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AUTORACING NASCAR Xfinity Series Fire- cracker 250Qualifying:11:30 a.m., NBCSN. NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coke Zero 400Qualifying: 1:30p.m., NBCSN. NASCAR Xfinity Series Firecracker 250: 4:30p.m., NBCSN. MLB BASEBALL San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals: 8a.m., CSNBA, MLB. Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees: 10a.m., FS1. Cleveland Indians at Pitts- burgh Pirates: 1p.m., MLB. Seattle Mariners at Oakland Athletics: 1p.m., CSN. New York Mets at Los Ange- les Dodgers: 4p.m., FOX. Los Angeles Angels at Texas Rangers or Colorado Rockies at Arizona Diamondbacks: 7 p.m., MLB. BASKETBALL World University Games Women's United States vs. Italy: 6p.m., ESPNU. World University Games Brazil vs. United States: 4:30 a.m., ESPNU. CYCLING Tour de France Stage 2 Ultrecht-Zélande: 4a.m., NBCSN. GOLF PGA The Greenbrier Classic Round 3: 10a.m., GOLF. PGA The Greenbrier Classic Round 3: noon, CBS. Web.com Nova Scotia Open Round 3: noon, GOLF. EPGA Open de France Final Round 4:30a.m., GOLF. HORSE RACING Breeder's Cup Challenge Se- ries Belmont Oaks and Subur- ban Handicap: 2p.m., NBC. MOTORCYCLE RACING AMA Motocross Red Bud 300: 1p.m., NBC. SOCCER FIFA Women's World Cup Third-Place Match: 1p.m., FOX. Ontheair Wawrinka vs. David Gof- fin; Richard Gasquet vs. Nick Kyrgios. Denis Kudla, an Amer- ican wild-card entry, reached the second week at a major for the first time and awaits the win- ner of U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic against Amer- ican John Isner, whose match was suspended be- cause of darkness at 10- all in the fifth set. It har- kened back to Isner's re- cord 70-68 fifth-set victory spread over three days in 2010, but he and Cilic have a looooong way to go to equal that marathon. Nothing in that match, or any other Friday, of- fered up the tension and drama provided by Wil- liams vs. Watson. Espe- cially once Watson — play- ing steadily, if unspectac- ularly — appeared on the verge of a significant upset. "She just did everything so well. I wasn't able to keep up. You know, some- times you just don't have your day," said Williams, who lost in the third round at Wimbledon last year. "I thought maybe today just wasn't my day." Sure looked that way when Watson took six straight games to go up two breaks in the third set. Then came an epic, 18-point game that be- gan Williams' comeback. Watson twice was a point from leading 4-0, but she looked a bit tight, shank- ing a forehand about 5 feet long, then pushing a fore- hand wide to get broken. Still, she broke Williams at love for a 5-4 edge, mov- ing within a game of by far thebiggestwinofhercareer. At the ensuing change- over, Union Jacks of var- ious sizes flapped in the swirling wind while chants of "Heather!" reverberated through the nearly cen- tury-old arena. When play resumed, yells came during points, and Williams com- plained to the chair um- pire, drawing jeers. "It was really intense today," Williams said. "I've never heard boos here." At deuce, potentially two points from the end, Wil- liams produced a forehand winner. Moments later, again at deuce, again two points from defeat, Wil- liams conjured up another big forehand. "When she needs to hit the line or needs to hit a winner, she'll just do it," Watson said, "and that's what she did." That began a match- closing run of three con- secutive games for Wil- liams, who held at love for a 6-5 lead with four unre- turned serves. Tennis FROM PAGE 1 contested races in years." Saturday's opener gives Froome, the faster rider, a chance to get an early edge on the Italian. "I'd expect time gaps of at least up to 20 seconds between the (main) con- tenders," the Kenyan-born British rider said. "So, yes the race between the (over- all) contenders does start in that regard." The roles are reversed from last year, with Nibali as the defending champ, which takes some pressure off Froome. "That's definitely a big factor in how I'm feeling," Froome said. "Certainly not coming in as defending champion, I've got every- thing to look forward to." Froome failed to de- fend his title last year af- ter crashing early on. As in last year's