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Posted: 27 Feb 2018, 05:34MARSEILLE, France -- Third-seeded Ernests Gulbis of Latvia beat defending champion Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win his fifth career title and maintain his perfect record in finals. Playing in his 19th career final, the second-seeded Tsonga was favourite to win the Open 13 for the third time and to secure an 11th career title, but he struggled with Gulbis attacking approach. Tsonga was under pressure throughout, saving 10 of the 11 break-points he faced and failing to take the two chances he created on the serve of Gulbis, who had 14 aces and hit 41 winners compared to 22 for his opponent. Gulbis, ranked 23rd, beat Frances two best players in straight sets on his way to the title, eliminating the top-seeded Richard Gasquet 6-3, 6-2 in the semifinals. . He has spent much of his adult life trying to give back to his native South Sudan, the war-torn African nation the Cavaliers forward and his family fled when he was a young boy. .C. - Phoenix Suns coach Jeff Hornacek says guard Goran Dragic will return to the starting lineup against the Charlotte Hornets after missing the last two games with a strained back. http://www.baseballmarlinsstore.com/.com) - Hassan Whiteside scored 20 points with nine rebounds in the Miami Heats 83-75 win over the Boston Celtics on Sunday. . Saltalamacchia has agreed to a $21 million, three-year deal with the Miami Marlins, two people familiar with the negotiations said Tuesday. . The person spoke on condition of anonymity because no announcement was made. By releasing Bailey, the Broncos would open up cap space with the 12-time Pro Bowl player scheduled to make around $10 million next season.HALIFAX - Nikolaj Ehlers had two goals and two assists and Jonathan Drouin had four assists as the Halifax Mooseheads downed the visiting Gatineau Olympiques 6-2 on Saturday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoff action. Drouin currently leads the playoffs in scoring with six goals and 19 points in six outings while Ehlers is second with six goals and 16 points in six games. Philippe Gadoury, Andrew Shewfelt, Matt Murphy and MacKenzee Weegar also scored for the Mooseheads, who lead the second-round series 2-0. Zachary Fucale made 25 saves for the win. Martin Reway and Vincent Dunn each had a goal and an assist for the Olympiques and Robert Steeves stopped 25-of-31 shots in defeat. --- DRAKKAR 5 HUSKIES 2 BAIE-COMEAU, Que. -- Maxime St-Cyr had a pair of goals as the Drakkar beat Rouyn-Noranda to go up 2-0 in their second-round matchup. Valentin Zykov had a goal and an assist for Baie-Comeau while Alec Jon Banville and Frederic Gamelin had the others.dddddddddddd Philippe Cadorette made 20 saves for the Drakkar. Jack Nevins and Marcus Power supplied the scoring for the Huskies as Alexandre Belanger stopped 42-of-46 shots, including a Jeremy Gregoire penalty shot at 15:44 of the third period. --- FOREURS 4 VOLTIGEURS 3 (OT) VAL-DOR, Que. -- Louick Marcotte scored 2:04 into overtime as the Foreurs took Game 2 to even their second-round clash with Drummondville at a game apiece. Anthony Richard, Anthony Beauregard and Olivier Galipeau also scored for Val-dOr and Antoine Bibeau made 34 saves for the win. Olivier Caouette forced overtime for the Voltigeurs with a goal at 19:19 of the third period while Joey Ratelle and Matthew Boudens had the others. Drummondvilles Louis-Phillip Guindon stopped 33-of-37 shots in defeat. ' ' '