National Sports

TURIN, Italy (AP) — Rafael Nadal’s bid to win one of the few titles missing from his glittering career started poorly as he was beaten in straight sets by eighth-seeded Taylor Fritz in their opening match at the ATP Finals on Sunday.

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Belinda Bencic keeps delivering big titles for Switzerland.

BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — A year Nelly Korda would like to forget is ending with the American star in a familiar position as the No. 1 player in women's golf.

HOUSTON (AP) — Winning use to come hard for Tony Finau. Now he's making it look easy. Staked to a four-shot lead Sunday in the Houston Open, Finau stretched it to eight shots on the back nine and sailed to his third PGA Tour victory of the year.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Chased to the end by Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton, a tearful George Russell won his first race in Formula One on Sunday by 1 1/2 seconds at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts are going to the Grey Cup. Toronto secured a berth in the CFL championship game with a 34-27 win over the Montreal Alouettes in the East Division final at BMO Field.

MUNICH (AP) — Tom Brady stayed undefeated abroad by throwing two touchdown passes to help the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Seattle Seahawks 21-16 on Sunday in the first regular-season game played in Germany.

SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom — Canadian ice dancers Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha won bronze at the MK John Wilson Trophy on Sunday. Italy's Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri took gold with 213.

STAVANGER, Norway — Canadian long-track speedskater Ivanie Blondin won gold in the women's mass start and Laurent Dubreuil took silver in the men's 1,000 metres on Sunday at the ISU World Cup.

More than a few dreams officially came true in Canada's World Cup roster announcement Sunday, but it also delivered a dose of disappointment.