Djokovic masters Murray for record victory
A decade after their first match, when they were a couple of promising teenagers, Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray again in Madrid, this time to win a record 29th career Masters title.
The top-ranked Djokovic defeated the secondranked Murray 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 Sunday in the Madrid Open final, 10 years after their rivalry started in the round of 16 of the tournament.
Djokovic saved seven break points in the final game and converted on his third match point of the night to secure the win over the defending champion Sunday, moving one victory ahead of Rafael Nadal in Masters tournament victories.
Williams reunite for Rio
The Williams sisters are making another run for Olympic gold. The winningest team in Olympic tennis history has entered the doubles draw at this week’s Italian Open to kick off their preparations for the Rio Games.
It will mark the first time Serena and Venus Williams have played doubles together since the 2014 U.S. Open. The sisters already have doubles gold from the 2000, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
ATHLETICS Barber cuts golden ticket
Justin Gatlin of the United States clocked 10.02 seconds to win the 100 metres at a Golden Grand Prix event in Kawasaki, Japan. Gatlin crossed the finish line 0.19 seconds ahead of Japan’s Ryota Yamagata. Meanwhile, world champion Shawn Barber of Canada won the pole vault, clearing 5.62 metres.
GOLF Hahn ends tour dry spell
James Hahn beat Roberto Castro with a par on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff Sunday in the Wells Fargo Championship to snap a threemonth slump in Charlotte, N.C. Hahn, who failed to make the cut in his previous eight tournaments, made a four-foot putt to win his second career PGA Tour title. Rory McIlroy and Phil Mickelson both shot 66 to tie for fourth at 7 under, while Abbotsford’s Adam Hadwin was the top Canadian in a tie for 61st place at 2 over. Graham DeLaet of Weyburn, Sask., tied for 77th at 6 over.
CYCLING Kittel takes Giro lead
Another superb performance from Marcel Kittel saw the German cyclist claim a second successive sprint victory at the Giro d’Italia and replace Tom Dumoulin as the overall leader after the third stage on Sunday. Set up perfectly by his Etixx-QuickStep teammates, Kittel opened his sprint 200 metres out and crossed the line several bike lengths ahead of Elia Viviani of Italy. Ryder Hesjedal of Victoria finished in 76th with a time of 4:23.45. Svein Tuft of Langley was well back in 4:31.24, while Hugo Houle, from SaintePerpetue, Que., crossed in 4:29.48.