In brief: Federer falls to Murray in Shanghai

Tennis: Andy Murray defeated an error-prone Roger Federer 6-3, 6-2 Sunday to win the Shanghai Masters for his second title of the year.

Murray broke the Swiss player’s serve four times while fighting off six break points. He also served six aces, while Federer had three.

Murray didn’t drop a set in the tournament and now has beaten Federer eight times in 13 meetings, including the last two. Murray’s win Sunday was the most lopsided match the two have played.

Federer will rise to become the second-ranked player as a result of reaching the final. He was attempting to win his 64th career title, which would have tied him with Pete Sampras for fourth on the all-time list.

After easily beating Robin Soderling in the quarterfinals and Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, Federer struggled to keep the ball in play against Murray, particularly on the forehand side.

Federer hit three forehand errors and a double-fault to give Murray a break in the first game of the match. The Scot then broke Federer a second time to win the set by chasing down a drop shot and flicking a forehand into the open court for a winner.

Federer had four break chances to come back early in the second set, but Murray saved them all with several well-placed serves and – on the last one – a backhand passing shot down the line to end a lengthy rally.

• Ivanovic beats Schnyder to win Generali Ladies: In Linz, Austria, Ana Ivanovic routed Patty Schnyder 6-1, 6-2 in the final of the Generali Ladies to win her first WTA Tour title in two years and ninth overall.

The 22-year-old Serb won her last title at the same event in 2008 after capturing the French Open and becoming the top-ranked player for 12 straight weeks.

Schnyder, who has 11 career titles, was playing her third final in Linz. The Swiss also lost the 2005 and 2007 finals.

It was Schnyder’s second final of the season after Budapest in July, where she lost to Agnes Szavay.

Ivanovic dominated the match from the start. She was broken once, but won all three of Schnyder’s service games. Schnyder won just five points on serve.

Ivanovic raced to a 5-0 lead in the second set when Schnyder broke her and then held serve for the only time in the match.

Ivanovic closed out the win with an ace on her second match point.

• Tanasugarn beats Krumm in Japan Women’s Open: In Osaka, Japan, Tamarine Tanasugarn beat Kimiko Date Krumm 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1 in the Japan Women’s Open final.

The 33-year-old Thai broke the sixth-seeded Date Krumm twice in the third set to take control in a match that lasted 3 hours, 7 minutes.

Date Krumm, who turned 40 last month, was bidding to become the oldest player to win a WTA singles title. Billie Jean King won in Birmingham in 1983 when she was 39 years, 7 months, 23 days. Date Krumm is already the second oldest player to win a title after her victory in Seoul last year at 38 years and 11 months.

Perry scores winner; Ducks beat Coyotes

NHL: Corey Perry deflected Ryan Getzlaf’s centering feed past Jason LaBarbera with 5:37 left, and Jonas Hiller made 36 saves in Anaheim’s 3-2 victory over visiting Phoenix.

Cam Fowler and Toni Lydman also scored, Perry added an assist, and Bobby Ryan had three assists to help the Ducks improve to 2-3-1. They rebounded from a 5-4 shootout loss to Atlanta on Friday night in which they failed to protect a two-goal lead by surrendering a pair of power-play goals in the third period.

The Ducks also had a two-goal edge against the Coyotes, but made things interesting by giving up goals to Scottie Upshall and Eric Belanger in the third. The Coyotes dropped to 1-2-1.

• Raymond scores twice, adds assist for Canucks: In British Columbia, Mason Raymond scored twice and added an assist, and rookie backup Cory Schneider made 32 saves in Vancouver’s 5-1 victory over visiting Carolina.

Mikael Samuelsson had a goal and two assists, and Andrew Alberts and Ryan Kesler also scored to help the Canucks bounce back after losing games in Anaheim and Los Angeles.

Patrick O’Sullivan scored, and Cam Ward made 23 saves for the road weary Hurricanes, who opened the season in Finland 10 days earlier with two wins over Minnesota. Carolina has since lost in Ottawa and Vancouver.

U.S. women third in team qualifying

Miscellany: The United States qualified behind Russia and China, setting up a classic final for the women’s team gold medal at the world gymnastics championships.

With their major challengers already through on Saturday, the Americans had a 5 a.m. wake-up call for their morning session. They were fully focused from the opening on the uneven bars through to the concluding vault and finished with 233.643 points, behind Russia’s 234.521 and China’s 233.778.

Wednesday’s final also will be the first face-off between Russian newcomer Aliya Mustafina and U.S. champion Rebecca Bross, the favorites for the individual all-around title two days later. In qualifying, Mustafina scored 60.666 for a sizable margin compared to Bross’ 59.081. Alexandra Raisman of the United States was in provisional third place. Qualifying ends late Sunday.

One day after 16-year-old Mustafina gave an impressive performance of power and grace, Bross came to the Ahoy Arena with a different agenda – to protect a right shin injury. Bross chose a contained program that limited her most daring moves.

• WCup bribery claims ‘negative’ for FIFA: FIFA president Sepp Blatter says a British newspaper story alleging that two FIFA officials offered to sell their World Cup hosting votes has had a “very negative impact” on the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.

The chief of world soccer’s governing body said in an open letter to his colleagues on the executive committee that the Sunday Times story is a “very unpleasant situation.”

He writes that “information in the article has created a very negative impact on FIFA and on the bidding process.” He doesn’t say whether the 24-man committee’s Dec. 2 vote could be delayed while FIFA investigates the allegations.

• Aish, Barlow win Rock N Roll Denver Marathon: Mike Aish won the Rock N Roll Denver Marathon, finishing the 26.2-mile course in 2 hours, 30 minutes, 37 seconds.

Aish, a New Zealand native who recently gained U.S. citizenship, broke away from the field and easily beat runner-up Miguel Angel Cazares of Denver.

Australian Karen Barlow won the women’s race in 2:54:56. She defeated Heather Ultara of Colorado by a little more than a minute.