Auto Racing
Lone Sprint Cup driver in the field wins Nationwide race
JOLIET, Ill. – Joey Logano held off Sam Hornish Jr. to win the NASCAR Nationwide race at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday.
Logano, the lone Sprint Cup regular in the race, earned his second Nationwide win of the year and No. 20 for his career. He also won at Dover in June.
Hornish held on for second, giving car owner Roger Penske the top two spots. Austin Dillon finished third, earning a $100,000 bonus.
Logano drove to victory while the rest of the Sprint Cup drivers took the weekend off.
Golf
Six years later, Austin, 49, wins again on PGA Tour
MADISON, Miss. – Woody Austin won the Sanderson Farms Classic on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory since 2007, beating Cameron Beckman and Daniel Summerhays with an 8-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff.
The 49-year-old Austin is the eighth oldest winner in PGA Tour history and the oldest since Fred Funk won at 50 in 2007.
Austin came into the final round two shots behind Summerhays and Nicholas Thompson but made up ground with a 5-under 67 to finish at 20-under 268. Beckman and Summerhays both birdied No. 18 to match Austin, and Beckman missed a 5-foot putt that would have forced a second playoff hole.
Austin was making his fourth PGA Tour start of the year. He has four career victories.
Recari hangs on down stretch to win Marathon
SYLVANIA, Ohio – The head-to-head duel between Beatriz Recari and Paula Creamer in the final round of the Marathon Classic on Sunday was great theater; don’t be surprised if there’s a sequel.
Recari rolled in a 12-foot birdie putt on the 14th hole to take the lead for good and hung on to hold off Creamer for her third LPGA Tour title.
The 26-year-old Recari closed with a 5-under 66 to finish at 17-under 267. Creamer, who was seeking her 10th career win and first since the 2010 U.S. Women’s Open, finished with a 67.
Tennis
Serena wins Swedish Open for her 53rd WTA title
BASTAD, Sweden – Serena Williams won her 53rd WTA title by beating Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-1 in the final of the Swedish Open on Sunday.
Williams also defeated 76th-ranked Larsson in their only previous match in the Fed Cup earlier this year.
Meusburger wins in Austria for her first WTA title
BAD GASTEIN, Austria – Yvonne Meusburger of Austria won her first WTA title by defeating Andrea Hlavackova of Czech Republic 7-5, 6-2 at the Gastein Ladies on Sunday.
It was Meusburger’s second consecutive final and third overall. She lost to Romania’s Simona Halep in Budapest last week and to Italy’s Francesca Schiavone in Bad Gastein six years ago.
6-10 Karlovic wins No. 5 over the hometown favorite
BOGOTA, Colombia – Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic won the Claro Open Colombia on Sunday, spoiling hometown favorite Alejandro Falla’s bid for his first ATP Tour title.
The 34-year-old Karlovic, the tallest player on tour at 6-10, beat Falla 6-3, 7-6 (4) on the hard court at Centro de Alto Rendimiento for his fifth career title. Karlovic missed three months this season because of viral meningitis, returning this month at Newport.
Fognini molds another title out of clay, 2nd in 2 weeks
HAMBURG, Germany – Fabio Fognini saved three match points before beating Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-2 on Sunday to win the German Tennis Championships for his second title in two weeks.
The 12th-seeded Italian extended his winning run to 10 matches. He won his first career title, also on clay, last week in Stuttgart. Fognini has 25 wins on clay this season, second only to Rafael Nadal’s 38.
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