TENNIS-US OPEN:
Venus Williams passed her first difficult test in reaching the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the second time in three years.
The 37-year-old Williams was extended to a third set before completing a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 victory over Carla Suarez Navarro. The ninth seed is trying to get to her third Grand Slam final of the season.
Williams has seven Grand Slam titles and is seeking her first U.S. Open title in 16 years.
Checking out the rest of Sunday's U.S. Open results:
— Women's third seed and reigning Wimbledon champ Garbine Muguruza was knocked out by two-time Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova, 7-6, 6-3. The 13th-seeded Kvitova trailed 4-1 in the first set before reaching the quarters at Flushing Meadows for only the second time in 10 appearances.
— American Sloane Stephens has reached the quarterfinals for the first time by defeating Julia Goerges 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. Stephens next faces No. 16 Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia. Sevastova reached the women's quarters for the second straight year and ended Maria Sharapova's return to Grand Slam tennis with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 victory.
— Pablo Carreno Busta is a men's quarterfinalist after eliminating Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov in three straight tiebreakers. Diego Schwartzman surprised No. 16 Lucas Pouille in four sets to continue his longest run in a major tournament. Schwartzman will take on Busta in the quarters.
— Sam Querrey became the first American in six years to reach the quarterfinals. Querrey compiled 55 winners and only eight unforced errors while easily beating No. 23 Mischa Zverev 6-2, 6-2, 6-1. Querrey's next opponent is Kevin Anderson, who claimed a quarterfinal berth with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 triumph over Paolo Lorenzi.
MLB:
The Arizona Diamondbacks' winning streak has reached double-digits as they gain a firmer grasp on a National League playoff spot.
Ketel Marte and Brandon Drury homered in a three-run sixth that sent the DBacks to their 10th straight win, 5-1 at Colorado. The game was tied 1-1 until Marte smacked his first home run since July 29. Drury later followed with a two-run shot off German Marquez, who allowed four runs over six innings.
Zack Godley allowed three hits, walked six and struck out seven over six innings to help Arizona sweep a three-game series from the Rockies.
Arizona leads the first NL wild-card slot by 6 ½ games over the Rockies, who are just a half-game ahead of Milwaukee. The Diamondbacks have either led or been tied over their last 79 innings.
Elsewhere in the majors:
— Boston's lead in the AL East is down to 3 ½ games after the Red Sox fell to the second-place Yankees for the third time in four games. Luis Severino struck out nine and allowed just an unearned run and two hits over six innings of the Yankees' 9-2 rout of the Bosox. Aaron Judge slammed his 38th home run and Starlin Castro had three hits and three RBIs. Chase Headley, Matt Holliday and Todd Frazier went deep against losing pitcher Chris Sale, who was tagged for seven hits over 4 1/3 innings.
— The Dodgers' slump continues after Erick Aybar and Jose Pirela homered in the fourth inning to put the Padres ahead to stay in a 6-4 triumph over Los Angeles. Wil Meyers was 3-for-4 with a two-run single to back Jhoulys Chacin, who was reached for just two earned runs over seven innings to help San Diego deal the Dodgers their eighth loss in nine games. Alex Wood fell to 14-2 by yielding four runs and seven hits over six frames.
— Max Fried got a victory in his first major league start as he combined with four relievers on a five-hitter in the Braves' 5-1 verdict over the Cubs. Rio Ruiz singled twice and drove in three runs to help Atlanta deal Chicago just its fourth loss in 16 games. The Cubs now lead the NL Central by 3 1/2 games over Milwaukee.
— Domingo Santana homered twice and drove in three runs as the Brewers whipped the Nationals, 7-2. Brent Suter allowed two hits over three shutout innings in his first start since Aug. 12 because of a rotator cuff issue. Milwaukee took three of four from the NL East leaders, whose magic number is 12.
— Harrison Bader belted a tiebreaking solo homer in a three-run sixth that led the Cardinals to a 7-3 victory over Madison Bumgarner and the Giants. Bumgarner tied it with a solo shot in the fifth, but Bader put St. Louis ahead to stay before Jose Martinez and Yadier Molina added RBI doubles later in the sixth. Martinez and Paul DeJong also homered as the Redbirds moved six games behind the NL Central-leading Cubs.
— Jose Ramirez tied a major league record with five extra-base hits, including a pair of home runs in the Indians' 11th consecutive win, an 11-1 pounding of Detroit. Ramirez had three doubles in becoming the 13th player with five extra-base hits in a game. The AL Central leaders tied the longest winning streak in the majors this season and stretched their division lead to nine games over Minnesota.
— Lorenzo Cain delivered a go-ahead, two-run triple in the seventh to push the Royals past the Twins, 5-4. Cain came through after a checked-swing call went his way on a close two-strike pitch. Melky Cabrera hit a two-run homer for Kansas City, which rebounded from Saturday's 17-0 loss to Minnesota.
— The Orioles earned a four-game split by downing the Blue Jays, 5-4 on Mark Trumbo's RBI single in the bottom of the 12th. Welington Castillo hit two home runs, including a game-tying shot in the ninth. The Orioles' ninth win in 11 games puts them 1 1/2 games behind the Twins for the second AL wild-card berth.
— Like Baltimore, the Angels are 1 ½ games out of a playoff spot after Elvis Andrus launched two of the Rangers' four home runs in a 7-6 win over Los Angeles. Texas went ahead to stay on back-to-back homers by Robinson Chirinos and Delino DeShields in the fourth inning. Martin Perez won his sixth consecutive start and helped the Rangers get within three games of the Twins.