race, cobblestone sections will feature again and seem- ingly suit the slick bike- handling skills of Nibali more than they do Froome. "I've been out there and looked at the cobbles, and I'm quite looking forward to that stage," said an op- timistic and upbeat-sound- ing Froome, sitting at a pre-race news conference in the middle of his Team Sky teammates. The race is being touted as a thrilling four-way scrap, one which should very much include Giro d'Italia champion Alberto Contador and Colombian climbing ace Nairo Quin- tana, the 2013 Tour run- ner-up. "He is one of the favor- ites, if not the No. 1 favor- ite," said Nibali, who last weekend successfully de- fended his Italian national title. Contador, a two-time Tour winner who was also stripped of his 2010 title for a failed doping test, hopes to become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to win the Giro-Tour double the same year. But Nibali and Froome both expressed reserva- tions as to the likelihood of that happening. "It's going to be inter- esting to see how much he pulls up (the mountains) in the third week, seeing as he already has a Grand Tour in his legs," Froome said. Ending with four straight days of climbing in the Alps, including the penultimate stage up the famed L'Alpe d'Huez, it is a Tour very much for climb- ers. Cycling FROM PAGE 1 ership numbers reflect deeper trends for interest in soccer in general and the women's sport in par- ticular. A significant source of audience growth comes from what may seem like a surprising place: female fans. Among men ages 25-54, viewership is up a healthy 21 percent from the 2011 tournament in Germany — but it's risen a whopping 91 percent among women in that de- mographic. When soccer was more of a niche sport, it made for an audience that was predominantly male. The more mainstream it moves, the broader the interest. The viewership growth for last summer's men's World Cup was also boosted by more women tuning in. The audience for this Women's World Cup is 38 percent female, still well below half but higher than the one-third or so typically seen for major U.S. sports. The average women's col- lege basketball game dur- ing the 2013-14 season had 39 percent female view- ership, compared with 31 percent for men's basket- ball, according to Nielsen. Mike Mulvihill, Fox Sports' senior vice pres- ident for programming and research, suspects wider societal trends are also drawing more women to the tournament. Title IX, the educational gen- der-equity law that led to the surge of girls sports, passed in 1972. So consider the 18-49 demographic that advertisers value. Even the oldest members of that group would have just been starting school when Title IX arrived. "Now decades after that, I think you're seeing a great interest among women in watching women com- pete," Mulvihill said. The shifts are also gen- erational, though in the opposite direction of most trends. Soccer's burgeon- ing popularity in the U.S. in recent years has been driven by younger view- ers, who grew up playing the sport and readily fol- low the international game through social media and online video. But it's their older sib- lings and parents who are inflating the audience for this Women's World Cup. Among adults ages 25-54, viewership is up 40 percent from 2011. That's compared to a 14 percent increase for the 18-34 group, which may also reflect them watching less TV in general. Soccer FROM PAGE 1 trip-long trend of ruining the Giants' night with one structure fire of a swing. "It's that one freaking pitch that's haunting us," catcher Andrew Susac said. The good news for the Giants is that Peavy had much sharper stuff than when he tried to grind through discomfort at the start of the season, and that portends good things in a rotation that lacks an upper-tier presence aside from Madison Bumgarner. Peavy pitched out of trouble in a first inning that included a ground ball single and a double that hit the chalk. Peavy ben- efited from a double-play grounder, then intention- ally walked Harper and got Robinson to fly out, strand- ing two runners. Peavy retired 15 of the next 16 batters, managing to fend off pitcher Gio Gon- zalez after a 10-pitch battle that included