Briefly

Bryant matches year’s best round at Texas Open, takes lead

Bart Bryant shot a course-record 10-under 60 – matching the PGA Tour’s lowest round of the year – to take a three-stroke lead over Hunter Mahan (62) into the final round of the Texas Open at San Antonio.

Bryant’s score broke the single-day course record on the La Cantera Golf Club course and left him at 16-under 194 after three rounds.

The round tied the 60 shot by Robert Gamez in January at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

The previous mark at the Texas Open was 61, set by Garrett Willis in 2002 and matched by Ted Purdy in Thursday’s opening round.

Joe Ogilvie (61), Pat Perez (63), Todd Fischer (63), Tim Clark (64), Patrick Sheehan (65), Scott Simpson (66), Ryan Palmer (67) and J.J. Henry (67) were four strokes back at 198.

“Candie Kung and Lorie Kane overcame the wind and the rain – and a rally by Annika Sorenstam – to top the Safeway Classic leaderboard at Portland, Ore.

Kung shot a 4-under 68 to match Kane (69) at 7-under 137, two strokes ahead of two-time defending champion Sorenstam, Janice Moodie and Carin Koch with a round left at Columbia Edgewater Country Club.

Wendy Ward, from Edwall, Wash., shot a 4-over 76 and was at even-par 144 after two rounds. Tracy Hanson, from Rathdrum, Idaho, missed the cut with a two-day total 6-over par 150.

Auto Racing

Kvapil wins Sylvania 200

Travis Kvapil won weather-delayed NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series’ Sylvania 200 at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon, racing the final 97 laps without stopping for fuel.

Kvapil, the only Toyota driver to win this season, averaged 89.482 mph in the race delayed nearly five hours by rain. The field ran the first 36 laps under the caution flag to finish drying the track.

Jack Sprague led the 58 of 200 laps in his Chevrolet en route to the second-place finish.

Johnny Benson finished third in a Toyota.

“Heavy rain in Mohnton, Pa., forced NHRA officials to postpone the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals until Oct. 8-10.

Tennis

All-Russian final in Beijing

Marat Safin defeated Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-4 in the China Open in Beijing, setting up an all-Russian final with Mikhail Youzhny.

Youzhny beat Thailand’s Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4, 6-4 in the other semifinal and, like Safin, will be going for his first title of the year.

“U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and Germany’s Marlene Weingartner rallied to semifinal victories in Bali, Indonesia, and will meet for Wismilak International title.

Kuznetsova defeated Russian countrywoman Nadia Petrova 6-7 (1), 6-1, 6-2. Weingartner, unseeded and ranked No. 67, beat Italy’s Maria Elena Camerin 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 and will be playing in her first WTA Tour final today.

“Argentina’s Jose Acasuso defeated Italy’s Filippo Volandri 7-6 (5), 6-2 and will play Russia’s Igor Andreev for the Romania Open championship in Bucharest.

Andreev, seeded fourth, beat second-seeded Florian Mayer of Germany 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the other semifinal.

“Ricardo Mello beat third-seeded Mario Ancic 7-6 (2), 6-3 at Delray Beach, Fla., to advance to the final of the Millennium International Tennis Championships against top-seeded Vince Spadea.

Spadea won nine straight games and easily defeated Jeff Salzenstein 6-1, 6-3 in just over an hour.

Track and field

Holmes wins at World Athletics

Double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes of Britain overpowered Tatyana Tomashova in the stretch and won the 1,500 meters at the World Athletics Final in Monte Carlo, Monaco, confirming her status as the premier women’s middle distance runner.

Jamaica’s Asafa Powell held off Olympic silver medalist Francis Obikwelu to win the 100. Powell broke superbly and led all the way, finishing in 9.98 seconds.

Bahrain’s Youssef Saad Kamel won the men’s 800, with world-record holder Wilson Kipketer fourth.

In the women’s 400 hurdles, American Sandra Glover held off Tetiana Tereschuk-Antipova to win in 54.57 seconds. Brenda Taylor was third and Olympic champion Fani Halkia was fourth.

Any athlete breaking a world record this weekend will receive $100,000.

Horse racing

Roses in May wins Kentucky Cup

Roses in May remained unbeaten this year, surging past Pie N Burger around the final turn to win the Grade 2 $350,000 Kentucky Cup Classic at Turfway Park in Florence, Ky.