Querrey defends Farmers title
Tennis: Sam Querrey fought off a match point in the second set and went on to beat Andy Murray 5-7, 7-6 (7), 6-3 in the Farmers Classic final in Los Angeles.
Querrey successfully defended the title he won last year in his hometown tournament. He became the first player to repeat in consecutive years in Los Angeles since Andre Agassi in 2001-02.
Down a set and match point in the 10th game of the second set, Querrey came up with a combination of big serves and gambling shots to beat Murray, ranked fourth in the world, and collect his fourth title of the year.
• Ferrero wins in straight sets: Juan Carlos Ferrero won the Croatia Open, beating Potito Starace of Italy 6-4, 6-4 for his third title this year.
Ferrero, a former No. 1 player who was seeded fourth, defeated an opponent who was playing in his first final in three years and looking for his first ATP title. Ferrero was a finalist in this tournament in 2009.
The Spaniard’s other titles this year came at the Brazil Open in February and the Copa Telmex in Argentina a week later. He has played in four finals in 2010.
• Azarenka beats Sharapova for Stanford title: Victoria Azarenka beat Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-1 to win the Bank of the West Classic at Stanford, Calif., her first title of the season.
Azarenka, who earned $107,000 for her win, beat Sharapova for the first time in three years and the first time on hard court. They have split four career meetings.
Landis finishes tied for 11th in Catskills
Cycling: With a tumultuous couple of weeks behind him, Floyd Landis found some solace on his bicycle speeding through the Catskill Mountains at Hunter, N.Y.
Competing in the Tour of the Catskills, a two-stage race of 160 miles, Landis joked with fellow riders each day, heard a few cheers along the way, and seemed to be at ease when he crossed the finish line Sunday tied for 11th overall, 69 seconds behind winner Aurelien Passeron of France.
Emerson Oronte, of Cohasset, Mass., finished second overall, 35 seconds behind Passeron. Cameron Cogburn, of Cambridge, Mass., was third, another second back.
The 34-year-old Landis was stripped of his 2006 Tour de France title for doping and admitted this spring to using drugs to gain a competitive edge.
Lookin At Lucky runs away with Haskell
Horse racing: Lookin At Lucky has blown away a star-studded field in the $1 million Haskell Invitational at New Jersey’s Monmouth Park at Oceanport, N.J., to establish himself as the leading 3-year old in the country.
The Preakness winner surged to the lead around the far turn and ran away from Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver as well as Preakness runner-up First Dude and Trappe Shot.
• Malibu Prayer notches upset: Malibu Prayer scored a front-running upset of heavily favored Unrivaled Belle in the $250,000 Ruffian Invitational for fillies and mares at Saratoga Race Course at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Malibu Prayer, the 4-year-old trained by Todd Pletcher and ridden by John Velazquez, took the lead at the break when Unrivaled Belle stumbled slightly. She led while shadowed by the favorite throughout the 1 1/8 miles run in 1:48.14.
France’s Lemaitre adds relay gold
Track and field: France’s Christophe Lemaitre became the first sprinter to earn three golds at the European Championships after helping France win the 4x100 relay title at Barcelona, Spain.
Lemaitre ran the second leg down the back straight before Martial Mbandjock raced past Italy’s Maurizio Checcucci to post a time of 38.11 seconds.
Lemaitre became the first Frenchman to win the 100-200 sprint double — and the seventh athlete overall — earlier in the championships.
Yuliya Zarudneva won the 3,000 steeplechase as Russia won the overall standings with 24 medals to France’s 18. Britain was second with 19.
• Kenya wins 10 golds at African championships: Kenya swept the men’s 5,000 meters and finished with more medals than any country at the African Athletics Championships in Nairobi, Kenya.