Marcos Ambrose wins again at Watkins Glen

Marcos Ambrose won the Nationwide Zippo 200 at Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International for the third consecutive time.

Ambrose started on the pole and dominated the race, leading the final half of the 82-lap race around the 11-turn, 2.45-mile layout, and beat Joey Logano by 2.8 seconds.

Kevin Harvick somehow avoided a 10-car wreck and overcame a dustup on the first lap and a speeding penalty on pit road to finish third. Points leader Brad Keselowski was fourth, followed by Kyle Busch, who was seeking his fourth consecutive win.

Ron Fellows, Nelson Piquet, Jacques Villeneuve, Steve Wallace and Michael McDowell rounded out the top 10.

Carl Edwards, second in points, finished 33rd after his car had engine problems and dropped 327 points behind Keselowski.

Edwards won the pole for Sunday’s Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen.

Edwards turned a lap of 124.432 mph in 70.882 seconds Saturday, easily outdistancing Jamie McMurray’s lap of 123.814 mph in 71.236.

Will Power of Australia won the pole for Sunday’s IndyCar Series race at Mid-Ohio in Lexington.

Power turned a lap time of 1minute 7.199seconds at the twisting 2.3-mile course. Dario Franchitti qualified second, followed by Takuma Sato and Ryan Hunter-Reay.

TENNIS

Nalbandian reaches final in Washington

David Nalbandian of Argentina reached his first final in 11/2 years by overwhelming 13th-ranked Marin Cilic of Croatia, 6-2, 6-2, at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington.

Nalbandian, ranked 117th, lost his serve in the semifinal’s first game. But he immediately broke back to start a stretch in which he won nine of 10 games, including seven in a row, while dominating from the baseline.

It was the latest in a string of impressive performances at the hard-court tournament by the unseeded Nalbandian, whose victory over the No. 4-seeded Cilic followed wins against No. 7-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka and No. 13-seeded Gilles Simon.

On Sunday, Nalbandian will face No. 8-seeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus, who quickly recovered from a twisted ankle and beat Belgian Xavier Malisse, 6-2, 7-6 (4), in the opening semifinal.

Top-seeded Caroline Wozniacki battled into the final of the Danish Open by beating Anna Chakvetadze of Russia, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4, at Copenhagen.

In Sunday’s final, the third-ranked Wozniacki will face Klara Zakopalova after the Czech defeated second-seeded Li Na of China, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.

Talk about a one-two punch: No. 1 Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Novak Djokovic are teaming up to play doubles together at next week’s tournament in Toronto.

The ATP said it believes it’s the first time the men holding the top two spots in the singles rankings have partnered for doubles at a tournament since No. 1 Jimmy Connors and No. 2 Arthur Ashe did it in 1976.

ETC.

Silva, Fitch pick up victories at UFC 117

Anderson Silva shook off a slow start and used a triangle choke to get Chael Sonnen to tap out late in the fifth round of their middleweight title bout in UFC 117 at Oakland. Silva didn’t mount much of an offensive attack before locking Sonnen’s arm into the submission hold with 1:50 left in the fight. Jon Fitch defeated Thiago Alves by unanimous decision in the co-main event. Neither fighter landed many blows in the lackluster fight, and they spent most of the welterweight bout grappling on the mat.

Detroit Red Wings General Manager Ken Holland says Chris Chelios is going to work for the team. Holland said Chelios’ new job doesn’t have a title yet and his responsibilities will be determined.