■ Rogers Cup: Andy Murray withstood his toughest test of the tournament, prevailing against Juan Martin Del Potro 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-1 in the final yesterday in Montreal.
Murray, from Scotland and seeded third, matched his career best from last season with his fifth tournament win of the year and improved his record to 11-4 against top-10 players this season.
Del Potro, from Argentina, was looking for his second straight tournament victory after winning in Washington last week. He squandered an opportunity to jump past Andy Roddick into fifth in the world rankings.
The match turned when Del Potro called for the trainer while up 6-5 in the second set. After the medical timeout, Murray held serve at love and won the tiebreaker.
■ Western and Southern Financial Group Women's Open: Jelena Jankovic beat Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 in the final yesterday in Mason Ohio.
It was her second title of the year. She was coming off one of the toughest matches of her career, a three-set victory against Elena Dementieva on Saturday night, when she was on the heat-baked court for 2 hours, 46 minutes.
She said she couldn't believe that she won the semifinal after falling behind 6-2 in the decisive tiebreaker. She wondered how much she'd have left for the final.
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