a deep drive that came within a stitch of hitting the left field foul pole. The only Nationals bat- ter to reach over that stretch was Harper, who drew a one-out walk in the fourth. When Harper led off the seventh, Peavy did not take a passive approach. He kitchen-sinked the NL's leading vote getter, throw- ing a series of cutters and changeups and refusing to give in after the count went full. Harper fouled off a changeup before tak- ing another backdoor cut- ter that did not pass mus- ter for plate umpire John Hirschbeck. "You're careful with the best player in the National League these last few months," said Peavy, who described Hirschbeck's zone as consistent. "You can't give in. We made a pitch that had been a strike plenty of times before. It wasn't a strike today." Said Susac: "It's tough on him, too, not to give in. He's got some moxie out there." The walk set up Robin- son to step into the role that the Marlins' Justin Bour played against the Giants the previous three days. Robinson's homer ac- counted for the first runs allowed by a Giants pitcher at Nationals Park in 22 in- nings. Until then, Peavy had extended a streak of 15 scoreless from the epic, 18-inning victory in Game 2 of the NLDS here last Oc- tober. Giants FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Los Angeles 45 35 .563 _ Giants 42 39 .519 3 ½ Arizona 38 41 .481 6 ½ San Diego 39 43 .476 7 Colorado 34 45 .430 10 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB St. Louis 51 28 .646 _ Pittsburgh 45 33 .577 5 ½ Chicago 42 36 .538 8 ½ Cincinnati 36 42 .462 14 ½ Milwaukee 34 48 .415 18 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 44 36 .550 _ New York 40 40 .500 4 Atlanta 39 41 .488 5 Miami 35 46 .432 9 ½ Philadelphia 27 55 .329 18 Thursday'sgames Miami 5, Giants 4 Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 4 Chicago Cubs 6, N.Y. Mets 1 Milwaukee 8, Philadelphia 7, 11 innings Atlanta 2, Washington 1 San Diego 5, St. Louis 3, 11 innings Arizona 8, Colorado 1 Friday'sgames Miami 2, Chicago Cubs 1 Washington 2, Giants 1 Milwaukee 12, Cincinnati 1 Atlanta 2, Philadelphia 1 San Diego 2, St. Louis 1 Colorado at Arizona, (n.) N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, (n.) Cleveland at Pittsburgh, (n.) Saturday'sgames Giants (Bumgarner 8-4) at Washington (Strasburg 5-5), 8:05 a.m. San Diego (Despaigne 3-6) at St. Louis (C.Martinez 9-3), 11:15 a.m. Cleveland (Co.Anderson 1-0) at Pitts- burgh (Locke 4-4), 1:05 p.m. Miami (Cosart 1-3) at Chicago Cubs (Richard 0-0), 4:15 p.m. Milwaukee (Nelson 5-8) at Cincinnati (Jos.Smith 0-1), 4:15 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Harvey 7-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 6-2), 4:15 p.m. Philadelphia (Correia 0-2) at Atlanta (A.Wood 5-5), 4:15 p.m. Colorado (Hale 2-3) at Arizona (Col- lmenter 3-6), 7:10 p.m. Sunday'sgames Milwaukee at Cincinnati, 10:10 a.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m. Philadelphia at Atlanta, 10:35 a.m. San Diego at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Miami at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Colorado at Arizona, 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. Giants at Washington, 5:08 p.m. Monday'sgames Cincinnati at Washington, 4:05 p.m. San Diego at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago Cubs, 5:05 p.m. Atlanta at Milwaukee, 5:10 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Giants, 7:15 p.m. Nationals2,Giants1 SanFran Washington AB R H B AB R H B Pagan cf 4 0 2 0 Span cf 3 0 1 0 Panik 2b 4 0 0 0 Espinos 2b 4 0 0 0 MDuffy 3b 4 0 0 0 YEscor 3b 3 0 1 0 Posey 1b 4 1 1 1 Harper rf 1 1 0 0 Susac c 3 0 1 0 CRonsn 1b 4 1 1 2 BCrwfr ss 3 0 0 0 Dsmnd ss 3 0 0 0 Maxwll rf 3 0 0 0 Loaton c 2 0 0 0 GBlanc lf 3 0 1 0 MTaylr lf 3 0 0 0 Peavy p 1 0 0 0 GGnzlz p 2 0 0 0 Strckln p 0 0 0 0 Uggla ph 1 0 0 0 Arias ph 1 0 0 0 Thrntn p 0 0 0 0 Osich p 0 0 0 0 Storen p 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 1 5 1 26 2 3 2 SanFran 000 000 100 — 1 Washington 000 000 20x — 2 DP: San Francisco 1, Washington 1; LOB: San Francisco 3, Washington 6;2B: Y.Escobar (11);HR: Posey (14), C.Robinson (4);S: Peavy. IP H R ER BB SO SanFrancisco Peavy L,0-361/3 3 2 2 4 4 Strickland 