Stephens stuns Sharapova- American Sloane Stephens defeated Maria Sharapova 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 despite losing 8 of the first 10 games to advance to the third round of the Western and Southern Open. When asked about the match afterwards, Sharapova (who hadn't played in nearly a month) said: "I didn't continue what I was doing well for the first set and a half, and that hurt me."
- Stephens, who only turned 20 in March but is already the 17th ranked player in the world, is no stranger to upsets, having defeated Serena Williams earlier this year.
- The tournament is a bit of a misnomer as it is played in Cincinnati, not somewhere in the southwest.
Rodriguez Hits First Home Run of the Season
- Alex Rodriguez, with all the controversy swirling around him, crushed his first home run of the season off of Detroit Tigers superstar Cy Young winning pitcher Justin Verlander on Sunday. In his 5th game back, Rodriguez turned on a 92 MPH pitch from the struggling verlander to hit his 648th home run of his career.
- Rodriguez's well documented struggles are currently on hold as his appeal of his steroids suspension goes in front of an arbitrator. In the mean time, he is playing his way back into shape and into the lineup. Later in the same game a single with another RBI moved ARod into 6th place in the all time RBI list, ahead of Stan Musial.
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