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Sorenstam leads field in New York event

PITTSFORD, N.Y., June 23 (UPI) -- Annika Sorenstam shoots for her fifth tour title of the year in the Wegman's Rochester LPGA in New York.

The tournament starts Thursday at the par-72, 6,200-yard Locust Hill Country Club course.

Sorenstam has won half of the eight U.S. events she has entered this year, including the LPGA Championship, her seventh major title.

Grace Park, who won the year's first major, the Kraft Nabisco Championship in March, is also entered in the Wegman's event, which was won last year by Rachel Teske of Australia.

Teske is back to defend her title. Others in the field include 2004 tour winners Se Ri Pak, Jennifer Rosales, Sherri Steinhauer and Lorena Ochoa, last year's runnerup.

Cavs trade for Aleksandar Pavlovic

CLEVELAND, June 23 (UPI) -- The Cleveland Cavaliers acquired Aleksandar Pavlovic from Charlotte Wednesday, one day after the Bobcats selected him in the expansion draft.

Pavlovic, 20, who played for the Utah Jazz last season, was traded to Cleveland for a future first-round draft pick.

"We look at Sasha as a low-risk, high-reward addition to our team," Cavaliers President Jim Paxson said. "He has already proven he can play at the NBA level and, at only 20 years old, he could potentially develop into a very good player. He is an exceptional athlete who fills a need at the wing positions, has a good feel for the game and possesses excellent shooting range."

Pavlovic averaged 4.8 points in 79 games as a rookie with the Jazz.

He played for the Serbia and Montenegro Under-20 National Team and in the Euroleague before going to the NBA.

Tigers sign Guillen through 2007

DETROIT, June 23 (UPI) -- The Detroit Tigers Tuesday signed shortstop Carlos Guillen to a three-year contract extension through 2007.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

Guillen, a career .264 hitter entering the season, is batting .322 with 49 runs scored, 17 doubles, seven triples, 10 home runs and 47 RBI in 67 games in 2004. He is third in the American League at his position with a .979 fielding percentage.

"I like it here," he told the Detroit Free Press. "I like this team a lot. I like my teammates and the city. This is where I want to be."

Guillen, 28, acquired from Seattle in January, is making $2.5 million this season with incentives worth another $900,000.

Rain halts Wimbledon play

LONDON, June 23 (UPI) -- Rain prevented play Wednesday in the Wimbledon Championships.

A report on the tournament's Web site said play "has been postponed until further notice because of persistent rain."

Among the players unable to continue matches was the No. 3 seed, Guillermo Coria of Argentina, who was two points away from winning a five-set marathon against South Africa's Wesley Moodie. Others due to resume rain-delayed matches included American Andy Roddick, who was leading Taiwan's Yeu-Tzoo Wang in the first set.

Defending men's champion Roger Federer of Switzerland and seventh-seeded Lleyton Hewitt of Australia were among others scheduled to play Wednesday.

Forty-seven-year-old Martina Navratilova of the United States awaited her second-round match against Argentina's Gisela Dulko, who beat the veteran at the French Open.