Mickelson to rejoin PGA Tour next week
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 1 (UPI) -- Phil Mickelson is expected to rejoin to the PGA Tour next week at the St. Jude Classic and then play the following week at the U.S. Open.
Mickelson suspended tournament play when it was announced several weeks ago his wife Amy had breast cancer. GolfWorld reported Amy Mickelson's surgery won't be scheduled until late June or possibly July.
Phil Mickelson indicated he would play these next two events, and then base his schedule on his wife's health. He missed last week's event at Colonial, where he would have been the defending champion.
"We have a wonderful team of doctors helping us, and it is believed that we caught this early," Phil Mickelson said in a statement. "We are anxiously waiting for a number of test results that will help guide us in the best possible direction."
Federer posts five-set win at French Open
PARIS, June 1 (UPI) -- Roger Federer lost his first two sets Monday before escaping with a fourth-round victory over Tommy Haas at the French Open in Paris.
Federer -- who is second on the all-time Grand Slam victory list with 13 but has never won the French Open -- lost just one point on his serve in the first set but dropped the set and fell in a tight second set before rallying for a 6-7 (4-7), 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 victory over the unseeded Haas.
The match lasted more than three hours and it wasn't until Federer won nine consecutive games that he tied Haas at two sets each. Federer won just nine points receiving Haas's serve in the third set but was able to combine them into two service breaks to decide the match.
Federer advanced to the quarterfinals against 11th-seeded Gael Monfils -- the last French player in the men's field. Monfils dispatched sixth-seeded Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.
France has not had a men's French Open since 1983 when Yannick Noah turned the trick.
The other quarterfinal in the lower half of the draw sends fifth-seeded Juan Martin Del Potro against 16th-seeded Tommy Robredo. Del Potro took out No. 9-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-4 while Robredo beat 29th-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.
Serena Williams has 4th-round win in Paris
PARIS, June 1 (UPI) -- Serena Williams posted an easy win but fifth-seeded Jelena Jankovic was defeated Monday in fourth-round play at the French Open in Paris.
Williams, the No. 2-ranked player in the world, cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over 24th-seeded Aleksandra Wozniak in 53 minutes. Williams won 58 percent of the points on Wozniak's serve and came away with five service breaks.
Williams has lost just two sets in the tournament -- a first-round tiebreaker and a controversial 6-4 decision Saturday to Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez.
Williams goes against seventh-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals. Kuznetsova beat 12th-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska 6-4, 1-6, 6-1 Monday and is 18-2 in her last four tournaments.
Unseeded 19-year-old Sorana Cirstea took out Jankovic 3-6, 0-6, 9-7. Jankovic hadn't lost more than three games in a set until the second set against Cirstea. In the third set, Cirstea was the aggressor and piled up 21 winners to seven for Jankovic in reaching her first Grand Slam quarterfinal.
Cirstea's quarterfinal opponent is 30th-seeded Samantha Stosur, who was a 6-1, 6-2 winner Monday over Virginie Razzano. Stosur fired eight aces and didn't lose a service game in the win.
Howard, Gonzalez co-NL Players of the Week
NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) -- First basemen Ryan Howard of Philadelphia and Adrian Gonzalez of San Diego were named Monday co-National League Players of the Week.
The two tied for the league lead with four home runs, 10 RBI and a 1.000 slugging percentage.
Howard finished the week batting .333, adding a pair of doubles, a triple and 24 total bases. He had two multi-home-run games and he hit the eighth grand slam of his career Saturday to top Mike Schmidt for most in franchise history.
Gonzalez had a .500 on-base percentage and homered in four of his six games last week, including three-run blasts against Colorado last Saturday and Sunday. His final homer of the week was his major-league best 20th of the season.
