Sports in brief: Bryan brothers fall in Davis Cup play
Bob and Mike Bryan failed to win their doubles match Saturday in Winston-Salem, N.C., forcing the United States to wait another day before it can try to close its Davis Cup quarterfinal against France.
The French pair of Michael Llodra and Arnaud Clement rallied past the top-ranked twins 6-7 (7), 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to cut the Americans’ lead to 2-1 in the best-of-5 competition.
The Bryans had been 14-1 in Davis Cup play and 5-0 in clinching situations, but they couldn’t secure a spot for the U.S. in the semifinals.
“Lindsay Davenport withdrew from the Bausch & Lomb Championships because of fever and aches before her semifinal match against Maria Sharapova at Amelia Island, Fla.
Sharapova gets a walkover into today’s title match. She will play Dominika Cibulkova, an 18-year-old Slovakian. Cibulkova defeated Alize Cornet 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.
Golf
Ochoa on track
Lorena Ochoa closed in on the last point she needs to qualify for the LPGA Tour Hall of Fame, shooting her third straight 7-under 66 to take a seven-stroke lead in the Corona Championship at Morelia, Mexico.
If Ochoa wins today, the 26-year-old Mexican star will become the youngest player to qualify for the Hall.
Hockey
B.C. wins title
Nathan Gerbe scored twice and added two assists to lead Boston College past Notre Dame 4-1 at the NCAA hockey championship in Denver.
The Eagles finally hoisted the trophy after losing in the title game to Wisconsin in 2006 and Michigan State last year.
“The United States won the women’s world championship, upsetting Canada 4-3 behind two goals from Natalie Darwitz in Harbin, China.
Miscellany
Skier falls to death
Colorado extreme skier John Nicoletta, 27, lost control when he tried to ski off a band of rock called the Headwall, tumbling to his death Friday in the Subaru Freeskiing World Championships in Anchorage, Alaska.
“Demar DeRozan scored 17 points and Scott Hopson and Drew Gordon chipped in 15 each to lead the USA Junior National Select basketball team to a convincing 98-78 victory over the World Select team in the annual Nike Hoop Summit in Portland.
The annual game features the top high school players from the United States against players 19 years and younger from other countries.
“Kirsty Coventry broke the world’s oldest short-course swimming record at Manchester, England.
The Zimbabwean established her third world mark by winning the 200-meter individual medley in 2 minutes, 6.13 seconds.