Carlos Alcaraz will reclaim the No. 1 ranking after beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-4, 6-1 in his Italian Open debut on Saturday in Rome.

Alcaraz will pass Novak Djokovic for the top spot when the rankings are next published on May 22 — ensuring he will get the No. 1 seeding at the French Open, which starts on May 28.

Coming off titles in Barcelona and Madrid, Alcaraz extended his winning streak to 12 matches and improved to 20-1 on clay this year.

In other second-round matches, sixth-seeded Andrey Rublev beat Alex Molcan 6-3, 6-4; 2021 semifinalist Lorenzo Sonego defeated Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5, 6-3; J.J. Wolf eliminated 14th-seeded Hubert Hurkacz 6-3, 6-4; and Borna Coric rallied past Thiago Monteiro 4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (5).

In the women’s third round, Colombian qualifier Camila Osorio upset fifth-seeded Caroline Garcia 6-4, 6-4; Anhelina Kalinina beat Sofia Kenin 6-4, 6-2; and Wang Xiyu defeated Taylor Townsend 6-2, 0-6, 7-5.

• Paychecks for the two French Open singles champions will return to the pre-pandemic amount of 2.3 million euros each — about $2.5 million — and the total prize money is rising to a tournament-record 49.6 million euros — about $54 million. During the coronavirus pandemic, those prizes dropped to 1.6 million euros in 2020 and 1.4 million euros in 2021, before going back up to 2.2 million euros a year ago.

Tennis doubles master Davidson dead at 79

Australian tennis player Owen Davidson, who won 13 Grand Slam doubles titles, has died. He was 79.

The International Tennis Hall of Fame announced that Davidson died on Friday. Longtime friend Isabel Suliga said he died in Conroe, Texas.

He won 11 major titles in mixed doubles and two in men’s doubles. Davidson teamed with Billie Jean King to win eight of his Grand Slam trophies in a career that spanned from the early 1960s to mid-1970s.

In 1967, Davidson became only the third player in tennis history to earn all four major mixed doubles titles in the same year, including three with King.

“Our hearts are broken, but we find peace in the lifetime of wonderful memories we shared with our friend Davo,” King said in a tweet.

Known for his strong lefty serve, Davidson won the 1972 Australian Open with Ken Rosewall and the 1973 U.S. Open with John Newcombe — when they beat Rod Laver and Rosewall.

In singles, he reached the 1966 semifinals of Wimbledon by upsetting two-time defending champion Roy Emerson. Davidson also reached the quarterfinals in singles at seven other majors — five times at the Australian Championships and twice at the U.S. Nationals, a precursor to the U.S. Open.

Saints’ Moreau might attend early practices

Newly signed New Orleans tight end Foster Moreau, who is being treated for cancer, “absolutely” could participate in upcoming voluntary offseason practices that begin later this month, coach Dennis Allen.

“We don’t anticipate there’s going to be issues with him in terms of being able to participate and all the information that I have is that it’s very positive,” Allen said during a minicamp for rookies being held this weekend.

• Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton suggested that running back Javonte Williams will be ready for the start of training camp after missing most of last season with a serious right knee injury.

Payton said that while the position isn’t very deep, it is top-heavy given the signing of veteran free agent Samaje Perine and the recovery of Williams, who blew out his right knee in a Week 4 game at Las Vegas.

“When we signed Samaje, this is a guy that gave us flexibility. We know that he can play and be an every-down back,” Payton said. “Our current starter (Williams) is doing extremely well. I would tell you that we expect him to be ready for the start of training camp and that’s good news. His rehab is going well.”

Kenya’s Omanyala outruns two Americans in 100

Home favorite Ferdinand Omanyala won the 100 meters at the Kip Keino Classic in Nairobi, Kenya, beating a pair of Americans for a world-leading time of 9.84 seconds.

The United States’ Sha’Carri Richardson took victory in the women’s 200 in a meet record of 22.07 seconds to follow up on her win in the 100 at the Doha Diamond League a week ago.

Kyra Richardson (22.77) and Shannon Ray (22.82) completed an American sweep in that race.

Omanyala won a tight race to edge Kenneth Bednarek, who was second in 9.98 seconds. Marvin Bracy-Williams (10.03) was third.

“Though I did not break the African record as promised, I’m happy with the world lead,” Omanyala said. “This year, it’s me against time with the target of the world title.”

Richardson said she wanted to run in the 100 in a showdown with Jamaica’s two-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. In the end, Fraser-Pryce withdrew from the meet with a muscle strain and Richardson stepped up to the 200.

In the absence of both of them in the 100, Tawnisha Terry of the U.S. won in 10.86 seconds. Terry, or “Tee Tee” as she’s known, was on the U.S. gold medal-winning 4x100 relay team at the world championships in Eugene, Ore., last year.

“The race was good. I wanted to impress the home crowd and it’s an amazing feeling to keep doing what I do,” she said.

New Zealand’s Zoe Hobbs was second in 10.97 and Belgium’s Rani Rosius third.

Canada’s Aaron Brown (20.12) dipped ahead of the U.S.’ Kyree King (20.18) and Liberia’s Joseph Fahnbulleh (20.19) in the men’s 200.

American Janee’ Kassanavoid threw up a big surprise in the women’s hammer with her heave of 741/4 meters to win. Compatriot Janeah Stewart was second with 71.43, both ahead of Poland’s reigning three-time Olympic champion and world record-holder Anita Wlodarczyk.

Ukraine’s world silver medallist, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, leapt 2.00 meters for victory and the world lead in the women’s high jump.

Worlds’ defending champ Finland rebounds for win

Defending champion Finland rebounded from an opening loss to the United States by overcoming Germany 4-3 at the ice hockey world championship in Tampere, Finland.

Sakari Manninen had two goals and an assist for Finland, and Mikko Lehtonen and Joel Armia also scored in the Group A game.

In other Group A games, Sacha Treille scored 39 seconds into overtime to lift France 2-1 over Austria.

Nikolaj Ehlers tallied twice on power plays for Denmark to down Hungary 3-1.

In Riga, Marek Hrivik scored the decisive goal midway through the final period for Slovakia to edge host Latvia 2-1 in Group B.

Denis Malgin scored two goals and added an assist to help Switzerland shut out Slovenia 7-0 in their opener in Group B, while Kazakhstan prevailed in a shootout over Norway 4-3.

Roglic makes move in stage 8 at Giro d’Italia

Primoz Roglic launched the first significant attack of the Giro d’Italia in an undulating eighth stage to Fossomborone and gained 14 seconds on overall rival Remco Evenepoel.

Irish rider Ben Healy won the stage with a solo breakaway, while Norway’s Andreas Leknessund held on to the pink jersey despite losing a big chunk of time.