Briefs | Roddick loses in first round in Lyon
Tennis
Santoro beats top-seeded Roddick: Top-seeded Andy Roddick was upset by Fabrice Santoro in the first round of the Lyon Grand Prix in France.
Santoro, 34, hit three aces in the last game to complete a 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-4 victory over the American.
Nalbandian loses: David Nalbandian lost to Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors in Basel, three days after beating Roger Federer to win the Madrid Masters. James Blake defeated Oscar Hernandez 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the second round.
Davydenko wins: Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko routed Filippo Volandri 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the second round of the St. Petersburg Open in Russia.
Chakvetadze, Safina reach quarterfinals: Anna Chakvetadze overwhelmed weak-serving Francesca Schiavone 6-0, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Generali Ladies in Linz, Austria. Fourth-seeded Dinara Safina beat Karin Knapp 6-2, 6-2.
College basketball
Pitt loses recruit Dodson: Darnell Dodson, a 6-foot-6 guard who was a key member of what Pitt coach Jamie Dixon called his best recruiting class, is leaving school and plans to transfer to Miami Dade College.
Georgetown, Louisville co-favorites in Big East: Georgetown, with four starters returning from a team that lost to Ohio State in the national semifinals, starts 2007-08 as a co-favorite in the Big East coaches poll.
Louisville, which returns its top seven scorers from a 24-10 team, was selected as the co-favorites.
Big East preseason player of the year is center Roy Hibbert of Georgetown. Soccer
Liverpool falls: Liverpool extended its winless streak in this season’s Champions League, losing at Besiktas 2-1 and hurting its chances of advancing. The five-time champions are last in Group A with one point from three games.
Defending champion AC Milan had a comfortable 4-1 win over Shakhtar Donetsk. Robinho scored two goals in Real Madrid’s 4-2 win over 10-man Olympiakos, and Rosenborg upset Valencia 2-0. Also, it was: Chelsea 2, Schalke 0; Werder Bremen 2, Lazio 1; Benfica 1, Celtic 0; and Marseille 1, FC Porto 1.
Blatter wants bidding for Cup: FIFA president Sepp Blatter wants to end the continental rotation system for hosting the World Cup. Blatter said he will urge the executive committee to adopt his proposal next week, paving the way for open bidding for the 2018 competition.
MISL adds teams in Mexico, Florida, New Jersey: The Major Indoor Soccer League has expanded from six franchises to nine. The new teams are in Newark, N.J.; Orlando, Fla.; and Monterrey, Mexico.
Marathon
Ambulance with dying runner got lost: The ambulance crew who picked up a dying runner during the Chicago Marathon apparently got lost on the way to a hospital, authorities said. Chad Schieber, 35, collapsed while running the Oct. 7 race, and was about six blocks away from the University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center. An autopsy blamed his death on a heart condition called mitral valve prolapse.
Auto racing
Appeals panel overturns penalty against Hendrick: An appeals committee overturned the $10,000 fine levied against a crew chief for Kyle Busch after a Busch Series race in Kansas.
Basketball
U.S. select team beats CSKA Moscow: Seimone Augustus scored 19 points to lead a U.S. women’s select team past CSKA Moscow 81-72 and into the semifinals at the FIBA World League tournament in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
Boxing
Williams, Estrada win in first round: Middleweight Shawn Estrada and light featherweight Raynell Williams took their first steps toward the Beijing Olympics with victories in the preliminary round of the World Boxing Championships in Chicago.
American heavyweight Deontay Wilder lost a close match to Poland’s Krysztof Zimnoch. U.S. super heavyweight Michael Hunter beat Mexico’s Andres Ruiz Ponce.
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