Li ousts Aubert at Women’s Amateur
Lucy Li, the 14-year-old golf prodigy from Redwood City, advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Championship outside San Diego. Li won two matches Thursday, beating Bethany Wu 6 and 5 in the morning and edging Shannon Aubert of Stanford, the stroke-play medalist, 1-up in the afternoon.
Stanford’s Albane Valenzuela reached the quarterfinals with wins over Cheyenne Knight and Stephanie Lau.
Stanford announced that it will host a tournament at San Francisco’s Harding Park in March. Harding will host the Goodwin, an annual tribute to former Cardinal coach Wally Goodwin, March 29-31. The event, featuring 25 of the nation’s top teams and known as the U.S. Intercollegiate until it was renamed in 2014, is typically held at Stanford Golf Course. Obituary: Former major-league umpire Ken Kaiser has died at 72. The World Umpires Association said Mr. Kaiser died in his hometown of Rochester, N.Y., on Tuesday. He had diabetes for years.
An American League umpire from 1977 through ’99, Mr. Kaiser worked two World Series, one All-Star Game and several playoff series. Tennis: Roger Federer overcame a weak first set to post a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory over David Ferrer in the third round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.
Top-ranked Karolina Pliskova advanced to the quarterfinals of the women’s Rogers Cup in Toronto with a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 1-0 victory over Naomi Osaka, who retired in the third set with an abdominal injury. WNBA: The Seattle Storm (1016) fired head coach Jenny Boucek and promoted assistant Gary Kloppenburg to interim head coach for the rest of the season.
Monique Currie scored 29 points for Phoenix, including a three-pointer with 58.9 seconds left in overtime that put the Mercury ahead to stay in a 101-100 win over the host Dallas Wings. ... Courtney Vandersloot had 21 points and 10 assists for the host Chicago Sky in a 94-74 win over the San Antonio Stars. NBA: The Boston Celtics and Philadelphia 76ers will play a regular-season game at O2 Arena in London on Jan. 11. College basketball: Central Florida added a year to the contract of head coach Johnny Dawkins after the former Stanford head coach went 24-12 in his first season. The extension through 2023 will add $1.5 million to his current deal. High school football: Police in Suffolk County, N.Y., said 16year-old Joshua Mileto was killed when a large log that a group of players at Sachem East High School was carrying overhead in a workout fell on him.