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Novak Djokovic says it is not down to him to decide if he is the greatest player of all time after he won a men's record 23rd Grand Slam title.

He is level with Serena Williams on 23 and could equal Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 at Wimbledon in July.

"I don't want to enter in these discussions. I'm writing my own history," Djokovic, 36, said.

"I don't want to say I am the greatest. I leave those discussions to someone else."

In the past several years Djokovic has been locked in an engaging battle with Nadal and Roger Federer, who retired last year with 20 major titles, to finish with the most men's Grand Slams.

By beating Norway's Casper Ruud at Roland Garros, Djokovic has moved clear of his long-time rivals for the first time.

On this evidence Djokovic looks a good bet to extend the gap further, especially with the injured Nadal planning to retire in 2024 and 41-year-old Federer already retired.

"It's amazing to know that I'm ahead of both of them in Grand Slams, but at the same time everyone writes their own history," said Djokovic, who also regained the world number one ranking in Paris.

"I feel like each great champion of his own generation has left a huge mark and a legacy.

"I have huge faith, confidence and belief in myself and everything that I am, who I am and what I am capable of doing.

"This trophy is another confirmation of the quality of tennis that I'm still able to produce."

How many more Slams can Djokovic win?

Djokovic will attempt to tie Court's record at Wimbledon - a place where he has already won seven times and will be the favourite to equal Federer's record tally of men's titles.

"Grand Slams are the biggest priorities on the checklist, not just this season but any season, especially at this stage of my career," Djokovic said.

"The journey is still not over. If I'm winning Slams, why even think about ending the career that already has been going for 20 years?

"I still feel motivated and inspired to play the best tennis in these tournaments.

"These are the ones that count the most in the history of our sport."

Djokovic has cut back his schedule at tour level in recent years in a bid to peak at the right time for the four majors.

That strategy is clearly working, with Djokovic now having won six of the past eight majors he has played.

"He has this software in his head that he can switch when a Grand Slam comes," Goran Ivanisevic, Djokovic's long-time coach, said.

"The day we arrived here [in Paris], he was better, he was more motivated, he was more hungry.

"It's fascinating to see, because sometimes you think 'OK, now you have 23'.

"But he's going to find some kind of motivation to win 24, maybe 25 - who knows where is the end?"

Does he still have the physical strength to win more?

Djokovic came into Roland Garros without a great deal of preparation having been hampered by an elbow injury in the European clay-court swing.

After needing treatment in his third-round win over Spain's Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Djokovic said he had a list of injuries "too long to name" and added the only way to deal with physical issues was to "accept it".

"I don't like to think about age and, it sounds like a cliché, but I really feel age is just a number in my case," said Djokovic, who surpassed 2022 winner Nadal as the oldest Roland Garros men's singles champion.

"My body is responding differently. I have to deal with more things physically than I have had maybe in the past.

"Maybe five to 10 years ago I was recovering much quicker or just didn't feel as much pain in the body."

Ivanisevic said he was never worried about Djokovic's condition and believes he still has "a lot more" in his body to win majors.

"He's keeping his body great - there's little ones [injuries] here and there but not major," said the Croat, who won Wimbledon in 2001.

"He's unbelievable and he's still moving like a cat on the court. He's there like a ninja, he's everywhere."

The Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course will host its fourth USGA championship, first since the 2017 Walker Cup, when it welcomes the world’s best for this week’s 123^rd U.S. Open.

The 1927 George C. Thomas Jr. and William Bell design, which was restored by Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner and Geoff Shackelford in 2010, will play as a par 70 and at 7,423 yards for this championship – and it could be like few U.S. Open layouts we’ve seen.

For the first time since 1947, the U.S. Open will be played on a course with five par-3s, which could include one of the longest (290-yard 11^th) and shortest (120-yard 15^th, which was played from as short as 78 yards at the 2017 Walker Cup) in U.S. Open history. Bermudagrass rough will be employed for this championship for the first time since 2005 at Pinehurst No. 2. Fast fairways – wide but with much undulation – and firm, slopey greens will be the course’s main defense.

“It just has such a unique feel to it that I think has this incredible way of – you know that you're in Los Angeles, but at the same time, it's kind of hard to imagine that you're in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world,” said Stewart Hagestad, three-time Walker Cupper and longtime LACC member. “There are definitely some different teeing grounds, and there's some open areas where they can get a little creative as far as like putting tees in different spots. … I think that the score relative to par will be a little bit lower than maybe people are anticipating or ready for.”

