DEL MAR, Calif. — Zenyatta won her 18th consecutive race to remain unbeaten, taking the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes at Del Mar.
The 6-year-old mare outran Rinterval in a tight duel to the finish line in the 1 1-16-mile race Saturday. Under Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, she covered the distance in 1:45.03.
It was her fourth Grade 1 win of the year, to go with victories in the Vanity Handicap, the Apple Blossom on dirt at Arkansas’ Oaklawn Park and the Santa Margarita Handicap.
• Blame, ridden by Garrett Gomez, rallied in the stretch to overtake heavily favored Quality Road in the final strides and win the $750,000 Whitney Handicap by a head at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
• Muscle Massive edged Lucky Chucky by a half-length in the $1.5 million Hambletonian for 3-year- old trotters at the Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, N.J.
Baghdatis, Nalbandian in final
WASHINGTON — Eighth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis served up 11 aces, was broken only once and beat Xavier Malisse 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic semifinals to reach his second ATP final of 2010.
In today’s final as a tuneup for the U.S. Open, Baghdatis will meet fourth-seeded David Nalbandian, who overwhelmed No. 13 Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-2.
• Fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, ranked 10th in the world, reached her first final in 10 months with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Daniela Hantuchova at the Mercury Insurance Open in Carlsbad, Calif.
Unseeded Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated fifth-seeded Flavia Pennetta 6-4, 6-0 in the other semifinal.
Revolution blanks D.C. United
FOXBOROUGH, Ma. — Midfielder Pat Phelan‘s first goal of the season gave the New England Revolution a 1-0 MLS victory over D.C. United.
• Nana Attakora and Chad Barrett each scored in the first half as Toronto FC beat Chivas USA 2-1 to extend its home unbeaten streak to 10 games.
• Kei Kamara and Robbie Findley traded first-half goals, with Findley’s equalizer salvaging a 1-1 draw for visiting Real Salt Lake against the Kansas City Wizards.
Storm wallops Shock
SEATTLE — Reserve Svetlana Abrosimova had 20 points as the Seattle Storm beat the Tulsa Shock 111-65 in a clash between the teams with the WNBA’s best and worst records.
Seattle (24-4) set a league record for largest margin of victory (46 points), topping by one point a win by the Houston Comets in 1998.
• Seimone Augustus scored 27 points, including the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 26.9 seconds left in overtime, to lead the Minnesota Lynx to an 87-82 victory over the Chicago Sky.
Footnotes.
Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said former defenseman Chris Chelios is going to work for the team, although his job title and his specific responsibilities haven’t been determined.
• Ryan Lochte won the 200- meter backstroke at the U.S. national swimming championships in Irvine, Calif.
