Federer goes for 99th title
Defending champion Roger Federer will play 21-year-old Borna Coric in the Gerry Weber Open final as he chases his 99th career singles title Sunday in Germany.
Federer reached his 12th final in Halle by beating Denis Kudla 7-6 (1), 7-5. Federer is going for a record-extending 10th title. It will be his second final in as many weeks, after winning his 18th grass-court title in Stuttgart. The top-ranked Federer has won his last 20 matches on grass.
Novak Djokovic advanced to his first ATP tour final in almost a year by beating Jeremy Chardy at Queen’s Club in London. Djokovic will face Marin Cilic in Sunday’s final after the top-seeded Croat beat Nick Kyrgios . ... Former top-ranked Amelie Mauresmo will become the first woman to captain France’s Davis Cup men’s team when she replaces Yannick Noah next season . ... Defending champion Petra Kvitova raced into the Birmingham (England) Classic final with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Mihaela Buzarnescu. She plays Magdalena Rybarikova in Sunday’s final . ... The U.S. Open will give consideration to players returning from pregnancy when seeding them, USTA president
Katrina Adams told the New York Times.
The Carolina Hurricanes acquired defenseman Dougie Hamilton, winger Micheal Ferland and forward prospect Adam Fox from Calgary for center Elias Lindholm and defenseman Noah Hanifin . ... Colorado signed goaltender Philipp Grubauer to a three-year, $10-million contract and put defenseman Brooks Orpik on buyout waivers after acquiring them from Washington.
Welterweight Vergil Ortiz improved to 10-0 with a third-round knockout of former champion Juan Carlos Salgado in Los Angeles . ... Leon Edwards beat Donald Cerrone by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC Fight Night in Singapore.
Justin Haley, 19, won the NASCAR truck race at Madison, Ill., for his first career win . ... Lewis Hamilton secured a record-extending 75th career pole position at Formula One’s French Grand Prix . ... Josef Newgarden led a Team Penske sweep in winning his second straight pole, for Sunday’s IndyCar race in Elkhart Lake, Wis . ... The IndyCar series won’t return to Phoenix in 2019.
DeAnna Price set an American record in the women’s hammer throw, winning with a world-leading throw of 256 feet, 3 inches at the USATF national outdoor championships at Des Moines, Iowa. Sam Kendricks became the first American pole vaulter to win five consecutive national titles in 74 years, clearing 19-21⁄4. Defending world champion Emma Coburn claimed her seventh national title in women’s steeplechase, in 9:17.70, while Olympic champion Matthew Centrowitz won the men’s 1,500 meters in 3:43.37 to claim his fifth title.