Serena reaches U.S. Open last 16 with milestone win
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Another win, another milestone for Serena Williams who rolled into the U.S. Open last 16 on Saturday by crushing Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 6-2 6-1 to collect grand slam victory number 307 – the most by a woman in the Open era.
Radwanska rolls into fourth round, hungry for more
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Agnieszka Radwanska registered an unusually comfortable third-round win over France’s Caroline Garcia at the U.S. Open on Saturday, but the Polish fourth seed hungers for more at Flushing Meadows.
Halep gets Hungarian fright before reaching last 16
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fifth seed Simona Halep narrowly avoided a third-round upset with a 6-1 2-6 6-4 win over Hungary’s Timea Babos on Saturday to keep her U.S. Open title hopes alive.
Golf: Australian Hend takes one-shot lead at Crans-sur-Sierre
(Reuters) – Scott Hend moved a shot clear of Sweden’s Alex Noren after carding a five-under-par 65 in the third round of the European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre Golf Club in Switzerland on Saturday.
Cycling: Quintana and Froome inseparable as Gesink wins stage
(Reuters) – Dutchman Robert Gesink won Stage 14 of the Tour of Spain on Saturday, finishing seven seconds ahead of the field as he returned to form after injury problems earlier in the year.
Motor racing: Button making way for Vandoorne at McLaren
MONZA, Italy (Reuters) – Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne will replace Jenson Button in McLaren’s race driver line-up next year with the 2009 Formula One world champion still available if needed and under contract for 2018, the team said on Saturday.
Formula One sale to Liberty Media to go ahead next week: auto motor und sport
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A sale of Formula One to Liberty Media is to go ahead next week, the sport’s commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone told German trade magazine auto motor und sport on the sidelines of the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on Saturday.
Motorcycling: Crutchlow on pole for home British GP
(Reuters) – British rider Cal Crutchlow followed up his Czech Grand Prix victory with pole position in a wet qualifying for his home MotoGP race at Silverstone on Saturday.
Motor racing: Hamilton runs away with Monza pole position
MONZA, Italy (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton swept to a dominant pole position at the Italian Grand Prix for the third year in succession on Saturday with Mercedes team mate and title rival Nico Rosberg joining the Briton on the front row of the grid.
Soccer: Bastian Schweinsteiger left out of Man United’s Europa League squad
(Reuters) – Bastian Schweinsteiger has been left out of Manchester United’s Europa League squad by coach Jose Mourinho, as the midfielder continues to be marginalized at the club.
