Kevin Harvick's bizarre 2019 season got less bizarre Sunday when the Stewart-Haas Racing driver finally got his first victory. It came when he held off Denny Hamlin over the final 30 laps in winning the Foxwoods Resort Casino 301 at New Hampshire Motor... ... Top-seeded John Isner became the first player to win four titles in Newport, R.I., as he delivered a 7-6 (2), 6-3 victory over Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan in the championship match of the Hall of Fame Open on Sunday.
... Chile's Nicolas Jarry joined his grandfather in the ATP title-winners club on Sunday, beating Juan Ignacio Londero 7-6(7) 6-4 to clinch his maiden crown at the Swedish Open.
... Serbia's Dusan Lajovic claimed the first ATP title of his career, beating Hungarian qualifier Attila Balazs 7-5 7-5 in the Croatia Open final on Sunday.
... There was no disguising Tommy Fleetwood's disappointment after finishing runner-up in the British Open on Sunday, with the Englishman left conceding glumly that the mountainous task set by Irish winner Shane Lowry had been just too steep for him.
... Perhaps only British Open champion Shane Lowry left Royal Portrush on Sunday more pleased than Robert MacIntyre, the young Scot who tied for sixth in his first major championship.
... Fiona Ferro of France stunned her countrywoman, No. 3 seed Alize Cornet, to win her first WTA Tour title 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 at the Ladies Open Lausanne in Switzerland on Sunday.
... Brooks Koepka showed he is fallible after all, four straight bogeys to start the final round costing the American any chance of winning the British Open on Sunday.
... Shane Lowry described his British Open win on Sunday as like an "out of body experience" and for once the cliche of victory being "unbelievable" appeared utterly sincere.
... Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina became the 10th player to collect a maiden WTA Tour title this year as she strolled past Patricia Maria Tig 6-2 6-0 in the Bucharest Open final on Sunday.
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Harvick holds off Hamlin to win at New Hampshire
ATP roundup: Isner beats Bublik to win fourth Newport title
Jarry joins grandfather as ATP title-winner with Swedish Open win
Lajovic overcomes determined Balazs for first ATP title
Lowry set a ‘mountain too high’, glum Fleetwood concedes
Memorable Open debut for young Scot MacIntyre
WTA roundup: Ferro shocks Cornet for first WTA win
Koepka shows he is human after all with mediocre final round
Lowry learns from bitter past to savor Open glory
Rybakina beats Tig to seal maiden title in Bucharest