Here is a hole-by-hole look at LACC North, using hole details from the AP’s Doug Ferguson and commentary from Hagestad:

No. 1, 590 yards, par 5

For only the third time in the last 20 years, the U.S. Open opens with a true par 5 (Chambers Bay was played as a par 5 and a par 4). This is short by modern standards with a speed slot that can make it seem shorter. The green is protected by a bunker and slopes to the left.

Hagestad says: “It’s take a drive, and if you do, then go for it in two, and if you don’t, lay up and hit a nice wedge.”

No. 2, 497 yards, par 4

This presents an immediate wake-up call. The fairway slopes to the left toward a bunker. The green is fronted by a barranca that traverses the front nine. Anything in the rough will make a player decide how much to take on to avoid the barranca or missing the green.

Hagestad says: “Doesn't play that long. That's probably from all the way back, like a foot in the rough back. I've always felt like that fairway kind of runs out. There's like a little bank in the middle of the fairway on the right side that kind of kicks it back. There's a barranca in front, so like if you take a drive, you're obviously going for it, and if you miss the fairway, then you're probably laying up. I mean, there's not a whole lot there that like is a gotcha type of moment. If you're above the hole, it can be a little speedy. But again, these are the best players in the world, like they can figure that out quickly. Sunday [pin] is gonna be top right. There's more room up there than it looks. But, you know, with a 6-iron in hand, obviously, guys will probably play just short left.”

No. 3, 419 yards, par 4

The tee shot and the approach are partially blind. The tee shot must avoid barranca to the left. Deep bunkers protect the front of the green, with fingers of grass that could present problems with bunker shots. The large green slopes severely from the back.

Hagestad says: “There's a pin that's front right that if you're above the hole can get a little spicy. You're putting it back into the wind, so there's that. But yeah, typically, who knows? We'll see what they do. But you know, if the pin’s front right, maybe they move the tee up from 419 to like 407, and you probably have the exact same strategy. These are the best players in the world, the fairway is 80 yards wide, and it holds to the front for the most part. Yeah, they're gonna have a look at birdie there. That's a birdie hole.”

No. 4, 228 yards, par 3

The first par 3 is shorter than the yardage because of a 30-foot drop in elevation. Bunkers are front right and back left, but the barranca front the green and could present the biggest challenge.

Hagestad says: “The wind will be a touch helping off the left. It feels like an island green. Front right bunker is OK, but not to a tight front right pin because of how firm the greens will be. The last, I would say, like fifth, there's a pin that's all the way back-middle where it kind of falls away. But you know, with 4- or 5-iron, you're typically just going at the middle of the green, and if you're that good, then go for the pin, I guess. But yeah, it feels like an island green. In my opinion, it's probably the toughest par-3 on the course just simply because if it falls off, it can kind of get into a gnarly lie.”

No. 5, 480 yards, par 4

Palm trees on the horizon indicate the green, which can’t be seen from the tee. The fairway is generous but slopes hard to the right, so players will be trying to hit the left side. The green is large and has a large expanse of closely mown turf to the left.

Hagestad says: “It's really wide, but it doesn't play that wide because it kind of falls off. It's got a lot of elements of 13 in it. Pick a palm tree in the distance. There's a famous story where one of the caddies told Hogan to hit it to the palm trees, and he said, ‘Which one?’ There's more room left than it looks. I always kind of try and favor like the left third of that fairway. Winds helping from behind. Again, it doesn't play as long as it does on the card and there's another front right pin there that'll be a good one; maybe they move the tee up a little bit for that, you know, so they have like 7- or 8-iron in.”

No. 6, 330 yards, par 4

This can be reached from the tee, but the drive is blind over a tree to a shallow green protected by a bunker and barranca short of the green. The safe shot is to the fairway on a hole that turns sharply to the right. That still leaves a precise wedge to the extremely shallow green.

Hagestad says: “If you lay up, the greens are just going to be super firm, and in U.S. Open conditions, you could one-hop it to the back, which is a really tough up-and-down to the left pin – it’s doable, but really tough. Back bunker’s super dead to all pins – back right bunker. The front bunker, if you go for it, is a great spot for all four pins. I just think that most guys with 3-wood or whatever it may be – maybe for super-long guys like 3-iron, some guys driver, but I think for the most part it'll be a 3-wood – if they knock it in that bunker, that's a good spot to be.”

