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ByHowardFendrich TheAssociatedPress PARIS Novak Djokovic has waited and waited to win his first French Open title and com- plete a career Grand Slam, wor- rying about when — or perhaps even whether — he would get an- other chance after coming close in recent years. Now Djokovic must ponder all of that a little longer: His semi- final against Andy Murray was suspended in the fourth set Fri- day night, initially halted be- cause of an impending storm and then put off altogether when the rain did arrive minutes later. The No. 1-seeded Djokovic won the first two sets 6-3, 6-3 and ap- peared to be in control, before No. 3 Murray took the third 7-5. At 3-all in the fourth, with dark clouds moving in and light fad- ing, they were ushered off the court. Djokovic and Murray will resume Saturday at 1 p.m. local time, a little more than 16 hours after they stopped. The eventual winner will face a much-more-rested Stan Waw- rinka of Switzerland in Sunday's final. The eighth-seeded Wawrinka, who eliminated Roger Federer in the quarterfinals, followed that up by defeating France's Jo-Wil- fried Tsonga 6-3, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (3), 6-4 in Friday's opening semifi- nal. Wawrinka succeeded largely on the strength of one statistic: He saved 16 of 17 break points. There were a few whistles and jeers directed at Wawrinka after FRENCH OPEN Rainsuspendsone semi;Wawrinkawins DjokovicleadsMurray2-1with3-alltiein fourth set in match that will resume Saturday DAVIDVINCENT—THEASSOCIATEDPRESS Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka smashes in a semifinal match Friday in the French Open against France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris. MICHEL EULER — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Serbia's Novak Djokovic slips as he returns in a semifinal match Friday in the French Open against Britain's Andy Murray at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris. By Andrew Baggarly Bay Area News Group PHILADELPHIA A day after the San Francisco Giants visited the White House, they backed a win- ning ticket. Buster Posey hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning, Tim Lincecum survived two long balls over six innings and the Gi- ants snapped a five-game losing streak with a 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on Friday. Justin Maxwell hit a two- run shot and Matt Duffy lofted a solo homer to the opposite field against Jerome Williams, who once was the Giants' most promising pitching prospect in the pre-Lincecum era. Duffy also singled ahead of Maxwell's homer and went into the stands to catch a foul fly in the ninth, rising anew to the competition at third base now that Casey McGehee has rejoined the roster. Lincecum skipped the White House visit on Thursday so he could get to Philadelphia early BASEBALL GiantsholdoffPhillies,end5-gameskid Posey, Maxwell and Duffy hit home runs in San Francisco road win, halting losing streak MATT SLOCUM — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The San Franciso Giants' Buster Posey hits a home run off Phillies relief pitcher Luis Garcia during the seventh inning on Friday in Philadelphia. San Francisco won 5-4. GIANTS5,PHILLIES4 Up next: San Francisco Giants at Philadelphia Phillies, 12:05p.m. Saturday, TV on CSNBA. THESCORE By Diamond Leung Bay Area News Group OAKLAND The Golden State War- riors surrendered 44 points to LeBron James to open the NBA Finals and lived to smile about it after the win. Content in conceding and ex- pecting that James would at times make difficult shots, the Warriors had at least succeeded in execut- ing their strategy of making sure other Cleveland Cavaliers didn't have huge performances. James' production ultimately tailed off in overtime, and the Warriors took the lead in the se- ries. "The biggest thing that we try to do is limit everybody else," War- riors forward Harrison Barnes said Friday. "It's OK if LeBron goes out and gets 50 points, but if his teammates are also getting 15, 15, 20, that's when it becomes a problem." Kyrie Irving will be one less problem for the Warriors to worry about after he suffered a devas- NBA FINALS Warriors OK with big scoring by James Golden State's strategy to make others beat them BEN MARGOT — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Cleveland's LeBron James stands on the floor against Golden State during Game 1on Thursday. By Fred Goodall The Associated Press TAMPA, FLA. No team wins the Stanley Cup without reliable goaltending, so Tampa Bay's Ben Bishop finds it laughable when he reads or hears criticism about Chicago's Corey Crawford. Although the starting goalies in the finals series that resumes Saturday night have had their ups and downs this postseason, there's no question Bishop's Light- ning and Crawford's Blackhawks wouldn't be here if they couldn't depend on them. Bishop is 7-1 with a .937 save percentage in games following a playoff loss. He also closed out the Eastern Conference finals with a pair of shutout wins over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Crawford is better known and more accomplished, helping Chi- cago win the Stanley Cup two years ago. Now he has a shot at another after briefly losing his job STANLEY CUP FINAL Goalies have had their ups and downs in playoffs so far NBA FINALS Game 2: Cleveland Cavaliers at Golden State Warriors, 5p.m. on Sunday, TV on ABC. TUNEIN STANLEY CUP FINAL Game 2: Chicago Blackhawks at Tampa Bay Lightning, 4:15p.m. Saturday, TV on NBC. TUNEIN The government is worried that hackers who raided more than 4million federal employ- ment files will use their loot to pry into more-secure comput- ers and plunder secrets about the U.S. military. GOVERNMENT BREACH Hackmaybefirststep to bigger US secrets FULL STORY ON PAGE B8 Evangelist Vernon Ackerman will be bringing the message at the evening service this Sunday, June 7, at 6p.m. at Neighborhood Full Gospel Church of Corning. He is with the Assembly of God church. NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH Evangelist to preach at Corning Sunday service FULL STORY ON PAGE B4 The Chico Breakfast Lions Club high school all-stars so ball and baseball games are set to be played at 11a.m. and 3p.m., respectively, today, June 6, at Hooker Oak Recre- ation Area in Chico. HIGH SCHOOL Lions Club all-star games underway today The Spartan Soccer Camp for boys and girls in eighth through 12th grades is sched- uled to be held July 13-23. The deadline to sign up is June 25. 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