Title three SECOND seeded German Tommy Haas defeated top-seeded American Andy Roddick 6-3 6-2 to retain his Memphis International title on Sunday. Haas, 28, became just the second player after Jimmy Connors -- Roddick's coach -- to win three Memphis titles, having also won in 1999. "Something about this tournament makes me play well," said Haas, who did not face a break point in the whole event. "Everything seemed to go my way. I served pretty well." Haas dropped just seven points on serve as he wrapped up his 11th career title in impressive fashion, cruising to the first set in 32 minutes. The second set was the same story as Haas broke in the third and fifth games before clinching victory with his eighth ace. "He had some trouble getting his first serves in early in the match and I took advantage of it. That was the key. I hit a lot of winners and made very few unforced errors, and everything seemed to click," he said. Like Haas, Roddick was competing in his third final in Memphis, where he won the title in 2002. Roddick, who last won in the Cincinnati Masters Series in August, was in his first final since last year's US Open. "He just outplayed me today," the American said. "I shot myself in the foot by playing sloppy early. Then he's got the momentum and he went with it." Despite the defeat, Roddick will still move up one spot to third in the latest ATP rankings, which are released on Monday. New champ SWEDISH Ryder Cup star Henrik Stenson clinched the WGC Match Play event with a 2&1 victory over defending champion Geoff Ogilvy in Tucson, Arizona. Stenson, 30, led by two holes at the halfway point in the 36-hole match but was two down after 26 holes. But he took the lead again with seven left and fended off the US Open champion to become the second European winner after Darren Clarke in 2000. South Africa's Trevor Immelman beat American Chad Campbell 4&2 for third. "Geoff and I played good in the morning but in the afternoon I was struggling," said Stenson, who holed the winning putt in the Ryder Cup in September. "I struggled off the tee and with the putter and to be honest I don't know how I held it all together. "It's such a long week and everyone's exhausted and I think Geoff and I made some silly mistakes this afternoon." Stenson's second straight win, and first on the US PGA Tour, takes him to the top of the European Order of Merit standings and up from eighth to fifth in the world rankings. He held off Ernie Els and Tiger Woods to clinch his fifth European Tour title at this month's Dubai Desert Classic. Australia's Ogilvy, 29, had won 11 straight matches in this event stretching back to his 3&2 victory over American Davis Love III in last year's tournament at La Costa, California. "My swing was probably deteriorating all week, but I can't explain missing short putts," said Ogilvy. "I can think of three this morning that were embarrassing and this afternoon there were two or three that were just not good enough." Brawl punishment ARSENAL and Chelsea are braced for Football Association action after the Carling Cup final ended in a brawl. The Gunners had Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor sent off, while Chelsea's Mikel Jon Obi also saw red. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho both ran on to the pitch to try to calm the players. Wenger said: "I am sure the players will be punished. Will it be once or twice? With the FA you always have a good chance to worry." Referees' chief Keith Hackett has called on the FA to take action and praised the way referee Howard Webb dealt with the incident. "Howard and his assistants had a good game on that incident which was out of character from the rest of the match," said Hackett, general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Board. "They dealt calmly and firmly with it and after consultation Howard took appropriate action. "His report will go into the FA today and they will look at those unseemly situations that arose. It was a pity because it was a fantastic game." Hackett also criticised the two managers for getting involved. "This will be looked at by the FA. It was done with all good intentions but what we need is for those other than players to stay off the field, apart from security." The brawl began when Toure was dragged back by Mikel, prompting an angry reaction from the Arsenal defender. In the ensuing melee, Emmanuel Eboue clashed with Wayne Bridge, leaving the Chelsea left-back on the ground. After consulting with his assistant, Webb showed red cards to Mikel, Toure and Adebayor and cautioned Frank Lampard and Cesc Fabregas. The game was further delayed when a protesting Adebayor had to be dragged from the pitch by Arsenal physio Gary Lewin. The Gunners striker said: "My reaction after the card did not mean I wanted to hit the referee. I just wanted to know why he gave me the red card. "I do not think I did anything wrong." Mourinho said the incidents were disappointing but understandable. "Sometimes mature people lose control of their emotions," he said. "You cannot kill a player because something happened. If Mikel did something wrong, it is not my job to kill him, it is my job to educate him." Dennis Johnson dies DENNIS Johnson, a five-time All-Star who won three NBA titles, died from a heart attack aged 52, the league said on its website. Johnson collapsed after leading a practice session for NBA Development League team the Austin Toros. "He passed away this afternoon. This is a big loss for us," Toros vice president of sales Rick Epstein said. One of the NBA's all-time great defensive guards, Johnson won a title with the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979 when he was named the finals MVP and two with the Boston Celtics in 1984 and 1986. Averaging 14.1 points a game in a 13-year career including spells in Seattle, Phoenix and Boston, Johnson retired in 1990 as only the 11th player in NBA history to score more than 15,000 points and dish out 5,000 assists. "Whether he was leading his teams to NBA championships or teaching young men the meaning of professionalism, Dennis Johnson's contributions to the game went far beyond the basketball court," NBA commissioner David Stern said in a statement. "Dennis was a man of extraordinary character with a tremendous passion for the game and his loss will be felt throughout the basketball community." Following his illustrious playing career which included nine straight selections to NBA all-defensive teams, Johnson remained with the Celtics as a scout and became an assistant coach in 1993. In preparation VICTORIA Pendleton rode herself into form ahead of next month's world track championships in Mallorca by taking gold in all three women's sprint events in the World Cup meeting in Manchester. The 26-year-old from Bedfordshire took victory in the women's keirin on Sunday to add to her victory in the 500m time-trial, in which she shaved more than half a second off her own British record, on Saturday. Pendleton had kicked off the event by winning the sprint on Friday in a blistering time of 34.070 seconds. She attributed much of her success to former world champion Jan van Eijden, a new member of the sprint coaching team. "Jan has made a difference to my training but he's also made me feel more confident," she explained. "The sprint is all about exerting yourself, you have to intimidate your rivals as much as possible and I can see the other competitors are worried about me." Olympic champion Chris Hoy anchored the Great Britain team home to victory in the team sprint event ahead of Germany and South Africa. Teaming up with fellow Scots Craig MacLean and Ross Edgar, they stopped the clock at 44.163 seconds. The gold is Hoy's second of the weekend after he won Friday's kilometre. Olympic pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins also took two golds, winning comfortably in the pursuit on Friday night, and anchoring the Britain to victory in the team pursuit on Saturday. Wiggins is now riding as a professional for the Cofidis team, and said his experiences on the ProTour gave him confidence for meetings on the track. "I did the Tour [de France] which was a dream and it makes stuff like this seem quite easy," he said. "I remember being in Sydney for the Olympics when I was 19 and I was just terrified but the Tour puts things into perspective as to what's hard."
