The Morning Call

Federer, Djokovic ousted

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Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic went from unbeatable to beaten in the quarterfin­als of the Shanghai Masters. The pair had been a combined 13-0 at the event. Federer saved five match points in the second set but fell to fifth-seeded Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-7 (7), 6-3. Djokovic, the defending champion, lost to sixth-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

American teenager Coco Gauff advanced to her first WTA semifinal by beating top-seeded Kiki Bertens 7-6 (1), 6-4 at the Upper Austria Ladies in Linz, Austria. Gauff, 15, also earned her first win over a top-10 player.

Auto racing: Denny Hamlin went nearly 205 mph at Talladega Superspeed­way, where he was among seven drivers to top 203 mph in practice for Sunday's GEICO 500. The Daytona 500 winner went 204.904 mph in the closing moments of the first drafting session of the weekend.

Golf: Matthew Fitzpatric­k took a one-stroke lead after the second round of the Italian Open, while local favorite Francesco Molinari missed the cut. Fitzpatric­k, an Englishman, moved to 10-under par with seven birdies and one bogey for a round of 65 . ... Doug Barron lost a great start with three bogeys over his last four holes and had to settle for a 6-under 66 and a one-shot lead over Woody Austin after the opening round of the SAS Championsh­ip in Cary, North Carolina.

Gymnastics: Nikita Nagornyy of Russia won his first men's all-around gymnastics title at the world championsh­ips in Stuttgart, Germany.

Soccer: England lost a qualifying game for the World Cup or European Championsh­ip for the first time in 10 years as substitute Zdenek Ondrasek scored his first internatio­nal goal to rally the Czech Republic to a 2-1 win in a Euro 2020 qualifier.

Track and field: Nike is closing its Oregon Project track and field program overseen by Alberto Salazar following his recent four-year doping ban.

—News services

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