LONDON — Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic completed the semifinal lineup at the ATP World Tour Finals with straight-set victories Friday. The top-ranked Nadal beat Tomas Berdych 7-6 (3), 6-1 in the early match to leave Djokovic needing only one set to finish second in Group A, and the Serb defeated a listless Andy Roddick 6-2, 6-3.
“I’ve been struggling physically on and off for a while now,” Roddick said. “I am looking forward to resting for 10 days and then trying to get in shape. It probably came to an end at about the right time.”
Nadal will meet Andy Murray in today’s opening semifinal as he bids for his first title at the end-of- season tournament. Djokovic plays Roger Federer.
Dodgers sign pitcher Garland
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers completed their starting rotation for 2011 by agreeing to a deal with Jon Garland, a right- hander whom the Rockies had targeted for their pitching corps.
The $5 million, one-year contract includes a club option and could be worth $16 million over two seasons.
Garland, who joins Clayton Kershaw, Chad Billingsley, Hiroki Kuroda and Ted Lilly to give Los Angeles one of the deepest sets of starters in the major leagues, went 14-12 with a 3.47 ERA in 200 innings for the San Diego Padres in 2010.
• The Minnesota Twins have 30 days to sign Japanese infielder Tsuyoshi Nishioka after submitting the highest bid for his negotiating rights. Nishioka led the Pacific League with a .346 batting average this season and had 206 hits with the Chiba Lotte Marines, becoming the league’s first player to get 200 hits since Ichiro Suzuki in 1994.
Footnotes.
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Brandon Marshall didn’t practice because of a hamstring injury, and it’s unlikely he’ll travel with the team to Oakland for Sunday’s game against the Raiders.
• The Cleveland Browns signed punter Reggie Hodges to a two- year contract extension, locking up the potential restricted free agent.
• Ross Fisher matched a course record 8-under-par 64 to tie Ian Poulter (66) at 9-under 135 for the second-round lead of the Dubai World Championship in United Arab Emirates.
• Iowa sophomore guard Cully Payne will be out for six to eight weeks with a hernia.
• Purdue women’s basketball player Drey Mingo remains hospitalized with bacterial meningitis, but her condition has been upgraded to fair.
• Deputies in Apopka, Fla., said the home of boxer Christy Martin was burglarized while she was in the hospital with gunshot and stab wounds she told authorities were inflicted by her 66-year-old husband James Martin.
• Canada’s Jon Montgomery won the World Cup skeleton season-opener, sliding to victory on the same track where he won gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. Matt Antoine was the top U.S. finisher, in sixth place.
• Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone suffered a minor head injury when he was punched and kicked by four men outside his London office Wednesday night and robbed of jewelry worth $314,000. Ecclestone, 80, was treated at a hospital after the attack.
