SPORTS digest

Parto’s Golf Center offers April 15 special

YOUNGSTOWN

To celebrate Tax Day, Parto’s Golf Learning Center, 2231 Coitsville-Hubbard Road, will give golfers one free round on April 15.

For more information, call 330-743-6718.

YSU tennis team defeats Oakland

Bloomfield, Mich.

The Youngstown State women’s tennis team picked up four wins in Sunday’s singles play for a come-from-behind 4-3 dual win at Oakland at the Bloomfield Tennis and Fitness Center.

The Penguins (6-10, 4-0 Horizon League) have won 15 straight regular-season Horizon League matches and 20 consecutive league matches overall.

The first YSU winner was Nehel Sahni who defeated Sofia Borcuti by a 6-3, 6-1 score at No. 5. At No. 4, Sofia Macias was victorious defeating Daria Artamonova 6-2, 0-6, 6-3.

Annine Brendel won in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 at No. 2 over Elizabeth Guy. At No. 3, Noelly Longi Nsimba defeated Karine Celis.

Julianna Heino dropped a 6-4, 6-4 decision at No. 6 to Oakland’s Juliana Guevara. Oakland’s Tamara Blum defeated Dominika Lackova, 7-5, 6-4 at No. 1.

The Penguins next will play a league match at Cleveland State on Friday at 3 p.m.

Djokovic triumphs in Miami Open

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla.

When a flyover by a flock of pelicans briefly interrupted Novak Djokovic’s final service game Sunday, he waved both arms and grinned as if he had just won a championship.

The actual celebration began moments later, when Djokovic clinched a record-tying sixth Key Biscayne title and his third in a row, beating Kei Nishikori 6-3, 6-3 in the Miami Open final.

After Nishikori shanked the final shot, Djokovic hopped happily near the net and delivered a leg kick, flying high himself. During the trophy ceremony, he recalled winning Key Biscayne for the first time when he was 19.

“I have a very special connection to this tournament,” Djokovic told the crowd. “In 2007 it was the biggest title I had won in my career. It has been a springboard for everything coming after that. I certainly hope that the love affair continues in the years to come.”

Djokovic matched Andre Agassi’s record of six men’s titles at Key Biscayne, but then he wins everywhere these days. He’s 28-1 in 2016, with the lone loss coming when he retired during his quarterfinal against Feliciano Lopez in Dubai because of an eye infection.

Ko wins ANA

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif.

Lydia Ko took advantage of Ariya Jutanugarn’s late collapse to win the ANA Inspiration on Sunday for her second straight major victory and second LPGA Tour win a row.

The top-ranked Ko hit an 88-yard wedge shot to a foot on the par-5 18th to set up her winning birdie — and an unlikely victory leap into Poppie’s Pond. She closed with a 3-under 69 to finish at 12 under.

Jutanugarn had a two-stroke lead at 13 under with three holes to play. The 20-year-old Thai player bogeyed all three holes, three-putting the 16th, failing to get up-and-down from a bunker on 17 and hooking her drive into the water on 18.

Charley Hull and In Gee Chun finished a stroke behind Ko, and Jutanugarn ended up fourth at 10 under.

Jimenez surges to win Resort Classic

SAUCIER, Miss.

Miguel Angel Jimenez shot an 8-under 64 to win the Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic by two strokes on Sunday.

Jimenez started the day in third place, three shots behind the leader Scott Dunlap. But the 52-year-old from Spain took control on the tournament’s final day thanks to a bogey-free round that included four straight birdies from No. 10 to No. 13.

The decisive run on the back nine started on No. 10 when Jimenez made a 55-foot putt from the fringe.

It is Jimenez’s third victory on the PGA Tour Champions in just 10 starts dating back to 2014.

Staff/wire report