Michelle Wie advances in Match Play Championship

Michelle Wie advanced to the round of 16 in the Sybase Match Play Championship on Friday, beating Hee Young Park 5 and 4 on a warm, humid afternoon at Hamilton Farm in Gladstone, N.J.

Wie will face 57th-seeded Karine Icher on Saturday morning, with the winner advancing to the afternoon quarterfinals.

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Cameron Beckman took the lead in the Byron Nelson Championship at Irving, Texas, after completing his delayed opening round with a pair of birdies for a 69, then tying the TPC Four Seasons course record with a 61 in the second round.

He’s at 10-under 130, tied for the lead with PGA Tour rookie Blake Adams. First round co-leader Jason Day is alone at 131.

The rest of the leaderboard includes something for all ages — from 16-year-old Jordan Spieth to 47-year-old Steve Elkington.

Meanwhile, 16-year-old Jordan Spieth, a local high school junior, became the sixth-youngest player ever to make the cut at a PGA event. He finished the day at three under.

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Purdue held off USC to win its first NCAA women’s golf team championship by one stroke, while Caroline Hedwall of Oklahoma State shot a 68 to win the individual title by four shots.

The Boilermakers shot a seven-over 295 to finish at one over. They entered the final round with a seven-stroke lead over the Trojans, overcame a late rash of bogeys and wrapped up the title on the final hole.

USC, which led after each of the first two rounds, could have forced a playoff at the Country Club of Landfall course after Purdue’s Maude-Aimee LeBlanc left a 20-foot putt short on the 18th and tapped in for bogey. But the Trojans’ Jennifer Song rolled her 10-foot birdie putt to the right of the cup, and that clinched the title for the Boilermakers.

Hedwall, a sophomore from Sweden, finished at 12-under 276 to beat Arizona State freshman Jennifer Johnson, who entered the final round with a one-stroke lead but shot a 73. LeBlanc (71) and Auburn’s Cydney Clayton (66) finished at seven under.

Alabama placed third, at five over, followed by defending national champion Arizona State (nine over) and Arizona (14 over).

LSU’s Megan McChrystal shot an NCAA championship-record 64 in the final round.

TENNIS

Serena and Venus Williams begin their first Grand Slam in seven years at the top of the rankings, with both sisters facing Swiss opponent in the first round of the French Open.

Friday’s draw in Paris handed world No. 1 Serena a start against youngster Stephanie Voegele in a first meeting. Second seed and new No. 2 Venus plays veteran Patty Schnyder in the first round, with the American standing 10-0 in the series.

Defending champion Roger Federer is seeded No. 1 among the men. Rafael Nadal, winner of four of the last five French Opens until his fourth-round upset a year ago by Robin Soderling, is seeded second.

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The United States will face Argentina in the final of the World Team Cup after Bob and Mike Bryan won the decisive doubles match Friday for the Americans against the Czech Republic.

Sam Querrey had put the U.S. ahead Thursday by beating Jan Hajek, but Tomas Berdych evened the best-of-three series by beating John Isner 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4). The Bryan twins then rallied from a 5-2 deficit in the opening set for a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Berdych and Lukas Dlouhy.

The final is Saturday.

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Maria Sharapova gained the Strasbourg International final Friday, rallying past Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 to earn a matchup with Kristina Barrois of Germany for the title.

Barrois defeated Vania King of the United States 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6).

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Defending champion Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania will face fifth-seeded Zheng Jie of China in the $600,000 Warsaw Open final on Saturday.

Unseeded Dulgheru ousted third-seeded Li Na of China 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in the first semifinal. Hours later, Zheng beat Greta Arn of Hungary 6-4, 7-5.

PRO FOOTBALL

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre underwent arthroscopic left ankle surgery in Florida, according to an ESPN.com report.

Favre’s future has been up in the air since the Vikings lost to New Orleans in the NFC championship game. He had said he would need ankle surgery if he wanted to play in 2010, but there was no word Friday about his playing career.

Dr. James Andrews cleaned up scar tissue in Favre’s ankle to increase his range of motion, according to ESPN.com.

PRO BASKETBALL

As expected, the Philadelphia 76ers hired Doug Collins as head coach on Friday. This is Collins’ fourth stint as an NBA coach.

MOTOR SPORTS

Brian Vickers will miss the remainder of the NASCAR season because of blood clots in his lungs and left leg.

Vickers was hospitalized two nights last week after feeling chest pains during a visit to Washington, D.C. Testing revealed the clots, and Vickers missed last weekend’s race at Dover.