Tennis

Wozniacki continues New Haven brilliance

No one has beaten Caroline Wozniacki in New Haven, Conn., and Hurricane Irene couldn't do it, either.

The world's top-ranked player stayed ahead of the storm Saturday and won her fourth consecutive New Haven Open title, defeating Czech qualifier Petra Cetkovska 6-4, 6-1 in the final.

Wozniacki, a Dane who is the top seed at the U.S. Open, improved to 17-0 at Yale. The U.S. Open is to start Monday in New York.

The match started four hours early in an attempt to avoid Hurricane Irene.

Isner triumphs

American John Isner won the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Julien Benneteau of France.

Cycling

Farrar exits in pain

Spanish rider Joaquin Rodriguez of the Katusha team took over the Spanish Vuelta leader's jersey from Sylvain Chavanel after winning the eighth stage. Rodriguez finished the 110-mile course from Talavera de la Reina to San Lorenzo de El Escorial in 4 hours, 49 minutes, 1 second.

Garmin-Cervelo rider Tyler Farrar of Wenatchee, who was injured but didn't break any bones in a crash Friday, pulled out of the Vuelta after about 22 miles Saturday.

Garmin sport director Bingen Fernandez said, "He coughed up a little blood this morning and went to the hospital. The doctors said they couldn't see any serious injury, so Tyler wanted to give the stage a try. Later in the stage, he saw more blood when he coughed and we pulled him out."

Leipheimer keeps lead

Liquigas rider Elia Viviani of Italy claimed his second consecutive sprint stage while American Levi Leipheimer of the RadioShack team retained his overall lead after the fifth stage of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado.

NBA

Police seek Crittenton

Javaris Crittenton was wanted on a murder charge as police searched for the former player in Atlanta and Los Angeles.

Crittenton, 23, has been charged in the fatal shooting of 22-year Jullian Jones, who was gunned down Aug. 19 on an Atlanta street.

Track and field

Pistorius advances

With a strong finishing kick on his carbon-fiber blades, double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius of South Africa swept past several able-bodied runners in the 400 meters to qualify for the semifinals at the world championships in Daegu, South Korea.

Pistorius' time was 45.39 seconds, ranking 14th.

WNBA

Dream wins on road

Angel McCoughtry scored 20 points to lead visiting Atlanta to an 86-80 victory over Eastern Conference-leading Indiana.

Elsewhere

• Anderson Silva of Brazil stopped Yushin Okami of Japan with 2:04 left in the second round, winning his 15th consecutive mixed-martial-arts fight and successfully defending his middleweight title at UFC 134 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

• Alexander Povetkin of Russia defeated Ruslan Chagaev of Uzbekistan by unanimous decision in Erfurt, Germany, to claim the vacant WBA heavyweight title.

The boxing title was Wladimir Klitschko's after the Ukrainian's victory over David Haye of Britain last month, but was declared vacant when the WBA elevated Klitschko to the status of "super champion." Povetkin, the 2004 Olympic heavyweight champion, is 22-0 and becomes the mandatory challenger for Klitschko.

• A person with knowledge of what was discussed during a conference call of the Big 12 board of directors told The Associated Press that Texas A&M officials talked about their anticipated departure from the conference.

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