Sam Querrey wins title in Serbia

Sam Querrey survived a match point as he rallied to beat John Isner, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4, in an all-American final Sunday in the Serbia Open at Belgrade.

The second-seeded Isner wasted a match point in the second set while serving and leading, 5-3. His powerful first serve seemed to desert him in the crucial moments as Querrey converted a break point with a forehand passing shot.

The third-seeded Querrey then converted his fifth break point in the ninth game of the third set before serving out the match for the fourth ATP tour title of his career, and his first on clay. Isner hit his racket to the ground after sending a forehand into the net on the last point of the match.

“It’s not easy playing against my friend,� Querrey said of his frequent doubles partner. “I congratulate John on a very good week here in Belgrade.�

An all-American clay court final was last played in Europe in 1991, when Jim Courier defeated Andre Agassi for the French Open title.

Former top-ranked players Justine Henin and Maria Sharapova crashed out in the first round of the Madrid Masters.

Aravane Rezai beat Henin, 4-6, 7-5, 6-0, and Lucie Safarova edged Sharapova, 6-4, 6-3. Henin said she had not fully recovered after falling ill following her win at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, last weekend, her first title since coming out of retirement. Sharapova battled back from a poor start to level the first set, 4-4, before Safarova took control by winning the last six games of the match.

Fourth-seeded Venus Williams beat Swiss qualifier Stefanie Voegele, 6-4, 6-2.

Albert Montanes successfully defended his Estoril Open title with a 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-5 victory over unseeded Frederico Gil in the final at Oeiras, Portugal.

Mikhail Youzhny beat top-seeded Marin Cilic, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, to win the BMW Open at Munich, Germany, for his first title of the year.

The second-seeded Russian won the BMW Open at his third attempt in the final, having lost in 2007 and 2009.

SOCCER

Chelsea tops Premier League

Chelsea regained the English Premier League championship from Manchester United with an 8-0 victory over Wigan, with Didier Drogba scoring three times.

Even though United finished the campaign with a 4-0 victory over Stoke at Old Trafford, the big celebrations were at Stamford Bridge. Goals by Drogba, two by Nicolas Anelka and one each by Frank Lampard, Salomon Kalou and Ashley Cole left Chelsea champion by one point in Coach Carlo Ancelotti’s first season in English soccer.

It is Chelsea’s third league title in six years — the others coming under Jose Mourinho in 2005 and 2006 — and it prevented United from becoming the first team to win the English title four consecutive years.

The Seattle Sounders are offering a refund to season-ticket holders for their poor performance in losing, 4-0, to the Galaxy on Saturday.

The team announced that all season-ticket holders will receive a game credit for next year if they renew their season tickets. Seattle has about 32,000 season-ticket holders.

General Manager Adrian Hanauer says the move by the team should be taken as a sign that the organization won’t tolerate a performance such as Saturday’s.

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Webber reigns in Spain

Red Bull driver Mark Webber secured a comfortable wire-to-wire victory in the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona, while Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and Webber’s teammate Sebastian Vettel filled out the podium after Lewis Hamilton crashed with one lap remaining.

Webber made it 10 straight winners from pole position at the Circuit de Catalunya after the Australian drove a flawless race for a 24-second victory over Alonso.

Former NBA player Juan Carlos Navarro scored 21 points to lead FC Barcelona to its second Euroleague title and first in seven years with an 86-68 victory over Olympiakos at Paris.

Navarro, who played for the Memphis Grizzlies in 2007-08, was six for 13 from the field, including four for nine from three-point range, and earned most-valuable-player honors for the Final Four.

Tanda beat Switch by half a length in the $100,000 Railbird Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Hollywood Park.

Tanda, ridden by Alex Solis, ran seven furlongs in 1:21.93, and paid $6, $3.40 and $2.40. Switch returned $2.80 and $2.40, and All Due Respect paid $3.20 to show.

Tanda has four victories in six starts.