No. 7, 284 yards, par 3

The barranca runs left and then cuts in front of the green, though it leaves ample room for tee shots to land short and run onto the green. A long bunker with fingers of grass lurk along the right side of the green.

Hagestad says: “The par-4 thing at the Walker Cup was a nice test run, but ultimately, it's kind of a dumb hole. If they make it at 284, they'll probably only have it be there one day. There's another box at like 240, 245, and then there's another one at 220. There's a pin that's back right, where they'll probably move it up as much as they can similar to 4 Augusta. Hit the green. If you're below the hole, it's uphill. But for the long guys, 4- iron, 3-iron, just hit the green, and try and give yourself good look.”

No. 8, 537 yards, par 5

Another par 5 that should be easily reachable in two with a good tee shot. The fairway slopes to the right, and two bunkers guard the left side of the fairway. The green is small, and anything left will find a native area that might be more troublesome than a large bunker to the right.

Hagestad says: “It's super reachable. Those guys are probably going to hit 3-wood and the shorter guys might hit driver. There's a tee box they might use that’s just ahead of the green on 7 that's kind of like the blue tees or the white tees, and a couple guys might try and smack it over the trees – the target is like the left edge of a building you can see in the distance. If they do that, it's probably going to be on Saturday. For the most part, it's just hit one up there the way you’re supposed to play at, knock a long-iron on. Right bunker is not great, but to a right pin, that's doable. Long is actually super fine. Short, super fine. Left's not great, but, you know, you're hitting it back uphill and into the wind, so it's fine.”

No. 9, 171 yards, par 3

This hole is about 15 to 20 feet higher than the tee box and into the prevailing wind. The green is some 43 yards deep and very narrow, and is flanked by two large bunkers.

Hagestad says: “There are a couple plateaus. There's one like middle right that's a little interesting. There's a short one that's in the front that's a good one. There's kind of a back, middle right that's also there. This is a challenging hole because it’s into the wind, and it's such a different contrast to being kind of in the trees and in what feels like the chutes of the front nine; you get up there and you feel a little bit more exposed. But again, these are the best players in the world, they're gonna be hitting anywhere from 7- to 5-iron, at most. Go and hit a good one. Left bunker is actually OK to a lot of pins.”

No. 10, 409 yards, par 4

The tee shot should avoid a large bunker complex on the right, and the fairway slopes hard to the left. The approach will be a short iron at most, but the green slopes severely to the front and only the upper part of the flagstick is visible.

Hagestad says: “Hit the fairway, try and knock it close, try and make birdie. It’s a birdie hole, right? I mean, it’s 3-wood or driver, depending on what you want to do, and then it’s a wedge in. In front of the hole is pretty speedy, but nothing those boys can’t manage.”

No. 11, 290 yards, par 3

This is as much about the view of the Los Angeles skyline as the length, which plays shorter because of a 40-foot drop in elevation. The green is protected by three large bunkers, but there is room short and left of the green to land the ball. Anything long runs off a slope and leads to a tough recovery.

Hagestad says: “Doesn't play that long. Yeah, it's probably helping off like 4 o'clock, or maybe, if anything, from 3. But it's a reverse redan, and it kind of runs out. Obviously, it's going to get a lot of fanfare just because of how long it is, but the front bunker is not bad because it kind of releases out; you know, you're playing it to the front edge or a couple of yards short. Long left isn't great, but again, those guys chip it so nice. It’s a blind chip shot, but you're chipping it back into the wind. And if you go right, you're kind of chipping it back uphill. I'm not saying it doesn't have teeth, but it doesn't have the teeth that you might expect.”

No. 12, 380 yards, par 4

The short par 4 starts with a 50-foot slope to a fairway that gets narrow. Two of the largest bunkers on the course protect a green that is some 43 yards wide.

Hagestad says: “I typically take driver and hit a fade over the trees on the left. That's a strategy because the wind is kind of helping off the left to push it that way. Another one, if you draw it, is to hit driver or 3-wood kind of the more traditional way. Hit the fairway, turns into a birdie hole.”

