U.S. Open moves tennis finals

The U.S. Open tennis tournament is moving the women’s final to Sunday and men’s final to Monday in 2013, building in a day of rest ahead of each title match for the first time.

The U.S. Tennis Association, which runs the Grand Slam event played in New York, announced the changes Friday — but only for next year. A decision about 2014 and beyond probably will come after the 2013 tournament, the USTA said.

Some top male players complained that the U.S. Open was the sport’s only major tournament that put their semifinals and final on consecutive days. The men’s semifinals in New York will stay on Saturday under the new plan. announced Friday that it has filed a class action suit in U.S. District Court in New York, seeking to establish that its now 90day lockout is legal.

In a separate move, the NHL filed an unfair labor practice charge with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming the players’ association has bargained in bad faith.

The league’s moves were made Friday after the sides held a bargaining conference call, following two days of talks that included federal mediators. NBA draft pick in 2006, has been arrested on drug charges after an officer patrolling a parking lot at a suburban Memphis mall smelled marijuana coming from a car.

After asking the former Pacers and Nets player to get out of a Porsche on Thursday night, police reported finding a partially smoked marijuana cigar, another blunt and a bottle of codeine cough syrup not prescribed to Williams.

Online jail records show that Williams, 26, was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture, deliver or sell. He was released on bond late Friday.