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Chair umpire Carlos Ramos considered Kyrgios’ bark during a first-set tiebreaker Sunday too forceful and assessed a code violation warning for unsportsmanlike conduct. That led to a long-running, and occasionally curse-filled, argument from the 21-year-old Australian, who at one point said the official was “unbelievably biased.”
Much as the 17th-seeded Kyrgios made of the disagreement at the time — he could have been docked a point for his colorful language — he managed to set it aside eventually and worked his way through a 7-6 (6), 7-6 (6), 6-4 victory over 124th-ranked Marco Cecchinato of Italy with the help of 16 aces, providing a bit of a spark on an otherwise dreary, drenched Day 1 at Roland Garros.
Of the 32 matches on Sunday’s schedule, his was one of only nine completed before showers created a rain delay of more than 2½ hours in the afternoon, interrupting matches involving No. 5 Kei Nishikori, No. 23 Jack Sock and others.
Winners included two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, who acknowledged feeling “kind of down mentally” and was one game from bowing out against 59th-ranked Danka Kovinic of Montenegro before taking the final three for a 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 escape.
Irving, Texas
The 36-year-old Garcia shot a 2-under 68, making six birdies and four bogeys, to get to 15-under 265. He was two groups ahead of the final pairing of hometown favorite Jordan Spieth and Koepka, who bogeyed the 14th and 15th holes and just missed a birdie chance at 18.
Straffan, Ireland
The third-ranked McIlroy, from Northern Ireland, finished at 12-under 276 at The K Club. He hit a 276-yard approach to 3 feet on the 18th to set up the eagle.
McIlroy won for the first time this year. He was 13 career European Tour victories.
Wales’ Bradley Dredge (66) and Scotland’s Russell Knox (68) tied for second.
REGIONS TRADITION
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Bernhard Langer ran away with the Regions Tradition for his sixth senior major and 27th PGA Tour Champions title.
Langer birdied four of six holes starting on No. 12 to pull away for a six-stroke victory over Olin Browne. The 58-year-old German finished with a 5-under 67 at Greystone for a 17-under 271 total.
Langer matched Gary Player and Tom Watson with the third-most major championships on the 50-and-over-tour, behind Hale Irwin’s seven and Jack Nicklaus’s eight. The German opened the day with a four-stroke lead, lost a couple of strokes and closed emphatically with the birdie binge.
Browne made a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 67. Tommy Armour III (66), Joey Sindelar (68) and Kirk Triplett (68) tied for third at 10 under.
KINGSMILL CHAMPIONSHIP
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Ariya Jutanugarn won the Kingsmill Championship by one shot for her second consecutive victory on the LPGA Tour.
The 20-year-old Jutanugarn became the first Thai winner in tour history two weeks ago in Alabama. On Sunday, she closed with a 4-under 67 to finish at 14-under 270 on the River Course.
Jutanugarn has broken through after two final-round meltdowns. Last month in the ANA Inspiration, she had a two-stroke lead with three holes left and closed with three bogeys to finish fourth — two strokes behind winner Lydia Ko. In the 2013 LPGA Thailand at age 17, Jutanugarn blew a two-stroke lead with a closing triple bogey in a one-stroke loss to Inbee Park.
Su Oh was second after a 65. Gerina Piller (66) and Sei Young Kim (66) were 12 under.
BMW CHARITY PRO-AM
GREER, S.C. (AP) — Richy Werenski won the BMW Charity Pro-Am for his first Web.com Tour title, shooting his second straight 6-under 65 at the Thornblade Club for a two-stroke victory.
Werenski, the 24-year-old former Georgia Tech player who won the Golf Channel’s “Big Break” series last year, finished the three-course event at 21-under 265.
Based in Bluffton, South Carolina, Werenski made $121,500 to jump from seventh to second on the money list with $258,958 — more than enough to earn a PGA Tour as a top-25 finisher in the regular season.
Zack Sucher (65), Brian Campbell (66) and Brett Drewitt (66) tied for second.