Roddick returns to winning ways
Andy Roddick won his first championship in more than a year Sunday, defeatingSpain’s Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-4 at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Mason, Ohio.
For most of the year, the former U.S. Open champion and No. 1 player has been lost in the crowd.
Just when he started playing well again last month, he strained his side and couldn’t serve, sidelining him for two weeks. With the U.S. Open approaching, he was erased from the short list of players who might beat defending champion Roger Federer.
He has put his name back on the list.
• Defending champion Kim Clijsters officially pulled out of the U.S. Open because of a left wrist injury.
The No. 2-ranked Clijsters was forced to quit a match Wednesday in Montreal after falling on the surgically repaired wrist.
•Ana Ivanovic of Serbia advanced to the final of the Rogers Cup in Montreal with a rain-interrupted 6-1, 6-4 victory over Dinara Safina of Russia. The final, against Martina Hingis, will be played today.
Swimming
World mark for Phelps
Michael Phelps ended his racing at the Pan Pacific Championships in Victoria, British Columbia, in style, winning the 200-meter individual medley in world-record time for his fifth gold medal.
Phelps touched in 1 minute, 55.84 seconds, bettering his old mark of 1:55.94, set in 2003.
Phelps won six medals, including five gold, and set world records in the 200 IM, 200 butterfly and 400 freestyle relay.
Baseball
Missouri defeats N.H.
Beau Burkett scored three runs, Landon Clapp had three RBIs and Columbia, Mo., rallied from an early 2-0 deficit to defeat Portsmouth, N.H. 14-5 at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. Also, Kyle Carter threw a one-hitter and hit a solo home run to lead Columbus, Ga., past Phoenix, 4-1. In other games, it was Saudi Arabia 9, Saipan 1; Beaverton, Ore. 9, Lake Charles, La. 1; Lemont, Ill., 1, Staten Island, N.Y. 0; and Mexico 11, Russia 1 in five innings.
Micellany
Lava Man sweeps
Lava Man became the first horse to sweep Southern California’s big three Grade I handicaps in the same year, taking the lead in the middle of the far turn and winning Del Mar’s $1 million Pacific Classic by 2 1/2 lengths over Good Reward.
The 5-year-old son of Slew City Slew added the Pacific Classic trophy to his victories in the $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on July 8 and the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap on March 4.
•Shawn Crawford won the 100 meters at the Herculis meet in Monte Carlo, Monaco, in 10.14 seconds, and Ronald Pognon of France was second in 10.18.
•Alexander C. Cushing, who helped launch the skiing craze in the U.S. by bringing the 1960 Winter Olympic Games to the Squaw Valley USA resort he founded near Lake Tahoe, died Saturday of pneumonia at his summer home in Newport, R.I. He was 92.