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In brief: Sun Devils top North Carolina in 10 innings

Arizona State’s Kole Calhoun, center, celebrates his three-run home run in the 10th inning. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
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College baseball: Kole Calhoun hit a three-run homer in the top of the 10th inning after a North Carolina error helped Arizona State take the lead, and the Sun Devils won their College World Series opener 5-2 on Sunday in Omaha, Neb.

Jason Kipnes reached when right fielder Garrett Gore misplayed his one-out fly ball near the warning track. Carlos Ramirez followed with a base hit up the middle, scoring Drew Maggi from second to break a 1-1 tie.

Calhoun then drilled Moran’s 1-1 pitch four rows into the stands in left-center field for a four-run lead.

ASU (50-12) plays Tuesday night against Texas (47-14-1). The Tar Heels (47-17) will play Southern Miss (40-25) in a Bracket 2 elimination game the same day.

Texas walks to win: Southern Mississippi reliever Jonathan Johnston walked Brandon Loy on four pitches with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to give Texas a 7-6 win in the College World Series.

The Longhorns’ final three runs scored on bases-loaded walks. Of Texas’ last 11 batters, six walked and one was hit by a pitch.

Murray wins first grass-court title

Tennis: Andy Murray defeated James Blake 7-5, 6-4 to win the Aegon Championships at Queen’s Club in London for his first grass-court title.

The top-seeded Murray became the first British player to win the tournament since Bunny Austin in 1938, who then went on to become the last Briton to reach the Wimbledon final.

“I was quite nervous,” Murray said. “People were telling me that no (Briton) had won here for 70-odd years so that got the nerves going, especially when I was serving for the match.”

It was Murray’s fourth title of the year, following victories in Doha, Rotterdam and Miami.

Haas upsets Djokovic: Tommy Haas upset Novak Djokovic 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-1 to win the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, for his first grass-court title.

The 31-year-old German became the oldest ATP Tour winner this year. Haas has 12 career titles and now has won on all surfaces.

Upset gives Slovak first title: Magdalena Rybarikova won her first WTA Tour title after upsetting fourth-seeded Li Na of China 6-0, 7-6 (2) in the final of the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England.

The 20-year-old Slovak used her strong serve and topspin shots to dominate the first set, but had to save two set points in the second to reach the tiebreaker.

Phelps loses two races at Santa Clara

Miscellany: Michael Phelps has lost another race at the Santa Clara (Calif.) International Grand Prix. He was beaten in the 100-meter freestyle and 100-meter backstroke Sunday night.

The 14-time Olympic gold medalist finished second behind defending world champion Brent Hayden of Canada in the 100 free. Hayden, the leading qualifier, touched in 48.44 seconds. Phelps clocked 48.87.

Phelps returned later in the 100 back and lost to Olympic teammate Ryan Lochte, who went out fast and held on in 54.15 to complete a sweep of the backstroke events. Phelps touched second in 54.31.

Spain routs New Zealand: Fernando Torres helped Spain pick up where it left off at a major soccer tournament, and South Africa did little to show it will contend at the Confederations Cup.

Torres scored three goals in the first 17 minutes to help the European champions rout New Zealand 5-0 on the opening day of the eight-team tournament in Johannesburg, a warmup for next year’s World Cup. South Africa settled for a 0-0 tie against Iraq in the opening game.

The United States opens play today against World Cup champion Italy in Pretoria.

Richards runs fast 400: Sanya Richards of the United States won the 400 meters in 49.57 seconds at the ISTAF meet in Berlin, posting the fastest time in the world this year.

Ariane Friedrich beat Blanka Vlasic, clearing a world-leading 6 feet, 9 inches, to win the high jump.

Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia won the pole vault at 15-10 after failing to clear higher attempts.

Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia shook off any injury concerns to win the 5,000-meter race in 13 minutes, 0.76 seconds.

Valverde repeats at Dauphine Libere: Alejandro Valverde of Spain won the Dauphine Libere in Grenoble, France, for the second consecutive year.

Valverde ended the 640-mile, eight-day race in 26 hours, 33 minutes, 15 seconds, finishing 16 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans of Australia.