Jelena Jankovic loses in the final of the Italian Open

ROME (AP) — Jelena Jankovic lost the Italian Open final to unseeded Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez on Saturday, falling 7-6 (5), 7-5 to the Spaniard’s array of touch volleys and drop shots.

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FOR THE RECORD:
NCAA volleyball championship: An item in the Day in Sports in Sunday’s Sports section about the NCAA volleyball championship match said that Penn State, which was defeated by Stanford, was the defending champion. The 2009 champion was UC Irvine. The item also said that Penn State was playing in its 14th NCAA final. This was the school’s sixth final. —

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The seventh-ranked Serb beat hard-hitting Venus and Serena Williams in her previous two matches, but struggled against Martinez Sanchez’s clay-court shotmaking in this warmup for the French Open in two weeks.

It’s the first Tier I title — and third title overall — for the 26th-ranked Martinez Sanchez, a left-hander who beat second-seeded Caroline Wozniacki in the third round and knocked out former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic in the semifinals.

OEIRAS, Portugal (AP) — Roger Federer faltered in his tuneup for the French Open, losing to defending champion Albert Montanes of Spain 6-2, 7-6 (5) Saturday in the Estoril Open semifinals.

Montanes, seeded fourth, will play for the title Sunday against Frederico Gil, who became the first Portuguese to reach the final after he upset fifth-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-2, 5-7, 6-3.

Unseeded Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia captured the women’s final, downing Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain 6-2, 7-5 for her first career title.

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Sam Querrey and John Isner won semifinal matches Saturday at the Serbia Open, setting up the first all-American ATP clay-court final in Europe since Jim Courier defeated Andre Agassi for the 1991 French Open championship.

Querrey, seeded third, routed 18-year-old Serbian wild card Filip Krajinovic 6-1, 6-2. Isner, seeded second, beat fourth-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 7-5, 7-5.

Querrey needed just 51 minutes to dispatch Krajinovic, who was playing his first ATP semifinal. Querrey will try to win his fourth ATP title and first on clay.

MADRID (AP) — Elena Dementieva cruised into the second round of the Madrid Open with a 6-0, 6-1 win Saturday against Aleksandra Wozniak.

Melanie Oudin of the United States lost 6-3, 6-4 to Vera Zvonareva on the clay courts.

MUNICH (AP) — Top-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia will play second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in the final of the BMW Open.

Cilic rallied to overcome fifth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in Saturday’s semifinals and is one win away from his third title of the year.

Youzhny beat Philipp Petzschner of Germany 7-5, 7-6 (5) to advance to his second straight BMW Open final.

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s freshman exodus is complete.

Guard Eric Bledsoe and center Daniel Orton said Saturday they’re going to remain in the NBA Draft rather than return for their sophomore seasons.

They will join classmates John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins in the draft. Junior forward Patrick Patterson is also leaving school early to head to the NBA, leaving coach John Calipari with some major holes to fill heading into next season.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue’s E’Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson have withdrawn from the NBA draft and will return for their senior seasons.

The school announced their decision Saturday.

Moore, a 6-foot-4 guard, was a first-team All-Big Ten pick this past season. He led the team with 16.4 points per game as the Boilermakers went 29-6 and shared the Big Ten regular-season title.

Johnson, a 6-10 center, averaged 15.5 points and a team-high 7.1 rebounds. Purdue’s career leader in blocked shots has been on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team the past two seasons.

FRANKFURT (AP) — Bayern Munich regained the Bundesliga title Saturday, getting two goals from Arjen Robben and winning 3-1 at relegated Hertha Berlin on the final day of league play.

Bayern’s 20th victory of the season left Germany’s most successful club five points ahead of Schalke for its 22nd championship. Schalke drew 0-0 at Mainz and will join Bayern in the Champions League next season.

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Brad Lawson carried Stanford to the NCAA volleyball championship, finishing with 23 kills as the Cardinal beat Penn State in three sets Saturday.

Spencer McLachlin added 12 kills and Evan Romero had 11 as the Cardinal (24-6) won their first title since 1997 with the 30-25, 30-20, 30-18 victory. National player of the year Kawika Shoji added 47 assists and 10 digs for Stanford, which hit .495 as a team.

Will Price had 15 kills to lead the Nittany Lions (24-8), the defending national champions who played in their 14th NCAA final. Joe Sunder added 12 kills and Max Lipsitz 10.

The Sparks lost to the San Antonio Silver Stars, 86-77, during their preseason game on Saturday at Cal State Long Beach. Belinda Snell had a game-high 17 points for the Silver Stars. DeLisha Milton-Jones led the Sparks with 13 points. The Sparks play in Phoenix against the Mercury on Saturday in their season opener.

Melissa Rohlin

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (May 8, 2010)-Making his first start in eight months in the $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap on Saturday at Hollywood Park, Rail Trip performed like a gelding who could have a memorable 5-year-old campaign.

The 1-2 favorite in the Grade II, the son of Jump Start out of the Carson City mare Sweet Trip toyed with six foes, the initial step in a quest to defend his title in the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup on July 10.

Under new jockey Rafael Bejarano, Rail Trip comfortably tracked pacesetter Tres Borrachos for most of the journey, took over the lead at the head of the stretch with minimal effort, drew clear and was in hand coming to the wire. The victory came even easier than the 3 ¼ length margin would indicate.

Trained by Ron Ellis for owners Mace and Samantha Siegel’s Jay Em Ess Stable, Rail Trip, the 121-pound highweight, completed the 1 1/16 miles on Cushion Track in 1:42.37. The win was his seventh in 10 starts – his fourth in six attempts at Hollywood Park – and boosted his earnings to $877,790.

Fifth in two previous graded stakes appearances, Sangaree finished second at 16-1. He finished 1 ¼ lengths clear of Cigar Man, the second longest shot in the field at 28-1.