epic hockey story.

SEATTLE (AP) — Hearing his name chanted as he left the field as a winner for the Seattle Seahawks wasn’t validation for Geno Smith.

SEATTLE (AP) — It was a familiar scene in Seattle: Russell Wilson leading his team downfield for a game-winning score late in the fourth quarter.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont.

TORONTO — Bo Bichette dropped to his knees and smashed his bat on the ground in anger after a 97.1 m.p.h. pitch hit his forearm and narrowly missed his head on Monday.

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette has been named the American League's player of the week. Bichette batted .500 (16-for-32) with 11 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, five home runs, 13 runs batted in and a 1.

MONTREAL — Several of Quebec's major party leaders say newly appointed Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki needs to learn French.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have reached a multi-year jersey partnership agreement with RBC on Monday.