Reuters Sports News Summary

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs. MLB announces 2020 London series for Cards, Cubs

One of the National League's most storied rivalries is going international next season. The St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs are scheduled for a June 13-14 series in London in 2020, Major League Baseball announced on Friday. Serena unlikely to play Wimbledon warmup, says coach

Serena Williams is likely to go into Wimbledon without playing a warm-up event because she is still injured, her coach Patrick Mouratoglou has told Reuters. After a third-round exit at the French Open, Williams said she felt so short in matches, she was considering seeking a wildcard at one of the grass-court events and 'see what happens'. Teenager Vondrousova outwits Konta to reach French Open final

Unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova became the first teenager to reach a Grand Slam final for 10 years as she outsmarted Johanna Konta 7-5 7-6(2) at the French Open on Friday. The 19-year-old left-hander lost the first 10 points of the match on a rainy Court Simonne Mathieu, but had more guile than her bigger-hitting opponent in testing conditions. Hamilton fastest in first practice in Canada

Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton clocked the best time in a dusty first practice session for the Canada Grand Prix on Friday as Mercedes broke in an upgraded engine. It was business as usual for Mercedes as Britain's Hamilton lapped the island circuit named after Ferrari great Gilles Villeneuve with a fastest time of one minute 12.767 seconds, 0.147 ahead of Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas. Barty ends Anisimova's run to reach French Open final

Australian Ashleigh Barty weathered the fierce challenge of Amanda Anisimova to end the 17-year-old's barnstorming run at the French Open and reach the final with a rollercoaster 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3 victory on Friday. The eighth-seeded Barty, the first Australian woman to play a final here since Sam Stosur in 2010, will take on Czech teenager Marketa Vondrousova on Saturday. Federer delights fans with hint of Paris return

At the age of 37, Roger Federer knows he cannot keep playing amongst the world's greatest tennis players for too much longer, and his fans know that too, often treating his appearances round the world like valedictory performances. After his brutal straight sets defeat at the hands of Rafa Nadal in Friday's French Open semi-final, dozens of eager fans crammed around the door of a media center hoping to catch a sight of the Swiss great speaking to reporters. Women's World Cup kicks off in France, but you'd barely know it in Paris

The Women's World Cup kicks off on Friday as hosts France take on South Korea. But if you were strolling the streets of Paris, you would be forgiven for not knowing it was happening. Ticket sales have not been a problem -- more than 950,000 seats have been snapped up already, 75 percent of the 1.3 million available, according to FIFA -- but in a blustery and rainy Paris, World Cup fever has yet to take hold. From refugee to Rouen, Fulutudilu ready to shine for South Africa

Ode Fulutudilu's early life was one of upheaval as her family fled Zaire and then Angola, but her selection for South Africa at the 2019 women's World Cup shows she has not let those tough beginnings define her. Fulutudilu's family ended up as refugees in Cape Town, forced further and further south by war and instability, and it was there that she carved out a soccer career that has led her to play in Finland, and more recently at Spanish side Malaga. Nadal too tough for Federer, reaches 12th French final

Before this French Open semi-final match-up it had been all about the dizzying numbers and statistics, but once great foes Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal stepped on to the Roland Garros center court, all that mattered was both men's preternatural ability to strike a small yellow ball. On Friday, it was Nadal's swinging, looping, whip-crack style which prevailed over Federer's finesse and near-perfect timing as he reached his 12th Roland Garros final 6-3 6-4 6-2. MLB roundup: Kepler hits 3 HRs as Twins top Indians

Max Kepler recorded his second career three-homer performance at Progressive Field as the visiting Minnesota Twins averted a series sweep with a 5-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Thursday. Kepler, who was mired in an 0-for-21 slump, led off the game with homer, added a two-run shot in the third inning, walked in the fifth and started the seventh with a towering blast to center field. The 26-year-old also belted three homers in Cleveland on Aug. 1, 2016.