In brief: Kvitova tops Azarenka for WTA title

Tennis: Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova won her first WTA Championships title in Istanbul on Sunday, beating Victoria Azarenka 7-5, 4-6, 6-3 for a victory that will also put her at No. 2 in the world rankings.

Kvitova took home $1.75 million and Azarenka collected $775,000.

Kvitova started the year outside the top 30 and was playing in the season-ending tournament for the first time.

Kvitova has won six titles this year, the same number as No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki and twice as many as Azarenka.

• Tsonga tops Del Potro in Vienna: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga rallied from a set and a break down to beat Juan Martin Del Potro 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna, claiming his second title of the season and seventh overall.

The top-seeded Tsonga will officially move past Mardy Fish to No. 7 in the 2011 points list today. The top eight will qualify for the season-ending ATP finals in London next month.

• Cilic wins St. Petersburg Open: Marin Cilic won his first title of the season and sixth of his career, beating Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in the final of the St. Petersburg (Russia) Open.

Magee leads Galaxy to lead in West semis

Soccer: Mike Magee scored off a long cross from David Beckham in the 15th minute, giving the Los Angeles Galaxy a 1-0 win against the New York Red Bulls in Harrison, N.J., in the first leg of the Western Conference semifinals series.

Magee’s goal enabled the Galaxy to head home needing only a tie or a win on Thursday night to advance to the conference finals. The two-game series is based on aggregate goals between the two teams.

• Carr gives Dynamo lead over Union: Andre Hainault and Calen Carr scored in the first half to lift the Houston Dynamo past the Philadelphia Union 2-1 in the first leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals in Chester, Pa.

Carr’s goal in the 30th minute snapped a 1-all tie and ultimately gave the Dynamo the edge in this series heading to Thursday night’s matchup in Houston.

• Bunbury helps Sporting Kansas City over Colorado: Teal Bunbury scored goals in the 49th and 59th minutes leading Sporting Kansas City to a 2-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids in Commerce City, Colo., in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

U.S. basketball takes home bronze medal

Pan Am Games: Lance Thomas scored 14 points to lead the U.S. men’s basketball team to the bronze medal at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, with a 94-92 win over the Dominican Republic.

The Americans earned their best finish at the games since a silver in Winnipeg in 1999. They haven’t bought home the gold medal since 1983.

Puerto Rico ended up with the gold, beating Mexico 74-72.

• Americans show dominance at Pan Ams: From the first gold right up until the end, the United States was in the mix for medals at the Pan American Games.

In the medals table, the United States finished way out ahead with 92 gold and 236 overall. Cuba, which came on strong in the second week of competition, finished in second place with 58 gold and 136 overall, while Brazil was third with 48 gold and 141 overall.

The swimmers from the United States won 18 gold and 44 overall in the pool. And in fencing, the Americans were even more consistent, winning 11 of the 12 gold medals.

Host Mexico finished in fourth place in the medals table, well ahead of Canada with 42 gold and 133 overall.

Ottawa tops Toronto, extending win streak

NHL: Colin Greening and Chris Neil scored power-play goals and the Senators extended their winning streak to six with a 3-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in Ottawa.

Kaspars Daugavins scored his first NHL goal to put Ottawa up 3-1 in the third. Robin Lehner stopped 22 shots in his season debut for the Senators, who moved two games over .500 at 7-5-0 after winning only one of their first six.

• Blue Jackets earn second win of season: Rick Nash, rookie Ryan Johansen and Fedor Tyutin each scored for the Blue Jackets in a 3-1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks in Columbus, Ohio, only their second win of the season.

James Wisniewski added two assists for Columbus. Steve Mason turned aside 18 shots, including three key saves with the Ducks on the power play and pressing for the tying goal in the second period.

Alves wins PBR world title in Las Vegas

Rodeo: Silvano Alves held on to his sizable lead to win the Professional Bull Riders world title and $1 million bonus, and Robson Palermo jumped from fourth to first place to take home $250,000 as the winner of the six-round event at Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Alves finished with a 2,706.25-point margin over Palermo for his first PBR season title.

Alves scored 88.25 on Big Iron in the fifth round, and was third with a 92.25 on Yellow Jacket Jr. in the championship round, both Sunday.

Palermo won the championship round with a 93.25 on King of Hearts that propelled him to the event title with 446.25 points. Caleb Sanderson of Kissimmee, Fla., who was second in the championship round with a 92.5 on RMEF Gunpowder and Lead, finished second in the event standings with 440.75 points. Alves was third with 434.5.

Bushwacker, who hasn’t been ridden in almost two years, claimed the Bull of the Year Award. He ended the championship hopes of J.B. Mauney of Mooresville, N.C., when he bucked him off in the championship round.

Kipsang misses world mark in Frankfurt

Miscellany: Wilson Kipsang of Kenya ran the second fastest marathon in winning the Frankfurt (Germany) race, missing the world record by a mere four seconds.

Kipsang won the Frankfurt Marathon for the second straight year in 2 hours, 3 minutes and 42 seconds, barely missing the world mark in mild weather and nearly perfect conditions.

Patrick Makau of Kenya won the Berlin Marathon one month ago with a world-record time of 2:03:38.

• New Jersey set to vote on sports betting: New Jersey voters will cast their votes Tuesday to decide whether they want to legalize gambling on professional sports games.

The referendum is the only one on the ballot this fall in the state. It asks whether sports betting should be allowed at Atlantic City casinos, the state’s four horse racing tracks, and a former track location in Cherry Hill, outside Philadelphia.

Polls indicate the question will be approved. Even if it is, no bets can be taken unless a federal ban on sports betting in all but four states is overturned.