Inside: Mike Weir has the lead over Phil Mickelson in Virginia, News+Notes,
The other left-handed, 50-year-old former Masters champion was on top after a long Saturday at The Country Club of Virginia.
While Phil Mickelson got most of the attention going into the Dominion Energy Charity Classic as he tries to open his senior career with consecutive victories, Mike Weir was a little better on a 36-hole day after rain washed out play Friday. The Canadian shot 68- 63 to reach 13 under and take a three-stroke lead over Mickelson into the final round.
“I’m super happy with the way I played today,” Weir said. “My mindset going into today, knowing we had 36, I wanted to get in a nice rhythm for the day because there’s so many holes. If you get in a nice rhythm, you can kind of ride it and I did that. I kind of stumbled a bit on my 18th hole the first round, but maybe that gave me a jump start to just like not be too bothered and just say, ‘Hey, I’m playing good and let’s just keep the pedal down.’”
Mickelson shot 68-66. He won his PGA Tour Champions debut at Ozarks National in August.
Tennis
RUBLEV, CORIC ADVANCE TO ST. PETERSBURG OPEN FINAL >> Andrey Rublev and Borna Coric overcame Canadian opposition to reach the final of the St. Petersburg Open.
The third-seeded Rublev rallied to beat secondseeded Denis Shapovalov 4- 6, 6- 3, 6- 4, and Coric also recovered in the semifinals to beat Milos Raonic 1- 6, 6-1, 6- 4.
The Croatian player will bid to beat Rublev for the first time at the fourth attempt in Sunday’s final. ZVEREV TO PLAY AUGER
ALIASSIME IN COLOGNE INDOORS FINAL >> A lexander Zverev moved one win from a third title in his native Germany and will play Felix Auger-Aliassime in the final of the Cologne Indoors tournament. Topseeded Zverev defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5, 7- 6 (3) in the semifinals.
The 20- year- old Auger-Aliassime also beat a Spanish opponent, secondseeded Roberto Bautista Agut, 6-3, 1- 6, 6-3. The Canadian will be going for his first title in Sunday’s final — his sixth — while Zverev is bidding to make up for some of the disappointment of losing the U.S. Open final to Dominic Thiem.
Running
KENYA’S JEPCHIRCHIR SETS WORLD MARK IN WOMEN’S HALF MARATHON >> Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya broke her own world record in the women’s-only half marathon, clocking 1 hour, 5 minutes and 16 seconds.
The 27- year- old Jepchirchir improved on her record by 18 seconds on a four-lap course, taking gold at the World Athletics half marathon championships in Gdynia, Poland.
Jepchirchir broke the record for the first time on Sept. 5, when she ran 1:05:34 in Prague.
Six women finished in under 66 minutes in what was a fast course on the streets of Gdynia along the Baltic coast of northern Poland.
Cycling
ALMEIDAADDSTOGIROLEAD AS GANNA WINS TIME TRIAL >> Portuguese rider João Almeida increased his grip on the pink jersey in the hilly 14th-stage time trial of the Giro d’Italia, while recently crowned world champion Filippo Ganna claimed his third victory in this year’s race.
The 22-year-old Almeida is riding the first Grand Tour of his career and has held the lead since a strong effort up Mount Etna in Stage 3.
Only one more week of racing remains before the race ends in Milan next weekend with another individual time trial.
Ganna’s Ineos Grenadiers teammate Rohan Dennis finished second in the stage, 26 seconds behind, and American rider Brandon McNulty came third, 1:09 back.