Pouille beats Lopez in three sets to win Stuttgart title
STUTTGART (Reuters) – Big-serving world number 16 Lucas Pouille tuned up for Wimbledon by muscling past Spanish veteran Feliciano Lopez 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4 in just over two hours on Sunday to win the Stuttgart Open.
Karlovic serves 12,000th ace but Muller wins landmark battle
(Reuters) – Luxembourg’s Gilles Muller out-aced the record-breaking Ivo Karlovic in a landmark battle of the big-serving veterans to lift the grasscourt title in Den Bosch on Sunday.
NFL star Tom Brady ‘dreams’ of playing football game in China
BEIJING (Reuters) – Five-time Super Bowl winner Tom Brady hopes to one day play an American football game in China, he said on Sunday, on a visit aimed at promoting the sport in a huge potential market.
Malaysian Fung celebrates Father’s Day with maiden title
(Reuters) – Malaysia’s Nicholas Fung held his nerve to secure a narrow victory at the Queen’s Cup in Thailand on Sunday and celebrated Father’s Day by dedicating his maiden Asian Tour title to his dad.
Kerber withdraws from Birmingham event due to hamstring injury
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuters) – World number one Angelique Kerber has suffered a pre-Wimbledon injury scare, pulling out of this week’s Aegon Classic at Edgbaston due to a recurrence of a hamstring problem.
Mayweather says accepted McGregor fight as fans wanted it
(Reuters) – Boxer Floyd Mayweather agreed to a crossover fight with mixed martial arts champions Conor McGregor because his fans wanted it, the 40-year-old has said.
Porsche complete Le Mans hat-trick
LE MANS, France (Reuters) – Porsche won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the third year in a row on Sunday with a stunning last-to-first victory in a race of retirements that left early favorites Toyota nursing more heartache.
Golf: Fleetwood pictures changed life with Open win
ERIN, Wisconsin (Reuters) – England’s Tommy Fleetwood has been putting beautifully at the U.S. Open and needs to extend his surprising roll at the championship one more day to change his life forever.
Fowler back in the thick of it at U.S. Open
(Reuters) – Rickie Fowler, who slipped out of the U.S. Open lead after making three bogeys in a row late in the second round, put himself back in the thick of the chase with a run of three birdies on Saturday at the U.S. Open.
Golf: Players’ champion Kim still in hunt for first major
(Reuters) – Kim Si-woo kept up his steady pace at the U.S. Open on Saturday, posting his third successive sub-par round to remain in the hunt for his first major.
