Two-time NCAA individual champion Rose Zhang made her professional debut and gave the LPGA what was expected and needed Thursday, a solid opening round in the Mizuho Americas Open in Jersey City, N.J. that put her in position to wow women’s golf on one of its biggest stages.

The 20-year-old from Stanford who has dominated the women’s amateur rankings for more than two years shot a 2-under-par 70 on the Liberty National Golf Course in the shadow of New York. The Southern California resident was five shots off the early lead held by Lauren Hartlage.

Aditi Ashok, the first woman from India on the tour, was at 5-under in the event where the focus shifted to Zhang last weekend with her announcement she was turning pro. She has been considered by many as possibly the next great women’s player on tour.

Zhang didn’t dominate on her first day as a pro but she showed enough making five birdies and three bogeys on a day her putter didn’t help her. She hit fairways and greens in a round on a 6,671-yard course that features a par-3 played with the Statue of Liberty starring golfers in the face.

“This was definitely a round that could have been better, and that kind of gets me excited to work on more and to develop my game even further,” Zhang said. “I felt like I left a couple shots out there, and I think there is a lot of room for improvement.”

Zhang, who won the 2023 Women’s Amateur, tied Tiger Woods’ Stanford record with eight wins this season. He 12 wins in 20 college starts are a school record.

Riley takes early PGA lead at Memorial >> Davis Riley opened with a 67 at the Memorial to finish atop the leaderboard after the opening round for the second straight year.

He leads by one over Matt Wallace. Jordan Spieth was in the group at 69, ending his hopes for a bogey-free day by hitting into two bunkers on the 18th hole and saving bogey from the second one.

Wallace, who needs a victory this week to avoid U.S. Open qualifying, posted his 68 in the morning before the wind and the temperatures picked up.

Tennis

Teen Andreeva wins easily at French Open >> Mirra Andreeva is the latest teen sensation in tennis, a 16-year-old Russian who is the youngest player to win a match in the women’s main draw at the French Open since 2005.

The 143rd-ranked Andreeva scored a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Diane Perry of France to put her in the third round.

Next up will be a contest against 2022 French Open runner-up Coco Gauff, who beat Julia Grabher 6-2, 6-3.

Meanwhile, No. 1 Iga Swiatek, No. 4 Elena Rybakina and No. 7 Ons Jabeur all advanced in straight sets.

The men’s bracket saw the departure of No. 8 Jannik Sinner with a wild 6-7 (0), 7-6 (7), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 loss across nearly 5 1/2 hours against 79th-ranked Daniel Altmaier.

No. 4 Casper Ruud, No. 12 Frances Tiafoe and No. 15 Borna Coric all won.

Soccer

Quakes end long road skid with win in Seattle >> Jeremy Ebobisse scored out of the gates in the second half and Daniel de Sousa Brito made it stand up as the San Jose Earthquakes snapped a 14-match winless skid on the road with a 1-0 victory over the Seattle Sounders on Wednesday night.

Ebobisse ended a scoreless match when he took passes from Rodrigues and Cristian Espinoza in the 48th minute and scored his sixth goal of the season.

Daniel, as the Earthquakes goalkeeper prefers to be called, finished with eight saves to earn the clean sheet.

The Earthquakes (6-5-4) came into the match 0-10-4 in their previous 14 matches away from home.

NHL

Kane out 4-6 months >> Patrick Kane underwent hip surgery and is expected to miss 4-6 months.

The extended absence appears to rule out the free agent Kane for an NHL training camp but he may be able to return early in the season.

Men’s college basketball

Purdue’s Edey returns to school at draft deadline >> Purdue’s Zach Edey decided it was the right call to go back to school instead of staying in the NBA draft. His predecessor as national player of the year, Kentucky’s Oscar Tshiebwe, is sticking with his pro pursuit.

The 7-foot-4 Edey withdrew from the draft Wednesday, the NCAA’s deadline for early entrants to pull out and retain their college eligibility.