Nelly Korda walks on the 11th fairway during a practice round ahead of the U.S. Women's Open golf tournament on Wednesday in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Knicks to

auction seats

(AP) — Looking for NBA Finals seats? The Knicks are making 2 in celebrity row available in an auction

The New York Knicks are auctioning two celebrity row seats for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, when the NBA Finals return to New York for the first time since 1999.

The seats for the game Monday night are located in section VIP 10; row AA; seats 25 and 26, which the Knicks say is right off center court. It’s impossible to know what they would usually cost, because the team doesn’t sell them. Instead, they are given to the celebrity fans such as Tracy Morgan and Timothée Chalamet who are courtside fixtures.

Korda the

favorite

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nelly Korda fell just short of her first U.S. Women’s Open title a year ago. She came up second to Maja Stark in a finish that was painfully appropriate for her inexplicably winless calendar year.

But that disappointment at Erin Hills is a primary reason Korda arrived at venerable Riviera this week as the world’s No. 1 player and a favorite to raise the trophy at the 81st Open.

Korda has been outstanding this season, winning three titles and a major and adding three second-place finishes on her way back to the stop of the rankings.

Sabalenka

bows out

PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka wasted a lead of a set and two breaks in a 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 loss to Diana Shnaider in the French Open quarterfinals.

Qualifier Maja Chwalinska also reached the semifinals by beating No. 22-seeded Anna Kalinskaya 7-6 (3), 6-3. In the men’s quarterfinals 10th-seeded Flavio Cobolli beat No. 4 Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 and will face fellow Italian Matteo Arnaldi for a spot in the final.

Arnaldi advanced when Matteo Berrettini retired due to a left hip injury with Arnaldi leading 7-5, 5-2.