LONDON (AP) β Sixth seed Petra Kvitova (kuh-VIT’-oh-vah) faces No. 13 Eugenie Bouchard (yoo-JEE’-nee boo-SHAHRD’) in the Wimbledon women’s singles final within a few hours. Kvitova advanced with a 7-6, 6-1 victory over Lucie Safarova, and Bouchard knocked out third seed Simona Halep (HAL’-ehp) 7-6 (5), 6-2 to advance to her first Grand Slam final. Novak Djokovic (JOH-koh-vihch) and Roger Federer won their semifinal matches yesterday to reach tomorrow’s men’s final.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) β David Gilliland is the pole-sitter for today’s Coke Zero 400 at Daytona after winning yesterday’s rain-shortened qualifier with a top speed of 199.322. Reed Sorenson will start alongside Gilliland, one row ahead of Landon Cassill and Bobby Labonte (lah-BAHN’-tee). The top 24 drivers in the first knockout stage were supposed to advance to the next round of qualifying, but rain prompted NASCAR to cancel the final two sessions.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) β Billy Hurley III is the leader heading into the third round of the PGA’s Greenbrier Classic in West Virginia. The former U.S. Navy officer is 9-under following yesterday’s 7-under 63. Kevin Chappell and Chris Stroud are one stroke back.
UNDATED (AP) β The World Cup semifinals will be set following today’s games pitting Argentina against Belgium and the Netherlands versus Costa Rica. Brazil and Germany earned one-goal victory yesterday to advance to Tuesday’s semifinal match. But Brazil has lost Neymar for the rest of the tournament after he broke a vertebra in his back during yesterday’s 2-1 win over Colombia.
UNDATED (AP) β The Atlanta Braves have stretched the majors’ longest current winning streak to eight games by downing Arizona 5-2 last night. Freddie Freeman and hit a two-run single and Ervin Santana worked into the eighth inning as the Braves stretched their lead in the NL East to 1 Β½ games over Washington. Also on the diamonds yesterday, rookie Jose Abreu (ah-BRAY’-oo) hit his major league-leading 27th homer as the Chicago White Sox hammered Seattle 7-1.
