In Brief

TENNIS

Nadal tumbles at Rogers Cup;
Federer, Djokovic advance

Rafael Nadal bowed out at the Rogers Cup after a shocking 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) defeat in the second round against Croatia's Ivan Dodig on Wednesday night in Montreal.

With the tiebreaker in the final set tied 5-5, Dodig -- ranked 41st in the world -- ripped a 135 mph ace past Nadal, then finished the upset by hammering a backhand that the second-ranked Spanish star couldn't handle.

"He played very well, very aggressive," Nadal said. "He didn't feel the pressure in the important moments."

Dodig, who had 19 aces in the match, will face Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic in the next round. Tipsarevic beat Spain's Fernando Verdasco 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Earlier, Roger Federer defeated Vasek Pospisil of Canada, 7-5, 6-3. Federer, the world's former No. 1, was playing his first match since turning 30 Monday.

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic survived a scare before defeating Russia's Nikolay Davydenko, 7-5, 6-1. The 2007 Rogers Cup champion improved his stunning 2011 record to 49-1 overall, including 25-0 on hard courts.

Also: World No. 1 and defending champion Caroline Wozniacki lost to Roberta Vinci 6-4, 7-5 in a second-round match at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.

Wozniacki, who has won a WTA-leading five titles this year, was up 5-1 in the second set and looking to rally. However, the No. 22-ranked Italian stormed back by converting three break points to complete the upset.

Former No. 1 Serena Williams beat Julia Goerges 6-1, 7-6 (7), and fifth-seeded Maria Sharapova beat Bojana Jovanovski, 6-1, 7-5.

Before her match, Williams announced that she would play for the United States Fed Cup team next year.

MOTOR SPORTS

Kurt Busch to fill in for ailing
Keselowski in Nationwide race

Kurt Busch will drive the No. 22 Dodge in place of injured Penske teammate Brad Keselowski in NASCAR's Nationwide Series race at Watkins Glen, N.Y., on Saturday.

Keselowski pulled out a gutsy Sprint Cup victory Sunday at Pocono, holding off Kyle Busch over the final laps despite a fractured left ankle and strained back suffered a week ago in a crash while testing at Road Atlanta.

The last time Kurt Busch drove a Nationwide race at The Glen, defeated Robby Gordon in a fender-bending final two laps for the win in 2006.

Also: Earnhardt Ganassi Racing fired two team members charged with trafficking in marijuana. Trevor Lysne and Jerome David Frey appeared in North Carolina Superior Court on Wednesday to face charges. The team fired them later in the day.

Lysne was a tire changer on the crew for Juan Pablo Montoya, and Frey was a mechanic with the NASCAR team. The two were arrested Tuesday after Huntersville, N.C., police seized 10.5 pounds of marijuana that had been shipped from California.

SOCCER

New U.S. coach Klinsmann
nets draw against Mexico

Jurgen Klinsmann's debut coaching the U.S. men's soccer team was bolstered by Robbie Rogers' tying goal late in the second half to help the Americans salvage a 1-1 draw against Mexico in Philadelphia.

Oribe Peralta scored for Mexico in a rematch of the Gold Cup final, won by Mexico 4-2.

Klinsmann kicked off a new era in American soccer less than two weeks after he was hired. He's held only three practices since he took over for Bob Bradley, who was fired in the wake of the Gold Cup loss to Mexico.

MISCELLANEOUS

Silverado dealt pool-play loss
in Little League West Regional

Omar Ortiz Jr. hit a two-run homer, but Silverado couldn't hold off Southern California representative Ocean View of Huntington Beach in an 11-3 loss in the final pool-play game of the Little League West Regional in San Bernardino, Calif.

Silverado (2-2) still advanced to Friday's tournament semifinals.

Also: Two men accused of brutally beating a San Francisco Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium pleaded not guilty even though prosecutors said they had made admissions in the case.

Louie Sanchez, 28, and Marvin Norwood, 30, entered their pleas during a brief arraignment to charges of mayhem and assault and battery in the March 31 attack of Bryan Stow, a Santa Cruz, Calif., paramedic who suffered severe brain injuries and remains hospitalized.

Prosecutor Frank Santoro said in court he did not object to a motion to allow television cameras in the courtroom because the case is built on admissions, not witness identifications.

"The case is based on admissions from both of them," said Santoro, who provided no further details.

The Breeders' Cup is returning to Santa Anita in 2012, three years after Zenyatta's stunning victory over male horses in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic.

The official announcement confirmed last week's reports that the Arcadia, Calif., track had won the 2012 event over Churchill Downs in Kentucky and New York's Belmont Park. It will be run Nov. 2-3, 2012.

Santa Anita has hosted thoroughbred racing's richest event five times, most recently in 2008 and 2009, when attendance and wagering records were set.

First-round NBA draft pick Cory Joseph, a former Findlay Prep standout, is joining Canada's national team ahead of the 2011 FIBA Americas men's championship in Argentina. The native of Pickering, Ontario, was taken 29th overall out of Texas by the San Antonio Spurs in June.

Major League Soccer games will be televised by NBC's networks starting next season, doubling the number of homes that dozens of games will be available in. The package currently on Fox Soccer Channel will move mainly to the NBC Sports Network, Versus' new name beginning Jan. 2.