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 Osich 1 0 0 0 2 1 Washington Gnzlez W,6-4 7 5 1 1 0 6 Thornton 1 0 0 0 0 1 Storn S,24-26 1 0 0 0 0 0 Umpires: Home, John Hirschbeck, First, Will Little. Second, Phil Cuzzi. Third, Gerry Davis. T: 2:33;A: 41,693 (41,341). AMERICANLEAGUE WESTDIVISION W L Pct GB Houston 47 34 .580 _ Los Angeles 42 38 .525 4 ½ Texas 41 40 .506 6 Seattle 36 43 .456 10 A's 37 45 .451 10 ½ CENTRALDIVISION W L Pct GB Kansas City 44 32 .579 _ Minnesota 42 37 .532 3 ½ Detroit 40 39 .506 5 ½ Cleveland 37 41 .474 8 Chicago 35 42 .455 9 ½ EASTDIVISION W L Pct GB New York 42 37 .532 _ Baltimore 42 38 .525 ½ Tampa Bay 42 39 .519 1 Toronto 42 40 .512 1 ½ Boston 37 44 .457 6 Thursday'sgames Cleveland 5, Tampa Bay 4, 10 innings Pittsburgh 8, Detroit 4 Texas 2, Baltimore 0 Boston 12, Toronto 6 Minnesota 2, Kansas City 0 A's 4, Seattle 0 Friday'sgames L.A. Angels 8, Texas 2 Chicago White Sox 1, Baltimore 0 Detroit 8, Toronto 6 Cleveland at Pittsburgh, (n.) Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, (n.) Houston at Boston, (n.) Minnesota at Kansas City, (n.) Seattle at A's, (n.) Saturday'sgames Tampa Bay (Karns 4-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 8-5), 10:05 a.m. Toronto (Dickey 3-8) at Detroit (Price 7-2), 10:08 a.m. Houston (McHugh 9-3) at Boston (Buch- holz 6-6), 10:35 a.m. Baltimore (Tillman 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 5-4), 11:10 a.m. Cleveland (Co.Anderson 1-0) at Pitts- burgh (Locke 4-4), 1:05 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 10-4) at A's (Grave- man 5-4), 1:05 p.m. Minnesota (Pelfrey 5-5) at Kansas City (Blanton 2-1), 4:15 p.m. L.A. Angels (Santiago 4-4) at Texas (W.Rodriguez 5-3), 6:05 p.m. Sunday'sgames Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Toronto at Detroit, 10:08 a.m. Cleveland at Pittsburgh, 10:35 a.m. Houston at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Baltimore at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. Minnesota at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m. Seattle at A's, 1:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Texas, 4:05 p.m. Monday'sgames Houston at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Baltimore at Minnesota, 5:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Kansas City, 5:10 p.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 5:10 p.m. Detroit at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Golf THEGREENBRIERCLASSICPAR Friday At The Old White TPC White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. Purse: $6.7 million Yardage: 7,287;Par70 SecondRound a-denotes amateur Jhonattan Vegas ...................66-65—131 -9 Scott Langley......................... 62-69—131 -9 Chad Collins........................... 65-67—132 -8 Bryce Molder .........................68-64—132 -8 Danny Lee...............................63-69—132 -8 Kevin Chappell....................... 65-67—132 -8 Gre g O we n ....... ..... .......... ....... 65 -6 7— 13 2 - 8 David Hearn ...........................68-64—132 -8 Jonathan Byrd........................63-69—132 -8 James Hahn............................ 66-67—133 -7 Scott Piercy ........................... 67-66—133 -7 Robert Garrigus .................... 66-67—133 -7 S.J. Park ..................................68-65—133 -7 Patrick Rodgers.....................68-65—133 -7 Sean O'Hair ............................ 66-67—133 -7 Justin Thomas ....................... 67-67—134 -6 Tom Hoge................................68-66—134 -6 Andres Romero ..................... 67-67—134 -6 Brian Davis ............................. 64-70—134 -6 J.J. Henry ................................68-66—134 -6 Andres Gonzales...................68-66—134 -6 Justin Leonard.......................66-68—134 -6 Brendon Todd ........................65-69—134 -6 Seung-Yul Noh.......................69-65—134 -6 Cameron Percy......................68-66—134 -6 Pat Perez ................................ 67-68—135 -5 Chris Stroud...........................66-69—135 -5 Kevin Na.................................. 65-70—135 -5 Robert Streb .......................... 68-67—135 -5 Bubba Watson....................... 