Federer captures 10th Grand Slam win
MELBOURNE, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Roger Federer captured his 10th Grand Slam title Sunday, beating Chilean Fernando Gonzalez in straight sets at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
It was the second consecutive Australia title for the Swiss superstar for a total of three Melbourne wins.
The top-seed beat 10th-seeded Gonzalez 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-4 in 2 hours, 20 minutes at Rod Laver Arena.
Federer, 25, is now 10-0 overall and 3-0 in Grand Slam events against Gonzalez, the second Chilean to perform in a Grand Slam final.
Gonzalez, 26, had a pair of set points in the first set, but Federer canceled them out and went on to take the opening stanza in an easy tiebreak. Both players had their serve broken once in the first set, but the Chilean was unable to break Federer over the next two sets.
Federer had a 4-3 edge in the second set and never looked back. He claimed the stanza and broke Gonzalez for a 4-3 advantage in the final set en route to victory. Gonzalez staved off several game points in the seventh game of the third, but a determined Federer finally got his break and soon ended the competition.
Despite the loss, Gonzalez moved up to No. 5 in the world.
Woods wins his seventh straight title
LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- World No. 1 Tiger Woods Sunday won the Buick Invitational Golf Tournament at La Jolla, Calif., for his seventh straight title on the PGA Tour.
The two-shot winner had to fend off a number of challengers in the final round, which started with him one shot behind rookie co-leaders Brandt Snedeker and Andrew Buckle.
Woods -- who was competing for the first time this year -- shot 6-under 66 to finish at 15-under 273 in the final round.
"It was a fun day," he said. "We all had a chance. I couldn't believe how low the scores were early."
Charles Howell III (68), who played with Woods in the next-to-last group Sunday, was the runner-up at 13-under 275.
Snedeker (71), who opened with an 11-under 61 Thursday, finished third at 12-under 276.
Buckle (72) tied for fourth place with Bubba Watson (67) and Mark Calcavecchia (69) at 11-under 277.
Goosen rallies to win Qatar Masters
DOHA, Qatar, Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Retief Goosen used a late rush Sunday to win the European Tour's Qatar Masters Golf Tournament in Doha.
The South African made birdie and eagle on the final two holes to overtake Australia's Nick O'Hern. In Sunday's closing 18, Goosen shot 3-under 69 to finish at 15-under 273.
O'Hern shot 2-under 70 to end at 14-under 272.
Goosen had dropped out of a share of the lead with a bogey at No. 15, while O'Hern was making a birdie at the 16th hole.
"It's a great feeling to have a European Tour win under the belt again," said the two-time U.S. Open winner, who won the 2006 South African Airways Open in December 2005.
South Africa's Ernie Els (67) the 2005 champion, finished third Sunday.
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell (67), and Australians Stuart Appleby (66) and Richard Green (72) finished in a three-way tie for fourth at 12-under 276.
Barbaro suffers 'significant setback'
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Kentucky Derby-winner Barbaro had to be taken back to surgery in Pennsylvania because an abscess was giving him trouble on his right hind hoof.
His surgeon called it a "significant setback."
The colt had a cast replaced on his left hind foot Thursday at the Penn State School of Veterinary Medicine, and had new shoes put on his front feet Wednesday at Penn's George D. Widener Hospital in Kennett Square, Pa. He also had the abscess in his right hind hoof drained.
Chief of Surgery Dr. Dean W. Richardson said in a statement Barbaro was taken back to surgery Saturday "because we could not keep him comfortable on his right hind foot. That foot developed a deep subsolar abscess secondary to bruising when he went through a period of discomfort on the left hind foot. It is not laminitis but the undermining of the sole and part of the lateral heel region are potentially just as serious."
The hind foot has been placed in an "external skeletal fixation device" to give it a chance to heel.
"We will continue to treat Barbaro aggressively as long as he remains bright, alert and eating," Richardson said. "This is another significant setback that exemplifies how complex his medical situation remains because both hind limbs have major problems."
Barbaro was injured shortly after the start of the 2006 Preakness, fracturing three bones in and around his right hind ankle.
