SHE’S NO. 1: SWIATEK DOWNS OSAKA IN MIAMI

Iga Swiatek ended her journey to the women’s No. 1 ranking in fitting fashion.

Swiatek continued her searing start to 2022 on Saturday, beating Naomi Osaka 6-4, 6-0 to win the women’s title at the Miami Open and extend her winning streak to 17 matches.

Swiatek, who will replace the nowretired Ashleigh Barty at No. 1 in the women’s rankings officially when the points are updated Monday, also completed the so-called Sunshine Double — winning both Indian Wells and Miami. She’s the fourth woman to do so, joining Victoria Azarenka (2016), Kim Clijsters (2005) and Steffi Graf (1994 and 1996).

“This tournament has so much energy,” Swiatek said.

Swiatek, who never faced a single break point, earned $1,231,245 for the win. Osaka earned $646,110 for making the final.

The men’s final in Miami is today when No. 6 seed Casper Ruud will face No. 14 Carlos Alcaraz.

More tennis

U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev expects to be sidelined for one to two months after having hernia surgery. The No. 2-ranked man in tennis wrote on Twitter that he has been dealing with “a small hernia” in recent months. That timeline suggests Medvedev likely will miss the next Grand Slam tournament, the French Open, which begins on May 22.

Locally

The San Diego Seals (9-4) fell to the Toronto Rock (10-5), 14-7, on the road in National Lacrosse League play and failed to clinch a playoff berth.

The San Diego Strike Force lost at the Northern Arizona Wranglers, 45-28, in IFL play to fall to 0-3 on the season.

The University of San Diego baseball team (17-8, 6-2 WCC) saw its eightgame winning streak come to an end with a 6-5 loss at San Francisco (15-15, 4-4).

The San Diego State softball team (24-10, 8-0 Mountain West) downed visiting Nevada, 4-2, for its 10th consecutive victory.

The UC San Diego baseball team (11-15, 3-2) earned its first Big West series win with a 7-4 victory over Long Beach State at Blair Field.

Completing the nonconference portion of the schedule with a perfect record, the Point Loma baseball team (27-3, 9-3 Pacwest) completed a fourgame sweep of Biola (12-16, 8-4) by scores of 7-4 and 6-5 in eight innings on the road.

Soccer

New England Revolution goalkeeper

Matt Turner is sidelined with a hairline fracture in his right foot. Turner tweeted that the United States’ Feb. 2 World Cup qualifier in frigid weather at St. Paul, Minn., “has nothing to do with that’s kept me off the field these last few weeks.”

Ilie Sanchez scored for visiting LAFC (4-0-1) in a 4-2 victory over Orlando City (2-2-2) in MLS play.

Without Cristiano Ronaldo, Manchester United was dealt a further setback in its bid to secure Champions League qualification for next season by drawing with Leicester 1-1 at home in the English Premier League.

Manchester City responded to the challenge laid down by title rival Liverpool by winning at Burnley 2-0 in the EPL to stay in first place heading into the seismic meeting of the top two next weekend.

Liverpool kept the heat on Manchester City in the EPL title race by beating relegation-threatened Watford 2-0 thanks to Diogo Jota’s 20th goal of the season in all competitions and Fabinho’s late penalty.

Christian Eriksen can’t stop scoring since his return to competitive soccer. The Denmark international’s latest goal was his first for Brentford in a stunning 4-1 win in the EPL against a Chelsea team beset by unrelenting takeover talk.

This time, Robert Lewandowski failed to score. It didn’t matter as others did for Bayern Munich to stretch its Bundesliga lead to nine points with a 4-1 win in Freiburg.

NFL

A trade of Miami Dolphins wide receiver Devante Parker this offseason was somewhat expected. For it to come within the division was a bit of a surprise. The Dolphins agreed to trade Parker to the New England Patriots, along with a fifth-round pick in this month’s draft, for a 2023 third-round pick, according to sources.

The agent for Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard said that the Pro Bowler’s record-setting extension with the team was the culmination of more than a year’s worth of talks on the topic. Howard and the Dolphins agreed on a fiveyear restructuring that includes nearly $51 million in new money. It came with about $39 million left on his existing contract, which had to be reworked last summer as well after he requested a trade.

The New Orleans Saints are bringing back free-agent defensive back P.J. Williams on a one-year contract.