THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, JULY 9, 2012
TENNIS
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Andy Murray of Britain, right, congratulates Roger Federer of Switzerland, as he poses with his trophy following the men's singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, Sunday, July 8, 2012.
Federer ties record with seventh title
Roger Federer won his recordtying seventh Wimbledon title Sunday, beating Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 under a closed roof on Centre Court.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion excelled once the roof was closed early in the third set, giving Murray little chance to end Britain's 76-year wait for a home-grown men's champion.
Serena Williams won her fifth Wimbled on title on Saturday over Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.
For Serena Williams, the low point came in early 2011, when she spent hours laying around her home, overwhelmed by a depressing series of health scares that sent her to the hospital repeatedly and kept her away from tennis for 10 months.
The high point came Saturday on Centre Court at Wimbledon, when Williams dropped down to the grass, hands covering her face. She was all the way back, a Grand Slam champion yet again, tying her older sister Venus Williams' mark of five Wimbledon titles.
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BASEBALL
Kansas City Royals upset by recent loss
DETROIT — This wasn't the road trip the Kansas City Royals were expecting.
They limp into the All-Star Break 3-7 in their travels through Minnesota, Toronto and Detroit, after Sunday's 7-1 loss to the Tigers.
"The trip was disappointing. Coming into the thing, you're four games out and four games under," said Royals' manager Ned Yost. "Definitely not the way we figure it would be."
DYNAMO DRAW
Kansas City was bludgeoned by
Delmon Young homered for the fourth consecutive game, Prince Fielder hit a three-run shot and Jhonny Peralta homered and drove in three runs, while Scherzer allowed a run and five hits over seven innings, walking one and striking out seven.
Detroit's power display and dominated by Max Scherzer (8-5).
Meanwhile, Royals' starter Everett Teaford (1-2) took the loss. He allowed five runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked a batter and struck out five. Salvador Perez homered for Kansas City's only run.
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NICK SMITH/SPORTING KC
Soony Saad of Sporting Kansas City eyes the ball during the matchup against the Houston Dynamo played at LiveSTRONG S ing Park Saturday night, which ended with a 0-0 tie. Leading players for the team this season include Kei Kamara in goals an shots, Jimmy Nielsen in saves, and Graham Zusi in assists.