Late rally helps Henderson pick up LPGA win in L.A.

Brooke Henderson rallied to win the HUGEL Air Premia LA Open on Saturday for her 10th LPGA Tour title, chipping in for birdie on the par-3 12th in an early back-nine burst and getting up-and-down for par on the last.

Four strokes behind leader Jessica Korda and three back of top-ranked Jin Young Ko entering the sunny day at Wilshire Country Club, Henderson closed with her second straight 4-under 67 for a one-stroke victory over Korda.

“I think as I age I’m getting more nerves,’’ Henderson said. “But I was just really happy with how I went out today. I was a lot of shots back, but I just said to myself to keep the same game plan and try to make as many birdies as I could.”

The 23-year-old Canadian birdied the par-4 11th to take the lead at 15 under, hitting a 144-yard shot to 3 feet of the back, right pin. She holed out from 70 feet from right and below the green on 12, and made a 6-foot birdie putt on the short par-4 14th.

Henderson bogeyed the par-4 17th to cut her lead to two, then chipped inside 2 feet for par on the par-3 18th after her 8-iron shot rolled off the right edge of the green and into a low collection area.

The sixth-ranked Henderson won for the first time since the Meijer LPGA Classic in June 2019. She finished at 16-under 268 to break the event record of 14 under set by Minjee Lee in 2019.

Korda missed a chance for her second win of the year after leading after each of the first three rounds.

“Really frustrating, really couldn’t get anything going,’’ Korda said.

OOSTHUIZEN-SCHWARTZEL SURGE TO ZURICH CLASSIC LEAD

>> Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel birdied six of their final eight holes to shoot a 9-under 63 and take a one-shot lead at 19-under 197 into the final round of the Zurich Classic at Avondale, La.

The South African tandem birdied the par-3 17th with Oosthuizen’s 33-foot putt and Oosthuizen missed an eagle on the par-5 18th by 4 inches before tapping in for the lead while wearing a somewhat disgusted look because of his narrowly missed previous putt from nearly 17 feet.

Oosthuizen then allowed for a smile while fist-bumping Schwartzel in acknowledgment of a successful round in a best-ball format that included nine birdies — five by Schwartzel and four by Oosthuizen in the PGA Tour’s lone regular-season team event.

Australians Marc Leishman and Cameron Smith also shot a 63 to move into a tie for second at 18 under with Cameron Champ and Tony Finau, who shot a 67 after Finau’s tap-in birdie.

Horse racing

WHISPER NOT WINS SAN FRANCISCO MILE >> Whisper Not, a 4-year-old Poet’s Voice colt, picked up his first graded stakes victory by capturing the $250,000 Grade 3 San Francisco Mile Stakes at Golden Gate Fields.

The mare Ofthe Stars took second place, followed by Restrainedvengence, Brown Storm and Border Town in the field of eight.

The English-bred Whisper Not, ridden by Geovanni Franco and trained by Richard Baltas, was the 7-5 favorite and paid $4.80 for the win. It was the horse’s fourth victory in 10 career races since its debut in 2019.

Meanwhile, Stalking Shadow rallied down the stretch to capture the $100,000 California Derby by outlasting Jimmy Irish earlier in the day. Ridden by Evin Roman, the 3-year-old colt Stalking Shadow paid $16.20 for the victory.

Auto racing BURTON WINS XFINITY SERIES RACE AT TALLADEGA

>> Jeb Burton raced to his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory when rain halted the action with 23 laps left at Talladega Superspeedway.

Burton passed cousin Harrison Burton on the inside on Lap 82 and stayed up front before a seven-car wreck forced a caution and heavy rain sent the cars to pit road.

It was the third straight win at Talladega for Kaulig Racing, with teammate Justin Haley sweeping the two 2020 races.

Series points leader Austin Cindric was second after starting in the pole position, followed by Burton’s teammate, AJ Allmendinger from Los Gatos.

Tennis

DJOKOVIC UPSET AT SERBIA OPEN>> Third-seeded Aslan

Karatsev saved an eye-popping 23 break points en route to a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 stunning upset of top-seeded homeland favorite Novak Djokovic to claim a spot in the championship match of the Serbia Open.

The Russian scored six aces while prevailing in three hours and 25 minutes in Belgrade. He halted World No. 1 Djokovic’s 11-match winning streak on home soil.

Karatsev will face second-seeded Matteo Berrettini in Sunday’s championship match. The Italian recorded a 6-1, 5-7 (5), 6-0 win over Japan’s Taro Daniel in the other semifinal. NADAL ADVANCES TO BARCELONA OPEN FINAL >> Rafael Nadal reached the final in Spain for the 12th time, defeating fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3, 6-2.

The No. 1 seed, Nadal will play No. 2 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in Sunday’s final.