No. 13, 507 yards, par 4

The tee shot crosses a deep valley can’t be seen and should be on the left side to avoid the pronounced left-to-right slope. Anything too far right, if it’s not in the rough, leave a blind second shot. A bunker is to the right, but it’s otherwise closely mown turf that allows for options on a recovery shot.

Hagestad says: “It doesn't play that long because there's like a collection area. It's going to play relatively firm and I would think fast unless something's changed since I've been there last. There's like a collection area on the right side of the fairway, where the balls are going to kind of go down and find themselves. I think some of the shorter hitters are gonna struggle, probably have long-irons, maybe even something with graphite in it on the way in. But some of the longer guys are going to have mid-irons, maybe even as little as like an 8- or a 7-iron. The green is very receptive. You know, those guys chip it nice. Right bunker is not great but doable. Left isn't great but doable. But it's a green that you can kind of knock it up around there and be in a good spot.”

No. 14, 623 yards par 5

The only par 5 on the back nine, and the longest hole on the course, has out-of-bounds down the right side. A bunker on right requires a 300-yard carry into the prevailing breeze. The green narrows at the front right and is protected by a deep bunker.

Hagestad says: “Fun, interesting thing to watch here. They made the hospitality tent real close. That's right in line with the bunkers, and it's very in play. And I was out there in April, and I made a comment to the GM or whoever was around, and I was like, ‘Hey, if you see people in this hospitality area, I would warn them,’ because your miss is not going to be in the bunker right, it's gonna be in this, like on the left side. My guess is the USGA sees this and they go, shoot, we may have made a mistake, and they only play it at like 620 like one day. I bet they move it up a little bit and make it reachable.”

No. 15, 124 yards, par 3

The most intriguing of the par 3s because it can play anywhere from 80 yards (count on it) to 145 yards. The narrow green widens at the back, and nearly the entire green is protected by a bunker complex that makes the target look even tinier.

Hagestad says: “On Saturday, they're gonna put it at 78 yards. I don't love it, but it doesn't matter. It's downwind. You're landing on a downslope. This hole, there's a very good chance that this hole gets moaned about at some point if it gets really firm and like kind of a hotter, windier day. I would love to see them put it at like 85 yards to generate a little bit more speed and a little bit more height so the ball can stop and that you kind of avoid any controversy. But who knows? With the speed of U.S. Open greens, they're double-cutting, they're double-rolling, greens lose a little bit of friction, and that's fine because you know what's happening. But when you're above the hole – and to play it safe, you can be like 20-25 feet left, but then there's a very good chance you could leave it like 6 or 7 feet short or potentially even putt it off the green. There’s just not really anywhere to miss. There’s a front right, a catcher’s mitt pin, there’s a back right and then there's one that's like just over the mound on the left. And the catcher’s mitt one, you could very easily see a 1, which will be super compelling. So, yeah, there's a lot of cool stuff going on.”

No. 16, 542 yards, par 4

This starts a finishing stretch of par 4s that are a combined 1,554 yards. The tee shot is slightly downhill and the landing zone is framed by a large bunker left and rough on the right. The green slopes from the back. Front pins will require shots landing short and running onto the green.

Hagestad says: “You know where you can and can't hit it, right? There are bunkers left, bunkers right, and it's helping off the right, so you're going to smash driver down there and it runs away. This is a hole where guys on the internet might sit there and say like, ‘Oh my gosh, look how far they're hitting it,’ because it's gonna go 320. Well, yeah, but it landed at 275, 280, and it ran for 40 yards. I think in the Walker Cup, I hit like 6-iron in, by the way, 540 is from all the way back; it's not going to play all the way back. The green kind of bowls from the left side and the right, wind’s helping off the left. Short of the green, there's a bunker that looks like it's front, guarding the right side, but like there's 25 yards that are short of the green, 20-25 yards short of the green. It doesn't feel as scary as it might look.”

No. 17, 520 yards, par 4

The barranca returns down the right side of the fairway, and the right side offers the best angle to the green. The bunker complex prominent on the left side starts about 50 yards short of the well-bunkered green.

Hagestad says: “17 is the real deal. That one, I'll leave my comments aside. 17, you know, left's no good, right’s obviously no good. But in a weird way, it almost makes it easier because it's just like, well, there's not really any options, you just grab driver and you try and hit a good one. If you don't, then you deal with the consequences, right? And then you hit your second shot, and there's a back left pin that’s a challenging one. But, you know, you go and hit a couple good ones.”

