TENNIS

Tsonga, Radwanska win Rogers Cup titles

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga won the Rogers Cup on Sunday, beating second-seeded Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (3) in Toronto for his fourth straight victory over a higher-seeded foe.

The 13th-seeded Frenchman won his first ATP Tour title of the season and 11th overall. He beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic on Thursday, eighth-seeded Andy Murray on Friday and seventh-seeded Grigor Dimitrov on Saturday.

 Agnieszka Radwanska beat Venus Williams 6-4, 6-2 to win the women’s title in Montreal.

The third-seeded Radwanska, the first Rogers Cup champ from Poland, picked up her first tourney victory of 2014 and the $441,000 winner’s prize. The 34-year-old Williams earned $220,000.

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GOLF

LPGA: Mirim Lee won the Meijer LPGA Classic in Belmont, Michigan, beating fellow South Korean player Inbee Park with a birdie on the second hole of a playoff.

U.S. WOMEN’S AMATEUR: Kristen Gillman rallied to win the title at Nassau Country Club on Long Island, beating Canada’s Brooke Mackenzie Henderson 2 up in the 36-hole final.

The 16-year-old Gillman lost the 25th and 26th to fall 3 down. She won the short, par-4 27th with a birdie, cut it to 1 down with a birdie win on the par-4 30th and pulled even with another birdie win on the par-4 32nd.

BASKETBALL

NBA: Andrew Wiggins told his former Kansas coach, Bill Self, that he wants to be traded from Cleveland to Minnesota because the No. 1 overall pick believes it will be better for his long-term future.

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Wiggins joined his former coach as a guest instructor at Self’s basketball camp in suburban Kansas City on Sunday.

CYCLING

TOUR OF UTAH: Tom Danielson defended his title, while former Tour de France champ Cadel Evans won his second straight stage.

DIVING

FINA: Americans Rachelle Simpson, Ginger Huber and Cesilie Carlton swept the top three spots in the inaugural FINA High Diving World Cup in Kazan, Russia. American Steven Lobue earned a bronze in men’s competition.

SWIMMING

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U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS: Ryan Lochte beat Michael Phelps in Irvine, California, to win the 200-meter individual medley, keeping Phelps winless in four races. Lochte, the world champion, touched in 1:56.50.

BASEBALL

TWILIGHT LEAGUE: Corbin Hyde’s bases-loaded triple highlighted a four-run fifth inning in Old Orchard Beach as Edge Academy beat Aero Heating & Ventilating 6-1 in the opener of the best-of-three championship series.

The series resumes at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Deering Oakss.

Edge led 2-0 before Hyde tripled home three runs in the fourth inning and scored on a wild pitch. Joe Quinlan rapped four hits for Edge.

JUNIOR LEGION: Bryan Fyfe tripled and scored on an error in the bottom of the 10th to give Bedford Post 54 of New Hampshire a 3-2 victory against South Portland during a consolation game of the Northeast Region 1 tourney in Manchester, New Hampshire.

South Portland, which was eliminated from contention with a 4-3 loss to Riverside, Rhode Island, on Saturday, forced extra innings with two runs in the seventh inning.

Griffin Kelley walked and Jack Kunin singled before Riley Hasson singled in Kelley. Kunin scored the tying run on Ben Conti’s sacrifice fly.

– From staff and news services


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