NEW YORK (AP) – The U.S. Open is under way with Samantha Stosur beginning the defense of her title.
Stosur, seeded seventh, kicked off the tournament Monday, playing the day’s first match in Arthur Ashe Stadium against 64th-ranked Petra Martic of Croatia.
Other players starting Monday include third-seeded Andy Murray of Britain, coming off his Olympic gold medal at the London Olympics. He faces Alex Bogomolov Jr. of Russia. Top-seeded Roger Federer plays American Donald Young in the night session.
Also playing in Ashe are No. 3 Maria Sharapova, against Melinda Czink of Hungary, and No. 23 Kim Clijsters, opening the final tournament of her career with a first-round match against American Victoria Duval.
Clijsters missed last year with an injury, but has won the tournament the past three times she’s entered – in 2005, 2009 and 2010.
BOSTON (AP) – The Boston Red Sox have placed designated hitter David Ortiz back on the 15-day disabled list Monday due to lingering problems with a strained right Achilles.
Ortiz, who suffered the injury in mid-July, returned to action in Friday’s win over Kansas City, getting two hits and two RBIs, but has not played since due to discomfort.
Ortiz said he’ll have an injection in the next day or so and hopes to return this season. He will be a free agent at the end of the season.
Manager Bobby Valentine said the injection would have sidelined him for about seven days so the club decided to put him on the DL.
NEW YORK (AP) – The Jets have cut veteran kicker Josh Brown, giving Nick Folk the job after a tight competition.
Brown, signed in May after being released by St. Louis, was 21 for 28 on field goals last season. Folk, entering his third season with the Jets, was re-signed in March after going 19 for 25.
The move Monday allows Brown to potentially hook on with another team before the end of the preseason schedule this week.
Brown wished the Jets luck on Twitter and added: “Thanks for one of the most memorable camps in 10 yrs. GREAT GROUP OF GUYS!!”
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Forget about the possibility of suspended wide receiver Da’Rick Rogers playing for Tennessee this season.
Amid reports that Rogers had transferred to Tennessee Tech, Tennessee coach Derek Dooley indicated Monday that the star receiver was no longer part of the Volunteers’ roster.
Dooley says Rogers “is not a part of our team, as expected.”
Tennessee Tech spokesman Rob Schabert says he couldn’t confirm reports of Rogers’ arrival. Because Tennessee Tech is a Football Championship Subdivision school, Rogers could transfer there without having to sit out a year.
Rogers caught 67 passes for 1,040 yards and nine touchdowns to earn all-Southeastern Conference honors for Tennessee last season. He was indefinitely suspended Thursday for a violation of team rules.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Kansas City at Boston 12:35 p.m.
Chi White Sox at Baltimore 6:05 p.m.
Oakland at Cleveland 6:05 p.m.
Toronto at N-Y Yankees 6:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Texas 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Minnesota 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis at Pittsburgh 6:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chi Cubs 7:05 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers at Colorado 7:40 p.m. (LISTEN LIVE on ESPN Radio 1410)
Cincinnati at Arizona 8:40 p.m.
Atlanta at San Diego 9:05 p.m.