No. 18, 492 yards, par 4

The closing hole plays uphill and into a prevailing breeze, and the landing area is semi-blind. The best angle is from the right side of the fairway. The green is protected on both sides by bunkers, with the bunker complex on the left starting well before the putting surface.

Hagestad says: “Wind will be, on the tee ball, it'll be off the left, and then on the second shot, it'll be from like 9:30, 10 o'clock. It's a very forgiving green, and I'm happy that they brought the mow lines back to kind of like what it was. It's a touch wider and a touch more forgiving. I actually think 18 will be a little bit of a birdie hole just because you're going to have some kind of a mid-iron in, like an 8- to a 6-iron. Maybe the shorter guys 7 to 5, but it's a pretty forgiving green, and if you're just short of it, everything kind of bowls in the middle. So, assuming you get your number and your yardage right, you're gonna have a decent look at birdie.”

– Excerpts from The Associated Press' hole-by-hole course preview were used in this article

The Los Angeles Country Club’s North Course is considered one of the most brilliantly designed 19-hole layouts in the world.

Yes, 19 holes.

As the world’s best navigate the rookie U.S. Open venue’s par-4 17^th hole, look right of the green and you’ll discover, somewhat hidden in the trees, the green to another hole, the one they call “Little 17.” The short par-3 was part of W. Herbert Fowler’s 1921 creation, but the controversial one-shotter went away as part of George C. Thomas Jr. and William P. Bell’s 1928 redesign – and it remained hidden until being brought back as an alternate hole in a 2010 restoration by Gil Hanse, Jim Wagner and Geoff Shackelford.

“The only word that I can think of to describe the hole is extreme,” Hanse said in a 2021 Fowler biography, comments that were reprinted in a recent USGA feature. “It’s extreme in its location, its diminutive nature, its contouring and the penalties it can extract. However, it is also extreme in the sense of joy it brings to those who are fortunate to be able to take on the challenges of this rediscovered gem.”

However, when it was first imagined by Fowler, who enlisted Thomas to supervise the 1921 reimagining of the original Beverly Course, “Little 17” incited more fury than joy. Prior to Thomas’ redesign, the North Course hosted the 1925 Cal State Open and 1926 Los Angeles Open, the inaugural edition of what is now called the Genesis Invitational, which the PGA Tour contests annually at nearby Riviera Country Club, another Thomas gem.

It was at that Cal State Open that “Little 17” first showed its severity. Thomas was in charge of setting up the course for the final round, and he placed the pin in the front-left portion of the small, narrow, sloping green. Thomas described the shot required in his 1927 book, “Golf Architecture in America: Its Strategy and Construction.”

“The shot was a pitch, and near the narrow shelf where the flag waved there was danger both in front and behind the green, and to hold the ball near the flag required a superlative shot,” Thomas wrote. “On the day of this medal round there was a gale of wind from right to left, and the green, which had been in fine condition the evening before, dried out during the night from the strong, dry wind. When play commenced, there was only one safe line for that hole, which was to pitch to the right of the flag in the widened center of the green, where a shot of ordinary merit would hold.”

Despite what Thomas described as “danger signals,” most of the competitors that day went right at the flag. As high scores piled up, a large gallery gathered around the hole, heightening the sense of embarrassment for those who struggled. One player, Thomas recalled, missed the green well right, his ball ending up behind a tree. His next shot went over the green, and after getting on the dance floor with his fourth shot, the player then four-putted for a quintuple-bogey 8. Yet, Thomas also added that a few players played the hole smartly, including the “fine, cool, calculating” Macdonald Smith, who pitched to the center and three-putted for bogey after an overly cautious birdie lag. Smith would win the tournament.

More complaining about the infamous penultimate hole followed at the inaugural LA Open that next year, and when Thomas and Bell were employed to redesign the course, the architects, perhaps begrudgingly, replaced “Little 17.”

“He clearly loved this hole … and he left it over in the trees for us to find,” said Geoff Shackelford in a 2017 video.

