Tennis
FISH FINDING FORM: It's been a long comeback for American Mardy Fish, and he's not done yet. Two wrist surgeries last year kept him from competing much, but he proved Sunday he's finding his form, rallying from a set down to beat Jurgen Melzer 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 to win the U.S. Clay Court Championship in Houston.
Next on his to-do list: making the main draw at Wimbledon in late June.
"It's reachable now," he said. "I need to bear down again, forget about the last two weeks and start over."
Fish, who had lost six of seven tour finals before Sunday, came into the clay court tournament after winning a lower-tier tour event in Tallahassee, Fla., last week. He said he plans to play four more of those before Wimbledon to gain enough ATP points to get straight into the Grand Slam draw.
PETROVA WINS FINAL: Nadia Petrova defeated Patty Schnyder 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 to win the Family Circle Cup on Sunday in Charleston, S.C., for her second straight tournament victory. Petrova, who won last week at Amelia Island, now has four tour victories, all in the last six months. Her first came last October at Linz, Austria, when she also defeated Schnyder. Petrova also won last month at Doha.
Gymnastics
U.S. DOMINANT: The U.S. women dominated the final day of the Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships in Honolulu. Chellsie Memmel and Nastia Liukin each added a gold medal Saturday to their all-around titles, giving the U.S. team a total of seven gold and three silver for the three-day championships. The U.S. women won the team title ahead of Australia and Canada on Thursday.