Seeking a third straight title on his
beloved clay, Rafael Nadal was an easy second-round winner on Wednesday, while
Roger Federer was a hard-fought victor at the $4 million Madrid Open, an ATP
World Tour 1000 Masters event.

Second seed Andy Murray and Spanish
clay-court specialist Nicolas Almagro were among Tuesday's second-round
winners at the $2.135 million Barcelona Open.

San Jose Earthquakes midfielder Shea Salinas
will have surgery Wednesday on a fractured left clavicle suffered in Saturday
against Red Bull New York and is likely to be out six to eight weeks.

Red Bull New York's Kenny Cooper and Thierry
Henry continued to terrorize opponents Saturday, but the San Jose Earthquakes
countered with Chris Wondolowski to earn a 2-2 draw at Red Bull Arena.

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Jeremy Chardy of France knocked off
top-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany in the second round of the Grand Prix
Hassan II tennis event.

Second-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov was
a second-round upset victim Wednesday at the Grand Prix Hassan II tennis
event.

The Detroit Tigers announced Wednesday that
designated hitter Victor Martinez does not need a second surgery to
reconstruct the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova
will lead the reigning titlist Czech Republic in its Fed Cup semifinal against
visiting Italy next week.

Sixth seed Robin Haase went by way of
the upset, while seventh seed Albert Ramos was an easy opening-round winner
Tuesday at the Grand Prix Hassan II tennis event.

Seventh seed Albert Ramos was an easy
opening-round winner Tuesday at the Grand Prix Hassan II tennis event.

There has been plenty of offense in this series between the
Cardinals and Brewers.

Teddy Purcell netted a hat trick, and his
final goal of the contest came 68 seconds into overtime to give Tampa Bay a
4-3 victory over Winnipeg in the season finale for both teams at MTS Centre.