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WTA News: WTA roundup: Leylah Fernandez wins biggest title of career in D.C.

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July 28, 2025

WTA News: WTA roundup: Leylah Fernandez wins biggest title of career in D.C.

Canadian Leylah Fernandez swept to a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Russia’s Anna Kalinskaya to win the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open on Sunday in Washington.

Fernandez, 22, earned her fourth career WTA title, but her previous victories in 2021, 2022 and 2023 were all at WTA 250-tier events. The D.C. Open marks her first WTA 500 victory. She had to take a challenging path to the final, defeating No. 1 seed Jessica Pegula and No. 3 seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan along the way.

She needed just 69 minutes to dominate Sunday’s final. She saved both break points she faced, won 30 of 40 first-service points (75 percent) and capitalized on Kalinskaya’s messy service games. The Russian won less than half of her total service points (18 of 38).

Omnium Banque Nationale

Spaniard Jessica Bouzas Maneiro pulled out a 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 comeback victory over Louisa Chirico that lasted three hours and six minutes on the first day of action at the WTA 1000 event in Montreal.

Bouzas Maneiro fired 11 aces but committed 15 double faults. Both players kept the game going by holding steady on break point: Bouzas Maneiro saved 9 of 13 break points, but Chirico saved 16 of 21. They held serve to begin the third set and Bouzas Maneiro trailed 4-3 before she ripped off the final three games.

Other three-set winners Sunday were Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands, Japan’s Aoi Ito, Romanian Jaqueline Cristian and Russian Veronika Kudermetova. Canadians Victoria Mboko, Bianca Andreescu and Rebecca Marino, Americans Hailey Baptiste and Danielle Collins, Columbian Camila Osorio and China’s Lin Zhu also advanced.

–Field Level Media

LOL News: Team Liquid, Shopify Rebellion sweep LTA North Split 3 openers

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LOL News: Team Liquid, Shopify Rebellion sweep LTA North Split 3 openers

Through four matches, the LTA North Split 3 fans in Los Angeles have yet to see a competitive match.

Much like the first day Saturday, a pair of teams swept their opponent in Day 2 on Sunday, ending Week 1 of the event with a clear divide in the standings.

The LTA North 2025 Split 3 is the third Americas North League of Legends split under the LTA banner, with eight Americas North teams competing for the Americas title.

The first three weeks are single-match formats, with all matches best-of-three. The Week 1 matchups are based on the final standings from Split 2.

There are elimination matches in weeks 4-5, with the matches each best-of-five. Weeks 6-7 are a double-elimination format and also best-of-five. The top three teams qualify for the LTA Championship, and the winner qualifies for the 2025 World Championship.

In the first match Saturday, Team Liquid made quick work of 100 Thieves, winning in 32 minutes on blue and 35 minutes on red. Sean “Yeon” Sung of the United States led Liquid with an 18/3/17 kill-death-assist ratio. South Korean Jeong “Impact” Eon-young added a 12/4/16 KDA in the win.

Next, Shopify Rebellion took down Dignitas with a 35-minute win on blue and a 27-minute win on red. Ju “Bvoy” Yeong-hoon of South Korea led the winners with a 14/2/13 KDA. Juan Arturo “Contractz” Garcia of the United States added 24 assists in the win.

Week 2 begins next Friday a pair of matches, followed by two more on Saturday. Next week’s matchups and the final prize pool have yet to be announced.

LTA North Split 3 standings

T1. Cloud9, 1-0 (+2)
T1. FlyQuest, 1-0 (+2)
T1. Shopify Rebellion, 1-0 (+2)
T1. Team Liquid, 1-0 (+2)
T5. 100 Thieves, 0-1 (-2)
T5. Dignitas, 0-1 (-2)
T5. Disguised, 0-1 (-2)
T5. LYON, 0-1 (-2)

–Field Level Media

NAS News: Bubba Wallace holds off Kyle Larson in double OT to capture Brickyard 400

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NAS News: Bubba Wallace holds off Kyle Larson in double OT to capture Brickyard 400

Bubba Wallace has been collecting points for the first 21 races of 2025, but on Sunday he earned something more important: A crown jewel trophy and a championship playoff berth.

The 23XI Racing Toyota driver endured a late delay and barely won on fuel to capture Sunday’s 29th annual Brickyard 400 in the second overtime at legendary Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Ind.

