Enqvist Stops Agassi in Final

Andre Agassi’s surge back toward the top of the tennis rankings was slowed Sunday when he was defeated on clay in three sets by Thomas Enqvist in the BMW Open final at Munich, Germany.

Enqvist, also on a comeback after a series of injuries, won 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 in a match that easily could have gone Agassi’s way.

“I’ve never played so well on clay before,” Enqvist said.

Agassi, tuning his game for this month’s French Open, was seeking his first tournament victory on European clay in 10 years and his third title of the year.

“We both played very well during the whole match,” Agassi said. “I was improving all the time during the week and it was a perfect preparation for the French Open. “

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Martina Hingis boosted her game leading to this month’s French Open, defeating Jana Novotna 6-3, 7-5, to capture the German Grand Prix at Hamburg.

Brazil’s Fernando Meligeni defeated home-crowd favorite Slava Dosedel, 6-1, 6-4, in the finals of the Czech Open men’s tournament at Prague.

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Mirjana Lucic, the 16-year-old Croatian, defended her title at the Bol Ladies Open by defeating Corina Morariu of the United States 6-2, 6-4, at Bol, Croatia.

Track and Field

Canadian sprinter Donovan Bailey won the 100-meter dash at the Grand Prix track and field competition at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil with a time of 10.19 seconds.

Kenyan runners took the men’s and women’s titles in the Lilac Bloomsday race at Spokane, Wash with Hezron Otwori winning the men’s division in 34:23 and Jane Omoro capturing the women’s in a time of 40:14.

Keith Brantly won the United States men’s championship and a $100,000 bonus--one of the largest ever in the sport--for setting the course record by an American in the City of Pittsburgh marathon.

Brantly, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., covered the course in 2 hours, 12 minutes and 31 seconds.

John Mwai beat Kenyan compatriot Daniel Kihara for his second victory in a row in the Broad Street Run at Philadelphia. Mwai won in 48 minutes, 44 seconds.

Another Kenyan, Teresa Wanjiku, won the women’s title in 57 minutes, 13 seconds. . . . Richard Lagocki, 45 of Philadelphia, collapsed while running the race was pronounced dead at Allegheny University Hospital. The cause of death has not been determined, a hospital spokeswoman said.

Soccer

Diego Sonora scored his first goal of the season, and the New York-New Jersey MetroStars defeated the Tampa Bay Mutiny, 1-0 at Tampa, Fla.

Arsenal, heavily laden with non-English players, won its first league title since 1991 with a 4-0 victory over Everton at London.

Miscellany

British boxer Spencer Oliver was in critical but stable condition after undergoing brain surgery following his knockout in a European bantamweight title defense at London , local media said.

Oliver, 22, was floored by a right to the head from Ukrainian opponent Sergei Devakov in the 10th round Saturday night.

Former British soccer star Justin Fashanu, wanted in the United States on charges of sexually assaulting a teenager in Maryland, was found dead in a garage in London, police said.

Police sources told Britain’s Press Association news agency it appeared Fashanu committed suicide by hanging.

Defending champion Canada narrowly averted embarrassment at the World Ice Hockey Championships as Keith Primeau’s late goal tied Slovakia 2-2 at Zurich, Switzerland.

Joe Amato, Ron Capps and Mike Edwards claimed victories at the second-annual Castrol Lone Star Nationals at Ennis, Texas.

Mike Stefanik became the first two-time winner this season in the NASCAR Featherlite series by defending his championship in the Carquest Auto Parts Spring Sizzler at Stafford Springs, Conn.

K.C. Jones, the former Boston Celtic star who now coaches the New England Blizzard of the ABL, was resting at his Sudbury, Mass., home after being treated for a blocked artery.