Andy Roddick earns 30th title with thrilling win

Andy Roddick won the 30th title of his career in his 50th final Sunday, finishing off a thrilling 7-6 (7), 6-7 (11), 7-5 victory over Canadian Milos Raonic in the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships at Memphis, Tenn.

Roddick polished off the 2-hour 36-minute match by diving to put his racket on the ball for a winner down the line that broke the 20-year-old Raonic for the victory.

The top-seeded Roddick becomes the eighth American with at least 30 titles, only three behind the late Arthur Ashe. He also has at least one title in 11 straight years, something only Roger Federer has done among active players.

Caroline Wozniacki earned her first singles title of 2011, beating an error-prone Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia, 6-1, 6-3, in the Dubai Championships final in the United Arab Emirates.

The Dane, who will retake the No. 1 ranking from Kim Clijsters on Monday, was never seriously threatened by the 23rd-ranked Kuznetsova. The Russian still moves up to 11th in the rankings.

Robin Soderling of Sweden beat Marin Cilic of Croatia, 6-7 (8), 6-3, 6-3, in the final of the Open 13 at Marseille, France, to earn the ninth title of his career.

The top-seeded Swede has now won 17 of 18 matches this year, clinching titles in Rotterdam last weekend and in Brisbane last month.

Nicolas Almagro of Spain won his second consecutive ATP tournament by beating Juan Ignacio Chela, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, in the final of the Copa Claro at Buenos Aires.

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Langer wins on Champions Tour

Bernhard Langer shot a six-under-par 66 to set a tournament record with a 20-under 196 total and win the ACE Group Classic by four shots at Naples, Fla.

The 53-year-old Langer held a four-stroke lead entering the final round. Fred Funk got to within two after Langer bogeyed No. 11, but Langer came right back with birdies on Nos. 12 and 14. He finished with a five-footer for birdie on No. 18.

Funk had a chance to make the final hole a little interesting but missed a short birdie putt on No. 17 and finished with a 66 for a 16-under total.

Nick Price (66) and Russ Cochran (67) tied for third, another shot back. Mark Calcavecchia (68) was fifth at 14 under.

Arizona State freshman Cory Hahn, last season’s Southern California player of the year from Santa Ana Mater Dei, was seriously injured while sliding into second base on Sunday during the Sun Devils’ home game against New Mexico. His head and neck apparently struck the knee of the New Mexico second baseman. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, where he underwent surgery, according to a friend of the family. A hospital spokeswoman said she could not comment on his condition.

—Eric Sondheimer

Federally mediated negotiations toward a new NFL labor deal lasted about eight hours Sunday, the third consecutive day the league and its players’ union met to try to find common ground before the current contract expires.

Simon Cho won gold in the 500 meters at the short-track speedskating World Cup at Dresden, Germany, a day after the American lost a race by one one-hundredth of a second.

Cho won in 41.070 seconds. Wenhao Liang of China was second in 41.196, and Thibaut Fauconnet of France followed in 41.250.

Cho won the overall event, finishing with 3,978 points after eight races, with Fauconnet second and Liang third.

The Kings have assigned forward Andrei Loktionov to Manchester (N.H.) of the American Hockey League.

Loktionov had four goals and seven points in 19 games with the Kings this season.

—Helene Elliott