Isner aces Miami Open test
John Isner won the biggest title of his 14-year career on Sunday, holding every service game and rallying past Alexander Zverev in the Miami Open final, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, in Key Biscayne, Fla.
The 32-year-old Isner previously had been 0-3 in ATP Masters 1000 finals. His breakthrough came in the last singles match on Key Biscayne before the Miami Open moves next year to the NFL Dolphins’ stadium.
Seeded 14th, Isner became the first American man to win the tournament since Andy Roddick in 2010. Isner joined Sloane Stephens, who won the women’s title Saturday, for the first U.S. sweep in the event since 2004, when the champions were Roddick and Serena Williams.
NBA
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said Kawhi Leonard is continuing his injury rehabilitation in New York with his own team of doctors, but is unsure when the star forward and “his group” will clear him to play.
“I don’t know when he’s going to feel, he and his group are going to feel like they’re ready to go,” Popovich said Sunday before a game against Houston. “If I knew, he’d be here. When he and his group feel he’s ready, he’ll be ready.”
Leonard has missed all but nine games this season while nursing right quadriceps tendinopathy, an injury that flared up the off-season. He returned to the team’s lineup briefly but has not played since complaining of soreness in his injured thigh following the Spurs’ home win over Denver on Jan. 13.
McCaw released from hospital: Golden State Warriors guard Patrick McCaw was released from a hospital following a terrifying fall to the floor during Saturday’s game at Sacramento.
The team also said that preliminary tests showed McCaw has no structural damage or problems with his nervous system after the freak injury.
Golden State announced that X-rays, a CT scan and an MRI “were all clear.” McCaw was able to leave UC Davis Medical Center. He is scheduled to be re-examined by a specialist on Thursday and his injury – aside from anything related to the impact of the fall – will be listed as a bruised lumbar spine.
CYCLING
Niki Terpstra continued his fine form by winning the Tour of Flanders classic with a well-timed late attack on Sunday in Oudenaarde, Belgium, becoming the first Dutch rider in more than 30 years to win the race.
Terpstra caught a mini-breakaway group of three riders on the final climb, and the Quick-Step Floors rider moved too far ahead to be caught. Danish rider Mads Pedersen finished second and Belgian rider Philippe Gilbert – last year’s winner – was third.
“It’s a dream come true. Winning Paris-Roubaix (in 2014) and now the Tour of Flanders,” Terpstra said. “Those two races were always a big dream for me when I was young kid. I was already crazy about those two races, I can’t describe how happy I am.”
NHL
The Buffalo Sabres say Victor Antipin suffered a concussion and a broken nose when he was boarded during Saturday night’s game against the Nashville Predators.
The Sabres say Antipin also suffered cuts to his face and dental injuries when he was hit by Predators forward Scott Hartnell behind the Buffalo net. Antipin was strapped to a backboard and taken off the ice on a stretcher. He was hospitalized briefly.
The Sabres say Antipin will be out indefinitely.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
The Wisconsin Badgers were unable to take advantage of wildness of Ohio State pitcher Shelby McCombs as they dropped the rubber game of the three-game set, 7-0, Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.
UW (16-13, 2-2 Big Ten) walked eight times, but McCombs allowed only three hits and struck out eight as the Badgers left nine runners on base against the Buckeyes (21-8, 2-4).