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U.S. has bad first day at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia — Monday at the Australian Open couldn't have gone much worse for the United States, as nine of 10 American women playing lost first-round matches. In addition, men's No. 8 seed Jack Sock and No. 16 John Isner also lost first-round matches.

Among the American women bowing out early were No. 5 Venus Williams, No. 10 CoCo Vandeweghe and No. 13 Sloane Stephens.

Men's winners included No. 1 Rafael Nadal, No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov, No. 6 Marin Cilic and No. 10 Pablo Carreno Busta.

Women's winners included No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki, No. 4 Elina Svitolina and No. 7 Jelena Ostapenko.

Baseball: The San Francisco Giants acquired outfielder Andrew McCutchen from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday for right-hander Kyle Crick, minor league outfielder Bryan Reynolds and $500,000 in international signing bonus allocation. Pittsburgh also sent $2.5 million to the Giants to cover part of McCutchen's $14.75 million salary. McCutchen, the 2013 NL MVP, takes over in center for Denard Span. ... Right-handed reliever Addison Reed and the Minnesota Twins have finalized a $16.75 million, two-year contract, ... The Washington Nationals have agreed to a $7 million, two-year contract with outfielder Howie Kendrick, a deal subject to a successful physical. ... Justin Morneau, the 2006 AL MVP whose career was derailed by concussion symptoms, is retiring after 14 major league seasons.

Gymnastics: Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles says she is among the athletes sexually abused by a now-imprisoned former USA Gymnastics team doctor. Biles, who won four gold medals and five overall at the 2016 Olympics, released a statement via Twitter on Monday saying she is one of the "many survivors" that were abused by Larry Nassar, who spent more than two decades as a physician at USA Gymnastics while also working at Michigan State University.

— Wire reports