After rain fell with six laps remaining and Wallace leading, the field sat through a red-flag condition for a rain shower, with the 23XI Racing team feeling they could only possibly make it through one overtime.

On the restart and with 10 of the top 12 on old tires and little fuel, the 31-year-old Mobile, Ala., native led both overtimes, had enough fuel in the second one and edged Kyle Larson by 0.222 seconds for his third career Cup Series win to break a 100-race winless streak.

Wallace, whose No. 23 Toyota is owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, led 30 laps and earned a spot in the championship playoffs by becoming the 13th different winner in 2025.

Wallace went from appearing to have a win with seven laps left in regulation to wondering if he had enough fuel in an uncertain overtime period. If he had lost on fuel, it would have damaged him severely in the points.

“I thought about … everything under that red flag,” said Wallace, whose previous wins were at Talladega and Kansas. “I am worn out, and that adrenaline rush is crazy. To overcome so much and to put these people here in Victory Lane, that’s what it’s about. It’s about these people that continue to push me (and) believe in me.”

As a team owner, Hamlin changed into street clothes and kissed the bricks like Wallace did.

“They deserved to win the race,” said Hamlin, who finished third after starting last in a backup car. “They were faster. They pulled away from the pack there. If that race goes green with no rain, they win it outright.

“Just a great, flawless execution day by Bubba and (crew chief) Charles (Denike).”

Ryan Preece and Brad Keselowski were in fourth and fifth, respectively.

Ty Gibbs won the In-Season Challenge’s $1 million purse by topping Ty Dillon in the head-to-head matchup.

Gibbs’ No. 54 Toyota finished 21st. Dillon suffered nose damage on the way to a 28th-place effort.

Mitchell, Ind., native Chase Briscoe led his first laps at Indy after starting from the pole for the first time — all 18 circuits — before Michael McDowell nudged Ross Chastain’s Chevrolet and sent the No. 1 backward into the Turn 3 wall.

Briscoe regained the lead late in the 50-lap Stage 1, giving the Joe Gibbs Racing driver his second stage win and the maximum bonus points.

Wallace followed in second, while William Byron, Tyler Reddick and Chris Buescher were close behind.

Late in Stage 2, Erik Jones’ No. 43 cut a right front tire and slammed into the Turn 3 wall to force the third caution, scrambling teams’ strategies of pitting or staying out.

Ford drivers Ryan Blaney and Keselowski stayed out to form the first row for a restart, and Blaney held off Larson for his fifth stage win this season.

In a backup car following a qualifying crash as the last driver out on Saturday, Hamlin came in third, with Byron and Brad Keselowski completing the top five.

–Field Level Media

ATP News: ATP roundup: Alex de Minaur wins D.C. title in thrilling comeback

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ATP News: ATP roundup: Alex de Minaur wins D.C. title in thrilling comeback

No. 7 seed Alex de Minaur saved three match points and rallied for a 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (3) victory over No. 12 seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the marathon final of the Mubadala Citi D.C. Open on Sunday in Washington.

The 26-year-old Australian won his 10th ATP title and his first in more than a year. He trailed 5-2 in the third set against the Spaniard Davidovich Fokina, but he stormed back to force a tiebreaker.

The 10th game of that set alone featured 18 points; three times in a row, Davidovich Fokina went up advantage-40 and had match point, and all three times, de Minaur evened the match. He won the final three points of the tiebreaker to end the match at three hours and three minutes long.

de Minaur hit nine aces and saved 5 of 8 break points. Davidovich Fokina finished with more winners (28-23) but also more unforced errors (57-45).

National Bank Open

Canadian 35-year-old Vasek Pospisil played his final match before retiring from tennis, as Argentina’s Facundo Bagnis defeated him 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on the first day of action at the ATP 1000 event in Toronto.

It was a better story for his countryman, 18-year-old Nicolas Arseneault. In the main draw as a wild card, Arsenault took down French qualifier Valentin Royer 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Arseneault — ranked No. 636 in the world and from nearby Richmond Hill, Ont. — hit five aces on his way to winning 44 of 59 first-service points (74.6 percent). His opponent made a whopping 48 unforced errors.

Other winners Sunday included Emilio Nava, Reilly Opelka, Learner Tien, Chile’s Tomas Barrios Vera, Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, Russian Roman Safiullin, Serbia’s Miomir Kecmanovic, Australia’s Adam Walton and James Duckworth, and Argentines Juan Pablo Ficovich and Tomas Martin Etcheverry.

