Off the wire

GOLF

Jaeger wins Knoxville Stephan Jaeger birdied the final two holes for his second consecutive 7-under 64 and a three-stroke victory in the Web.com Tour’s Knoxville Open. The 28-year-old PGA Tour player from Germany, a college star at Tennessee-Chattanooga, won his fourth career Web. com Tour title after failing to get into The Players Championship. He finished at 16-under 268. Money leader Sungjae Im was second after a 68. Wyndham Clark had a 65 to finish third at 12 under. Cameron Davis, Derek Ernst, Matt Harmon and Wes Roach were tied for fourth at 11 under. Taylor Moore (Arkansas Razorbacks) and Ethan Tracy (Razorbacks) were tied at 4 under. Tag Ridings (Razorbacks) was 2 over. Lagergren wins playoff Joakim Lagergren of Sweden won his first European Tour title with a dramatic playoff victory over Mike Lorenzo-Vera at the Sicilian Open on Sunday. Lagergren birdied the first extra hole at Verdura Golf Club after he and overnight leader Lorenzo-Vera had finished tied at 16-under par. Lorenzo-Vera began the day with a two-shot lead but he could only card a final round 70 and recorded his second consecutive runner-up finish after losing out in the final of GolfSixes alongside Romain Wattel last week. Lagergren made four birdies in his first nine holes to shoot 68 and finish level with the Frenchman. Australia’s Lucas Herbert matched the lowest round of the week with a 63 to finish a shot behind in third alongside England’s Andy Sullivan.

TENNIS

Zverev takes Madrid Second-seeded Alexander Zverev beat fifth-seeded Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-4 to win the Madrid Open on Sunday, claiming his second title in a week. Zverev broke Thiem’s opening service games in each set to win in 1 hour, 19 minutes. Zverev, 21, won his eighth career title and second of the season after also winning the Munich Open last weekend. Thiem lost his second consecutive final at the Caja Magica. He avenged last year’s final loss to Rafael Nadal by beating him in Friday’s quarterfinals for the Spaniard’s first clay-court loss in a year. It was Zverev’s second victory in six meetings with Thiem.

Wawrinka struggles Stan Wawrinka is still struggling to regain his form following surgery on his left knee. Playing his first match since February, the three-time Grand Slam champion lost to 55th-ranked Steve Johnson 6-4, 6-4 Sunday in the first round of the Italian Open in Rome. Waw- rinka committed 30 unforced errors to Johnson’s 17, was broken once in each set and failed to take advantage of his only two break opportunities. Also on the red clay of the Foro Italico, Italian wild card Lorenzo Sonego had strong fan support as he came back from a set down to defeat Adrian Mannarino 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Meanwhile, two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova withdrew from the tournament citing a muscular injury that occurred during a grueling three-set victory over Kiki Bertens in Saturday’s Madrid Open final. The women’s tournament at the Foro Italico begins today. It’s the last Masters 100 event before the May 27-June 10 French Open.

MOTOR SPORTS

Hamilton victorious Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday by 20 seconds for his second consecutive Formula One victory, increasing his championship lead over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Valtteri Bottas secured a one-two for Mercedes at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, while Max Verstappen completed the podium despite finishing the race with a broken front wing on his Red Bull. Vettel, who now trails Hamilton by 17 points in the drivers’ standings, was only fourth after a slow pit stop. Daniel Ricciardo was fifth with Red Bull, ahead of Kevin Magnussen of Haas and the Spanish duo of Carlos Sainz of Renault and Fernando Alonso of McLaren. Charles Leclerc of Sauber and Sergio Perez of Force India closed out the top 10.

HORSE RACING

Magic in; Bolt out Mother’s Day weekend proved to be a tumultuous one for the 2018 Preakness field, with trainer Chad Brown committing Kentucky Derby runner-up Good Magic to a rematch with Justify while Bolt d’Oro’s trainer-owner Mick Ruis pointed his contender to New York rather than Baltimore. Good Magic legitimately pushed Justify over the mud at Churchill Downs but could not make up ground on the big chestnut and lost by 21/2 lengths. Brown, who won the 2017 Preakness with Cloud Computing, said he did not think his horse could have caught Justify that day. But he had no plans to run Good Magic in the Belmont Stakes, and with the colt training well after the Derby, he figured an immediate rematch made the most sense. Good Magic will ship to Baltimore today and gallop at Pimlico Race Course on Tuesday morning. Ruis decided the Metropolitan Mile on the Belmont Stakes undercard would be a better option for his horse than the Preakness. He had originally planned to ship Bolt d’Oro back to California for freshening immediately after the Derby. But after seeing how quickly his colt rebounded and analyzing how the mud at Churchill seemed to affect him, Ruis reconsidered the Preakness. He ultimately decided a longer rest and a shorter return race would be best for Bolt d’Oro.