Tennis

Wawrinka wins Monte Carlo Masters — Stanislas Wawrinka won the Monte Carlo Masters for the first time Sunday in Monaco, rallying to beat Roger Federer 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 in a rare all-Swiss final. The Australian Open champion had lost his previous two Masters finals and looked to be losing a third until Federer’s level dropped suddenly late in the second set, and Wawrinka began troubling the 17-time Grand Slam champion with his aggressive backhand. The fourth-seeded Federer, who accepted a wild card invitation to play in the tournament, was also looking to win it for the first time after losing his three previous finals here to eight-time champion Rafael Nadal from 2006-08. Wawrinka has beaten Federer only twice in 15 matches but both victories have come here. He also beat him in the third round in 2009.

Vekic beats Cibulkova for first WTA title — Seventh-seeded Donna Vekic of Croatia clinched her first WTA title on Sunday after beating top-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (4) in the Malaysian Open final in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 17-year-old Vekic, playing in her third final, prevailed in a match that stretched to almost three hours.

France edges U.S. 3-2 in Fed Cup — The doubles team of Caroline Garcia and Virginie Razzano led France to a 3-2 win over the United States in Fed Cup competition Sunday in St. Louis. France qualified for the World Group in 2015 and will compete for the Fed Cup championship. The USA drops down to World Group II for next year. Garcia and Razzano beat the USA’s Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys 6-2, 7-5 in the fifth and deciding match of the best-of-five, two-day competition held at Chaifetz Arena on the campus of Saint Louis University.

Gymnastics

Arkansas’ Grable wins two titles at NCAAs — Arkansas’ Katherine Grable won two national titles and Florida’s Bridget Sloan captured the third of her career at the NCAA women’s gymnastics championships in Birmingham, Ala. Grable won the floor exercise with a 9.9625 and tied with LSU’s Rheagan Courville for first on the vault in Sunday’s individual competition. It’s the second straight year Courville has shared the vault title. Both scored 9.975. A 2008 Olympian, Sloan won the uneven parallel bars with a score of 9.9375. She won the all-around and balance beam titles last year and had helped the Gators win a share of their second straight championship on Saturday night. Co-champion Oklahoma tied the Gators again with one title. Taylor Spears won the balance beam at 9.925, while Oregon State’s Madeline Gardner finished third on the beam with a 9.8875.

Cycling

Belgium’s Gilbert wins Amstel Gold — Philippe Gilbert of Belgium won the Amstel Gold Race for the third time on Sunday, clinching the 49th edition in the hills of the southern Netherlands. Racing for BMC, Gilbert broke away from the peloton about three kilometers (two miles) from the finish during the race’s final steep ascent of the Cauberg hill, and then held on for victory as others tried to narrow the gap. Gilbert’s win in the 251-kilometer race followed his triumphs in 2010 and 2011. He finished in a time of 6 hours, 25 minutes, 57 seconds. Fellow Belgian Jelle Vanendert was second, and Australia’s Simon Gerrans third, ahead of Alejandro Valverde of Spain.

Motor sports

Hamilton wins third straight F1 race at Chinese GP — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton captured his third straight Formula One race with ease on Sunday in Shanghai, leading from start to finish to win the Chinese Grand Prix. Mercedes showed again that it’s in a different class from its rivals, with Hamilton’s teammate Nico Rosberg taking second place — the third time in four races this season the pair have finished one-two. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso held on for third place to get his team’s first podium finish of the year.

Soccer

Keeper dies after Gabon soccer match — A team official said a goalkeeper died after being kicked in the head during a championship tournament match in the West African country of Gabon. Sylvain Azougoui of the AC Bongoville soccer club had just stopped a shot on goal, but the attacker lost his balance on the wet grass and stepped on the goalkeeper’s head. The team official said the 30-year-old from Benin died on the way to the hospital Sunday.

— From wire reports