Henin-Hardenne beats Myskina in final

French Open champion Justine Henin-Hardenne tuned up for Wimbledon by defeating Russia’s Anastasia Myskina 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (5) Saturday in the Hastings Direct final in Eastbourne, England.

Henin-Hardenne won the 2-hour final on her fifth match point.

•Richard Gasquet beat Jonas Bjorkman 6-4, 6-3 to win the Red Letter Days Open in Nottingham, England, the first player to successfully defend his title at this Wimbledon warmup.

Gasquet opens Wimbledon on Monday against top-ranked Roger Federer.

•Mario Ancic of Croatia won his second consecutive title at the Ordina Open in Den Bosch, Netherlands, defeating Jan Hernych of the Czech Republic 6-0, 5-7, 7-5 in this Wimbledon tuneup.

In the women’s final, Michaella Krajicek beat second-seeded Dinara Safina of Russia 6-3, 6-4 to become the first Dutch woman to capture her country’s only grass-court tourney.

Olympics

U.S. at crossroads

Though the United States has been successful in recent Olympics, the movement at home is at a crossroads, the U.S. Olympic Committee’s chief executive officer said.

In his keynote address to 350 members at the U.S. Olympic Assembly in La Jolla, Calif., Jim Scherr said the United States doesn’t have a strong influence on the International Olympic Committee because of past doping scandals and the country’s poor standing abroad.

“Because of our foreign policies and because of our own actions we have a very shallow seat at the table,” Scherr said. “We have a very low influence on the worldwide Olympic community.”

College football

Coach gets extension

West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez received a three-year contract extension that will pay him at least $1 million a year.

The contract, which runs through the 2012 season, includes an additional $100,000 per year in deferred compensation that Rodriguez can collect in December 2011 if he remains coach of WV.