Marcos Ambrose edges Brad Keselowski for Watkins Glen win

Marcos Ambrose guides his No. 9 car through some turns ahead of Brad Keselowski at Watkins Glen on Sunday. (Tom Pennington / Getty Images for NASCAR / August 12, 2012)

Marcos Ambrose passed Brad Keselowski on the final lap, then held him off in a fender-banging duel to win the Sprint Cup race at Watkins Glen International for the second straight time.

Kyle Busch was in control but was leaking oil on the track and skidded sideways coming out of the first turn of the final lap in Watkins Glen, N.Y. Keselowski's No. 2 Dodge caromed off the side of the No. 18 Toyota and Ambrose followed Keselowski through.

Ambrose and Keselowski battled side by side the rest of the way around the 2.45-mile layout, with neither giving ground before Ambrose moved in front heading to the checkered flag.

Jimmie Johnson was third to gain the points lead by one over Greg Biffle. Sonoma winner Clint Bowyer and Sam Hornish Jr. were next, giving Dodge, which is leaving NASCAR at season's end, two in the top five. Dale Earnhardt Jr. spun late and finished 28th to fall from first to fourth in points, 17 behind Johnson.

Biffle was sixth, and Busch, Matt Kenseth, Regan Smith and Martin Truex Jr. rounded out the top 10. Ryan Newman finished 11th to move back ahead of Jeff Gordon into the second wild card slot. Kasey Kahne, who has two wins, holds the other. Gordon was also a victim of the oil, spinning late and dropping to 21st after having driven past Newman.

The top 10 drivers in the standings qualify for the 10-race Chase, and two wild cards are awarded to the drivers with the most wins outside the top 10 — provided they finishing 20th or higher in points.

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Top-seeded Novak Djokovic won his second straight Rogers Cup title and third overall, beating Richard Gasquet, 6-3, 6-2, in Toronto.

The Serbian star, also the tournament winner in 2007, won for the first time since the ATP Masters stop in Miami four months back.

Gasquet, the 14th-seed Frenchman, was making his first Masters 1000 finals appearance since losing to Roger Federer in Toronto in 2006.

American brothers Bob and Mike Bryan, fresh off their Olympic gold medal, won the doubles title with a 6-1, 4-6 (12-10) victory over Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez.

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Tenth-seeded Li Na rallied to beat 16th-seeded Lucie Safarova, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, to advance to the final in the rain-delayed Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Na will face fifth-seeded Petra Kvitova, a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 winner over seventh-seeded Caroline Wozniacki.

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A birdie binge drove So Yeon Ryu to victory in the LPGA's Jamie Farr Toledo Classic in Sylvania, Ohio.

Ryu rode a string of six straight birdies in the middle of her round to a nine-under-par 62 and a seven-stroke victory at Highland Meadows.

The 22-year-old began the day in the midst of a four-player logjam — all South Koreans — for first place. She took the lead by herself for the first time with an eight-foot birdie putt at the third hole and gradually stretched her advantage until pulling away with birdies on Nos. 9-14.

Angela Stanford made a long birdie putt on the final hole for 66 to finish second.

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