Sports fanfare 8/19/02

Golf

Meg Mallon shot a 1-over-par 73 Sunday to win the windswept Canadian Women's Open.

It marked the 10th time Mallon has come from behind in the final round to win and was her 14th career victory. She finished at 4-under 284 and earned $180,000.

Catriona Matthew, who began the day with a one-shot lead over Mallon, finished with a 79 for a 1 under total, tying Michelle Ellis and Michele Redman for second.

Tennis

Greg Rusedski's serves hit speeds as high as 132 mph Sunday as he rallied for a 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 victory over Spain's Felix Mantilla to win the RCA Championships title in Indianapolis.

Rusedski, seeded 14th, blew the unseeded Mantilla away with first serves that consistently reached speeds higher than 110 mph and second serves that were only a bit slower. He had 16 aces, including one to close out the eighth game of the final set after he had fallen behind 40-0. Mantilla finished with one ace.

James Blake won his first ATP Tour title Sunday, beating Paradorn Srichaphan 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C.

Blake, the 22-year-old American, had upset Andre Agassi in the semifinals.

Football

John Dutton passed for 236 yards and five touchdowns as the San Jose SaberCats won their first ArenaBowl, shutting out the Arizona Rattlers in the first three quarters of a 52-14 victory Sunday in San Jose, Calif.

James Hundon caught three TD passes as the SaberCats capped a 16-1 season with one of the most remarkable achievements in Arena Football League history: 50 shutout minutes of defense in a league where teams routinely score more than 50 points per game.

Barry Wagner rushed for a touchdown as the SaberCats emphatically avenged their only defeat of the season -- a 59-52 loss at Arizona last month -- and staked their claim as perhaps the best Arena team ever.

-- From wire reports