Sluman has 64 to lead senior golfers by a shot
SAN ANTONIO, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Jeff Sluman posted a 7-under 64 Saturday to move into a one stroke lead after two rounds of the senior AT&T Championship at San Antonio.
Sluman, a two-time winner on the Champions Tour this year, is 11-under 131 after 36 holes. Only Eduardo Romero and Bernhard Langer have won three times on the tour this season.
Defending champion John Cook had a 63 to move into a tie for second place at 132 with first-round leader Mark James (69).
Sluman shared seventh place to start the day, but birdied three of the first four holes to jump to 7-under.
"I got off to the start you want," Sluman said. "That settled me in. I've been coming here since the 1980's. It helps to be familiar with the golf course. I've been playing well, but historically I've never had any good chances to win here."
If Sluman hangs on for the win, he would be the sixth consecutive senior rookie to win this title.
Federer, Nalbandian to meet in Basel tennis final
BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Swiss Roger Federer and second-seeded Argentine David Nalbandian face off Sunday in the final of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.
Federer defeated Spain's Feliciano Lopez in straight sets in Saturday's semifinals. Federer, two-time defending champion in his hometown, had 15 aces and 28-of-31 first service points to beat the unseeded Lopez 6-3, 6-2.
Lopez beat two Americans -- eighth-seeded Mardy Fish in the second round and fourth-seeded James Blake in the quarterfinals -- to set up his first matchup with Federer since last year's Madrid Masters.
Nalbandian edged third-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro, also in straight sets, in Saturday's other semifinal. Nalbandian avenged his straight-set loss to Del Potro in the third round of last week's Madrid Masters with a 6-4, 6-4 victory.
Nalbandian, the Stockholm Open champ two weeks ago and the 2002 champion in this event, will play in his fourth Basel final.
Stupples takes second-round LPGA lead in China
HAIKOU, China, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Karen Stupples shot her second straight 5-under 67 Saturday to move into a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Grand China Air LPGA.
Stupples, the 2004 Women's British Open champion, finished 36 holes at 10-under 134.
First-round leader Laura Diaz bogeyed four of her last five holes for a one-over 73 to drop into second place at eight-under 136. Louise Friberg (69) is third at 137.
Shi Hyun Ahn (68), Christina Kim (68) and Candie Kung (69) share fourth place at 138.
There were two weather stoppages Saturday but neither ran longer than an hour. Heavy rain came in quickly and left almost as quickly and the entire field completed second-round play.
Sutherland leads PGA event by one stroke
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Kevin Sutherland shot a 7-under 63 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the PGA Frys.com Open.
Sutherland, who has won just one PGA Tour title, completed 54 holes at 14-under- par 196, which established the tournament's 54-hole scoring record by one stroke.
Sutherland, 44, has the 54-hole lead for the third time in his PGA Tour career. The other two times -- at the 1997 Houston Open and the 2007 Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -- he finished second.
George McNeill had a 4-under 66 to move into second place at 13-under 197. Paul Goydos (66), Steve Allan (68) and John Mallinger (66) are tied for third place at 198.
