SPORTS IN BRIEF

Harvick, eyeing 4th win of year, to start on Talladega pole

TALLADEGA, Ala. – Kevin Harvick will start on the pole Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway while he goes for his fourth win of the year.

Harvick won pole position for the first time since last September at Darlington. Stewart-Haas Racing teammate Kurt Busch joins him on the front row. Harvick won three races in a row earlier this season, matching points leader Kyle Busch’s current streak.

Talladega is often chaotic, but drivers have said Sunday’s race seems more unpredictable than usual.

NASCAR changed the restrictor plates after Friday’s practice laps in which Jamie McMurray’s car flipped a number of times.

The change is expected to sap some horsepower and drop speeds by a few miles an hour. Kurt Busch says he has “never seen this much uncertainty heading into a plates race before.”

Nadal reaches Barcelona Open final with 400th win on clay

BARCELONA, Spain – Rafael Nadal has added to his clay-court dominance by reaching yet another milestone on the surface. Nadal defeated David Goffin 6-4, 6-0 for his 400th career win on clay on Saturday, reaching the Barcelona Open final for the 11th time.

The top-ranked Spaniard will face 19-year-old Stefanos Tsitsipas, the first Greek player to make it to an ATP Tour final in 45 years. He defeated fifth-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain 7-5, 6-3.