In Brief

golf

Day after sister's death,
Perry wins by one shot

After almost withdrawing following his sister's death Saturday night, Kenny Perry won the SAS Championship on Sunday in Cary, N.C., for his first Champions Tour title.

Kay Perry died after a long fight with breast cancer. She died two years to the day after the death of their mother, Mildred Perry, also to cancer.

"When I heard the news last night, it was a long night," Perry said. "I didn't sleep a lot, thought about just getting on a plane and heading home. But Dad was great. He called me, he said, 'Son, you just need to go out there and represent Kay today.'"

He did, making a 30-foot eagle putt on the par-5 17th en route to a 2-under-par 70 and a one-stroke victory over Jeff Sluman and John Huston. Perry had an 11-under 205 total.

Also: Northern Ireland's Michael Hoey edged countrymen Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell to win the Dunhill Links Championship in St. Andrews, Scotland, by two shots.

Hoey shot a final-round 4-under 68 to finish at 22-under 266, a tournament record.

tennis

Top-seeded Oprandi
nets Lexus singles title

Top-seeded Romina Oprandi of Italy defeated Alexa Glatch 6-7 (2), 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the final of the Lexus of Las Vegas Open tennis tournament at Red Rock Country Club.

After losing the 2-hour, 30-minute match, Glatch returned an hour later to win the doubles final at the USTA Pro Circuit $50,000 event. She and Mashona Washington beat Melanie Oudin and Varvara Lepchenko, 6-4, 6-2.

"I was feeling sick and faint and cramping a little bit, so I was so happy I was able to go out and still play the doubles," said Glatch, of Newport Beach, Calif.

Also: Fourth-ranked Andy Murray claimed his 19th career title in beating American Donald Young 6-2, 6-0 in the final of the Thailand Open in Bangkok.

Fifth-ranked Li Na lost her first match before home fans since winning the French Open this year, falling to Romanian qualifier Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-0 in the first round of the China Open in Beijing.

Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia defeated Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4, 7-5 to win the Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur, capturing his first ATP Tour title in his fifth final.

miscellaneous

Lynx take 1-0 lead over
Dream in WNBA finals

Rebekkah Brunson had 26 points and 11 rebounds, and Seimone Augustus scored 22 to lead the Minnesota Lynx to an 88-74 victory over the Atlanta Dream in Game 1 of the WNBA finals in Minneapolis.

Angel McCoughtry scored 19 of her 33 points in the third quarter for the Dream.

Game 2 in the best-of-5 series is Wednesday in Minneapolis.

Also: Carson High School's Austin Pacheco kicked the second-longest field goal in Nevada history, a wind-aided 64-yarder with 27 seconds left Saturday to give the Senators a 27-24 victory over Bishop Manogue.

The longest field goal, according to the Nevada Appeal, belongs to Reno High's Dirk Borgognone, who kicked a 68-yarder against Sparks in 1985.

Acclamation extended his winning streak to five races with a victory in the $150,000 Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., keeping him on course for the Breeders' Cup.

In the $250,000 Oak Leaf Stakes, Weemissfrankie rallied to win by a half-length over Candrea and earn an automatic berth into the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Freshman Jenna Howerton scored twice, including a golden goal in the 99th minute, to lead the UNLV women's soccer team to a 2-1 overtime victory over Loyola Marymount at Peter Johann Memorial Field. Kylie Wassell had four saves for the Rebels (5-7-2).