Roddick wins Key Biscayne title over hobbled Coria\nKEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Andy Roddick battled a queasy stomach in the final of the Nasdaq-100 Open, and he was the healthiest player on the court.\nThe curse of Key Biscayne struck again Sunday, and it hit Guillermo Coria hardest. He retired because of back spasms after losing the first three points of the fourth set trailing 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-1.\nIt's the fourth time in 15 years the men's final has been affected by an ailing player. Roddick acknowledged he could have done worse than a little nausea.\n"I'll take sick to my stomach over injured any day," Roddick said. "I was definitely working with the lesser of two evils."\nCoria said he hurt his back in the first set. Trailing 6-5, he received treatment from a trainer during a changeover, then played a flawless tiebreaker to pull out the set.\nBut Coria walked to the chair frowning and shaking his head and threw his racket at his bag. As Roddick took control in the second and third sets, Coria occasionally clutched his back between points, and his movement and serve were clearly affected.\n"Guillermo slowed by an injury is still faster than about 95 percent of the guys on tour," Roddick said. "But it's tough playing with an injury."
Penn State holds off Oklahoma, Illinois for men's NCAA title\nCHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Penn State knew all year it was better than people thought.\nWhat a way to prove it.\nThe Nittany Lions won their record 11th NCAA men's gymnastics title Saturday night, beating two-time champion Oklahoma by a little more than a point. Sophomore Luis Vargas also won the all-around title.\n"I just knew, with this group of guys, we were going to shock some people," captain Duke Van Vleet said. "People were counting us out from the very beginning. It's nice to come out and surprise people."\nSurprise people? More like blow them away. The Nittany Lions finished with 223.350 points, while Oklahoma had 222.300. Top-ranked Illinois was third with 222.225 points.\nVargas, who will represent Puerto Rico at the 2004 Athens Olympics, won the all-around title with 56.475 points. He is Penn State's 13th all-around champion, also an NCAA record, but the first since 1973.\nPenn State trailed Oklahoma by 0.175 points going into the final rotation. But the Sooners finished on the low-scoring parallel bars while Penn State was on vault.\n"We were ahead, but not far enough to catch them on vault," said Oklahoma coach Mark Williams, whose team was trying to become the first school to win three straight NCAA titles since Nebraska won five in a row from 1979 to 1983.
