Barty, Zverev breeze to Ohio wins
Top-seeded Ashleigh Barty of Australia racked up eight aces while rolling to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Jil Teichmann of Switzerland on Sunday in the title match of the Western & Southern Open at Mason, Ohio.
World No. 1 Barty needed just 73 minutes to win her fifth title of this season and 13th of her career.
Teichmann, who will rise from 76th in the rankings, enjoyed a big week as she made the tournament as a wild card before upsetting world No. 2 Naomi Osaka, Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic and world No. 4 Karolina Pliskova to be a surprise finalist.
The men's final was also a one-sided affair, with Germany's Alexander Zverev steamrolling Andrey Rublev of Russia 6-2, 6-3.
Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Luisa Stefani of Brazil lost Saturday in the doubles final, falling in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 to Samantha Stosur of Australia and China's Shuai Zhang.
Cameron Smith fired the low round of the day Saturday with an 11-under 60 to vault up the leaderboard and into a tie for first with Spain's Jon Rahm at The Northern Trust in Jersey City, N.J. Smith was a birdie putt away from shooting 59.
The finish of the tournament was pushed back a day due to Hurricane Henri, which is expected to make landfall Sunday about 60 miles east of Liberty National, site of the event.
Rahm fired a second consecutive 67 despite a double-bogey on the par-5 13th. He finished with seven birdies against a bogey on the 16th. Harold Varner III (68) and Canada's Corey Conners (62) of Listowel, Ont., sit in a tie for ninth at 12-under, four shots back. Mackenzie Hughes (69) of Dundas, Ont., will head to the final round at 8-under.
Ryan Blaney took the lead on a restart with eight laps to go, held off Kyle Larson and went on to win Sunday's FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway.
The victory was the Team Penske driver's second of the season. He finished just a nose (.077 seconds) ahead of William Byron of Hendrick Motorsports, who finished second. Kyle Larson of Hendrick, looking for his sixth win of the season, had to settle for third after leading a race-best 71 laps.