67-68—135 -5 Mark Hubbard .......................70-65—135 -5 Ryo Ishikawa...........................64-71—135 -5 Eric Axley................................ 68-67—135 -5 Tony Finau.............................. 68-67—135 -5 Sangmoon Bae ...................... 68-67—135 -5 George McNeill...................... 67-68—135 -5 Tiger Woods...........................66-69—135 -5 Morgan Hoffmann ................ 68-67—135 -5 a-Maverick McNealy ............ 67-68—135 -5 Russell Henley.......................70-66—136 -4 Bill Lunde................................70-66—136 -4 Patrick Reed...........................68-68—136 -4 Shawn Stefani........................ 69-67—136 -4 Brendon de Jonge .................70-66—136 -4 Kevin Kisner........................... 67-69—136 -4 Steven Bowditch ...................68-68—136 -4 J.B. Holmes............................. 67-69—136 -4 Scott Brown ........................... 67-69—136 -4 Martin Flores ......................... 67-69—136 -4 Brice Garnett.........................69-68—137 -3 John Huh..................................66-71—137 -3 Davis Love III..........................68-69—137 -3 Keegan Bradley.....................68-69—137 -3 Luke Guthrie ...........................67-70—137 -3 Johnson Wagner....................69-68—137 -3 Paul Casey...............................66-71—137 -3 Kevin Streelman.....................67-70—137 -3 David Lingmerth.....................67-70—137 -3 Scott Stallings.......................69-68—137 -3 Gonzalo Fdez-Castano..........67-70—137 -3 Byron Smith ............................66-71—137 -3 Kyle Reifers............................ 69-69—138 -2 Chez Reavie............................ 68-70—138 -2 Ja so n K ok ra k ....... ..... .......... ... 69 -6 9— 13 8 - 2 Alex Cejka............................... 68-70—138 -2 Ricky Barnes.......................... 72-66—138 -2 Ryan Armour.......................... 69-69—138 -2 Whee Kim ............................... 69-69—138 -2 Jason Bohn............................. 69-69—138 -2 Will MacKenzie...................... 70-68—138 -2 Louis Oosthuizen .................. 70-68—138 -2 Derek Ernst .............................67-71—138 -2 Hudson Swafford.................. 70-68—138 -2 Billy Hurley III .........................67-71—138 -2 Graham DeLaet ..................... 68-70—138 -2 Chad Campbell.......................66-72—138 -2 Derek Fathauer...................... 68-70—138 -2 Michael Putnam.................... 73-65—138 -2 Failed to make the cut Tommy Gainey........................69-70—139 -1 Carl Pettersson......................68-71—139 -1 Daniel Berger......................... 73-66—139 -1 Carlos Ortiz.............................72-67—139 -1 John Daly .................................68-71—139 -1 Jim Herman.............................67-72—139 -1 Jonas Blixt...............................66-73—139 -1 Zac Blair...................................69-70—139 -1 Steve Stricker .........................69-70—139 -1 Blayne Barber........................ 70-69—139 -1 Marc Leishman...................... 70-69—139 -1 Tyrone Van Aswegen ............66-73—139 -1 Will Wilcox ..............................68-71—139 -1 Carlos Sainz Jr........................69-70—139 -1 Mark Wilson.............................71-69—140 E Charles Howell III................... 72-68—140 E Nick Taylor ...............................69-71—140 E Vijay Singh ...............................70-70—140 E Bill Haas....................................66-74—140 E Spencer Levin..........................73-67—140 E William McGirt ........................70-70—140 E Colt Knost.................................70-70—140 E Jonathan Randolph.................71-69—140 E Zack Sucher .............................70-70—140 E a-Sam O'Dell ............................68-72—140 E Roger Sloan..............................66-74—140 E Alex Prugh................................71-69—140 E Aaron Baddeley.......................71-69—140 E Jim Renner................................71-69—140 E John Merrick............................68-72—140 E Nick Watney............................ 72-68—140 E Bo Van Pelt...............................70-70—140 E Max Homa................................67-73—140 E Scott Pinckney ......................72-69—141 +1 Cameron Tringale ................. 