Around Sports: Katy's Cotton trails by 2 at Texas Amateur

DALLAS - Holding a two-shot lead headed into Sunday's final round of the 106th Texas Amateur presented by Insperity, Lewisville's Grant Bennett will tee off with a chance to do something he's never done.

Win a major golf tournament.

A junior at Wichita State, the 20-year-old Bennett used an eagle and three birdies Saturday to post a 3-under-par 68 in the second round of the Texas Amateur, which was shortened to 54 holes after rainstorms washed out the first round at Bent Tree Country Club. Bennett paired his 68 with a 4-under 67 in the first round, which takes him to 7-under 135 overall, good for a two-stroke advantage over Michael Cotton of Katy.

There are still 18 holes to play, of course, and plenty of skilled competitors in pursuit of Bennett. Cotton, two behind at 6-under 137 after an even-par round Saturday, is a freshman at the University of North Texas. He's playing in his first Texas Amateur, but he has elite competitive experience, having played in the 2013 U.S. Amateur.

Fort Worth's Andrew Presley rolled in six birdies on the way to a 4-under 67. The former TCU player sits alone in third place at 4-under overall. Presley finished third in the 2014 Texas Amateur. Three players are tied for fourth place at 3-under 139, including 2004 Texas Amateur champion Zach Atkinson from Colleyville.

Tied with Atkinson are Andre Garcia from Mansfield and Preston Stanley of Katy.

There are 12 players under par headed into Sunday's final 18 holes. Eight of them, including first-round leader David Lee of Houston, are within five shots of Bennett.

Motor Sports

Xfinity Series race postponed

The Xfinity Series Atticat 300 was postponed until 11 a.m. Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway because of torrential rain.

The race initially had been delayed until late Saturday but was moved back another day because of forecasts that showed another approaching wave of bad weather.

In other news:

Lewis Hamilton will start the Austrian Grand Prix from the pole position after again edging his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg in qualifying at Spielberg, Austria.

Hamilton left it late to clock a best lap of 1 minute, 8.455 seconds to beat Rosberg's leading mark by 0.20 seconds.

Tennis

Federer reaches tournament final

Roger Federer will bid for a record eighth Gerry Weber Open title when he plays Italy's Andreas Seppi after advancing Saturday to his 10th final in Halle, Germany.

Federer defeated big-serving Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4), while Seppi won the other semifinal after second-seeded Kei Nishikori pulled out with a left calf injury when the Italian was leading 4-1.

Seppi also had a short quarterfinal Friday when fourth-seeded Gael Monfils pulled out with a right knee injury as the 45th-ranked Italian led 6-1, 1-0.

In contrast to Federer, Seppi was playing his first semifinal in his sixth appearance at Halle.

In other news:

Top-seeded Andy Murray's bid to reach the final at Queen's Club ended in frustration when his semifinal against Serbia's Viktor Troicki was suspended in the first set due to rain in London.

Troicki fought off five break points at 3-3, and Murray earned a sixth when his opponent fell and injured his left shoulder on the grass court as he netted the ball.

Troicki received treatment but rain prevented further points being played.

The match will resume Sunday morning.

Awaiting the winner in Sunday's final is unseeded South African Kevin Anderson, who beat Gilles Simon of France 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3.

Winter Sports

Ex-Olympian Klassen retires

Canadian speedskater Cindy Klassen retired after a career in which she won six Olympic medals.

The 35-year-old skater had double knee surgery in 2008 but raced until 2013. Klassen hasn't competed the last two years following a concussion while inline skating in 2013.

Klassen is the only Canadian to win five medals at one Olympics - a gold, two silvers and two bronze in 2006 in Turin, Italy.

Boxing

Porter defeats Broner in Vegas

Shawn Porter beat Adrien Broner in a unanimous decision in a key welterweight matchup at Las Vegas.

The judges scored the fight 114-112, 115-111 and 118-108 for Porter (26-1-1, 16 KOs), who got off to a strong start and held on after Broner (30-2, 22 KOs) knocked him down in the final round.

In the co-main event, undefeated former Olympian Errol Spence (17-0, 14 KOs) kept his perfect record intact with an impressive third-round TKO over veteran Phil Lo Greco

In other news:

Andre Ward made a triumphant return to the ring after a lengthy absence, delighting his home crowd by stopping England's Paul Smith in the ninth round in a non-title fight at Oakland, Calif.

College Basketball

Kentucky raising ticket prices

Kentucky fans will pay 13 to 21 percent more for season tickets under the first price increase in three years.

School trustees on Friday approved the increases. Tickets for the lower level in 23,000-seat Rupp Arena will increase from $945 to $1,140 each. Upper-level tickets will rise from $840 to $950 each.

A five-tier price system for single-game seats will increase slightly, ranging from $40 to $95 in the lower bowl and $25 to $90 in the upper level. Prices vary because of the profile of Southeastern Conference and non-league opponents and which days of the week games are played.

Pro Baseball

Skeeters lose5th straight game

The Skeeters dropped their fifth consecutive game, 3-0 to the Somerset Patriots in Atlantic League competition at Bridgewater, N.J.

The offense produced just four hits as Sugar Land fell to 28-28.

From Web and wire reports