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Posted on: Saturday, August 16, 2008

Wie fires 70; Ochoa leads in Canada

 •  Okino wins second match play title

Associated Press

Defending champion Lorena Ochoa shot a 4-under 68 yesterday to take a two-stroke lead during the suspended second round of the Canadian Women's Open at Ottawa, while Michelle Wie had a 70 to put herself in position to make the cut.

Ochoa, the winner last year at Royal Mayfair in Edmonton, Alberta, had a 10-under 134 total at the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club course.

Australia's Katherine Hull matched the course record with a 65 to join Taiwan's Yani Tseng, the McDonald's LPGA Championship winner, at 8 under. Tseng was 6 under through 10 holes when play was suspended because of hail and rain.

None of the afternoon starters were able to finish the round.

Wie, using the last of her six 2008 LPGA Tour sponsor exemptions, followed her opening 75 with the 70 to finish at 1 over.

"I felt a lot more confident with my putter," said Wie, a Punahou School alum and current Stanford freshman. "I had a lot of great up and downs today. There were a few holes where it could have gone either way and I just grinded it through. I'm proud of myself for shooting under par today and it sets me up for Saturday and Sunday."

The 18-year-old needs to win or finish second to avoid a trip to Q-school — if she decides to try qualifying.

MORE GOLF

Wyndham Championship: Carl Pettersson produced a record-breaking round at Sedgefield, shooting a tournament-record 61 yesterday to match the PGA Tour's 36-hole mark at 15-under 125 at Greensboro, N.C. He opened with a 64 on Thursday. Pettersson has a three-stroke lead over Garrett Willis (64).

JELD-WEN Tradition: Bernhard Langer shot a 6-under 66 in 100-degree heat at Sunriver, Ore., for a share of the second-round lead with Tim Simpson in the JELD-WEN Tradition, the fourth of the five Champions Tour majors. Langer and Simpson had 10-under 134 totals at the Crosswater Club.

SAS Masters: Sweden's Peter Hanson and England's Nick Dougherty shot 4-under 66s for the second straight day to share the lead in the SAS Masters at Stockholm, Sweden.

TENNIS

RODDICK BOUNCED

Andy Roddick's tournament is over, but Juan Martin del Potro's streak continues at Washington.

Roddick was upset by Viktor Troicki, 0-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the quarterfinals of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic yesterday, the same day second-seeded del Potro won his 17th straight match, a 6-4, 6-4 victory over John Isner.

In other matches, Tommy Haas beat Alejandro Falla, 7-5, 6-1, and Igor Kunitsyn defeated Somdev Devvarman, 6-4, 6-1.

ELSEWHERE

Michael Finley is poised to re-sign with the San Antonio Spurs. According to a report posted on ESPN.com yesterday that cited NBA front-office sources, the 35-year-old guard-forward has reached terms on a deal with the Spurs. Terms were not available, the report said. ... New Orleans Hornets guard Jannero Pargo signed a one-year deal with Dynamo Moscow of the Russian League. The one-year deal is worth nearly $4 million and is about twice what Pargo made for the Hornets last season. ... Tony Stewart, who will become an owner-driver next season, hired Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman as his teammate. Stewart, a two-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, made the hiring official yesterday at Michigan International Speedway.