TENNIS
Federer into final
Roger Federer continued his longest winning streak in five years by reaching the Rogers Cup final at Montreal. The second-seeded Federer used a 6-3, 7-6 (5) victory over unseeded Robin Haase of the Netherlands on Saturday to reach his sixth final of the year and win his 16th consecutive match. Federer, 36, is looking for a third Rogers Cup title but his first in Montreal, having won in 2004 and 2006 in Toronto. A victory would give Federer, currently ranked third in the world, one of the top two seeds at the U.S. Open that begins Aug. 28 in New York. In today’s final, he will face the winner of the second semifinal between Denis Shapovalov, 18, of Richmond Hill, Ontario, and Alexander Zverev, 20, of Germany.
Wozniacki cruises
Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the Rogers Cup final with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Sloane Stephens on Saturday in Toronto. Wozniacki, the No. 6 seed from Denmark, will play either defending champion and second seed Simona Halep of Romania or fifth-seeded Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in today’s final. Halep and Svitolina were scheduled to play Saturday night after winning rain-delayed quarterfinal matches in the morning. Wet weather hampered the proceedings at the WTA Tour Premier 5 event for a second consecutive day. The afternoon semifinal was briefly delayed in the second set. Wozniacki knocked off top-ranked Karolina Pliskova on Friday just over five hours after they started warmups. They had to wait out four rain delays and spent nearly three hours on court. Stephens, who is trying to regain her form after missing almost a year due to a foot injury, showed flashes of her impressive power game. But she had 41 unforced errors, compared to 11 for Wozniacki.
HORSE RACING
Beach Patrol wins Million
Beach Patrol has won the Arlington Million, snapping a six-race skid and earning a berth in the $4 million Breeders’ Cup Turf this fall. Ridden by Joel Rosario, Beach Patrol ran 1¼ miles on a firm turf course in 2:02.39 on Saturday at Arlington Park in suburban Chicago. He paid $11.60, $6 and $4 as the 9-2 second choice in the 12-horse field. Fanciful Angel, a 73-1 shot, finished second. Deauville, the 9-5 favorite, paid $2.80 to show. Beach Patrol hadn’t won since last year’s Secretariat at Arlington Park. His victory completed a big day for New York-based trainer Chad Brown, who also won the $600,000 Beverly D. Stakes with Dacita at the same track. Dacita earned an automatic berth in the BC Filly & Mare Turf. Beach Patrol settled just off pacesetter Oak Brook in the early going. With Oak Brook weakening coming into the stretch, Beach Patrol dug in and inched away from Deauville in the final furlongs. Enterprising was fourth, followed by Ascend, Oak Brook, Divisidero, Oscar Nominated, Kasaqui, Mekhtaal, Ghost Hunter and 2015 winner The Pizza Man.
HOCKEY
Senators GM dies
Longtime NHL coach and general manager Bryan Murray has died at 74. He worked in the league in some capacity for 35 consecutive seasons. The Ottawa Senators said in a statement Saturday he was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2014. Murray most recently served as general manager of the Senators from 2007-2016 before stepping down, citing health and family concerns. He also was GM of Anaheim, Florida and Detroit and coached Washington, Detroit, Florida, Anaheim and Ottawa. He won the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year with the Capitals in 1983-84 and reached the Stanley Cup Final with the Senators in 2007.
TRACK AND FIELD
Bolt injures leg, fails to finish race
LONDON — Usain Bolt failed to make it to the finishing line in his last race.
The Jamaican great crumpled on the track with a left leg injury as he was chasing gold in the 4x100-meter relay at the world championships.
Instead, Britain upset the United States to take gold in 37.47 seconds. The Americans were.05 seconds behind. Japan took bronze in 38.04.
Jaylen Bacon, a junior at Arkansas State University, ran the third leg for Team USA.
Jamaican team doctor Kevin Jones said Bolt had a cramp in his left hamstring.
“A lot of the pain is from disappointment from losing the race,” Jones said. “The last three weeks have been hard for him, you know. We hope for the best for him.”
Tori Bowie became the first double gold medalist at the world championships, anchoring the U.S. team to the 4x100-meter relay title ahead of Britain and Jamaica.
At the same time, Allyson Felix, running the second leg on the winning team, earned a record 15th medal at the world championships in a career going back to 2005.
Bowie, who won the 100 meters this week, ran a strong anchor leg, leaving behind the opposition to finish in 41.82 seconds.
Britain took silver in 42.12 and two-time defending champion Jamaica earned bronze in 42.19.
Muktar Edris of Ethiopia broke the hold of Mo Farah on long-distance running, outkicking the Briton over the final 200 meters to win the 5,000 meters.
In a tactical race, Farah could not respond to a challenge for the first time in six years, turning his farewell race on the track at a major championship into a disappointment.
Edris won in 13 minutes, 33.79 seconds, .43 seconds ahead of Farah in second. Farah was going for his fifth consecutive global long-distance double.
Paul Chelimo of the United States took bronze.
Kevin Mayer is the new “world’s greatest athlete.”
The Frenchman produced a dominant performance over two days and 10 events in the decathlon, ending with a celebratory 1,500 meters at the world championships.
With two-time Olympic and world champion Ashton Eaton now retired, the event was wide open. Mayer won with 8,768 points. Rico Freimuth took silver with 8,564 points, while German teammate Kai Kazmirek was third with 8,488.