–Field Level Media

CSGO News: Team Vitality, The MongolZ advance at IEM Cologne

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CSGO News: Team Vitality, The MongolZ advance at IEM Cologne

Team Vitality and The MongolZ are headed to the Intel Extreme Masters Cologne playoffs in Germany.

Both squads won their Group A upper bracket semifinal matches Sunday, booking a spot in the upper bracket final and ensuring themselves a spot in the six-team tournament that begins Friday.

In Group B, MOUZ and Team Spirit advance to the upper bracket semis with wins in their group openers.

The group stage, which followed the completion of the play-in phase on Friday, consists of two double-elimination groups contesting best-of-three matches. The two group winners will advance directly to the semifinals, the two runners-up will move to the quarterfinals as high seeds, and the two third-place teams will head to the quarterfinals as low seeds.

The playoffs will be single elimination. The quarterfinals and semifinals will be best-of-three ahead of the best-of-five final on Aug. 3.

The winning team in the $1 million Counter-Strike: Global Offensive tournament will receive $400,000 and the runner-up will get $180,000.

On Sunday, Vitality swept past G2 Esports with a 13-5 win on Inferno and 13-10 win on Train. Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut of France posted 33 kills and a plus-8 kills-to-deaths differential in the win. Teammate William “mezii” Merriman of the United Kingdom posted 32 kills and also had a plus-8.

The MongolZ also swept their match against Team Falcons, winning 13-9 on both Dust II and Mirage. Azbayar “Senzu” Munkhbold led the all-Mongolian squad to victory with 45 kills and a plus-21.

MongolZ and Vitality will play in the upper bracket final on Tuesday.

Falcons will play FURIA in one lower bracket semifinal; G2 will face 3DMAX in the other semi. Both matches are Monday. FURIA got past Astralis in their lower bracket quarterfinal 2-0, winning 13-3 on Inferno and 13-4 Dust II. 3DMAX pulled off a reverse sweep against GamerLegion in their quarterfinal, losing 13-6 on Overpass before winning 13-11 on Inferno and escaping Dust II with a 22-20 double-overtime win.

In Group B, MOUZ swept Team Liquid 13-7 on Inferno and 13-9 on Train. A trio of players collected more than 30 kills for MOUZ, led by Hungary’s Adam “torzsi” Torzsas’ 36 kills and plus-5. Team Spirit also swept their way into the upper bracket semis, beating HEROIC 16-14 in overtime on Ancient and 13-8 on Nuke. Russian Dmitry “sh1ro” Sokolov had a monster game for Spirit, posting 60 kills and a plus-30.

MOUZ will play Natus Vincere in one semifinal and Spirit will face Aurora Gaming in the other. Both semis are Monday as Natus Vincere and Aurora advanced with quarterfinal wins on Saturday.

Monday’s matches:

Group A
–Team Vitality vs. FURIA in the lower-bracket semifinals
–GS Esports vs. 3DMAX in the lower-bracket semifinals

Group B
–MOUZ vs. Natus Vincer in the upper bracket semifinals
–Aurora Gaming vs. Team Spirit in the upper bracket semifinals
–Team Liquid vs. FaZe Clan in the lower bracket quarterfinals
–Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. HEROIC in the lower bracket quarterfinals

Intel Extreme Masters Cologne prize pool:
1. $400,000
2. $180,000
3-4. $80,000
5-6. $40,000
7-8. $24,000
9-12. $16,000
13-16. $10,000 — Astralis, GamerLegion
17-20. $4,500 — paiN Gaming, Virtus.pro, TYLOO, FlyQuest
21-24. $2,500 — BIG, MIBR, Complexity, B8

–Field Level Media

LPGA News: Lottie Woad wins Scottish Open in professional debut

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LPGA News: Lottie Woad wins Scottish Open in professional debut

Two weeks ago, Lottie Woad was the world’s No. 1 amateur. On Sunday, the 21-year-old Englishwoman became an LPGA Tour champion in her professional debut.

Woad won the ISPS Handa Women’s Scottish Open by three strokes, matching her age at 21-under par after closing with a 4-under 68 at Dundonald Links in Ayrshire, Scotland.

“It’s a pretty good outcome, I guess,” Woad said. “Definitely wasn’t expecting to win my first event, but I knew I was playing well.”