— Seattle's 10-2 rout of Oakland leaves the Mariners 2 ½ games out of a playoff spot. Andrew Albers pitched one-hit ball over six innings, allowing only Matt Olson's leadoff homer in the sixth. Robinson Cano was 4-for-5 with a two-run homer and four RBIs in the rout.
— Cameron Maybin launched a three-run shot and the Astros completed a three-game sweep by turning a 4-1 deficit into an 8-6 win against the Mets. Maybin's blast came in a five-run third that erased Houston's three-run deficit. George Springer homered for the second straight day as the Astros dropped their magic number to 13 for winning the AL West.
— The White Sox beat the Rays, 6-2 behind rookie Lucas Giolito, who struck out 10 in seven sharp innings. Tim Anderson was 3-for-4 with a homer and three ribbies, while Jose Abreu went deep in his return to the lineup.
— The Phillies pulled out a 3-1 win at Miami on Nick Williams' two-run single with two out in the 12th inning. Starting pitcher Jake Thompson gave the Phillies six strong innings after being recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley before the game.
— Trevor Williams picked up his first win since Aug. 7 by scattering eight hits over seven shutout innings to send the Pirates past the Reds, 3-1. Jordy Mercer and Starling Marte sandwiched solo homers around Jordan Luplow's RBI single to account for Pittsburgh's scoring.
MLB NEWS:
The Yankees have put outfielder Aaron Hicks on the 10-day disabled list because of a strained left oblique, less than a month after he missed six weeks because of an injury to his right ribcage.
Hicks was hitting .265 with 13 home runs and 48 RBIs before getting hurt in Saturday's game.
T25 FOOTBALL:
A fourth-quarter touchdown and a last-second stand allowed Virginia Tech to win a top-25 matchup of a regional rival.
Travon McMillian provided a 3-yard touchdown run with 6:30 left before the 21st-rated Hokies beat No. 20 West Virginia, 31-24. The Mountaineers marched to the Virginia Tech 15 after Joey Slye missed a potential game-clinching field goal with 1:55 remaining. But Will Grier misfired on consecutive passes before a pair of penalties to West Virginia's offensive line ended the threat.
Josh Jackson passed for 235 yards, ran for 101 and accounted for two touchdowns in his first start for Virginia Tech.
Grier was productive in his first game since transferring from Florida, throwing for 371 yards and three scores.
Third-ranked Florida State will have a new starting quarterback this weekend.
Sources tell The Associated Press that Deondre Francois will miss the rest of the season after tearing the patellar tendon in his left knee.
The Tallahassee Democrat first reported the injury, which occurred in the fourth quarter of Saturday's 24-7 loss to Alabama.
Coach Jimbo Fisher said after the game that if Francois was out, James Blackman would likely be the starter. Blackman would be only the second true freshman in school history to start a game at quarterback, 32 years after Chip Ferguson did it.
NASCAR:
Denny Hamlin overcame a big mistake to overtake Martin Truex Jr. with three laps remaining to win the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway.
Hamlin led for 124 laps but fell 20 seconds behind Truex after sliding past the pit road entrance with 54 laps left. He slowly reeled in Truex and passed him when his rival brushed the wall and got a flat tire.
Truex won the first two stages before Hamlin completed a sweep of the weekend races. Hamlin took Saturday's Infinity race.
Truex wrapped up the regular-season championship and gained the No. 1 seed heading into the playoffs in two weeks.
Kyle Busch finished second, followed by Kurt Busch, Austin Dillon and Erik Jones.
PGA:
PGA champion Justin Thomas will carry a share of the lead into the final round of the PGA's Dell Technologies Championship near Boston.
Thomas made three long birdies on a lengthy, wet TPC Boston for a tournament-best 63 that leaves him tied with Marc Leishman at minus-12 through 54 holes. Leishman also played bogey-free and had three straight birdies on the back nine for a 65.
Paul Casey's 67 leaves him one stroke back and one ahead of Jordan Spieth, who birdied his last two holes.
Dustin Johnson birdied four of his last five holes and was three behind.
LPGA:
Stacy Lewis did it for Houston.
Lewis took the LPGA's Cambia Portland Classic in Oregon by closing with a 3-under 69 that left her 20 under overall and one shot ahead of In Gee Chun.
The suburban Houston native had said she would donate her winnings from the tournament to hurricane relief efforts. The victory was worth $195,000.
PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS:
Scott McCarron has earned his fourth PGA Tour Champions title of the year by capturing the Shaw Charity Classic in Calgary.
McCarron closed with a 3-under 67 to beat Miguel Angel Jimenez by a stroke at Canyon Meadows. The 52-year-old McCarron matched Bernhard Langer for the season victory lead. He earned $352,500 to pull closer to the idle German star in the Charles Schwab Cup season standings.
INDYCAR:
Pole-sitter Alexander Rossi won the IndyCar Grand Prix at The Glen, holding off Scott Dixon over the closing laps at Watkins Glen International.
The race for the IndyCar title tightened significantly with one race left in the season. Points leader Josef Newgarden started third and remained in contention until he crashed exiting the pits to ruin his day. Dixon cut Newgarden's 31-point lead to three as the series heads to the road course at Sonoma for the finale.
F1:
Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix virtually unchallenged from the pole position and moved ahead of Sebastian Vettel atop the drivers' standings.
Hamilton finished nearly five seconds ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas, while Vettel came in third in his Ferrari.
It was Hamilton's 59th career win and second consecutive triumph after posting a harder-fought victory in Belgium last weekend.
NYRA:
Today marks the final day of racing at Saratoga race course. The last post time is at 5:40 PM.
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