“Little 17” plays to a yardage of 110 yards these days, with a barranca in front, bunkers left and long, and severe drop-off into a large sycamore tree right. The teeing ground is shared with one of the forward tees for the par-4 second. While the alternate hole was not used in the 2017 Walker Cup, despite some rumor, this year’s U.S. Open competitors will have a chance to play the unearthed hole during Tuesday’s practice round, as the USGA will hold a closest-to-the-pin competition for charity.

“It is awfully hard to take your eye off of,” Shackelford added. “It’s just a beautiful design, beautiful piece of work, and we’re very proud to have been a part of putting it back.”

Manchester City midfielder Rodri was named the Champions League Player of the Season by UEFA on Sunday after a stellar 2022-23 campaign.

The 26-year-old Spain international scored the winning goal as City lifted the trophy for the first time after beating Inter Milan 1-0 in Saturday's final.

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Rodri appeared in all but one of City's Champions League matches, scoring twice. He delivered a standout performance in the final, earning the Player of the Match award. Seven of the 11 spots on the Team of the Season went to Manchester City players.

Napoli's Khvicha Kvaratskhelia was named the Champions League Young Player of the Season, capping a remarkable campaign for the 22-year-old Georgian.

Kvaratskhelia won the Serie A title with Napoli and also claimed the league's MVP award earlier this month.

Team of the Season:

Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)

Defenders: Kyle Walker (Man City), Ruben Dias (Man City), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Federico Dimarco (Inter)

Midfielders: John Stones (Man City), Kevin De Bruyne (Man City), Rodri (Man City)

Forwards: Bernardo Silva (Man City), Erling Haaland (Man City), Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid)

Cody Gakpo is keen to step into the centre-forward role for the Netherlands in this week's Nations League finals -- with Dutch first choice Memphis Depay ruled out -- after being thrust into the position over the last months at Liverpool.

Gakpo, 24, built his reputation as a left winger at PSV Eindhoven but was switched to striker after moving to Liverpool in January.

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"Now that I'm playing at Liverpool I think it's a nice position," Gakpo told reporters on Sunday as the Netherlands prepared for the four-nation tournament. They face Croatia in Rotterdam on Wednesday in the first semifinal.

With Depay sidelined through injury, Gakpo is expected to lead the line for the hosts.

"I have become convinced that being a striker suits me," said Gakpo, adding that several coaches had previously tried to convince him to make the switch, but he had resisted.

"Guus Hiddink was the first. He spent a while at PSV as a sounding board, saw me play and said: 'You have to become a striker or a false No. 9'. I didn't want to believe it then. And then when Roger Schmidt said the same thing later at PSV when he was coach, I was even more stubborn. It felt good on the left flank.

"But at the last World Cup I was already more central on the field and at Liverpool permanently in the past six months. It's been good. I'm excited now to get better in the position in the near future, for the club as well as the national team."

Jurgen Klopp's decision to shift Gakpo was initially met with criticism from Dutch pundits, who felt the Liverpool manager would not be able to get the best out of him.

"It was a difficult period when I first arrived," Gakpo recalled. Liverpool were struggling with in a dip in form and his introduction to the team did not go as smoothly as hoped.

Klopp then called him in a for pep talk. "He said what he wanted from me. In the beginning, of course, it took some getting used to, but I've enjoyed playing in that position in recent months."

Depay has a calf injury and Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman said on Saturday his absence offered "opportunity to see other guys at work."

Wake Forest is headed to the Men's College World Series for the first time since it won the national championship in 1955, and the Demon Deacons will bring the hottest offense in the country.

Wake Forest is the first No. 1 national seed to make it to the CWS since 2018. The Deacons tied the NCAA tournament record with nine home runs in their super regional-clinching 22-5 win over Alabama, and they are the first team since LSU in 1997 to have won four tournament games by double digits.

"We've had high expectations all year -- No. 2 ranked, No. 1 ranked," coach Tom Walter said. "The higher the expectations got, the more these guys showed up."

Projected first-round draft pick Brock Wilken, who had no homers in the Deacons' first four tournament games, went deep three times. Nick Kurtz and Wilken hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, and Wilken connected again for the first of three third-inning homers that put Wake Forest up 10-3. Wilken's homer in the ninth gave him 30 for the season and an ACC-record 70 in his career.

Virginia also clinched a spot in the MCWS on Sunday, and the two Atlantic Coast Conference clubs join Florida and TCU in the eight-team field that begins play Friday in Omaha, Nebraska.