Woad capped a remarkable month with her fifth birdie of the day at the par-5 18th hole. She won the Women’s Irish Open on the Ladies European Tour as an amateur three weeks ago and missed a playoff by one shot the next week at the Evian Championship major before deciding to skip her senior season at Florida State and turn pro.

Woad, who held the lead after the second and third rounds, started strong Sunday with birdies at Nos. 2 and 3. After nine consecutive pars, she birdied Nos. 13 and 14 before a lone bogey at the par-4 16th.

“There aren’t that many scoreboards out, there to be honest,” Woad said. “… I knew it was probably quite tight because I was only a couple under at the turn, but then when I had the two birdies early on the back nine, I’d knew I’d gotten a bit of a lead by then.”

Woad matched the rare accomplishment by Rose Zhang, who in June 2023 became the first player in 72 years to win in her LPGA Tour debut at the Mizuho Americas Open. Beverly Hanson won the Eastern Open in her debut in 1951.

Woad collected $300,000 in her first pro payday and will carry a mountain of momentum into next week’s fifth and final major, the AIG Women’s Open at Royal Porthcawl in Wales.

“Trying to just be up there really,” Woad said of her expectations next week after tying for 10th place last year at St. Andrews. “That’s all you can ask for.”

South Korea’s Hyo Joo Kim matched Woad’s 68 on Sunday to finish in solo second place at 18-under. She reached 20-under with a birdie at the 14th but fell back with consecutive bogeys at Nos. 15 and 16.

Spain’s Julia Lopez Ramirez shot the round of the day with a 7-under 65 to finish in a tie for third at 14-under with South Korea’s Sei Young Kim (73), who closed with a costly double bogey at the 18th.

“My game was in a very good place, very consistent,” Lopez Ramirez said. “I played under par every day. I think honestly that’s a success and growing my game, and I’m excited for having the opportunity to play next week and to show up again.”

World No. 1 Nelly Korda (71) claimed fifth place at 13-under. Denmark’s Nanna Koerstz Madsen (76) began the day tied for second but slipped to sixth at 11-under after a triple-bogey at No. 18.

–Field Level Media

Katie Ledecky relegated to third in 400 at world championships

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July 28, 2025

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Katie Ledecky relegated to third in 400 at world championships

Legendary swimmer Katie Ledecky didn’t have a strong finishing kick on Sunday and finished third in the women’s 400-meter freestyle on the opening day of the swimming world championships in Singapore.

Canadian star Summer McIntosh won the race in 3:56.26 with China’s Li Bingjie (3:58.21) passing Ledecky (3:58.49) in the final 10 meters.

McIntosh also finished ahead of Ledecky in the event at the 2024 Olympics in Paris, taking silver while Ledecky settled for bronze. Australia’s Ariarne Titmus won gold.

Ledecky holds the Olympic record for most medals (14) and gold medals (nine) won by a women’s swimmer.

Earlier this year, the 18-year-old McIntosh set the world record of 3:54.18 in the event.

“I think I’m at my best,” McIntosh said after the victory Sunday. “I’m in the best shape of my life. So now I just have to act on that and put it into all my races.”

Ledecky, 28, also had to hold off Lani Pallister as the Australian placed fourth at 3:58.87.

“I would’ve loved to have been better,” Ledecky said in an interview with NBC Sports. “I was a little too focused on the race on one side.

“I missed Li on the other side of me, but kudos to her for getting in there. She’s been a great competitor all these years. Happy to get the medal. Really fast field. I think the fastest field first through fourth we’ve ever had.”

–Field Level Media

INDY News: Alex Palou grabs astounding eighth win of 2025 at Laguna Seca

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INDY News: Alex Palou grabs astounding eighth win of 2025 at Laguna Seca

Alex Palou started from pole position and rarely gave up his lead as he sailed to his eighth win of the IndyCar Series season at the Java House Grand Prix of Monterey on Sunday in Monterey, Calif.

It was the Spaniard’s third victory at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca following wins in 2022 and 2024. Moreover, it brought Palou’s commanding lead in the season-long points race up to 121 points with three races to go.

Palou has all but sealed his third consecutive series championship and fourth overall, but second-place Pato O’Ward of Mexico is mathematically alive for an unlikely comeback. O’Ward finished Sunday’s race in fourth.

