STUTTGART: Rafael Nadal defeated Viktor Troicki 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 on Sunday to become the first man to win clay and grass titles at Stuttgart Open. The Spanish top seed set another minor career record, adding the grass honours to his clay successes in 2005 and 2007 at the Weissenhof Club. Stuttgart switched to grass from this edition to become part of the new three-week Wimbledon run-up. Nadal’s 66th career title is his second this season after claiming a trophy on South American clay in February. The Spaniard now owns four grass titles including two at Wimbledon and 2008 Queen’s Club, London. Nadal finished with 11 aces as he beat Troicki for the fifth time.

Two players collide

LONDON: Surrey fielders Moises Henriques and Rory Burns collided and were taken away in ambulances on Sunday, forcing their T20 Blast English county match against hosts Sussex to be abandoned. Australia's Henriques and Englishman Burns were conscious and sitting up on their way to hospital, Surrey said on Twitter before confirming the game had been abandoned. The incident happened in the 19th over of Sussex's innings and the umpires immediately stopped play to allow the pair to be treated on the field.

NY City beat Montreal

NEW YORK: New York City FC topped Montreal Impact 3-1 on Saturday for their second straight win, the first two-game win streak in franchise history. David Villa opened the scoring in the 31st minute with his team-high fourth goal, while Mix Diskerud padded the lead in the 76th minute. Montreal cut the lead late on a goal by Wandrille Lefevre in the 88th minute, before Kwadwo Poku restored the two-goal lead in the 90th minute. The result left New York and Montreal in a three-way tie for last place in the MLS Eastern Conference. The third team in that tie are Chicago Fire, who lost 2-0 to the New England Revolution on Saturday, on goals by Charlie Davies and Diego Fagundez. In other matches, Seattle Sounders topped FC Dallas 3-0, while LA Galaxy tied Columbus Crew 1-1.