Sinner, Italy top Serbia to reach Davis Cup final
MALAGA, Spain — Jannik Sinner secured back-to-back wins over top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the singles and doubles to lead Italy into the Davis Cup final after rallying past Serbia 2-1 on Saturday.
Miomir Kecmanovic Lorenzo Musetti
beat 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-1 to give Serbia a 1-0 lead in their semifinal showdown, and Djokovic had Serbia on the cusp of the final when he faced Sinner in the second singles match.
But the fourth-ranked Sinner saved three match points before ending Djokovic's streak of 21 straight wins in Davis Cup singles matches, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5, to pull Italy level at 1-1 with Serbia.
Sinner teamed up with Lorenzo Sonego in the doubles to beat Djokovic and Kecmanovic 6-3, 6-4.
MLS PLAYOFFS
Crew advance to face FC Cincinnati
Christian Ramírez
scored three minutes into the first half of two 15minute extra periods and the Columbus Crew advanced to the Eastern Conference Final with a 2-0 victory at Orlando
City.
Columbus (17-9-9) snapped a league-record streak of 16 straight playoff road matches without a victory. The Crew move on to face FC Cincinnati, which beat the Philadelphia Union 1-0 at home on a late goal by Yerson Mosquera.
GOLF
Lawrence on top at Johannesburg
Thriston
South Africa's Lawrence will take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Joburg Open.
Lawrence, who led after the first round, returned to the top of the leaderboard Saturday with a 3-under 67 to go 15 under overall at Houghton Golf Club.
South Africans locked out the top six spots. Dean Burmester (68) is Lawrence's nearest chaser at three shots back. Jacques Kruyswijk (69) and Nikhil Rama (72), the overnight leader, are four shots back.
Lee in front at Australian PGA Championship: Min Woo Lee extended his lead to three shots at the Australian PGA Championship after a 5-under 66 in overcast conditions Saturday at Brisbane to move to 17 under after three rounds.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL Longhorns rout South Florida
Taylor Jones and Rori Harmon scored 15 points apiece as unbeaten and 12th-ranked Texas routed South Florida 76-44 on Saturday night to win a Paradise Jam championship game at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Texas (7-0) held South Florida to single digits in the first three quarters to win the Reef Division after also beating Arizona State 84-42 and posting a 62-point win against High Point in earlier tournament games.
No. 10 N.C. State upsets No. 3 Colorado: River Baldwin scored a career-high 26 points and No. 10 North Carolina
State topped No. 3 Colorado 78-60 at the Paradise Jam.
No. 20 Louisville wins at Katy: Olivia Cochran had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Kiki Jefferson added 19 points as Louisville beat Liberty 72-63 at the Chancellor Classic in Katy.
Down six entering the fourth, the Cardinals (5-1) opened with a 16-1 run.
In the other game, Jerkaila Jordan scored 20 points and No. 25 Mississippi State held off Arkansas-Pine Bluff 77-68.
No. 6 UConn beats Kansas: Paige Bueckers scored 22 points and Aubrey Griffin added 20 as No. 6 UConn beat Kansas 71-63 at the Cayman Islands Classic.
Griffin grabbed a teambest eight rebounds for the Huskies (4-2). Taiyanna Jackson led Kansas (2-3) with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
WORLD CUP SKIING Shiffrin third in giant slalom
Swiss skier Lara GutBehrami made it two giant slalom victories from two starts this season, winning a women's World Cup race at Killington, Vt., in which Mikaela Shiffrin finished third.