• Isner wins second straight Winston-Salem title: John Isner won his second straight Winston-Salem Open title Saturday in North Carolina, battling through a third-set tiebreaker to beat seventh-ranked Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (11-9). Isner had 22 aces, but needed to overcome his own mistakes for his second win this season and fifth career title in the final hard-court tournament before the U.S. Open.
• Kvitova takes New Haven title: Petra Kvitova beat Maria Kirilenko 7-6 (9), 7-5 on Saturday to win the New Haven Open in Connecticut, the Czech star’s second WTA tournament title in three weeks. The second-seeded Kvitova trailed 5-2 in the second set before reeling off five consecutive games for the victory that avenged a loss to the Russian in the Olympic quarterfinals. The fifth-ranked player in the world improved to 22-5 on hard courts this season heading into the U.S. Open.