“It’s been an awesome weekend, awesome year overall,” Palou said. “Yeah, today was something else. It was super fun to be here, one of my favorite tracks for sure. Couldn’t be happier right now.”

Palou is the first IndyCar driver to win eight races in a single season since Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais did so in the now-defunct Champ Car series.

He dominated Sunday by leading 84 out of 95 laps, surrendering the lead only when he went to pit. Nolan Siegel led the race’s other 11 laps before Palou brought his No. 10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda back to the front.

Palou finished 3.7965 seconds ahead of Denmark’s Christian Lundgaard, while Colton Herta, O’Ward and New Zealand’s Scott Dixon rounded out the top five.

Lundgaard, driver of the No. 7 Arrow McLaren Chevrolet, earned his fifth podium finish of the season.

“I obviously knew that the pit sequences were really key around here,” Lundgaard said. “We went into this race not knowing if it was gonna be a red race (on alternate tires) or our primaries. It ended up being a red race, and I just can’t thank this team enough. Apparently this is the most podiums we’ve had in a year.”

–Field Level Media

Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for fourth time

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July 28, 2025

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Tadej Pogacar wins Tour de France for fourth time

Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia claimed his second straight and fourth career Tour de France championship on Sunday in rain-soaked Paris.

Pogacar, who also won in 2020 and 2021, became the sixth man to win the world’s most prestigious cycling competition at least four times.

The 26-year-old joined France’s Jacques Anquetil (five) and Bernard Hinault (five), Belgium’s Eddy Merckx (five), Spain’s Miguel Indurain (five) and Britain’s Chris Froome (four).

Pogacar finished four minutes and 24 seconds ahead of rival Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark, the race winner in 2022 and 2023. Germany’s Florian Lipowitz was third, 11 minutes behind.

Belgium’s Wout Van Aert was the first across the Stage 21 finish line in the French capital, collecting his 10th career stage win in the Tour de France.

Due to hazardous conditions and the threat of crashes on the slippery streets, race organizers announced about 50 kilometers into Sunday’s 132.3-kilometer trek from Nantua that all times would be frozen with 50 kilometers to go.

The change all but guaranteed victory for Pogacar, although he still had to finish the race to be declared the winner.

–Field Level Media

CHAMP News: Padraig Harrington claims Senior Open for third major title

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CHAMP News: Padraig Harrington claims Senior Open for third major title

Ireland’s Padraig Harrington carded a 3-under 67 to finish at 16-under 264 and claim the ISPS Handa Senior Open at Berkshire, England on Sunday.

The victory marks Harrington’s second major win in four weeks and makes him only the fifth player to win The Open and the Senior Open.

“You want to do things that stand out, and having won a real Open, coming out, winning the Senior Open … it adds a validation,” Harrington said. “… I’m kind of on a high of winning, but then there will be that deep sense of satisfaction knowing that you’ve done both.”

Harrington won The Open in 2007 and 2008, and was on the cusp of winning the Senior Open in consecutive years. He finished second in 2022 and 2023, losing the latter in a playoff, before breaking through this year.

The Dublin native entered the day with a two-shot lead, but never got complacent.

“I don’t want to relax, that has cost me in the past,” Harrington said. “… I get ahead of myself, and you know, sometimes when it’s an easy shot, easy tee shot, I can lose focus.

“So I want to stay hyped up. And to be honest, I think today, because I wasn’t comfortable with my swing, I never let my guard down. I was always into it and focused all day.”

Harrington, 53, started Sunday with an eagle on No. 1. He also tallied three birdies and two bogeys on the day, beating out Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn and Justin Leonard, who finished at 13 under.

Bjorn rolled in four birdies from No. 9 to No. 14, threatening Harrington’s lead. He then bogeyed on 16, putting Harrington out of reach and finishing at 3-under 67.

Leonard notched four birdies and two bogeys on the day for a 2-under 68. He carded 5-under 65 on Friday and Saturday.

“It wasn’t quite as sharp as I was the last couple days. You know, just not able to really hit it close enough to putt pressure,” Leonard said. “I felt like if I could have been 3- or 4-under on the front nine, then, you know, we’re kind of neck and neck.”

Scott Hend (65) finished fourth at 12 under, while fellow Australian Cameron Percy (65) and South Africa’s Ernie Els (66) tied for fifth at 11 under.

–Field Level Media

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