67-74—141 +1 Rory Sabbatini.......................70-71—141 +1 Ben Crane...............................71-70—141 +1 Oscar Fraustro ......................69-72—141 +1 Adam Hadwin ........................72-69—141 +1 Andrew Svoboda...................65-76—141 +1 Richard Sterne.......................71-70—141 +1 Mark Anderson......................70-71—141 +1 Brian Stuard.......................... 74-68—142 +2 Lucas Glover......................... 69-73—142 +2 John Peterson........................70-72—142 +2 Steven Alker...........................67-75—142 +2 Sam Saunders .......................68-74—142 +2 Tom Gillis................................71-71—142 +2 D.A. Points..............................71-71—142 +2 Erik Compton........................ 69-73—142 +2 Jeff Overton ...........................73-70—143 +3 Steve Wheatcroft..................72-71—143 +3 Angel Cabrera .......................71-72—143 +3 Trevor Immelman................. 68-75—143 +3 Jason Gore..............................71-72—143 +3 David S. Bradshaw................70-73—143 +3 Heath Slocum ....................... 74-69—143 +3 Greg Chalmers ......................71-72—143 +3 Michael Thompson...............69-74—143 +3 Webb Simpson.......................71-72—143 +3 Troy Kelly................................71-73—144 +4 Nicholas Thompson..............73-71—144 +4 Troy Merritt............................73-71—144 +4 Garrett Osborn......................71-73—144 +4 Jon Curran............................. 70-75—145 +5 Charlie Beljan ....................... 70-75—145 +5 Fabian Gomez........................71-74—145 +5 Harrison Frazar.................... 73-72—145 +5 Tim Wilkinson....................... 75-70—145 +5 Kevin Shields ........................ 70-76—146 +6 Ken Duke.................................74-73—147 +7 Daniel Summerhays ............ 73-75—148 +8 Benjamin Alvarado..............69-79—148 +8 Garland Green ...................... 75-73—148 +8 Patrick Newcomb................72-78—150 +10 Blake Adams.......................72-80—152 +12 Tennis WIMBLEDONRESULTS Friday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.1 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles MEN ThirdRound David Goffin (16), Belgium, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Richard Gasquet (21), France, def. Grigor Dimitrov (11), Bulgaria, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Nick Kyrgios (26), Australia, def. Milos Raonic (7), Canada, 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-3. Kevin Anderson (14), South Africa, def. Leonardo Mayer (24), Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Bernard Tomic (27), Australia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. Denis Kudla, United States, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-2, 6-7 (3), 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, vs. John Isner (17), United States, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-7 (4), 10-10, susp., darkness. WOMEN ThirdRound CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Sam Stosur (22), Australia, 6-2, 6-0. Belinda Bencic (30), Switzerland, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, 7-5, 7-5. Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Irina- Camelia Begu (29), Romania, 6-4, 6-3. Lucie Safarova (6), Czech Republic, def. Sloane Stephens, United States, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Victoria Azarenka (23), Belarus, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 6-4, 6-4. Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, def. Andrea Petkovic (14), Germany, 7-5, 6-4. Venus Williams (16), United States, def. Aleksandra Krunic, Serbia, 6-3, 6-2. