Sports briefs

WNBA

Boyd sparks Liberty win

Brittany Boyd scored a career-high 18 points yesterday as the visiting Liberty beat the Atlanta Dream, 73-64. Sugar Rodgers scored 17 points, Tina Charles added 13 points and 12 rebounds and Carolyn Swords had 12 points, three steals and a career-high five blocked shots for the Liberty (4-3), which had dropped two in a row. Angel McCoughtry had 17 points for the Dream. The Liberty closed the first quarter with a 14-2 run to take a 21-10 lead and never trailed again, moving ahead by as many as 21 points in the third quarter.

TENNIS

Federer, Murray win titles

Roger Federer showed he is ready for Wimbledon by defeating Andreas Seppi, 7-6 (1), 6-4, to claim his record eighth Gerry Weber Open title on the grass courts in Halle, Germany. Despite not replicating the free-flowing tennis of previous rounds, Federer dug deep to win big points . . . Andy Murray claimed his 34th career title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over unseeded South African Kevin Anderson in the final of the grass-court Queen's Club tournament in London.

AUTO RACING

Rosberg wins in Austria

Nico Rosberg showed his championship potential by overtaking pole sitter Lewis Hamilton on the first turn to win the Austrian Grand Prix in Pielberg. The German driver, runner-up to Mercedes teammate Hamilton in last year's Formula One championship, took an aggressive inside line to shoot past Hamilton heading into the first turn. There was a heavy crash between Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. Both were OK. -- AP