Tennis

Patrick McEnroe fought off defeat to beat Frenchman Rodolphe Gilbert, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5, to advance to the quarterfinals of the New Zealand Open in Auckland, New Zealand.

Top-seeded Magnus Gustafsson of Sweden faced a tough challenge from South African Grant Stafford before eventually winning a baseline struggle, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, to join McEnroe in the last eight.

Miscellany

All Olympic sports but soccer agreed to apply uniform rules and penalties aimed at curbing drug use by athletes.

The former women’s basketball coach at Loyola of Chicago filed a lawsuit against the school, contending he was fired because he spoke out for gender equity in Loyola’s athletic programs.

In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, former coach Marty Hawkins seeks $1 million in compensatory damages and $3 million in punitive damages .

Richard Park, 17, of Rancho Palos Verdes was rated the 10th-best prospect in June’s entry draft in mid-term rankings issued by the NHL’s Central Scouting Bureau. No California-bred player has ever been drafted in the first round and none has been rated this high since the NHL began keeping data in 1974. Park was born in Seoul, South Korea but moved to California at age 3.

The University of Wisconsin’s wrestling program was placed on two years probation after an investigation found athletes wrongly received expense money and coaches abused rules for evaluating recruits.