STUTTGART, Germany — Julia Goerges upset top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki 7-6 (3), 6-3 in the final of the Porsche Grand Prix tennis tournament Sunday.
The 22-year-old German won in Bad Gastein, Austria, last year but had never captured a title in one of the WTA’s premier events.
“I only know I won, but I don’t know how,” Goerges said. “Playing against Caroline is like climbing a high hill.”
Goerges becomes the first German to win the tournament since Anke Huber in 1996. She will now move to a career-best ranking of No. 27. Wozniacki was looking for her fourth title this year.
In addition to her share of the purse, Goerges collected a sports car donated by the title sponsor.
“I walked past this car every day to practice. I never imagined that I would be driving it,” she said.
• Rafael Nadal beat David Ferrer 6-2, 6-4 in their second all-Spanish final in two weeks to claim his sixth Barcelona Open title.
The top-ranked Spaniard won his 29th straight match at the clay- court event when the fourth-seeded Ferrer hit his backhand wide.
It was Nadal’s 45th career ATP title and his second consecutive trophy after beating Ferrer at Monte Carlo in straight sets April 17. The 24-year-old became the first player to win two tournaments six or more times — he has won Monte Carlo seven times — in the Open era.
• Italian veteran Alberta Brianti defeated seventh-seeded Simona Halep of Romania 6-4, 6-3 in the the Grand Prix SAR in Fez, Morocco, for her first WTA title.
Rose’s ankle “not bad”
DEERFIELD, Ill. — Chicago Bulls star Derrick Rose had a walking boot on his left foot and was scheduled for an MRI on his sprained ankle. Coach Tom Thibodeau said trainer Fred Tedeschi told him the all-star point guard is sore but the swelling is “not bad.”
• San Antonio Spurs center Antonio McDyess expects to play in Game 4 against the Grizzlies tonight despite a neck nerve injury that forced him to leave Saturday night’s loss to Memphis.
Gilbert wins cycling event
LIEGE, Belgium — Philippe Gilbert shook off brothers Frank and Andy Schleck in an uphill sprint to win the Liege-Bastogne-Liege, his fourth classic cycling victory in two weeks.
The Belgian proved unstoppable with a final burst on the last straight to give the brothers from Luxembourg little chance. Frank Schleck finished second and Andy Schleck was third.
Gilbert was coming off victories in the Brabant Arrow and Amstel Gold race last week and the Walloon Arrow on Wednesday before winning the biggest of the four races.
Former Buc McCants arrested
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Alvin Keith McCants is in jail in St. Petersburg, Fla., after being arrested on a cocaine possession charge.
Pinellas County Jail records show the 43-year-old McCants also was booked Saturday afternoon on a charge of resisting an officer. Bond was set at $4,000.
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