MADRID (AP) — Ekaterina Makarova of Russia upset third-ranked Victoria Azarenka 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 Wednesday to reach the third round of the Madrid Open.
Rafael Nadal swept past Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-4, spoiling the Frenchman's 24th birthday.
Azarenka, runner-up in Madrid the past two years, lost her temper, broke her racket and argued with the chair umpire.
The Belarusian double-faulted five times and got in just over half of her first...
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DENVER (AP) — George Karl is the NBA's Coach of the Year after leading the Denver Nuggets to a team-record 57 wins this season.
Karl got 62 first-place votes from a panel of sports writers and broadcasters.
Golden State eliminated the Nuggets 92-88 in Game 6 last Thursday night.
It's the first time Karl has won the award in 25 seasons. He joins Doug Moe as the only Denver coaches to earn the honor.
Karl says...
PARIS (AP) — As the Formula One world championship heads into Europe, three-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel can move ahead of rivals in the title race at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Only Kimi Raikkonen has shown consistency with a win and two second-place finishes, putting the Finn 10 points behind Vettel after four races. But no one else is close, which is a major contrast to last year's wide-open championship when four drivers were within 10 points of Vettel...
ENSTONE, England (AP) — Lotus has appointed Nick Chester as its technical director, replacing James Allison who is leaving the Formula One team.
Chester is a familiar face at Lotus, having worked at the team since 2000, including as engineering director and head of performance systems.
Chester says the challenge is "to keep pushing development of this year's E21 (model) whilst developing next year's car to a set of very different regulations."...
PARIS (AP) — As the Formula One world championship heads into Europe, three-time defending champion Sebastian Vettel can move ahead of rivals in the title race at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Of those, only Kimi Raikkonen has shown true consistency with a win and two second-place finishes and the Finn sits 10 points behind Vettel after four races.
But no one else is close, which is a major contrast to last year's wide-open championship when four drivers...
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