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Basketball WNBA WESTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Minnesota 8 2 .800 — Tulsa 8 3 .727 ½ Phoenix 5 5 .500 3 Seattle 3 8 .273 5½ San Antonio 2 8 .200 6 Sparks 1 7 .125 6 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L Pct GB Connecticut 7 3 .700 — New York 6 4 .600 1 Washington 6 4 .600 1 Chicago 6 5 .545 1½ Indiana 5 6 .455 2½ Atlanta 4 6 .400 3 Thursday'sgames Indiana 73, Washington 50 Chicago 77, Connecticut 74 Ph oe ni x 8 6, T uls a 5 5 Sparks 86, San Antonio 81 Friday'sgames Minnesota 82, Seattle 57 Tulsa at Sparks, (n.) Saturday'sgames No games scheduled Sunday'sgames Seattle at Atlanta, noon Phoenix at Sparks, 2 p.m. Soccer MAJORLEAGUESOCCER WESTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 10 6 2 32 22 17 Seattle 9 7 2 29 24 18 Portland 8 6 4 28 21 20 Los Angeles 7 6 7 28 27 23 Kansas City 7 3 6 27 25 17 FC Dallas 7 5 5 26 21 23 San Jose 7 5 4 25 19 16 Salt Lake 5 6 7 22 17 22 Houston 5 7 6 21 22 24 Colorado 2 6 9 15 12 17 EASTERNCONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA D.C. United 10 5 5 35 23 17 New England 6 7 6 24 25 26 Toronto FC 7 6 2 23 22 19 New York 6 5 5 23 22 20 Orlando City 6 6 5 23 22 21 Columbus 5 6 6 21 25 25 Philadelphia 5 10 4 19 22 32 Montreal 5 6 3 18 19 23 N.Y. City FC 4 8 5 17 18 22 Chicago 4 9 3 15 18 24 Note: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Friday'sgames Houston 1, Chicago 1, tie D.C. United at Seattle, (n.) Saturday'sgames New York at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. City FC at Montreal, 5 p.m. New England at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 6 p.m. Orlando City at Salt Lake, 7 p.m. Toronto FC at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. WOMEN'SWORLDCUP SEMIFINALS Tuesday,June30 United States 2, Germany 0 Wednesday,July1 Japan 2, England 1 THIRDPLACEGAME Saturday,July4 Germany vs. England, 1 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday,July5 United States vs. Japan, 4 p.m. Golf PGATOURSTATISTICS ThroughJune28 FedExCupSeasonPoints 1, Jordan Spieth, 3,128.309. 2, Jimmy Walker, 1,914.833. 3, Bubba Watson, 1,688.392. 4, Dustin Johnson, 1,589.219. 5, Rory McIlroy, 1,510.433. 6, Brandt Snedeker, 1,409.553. 7, Patrick Reed, 1,409.309. 8, Charley Hoffman, 1,390.475. 9, J.B. Holmes, 1,358.083. 10, Hideki Matsuyama, 1,256.752. ScoringAverage 1, Jordan Spieth, 68.922. 2, Rory McIlroy, 69.117. 3, Dustin Johnson, 69.487. 4, Bubba Watson, 69.673. 5, Ryan Palmer, 69.709. 6, Brooks Koepka, 69.716. 7, Sergio Garcia, 69.717. 8, Jimmy Walker, 69.820. 9, Brandt Snedeker, 69.863. 10, Paul Casey, 69.870. Motorsports NASCARSPRINTCUPLEADERS ThroughJune28 Points 1, Kevin Harvick, 616. 2, Martin Truex Jr., 563. 3, Joey Logano, 559. 4, Jimmie Johnson, 546. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 545. 6, Brad Keselowski, 505. 7, Jamie McMur- ray, 497. 8, Kasey Kahne, 483. 9, Matt Kenseth, 479. 10, Kurt Busch, 469. 11, Jeff Gordon, 462. 12, Paul Menard, 452. 13, Denny Hamlin, 438. 14, Ryan Newman, 435. 15, Aric Almirola, 431. 16, Clint Bowyer, 430. 17, Carl Edwards, 405. 18, Kyle Larson, 390. 19, Danica Patrick, 377. 20, Greg Biffle, 368. Money 1, Kevin Harvick, $5,023,381. 2, Joey Logano, $4,182,458. 3, Jimmie Johnson, $3,881,277. 4, Denny Hamlin, $3,538,022. 5, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $3,294,950. 6, Jeff Gordon, $2,975,026. 7, Matt Kenseth, $2,965,351. 8, Brad Kesel- owski, $2,928,196. 9, Martin Truex Jr., $2,756,953. 10, Clint Bowyer, $2,653,738. 11, Greg Biffle, $2,616,642. 12, Ryan Newman, $2,615,593. 13, Jamie McMur- ray, $2,561,191. 14, Aric Almirola, $2,483,956. 15, Austin Dillon, $2,340,499. 16, Trevor Bayne, $2,334,550. 17, Kasey Kahne, $2,294,144. 18, AJ Allmendinger, $2,245,785. 19, David Ragan, $2,238,125. 20, Kyle Larson, $2,216,195. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For July 4 MajorLeagueBaseball NATIONALLEAGUE Favorite Line Underdog at Washington -115/+105 San Francisco at St. Louis -180/+170 San Diego Milwaukee -110/+100 at Cincinnati at Atlanta -175/+165 Philadelphia at Los Angeles -165/+155 New York at Chicago -145/+135 Miami at Arizona -155/+145 Colorado AMERICANLEAGUE at New York -170/+160 Tampa Bay at Detroit -150/+140 Toronto at Boston -135/+125 Houston at Chicago -125/+115 Baltimore Seattle -120/+110 at Oakland at Kansas City -160/+150 Minnesota Los Angeles -120/+110 at Texas INTERLEAGUE at Pittsburgh -115/+105 Cleveland Soccer Women'sWorldCup Canada TODAY ThirdPlace AtEdmonton Favorite Line Underdog Germany -500/+325 England Over3;+105 Under3;-125 TOMORROW Championship AtVancouver United States -350/+250 Japan Over2;-105 Under2;-115 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2015 2 B