Ochoa takes charge with a seven-under 65

Everyone is chasing Lorena Ochoa -- again.

Ochoa shot a seven-under-par 65 Saturday in the third round of the Ginn Open at Reunion, Fla., moving to 16-under 200 and taking a one-shot lead over rookie Yani Tseng. She is 18 holes away from her fourth victory in as many weeks.

Ochoa started the third round three shots behind Tseng and was four back after a bogey on No. 2.

But she closed out her round with birdies on 15 and 18.

Tseng closed with birdies on two of her final three holes and shot 69. Teresa Lu (69) was next at 11 under.

Defending champion Boo Weekley used a stretch of five consecutive birdies to take the lead in the Verizon Heritage at Hilton Head Island, S.C.

He shot a six-under 65 to reach 15-under 198 and is three strokes ahead of Anthony Kim (67) and five in front of Aaron Baddeley (67), Jason Bohn (67) and Cliff Kresge (68).

Mark Wiebe followed his opening 66 with a 65 to take a three-stroke lead in the Champions Tour’s Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am at Lutz, Fla.

He is at 11-under 131, which ties the event 36-hole record held by Bruce Fleisher (2000 and 2002). Defending champion Tom Watson (71) and Scott Hoch (67) were eight under.

TENNIS

Federer advances to first final of season

Roger Federer has reached his first final of the year.

The top-ranked player defeated Denis Gremelmayr, 2-6, 7-5, 6-1, in the semifinals of the Estoril Open at Oeiras, Portugal. It has been eight years since he needed five tournaments to advance to a final.

He will play second-seeded Nikolay Davydenko, who beat Florent Serra, 6-2, 6-2.

Fifth-seeded Serena Williams reached the final of the Family Circle Cup at Amelia Island, Fla., by defeating Alize Cornet, 7-5, 6-3. She will play ninth-seeded Vera Zvonareva, who beat fourth-seeded Elena Dementieva, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3.

Top-seeded James Blake defeated eighth-seeded Oscar Hernandez, 6-3, 7-6 (3), to advance to the final of the U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship at Houston. He will play seventh-seeded Marcel Granollers-Pujol, who beat Wayne Odesnik, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

MOTOR RACING

Teenager wins pole for Nationwide race

Colin Braun beat out a man nearly 30 years his senior to win the pole for today’s Corona Mexico 200 at Mexico City.

Braun, a 19-year-old making his third start in NASCAR’s Nationwide Series, posted a fast lap of 102.756 mph in a Ford to edge 48-year-old Scott Pruett, who had a fast lap of 102.651 in a Dodge.

Nick Joanides won both NASCAR ACDelco Super Late Model 50 lap twin races at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale for his first two division career victories. In the first race he took the lead from Chris Johnson on Lap 19 and led from the pole position in the second race.

Australia’s Mat Mladin, riding a Suzuki, raced to his 65th AMA Superbike Series victory at Leeds, Ala.

SOCCER

Tevez gives United 1-1 tie with Blackburn

Carlos Tevez scored a late goal to give Manchester United a 1-1 draw at Blackburn after goalkeeper Brad Friedel stymied the Red Devils in the English Premier League match.

Roque Santa Cruz scored in the 21st minute for Blackburn. Friedel made key saves on shots by Cristiano Ronaldo, John O’Shea and Tevez, who scored in the 88th minute off a corner kick by Paul Scholes.

First-place United has 81 points, three more than Chelsea. They play next Saturday. If Chelsea wins, United will stay in first place because it leads in goal differential, 54 to 36.

Luca Toni scored his second goal in extra time at Berlin and Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund, 2-1, to win its 14th German Cup.

HORSE RACING

Injured War Pass will skip Kentucky Derby

One-time Kentucky Derby favorite War Pass will skip next month’s race because of a leg injury likely to sideline the colt for a few months.

Trainer Nick Zito said that X-rays revealed a small fracture in the left front ankle of last year’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner.

MISCELLANY

Dumais wins his 25th national diving title

Two-time Olympian Troy Dumais of Ventura won the three-meter title at the U.S. Diving Spring National Championships, scoring 87.5 points on his final dive to earn his 25th national title.

No positive doping tests were reported at the world indoor championships, track and field’s governing body said. The IAAF carried out 127 tests at the three-day meet last month in Valencia, Spain -- including 67 for the performance enhancing blood-booster EPO.

Australia beat the U.S. women’s basketball team, 74-60, in the opening preliminary round game of a tournament in Beijing. The Americans were outscored, 26-10 in the fourth quarter.