Roundup

Tennis

Federer, Nadal advance to title match in Madrid

Roger Federer will face Rafael Nadal for a championship. On clay. In Spain. The two rivals set up their first clash since the Australian Open when Nadal saved three match points to beat Novak Djokovic, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (9), on Saturday. Playing their fourth match this year, they needed a Masters Series-record 4 hours, 3 minutes to decide matters in Madrid. Federer beat Juan Martin del Potro, 6-3, 6-4, in their semifinal. Top-ranked Nadal's 33rd straight win on clay lifted him into his seventh final this season, but he will be nursing a right knee injury into Sunday's match. Federer has lost his last five matches against Nadal, including the finals at the French Open, Wimbledon and Australia in February, when the Swiss player was in tears after the defeat. "What's important for me is to get past that semifinal hurdle that I haven't been able to get past in the last couple of months," Federer said ahead of their 16th meeting in a final. "I feel like playing him anywhere is a challenge. The extra flair here is that it's in Spain." Earlier, top-ranked Dinara Safina beat Patty Schnyder, 6-4, 6-2, to set up a final against Caroline Wozniacki, who beat former No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo, 7-6 (1), 6-3.

Golf

Johnson shoots 60, leads Texas Open by 3 shots

Defending champion Zach Johnson matched the La Cantera course record with a 10-under-par 60 to take a three-stroke lead in the suspended third round of the rain-soaked Texas Open in San Antonio. Johnson holed out from 84 yards for an eagle on the par-7 seventh and had eight birdies on the soggy course in the round interrupted by a five-hour rain delay. He tapped in for par on 18 seconds after the horn blew and darkness suspended play. Paul Goydos and three-time champion Justin Leonard were 12 under through 12 holes. They'll resume the round Sunday morning.

LPGA SYBASE CLASSIC: : Suzann Pettersen and Ji Young Oh shot 3-under 69s, taking a one-stroke lead over Brittany Lincicome after three rounds in Clifton, N.J. Pettersen and Oh had 54-hole totals of 12-under 204 at Upper Montclair Country Club.

CHAMPIONS REGIONS CHARITY CLASSIC: : Gene Jones and Keith Fergus were in the lead at 10-under when play in Hoover, Ala., was suspended by rain in the second round.

EUROPEAN PGA IRISH OPEN: : Amateur Shane Lowry bogeyed the final hole on a blustery day to fall into a tie for the lead with Robert Rock after three rounds in Baltray.