Federer, Nadal advance
Roger Federer breezed in the third round at the U. S. Open on Saturday, knocking off 31st- seeded Feliciano Lopez 6- 3, 6- 3, 7- 5.
Federer, who improved to 13- 0 against Lopez and 33- 1 in night matches at the Open, had only 16 unforced errors. He averaged 62 errors in his first two matches, both of which went five sets.
Federer advances to play 33rd- seeded Philip Kohlschreiber. Federer is 11- 0 against the German.
No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal dropping the first set, but rallied to beat Leonardo Mayer 6- 7 ( 3), 6- 3, 6- 1, 6- 4. Nadal next plays 64th- ranked Alexandr Dolgopolov, who is under scrutiny from anticorruption investigators because of unusual betting.
SOCCER Fire snap 4- game skid
Bastian Schweinsteiger scored the lone goal in the 57th minute to lead the visiting Fire to a 1- 0 victory over the Montreal Impact. It was Schweinsteiger’s third goal with the Fire ( 13- 9- 5), who snapped a four- game losing streak. The Impact played with only 10 men for the final 40 minutes after defender Deian Boldor got a red card for a spikes- up tackle on Schweinsteiger.
Spain ended Italy’s 11year unbeaten run in qualifiers with a 3- 0 win in Madrid, moving closer to securing a World Cup spot. The Italians hadn’t lost a qualifier — World Cup or European Championship — in 56 games, dating back to September 2006.
GOLF Rahm leads at Dell
Jon Rahm made five birdies and an eagle over his last 10 holes, giving him a 5- under 66 and a two- shot lead after two rounds of the Dell Technologies Championship, the second leg of the FedEx Cup playoffs, in Norton, Massachusetts.
One day after he birdied four of his last five holes, he made a 12- foot eagle putt on the par- 5 18th and then shot 31 on the front nine to reach 9- under 133.
Dustin Johnson, the world’s No. 1 player who had a one- shot lead going into the second round, had a pair of double bogeys after a quick start and needed a birdie on the 18th hole to keep from falling further behind. Johnson shot a 72 and was five shots behind.
Paul Casey had a 65 and was two shots off the lead along with Adam Hadwin ( 65), Kevin Streelman ( 65) and Kyle Stanley ( 68).
MISCELLANEOUS Harden donates $ 1M
Houston Rockets point guard James Harden says he will donate $ 1 million to the city of Houston to aid in Harvey recovery.
Kevin Harvick ( 177.730 mph) edged Martin Truex ( 177.077 mph) to win the pole for NASCAR’s Southern 500 Sunday in Darlington, South Carolina. AP