Oral Roberts visited Oregon in the third game of their best-of-three super regional Sunday night. Texas was at Stanford and Kentucky at LSU in Game 2s. The Tennessee-Southern Mississippi matchup is tied at a game apiece and will be decided Monday.

Virginia beat Duke 12-2 to earn its sixth trip to the MCWS, all since 2009 under coach Brian O'Connor. The Cavaliers outscored their ACC rival 26-6 in the second and third games. It was the fourth time Virginia has come back to win a super regional after losing the opening game.

The Cavaliers took control of Game 3 with a five-run second inning. Griff O'Ferrall went 4-for-5, Kyle Teel drove in four runs and Brian Edgington struck out a season-high 11 in the second complete game of his career.

Chase Dollander pitched eight strong innings as Tennessee won 8-4 at Southern Miss to force a Game 3 on Monday. Blake Burke's 479-foot homer to right highlighted a six-run fourth inning that gave the Volunteers the lead.

Wake Forest will play Texas or No. 8 Stanford in its MCWS opener, and No. 7 Virginia will be matched against No. 2 Florida.

Walter said making it to Omaha is a culmination of hard work that started with former athletic director Ron Wellman's vision for the program and willingness to spend the money required to build a state-of-the-art baseball training facility that includes a pitching lab. Walter also noted the support of former associate AD Mike Buddie and current AD John Currie, among others.

"It's a big day for us," Walter said. "We're going to celebrate this one for 36 hours and then we're going to get back to work because we've got even bigger goals."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Phoenix coach Vanessa Nygaard said Sunday that the Mercury will make adjustments for traveling to future road games, one day after star center Brittney Griner was confronted by a "provocateur" at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Nygaard would not divulge details of those changes, citing league policy and safety concerns about her team.

"We will ensure that our players and our organization and our staff are safe," Nygaard said before the Mercury played at Indiana. "We will be making adjustments that maybe should have happened before, but right now we're going to prioritize the safety of our players and we've seen that the organization has supported us."

YouTube personality Alex Stein posted a 93-second video of himself at the airport shouting at Griner, questioning why she still hates America and whether trading a Russian prisoner to obtain her release was a fair trade.

Griner's teammates say they were startled when the confrontation began and that they were eventually escorted to a different room with more privacy.

"That's obviously nothing no one wants to deal with, especially on a business trip for work," Phoenix center Brianna Turner said. "We're representing the league, we're representing the city of Phoenix, our organization, and in times like that we don't want to cause a big scene. We don't like to throw phones or say some things. I guess the lesson is you live and learn, but I don't know what you do if it happens again."

Griner doesn't talk before games on the road but was expected to after the contest against the Fever.

Seeing what happened also upset players around the league.

"I'm not going to lie, that made me very angry," said Fever forward Emma Cannon, a close friend and former teammate of Griner. "Then I saw a little snippet of the video, which was upsetting, and then for that to be her first time flying commercial with the team like that, it's upsetting."

Breanna Stewart, who is on the executive committee of the players' union, said that no one has any problems if Griner flies privately.

"I think that you know, that there needs to be extra precautionary measures taken and, you know, I don't think anyone is against BG having charter flights whenever she wants, so that she can be herself and travel and be comfortable and be safe," Stewart said. "Because that's the last thing we want is what happened yesterday."

Before this season, league officials discussed with Griner's representatives and Mercury security the concerns for the All-Star's road trips following her return from detainment in Russia. The thought was the highly publicized case compromised her and others' safety.

The league granted Griner permission to book her own charter flights. Charter flights were added for the entire playoffs this year, and a handful of back-to-back regular-season games were scheduled for such flights. WNBA teams have flown commercially during the regular season since the league's inception in 1997.

Miami Heat forward Kevin Love missed the team flight to Denver for Game 5 of the NBA Finals, but he had the best possible excuse.

Love and his wife, Kate Bock, became parents on Saturday. Love flew to Denver on his own, arriving in time for the team's film session and media responsibilities on Sunday.

Game 5 is Monday, with the Nuggets leading the Heat 3-1 in the series. Love plans to play.

"Definitely need to get some rest now, get some sleep," Love said during the media session in Denver. "Everybody's happy and healthy."

The Heat will try to become the second team in history to successfully rally from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals. The other was the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers -- a team that Love also played for.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.