NEW YORK (AP) - Both top seeds cruised to easy victories last
night to reach the third round of the U.S. Open. Women's top-seed
Caroline Wozniacki (wohz-nee-AK'-ee) lost her serve in the first
game, then rolled off 12 of the next 13 in an easy 6-2, 6-love
victory over Arantxa (uh-RAHN'-chuh) Rus while Novak Djokovic
(YOH'-koh-vihch) won the first 14 games in a 6-love, 6-love, 6-2
victory over Argentina's Carlos Berlocq.
NEW YORK (AP) - Sloane Stephens and Vania King - both ranked
outside the top 100 - upset seeded players at the U.S. Open and
that gives the United States five women in the third round, its
most since 2004. Stephens and King join Serena Williams, Christina
McHale and Irina Falconi in the third round.
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Albert Pujols (POO'-hohlz) hit a grand slam and
also had another homer as the St. Louis Cardinals completed a
three-game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers with an 8-4 win. Even
with the sweep, the Cards still trail the first-place Brewers by
7-1/2 games in the NL Central.
UNDATED (AP) - The college football season opened last night
with two teams ranked in the AP Preseason Top-25, posting
impressive victories. The 11th-ranked Wisconsin Badgers routed UNLV
51-17 as new quarterback Russell Wilson's throwing two TDs and
running for another and 20th-ranked Mississippi State flattened
Memphis 59-14.
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The second night of college football
has the 17th-ranked Michigan State Spartans hosting Youngstown
State of the Football Championship Subdivision tonight. Michigan
State is coming off an impressive 11-win season in which it tied
for the Big Ten title, but the Spartans lost to Alabama 49-7 in
their bowl appearance.
