SPORTS WIRE: Busch wins, eyes weekend trifecta

Kyle Busch keeps extending streaks at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth in search of a NASCAR first.

Busch won his fourth consecutive Nationwide Series race at the 1½-mile, high-banked track Saturday. The dominating victory came a day after he won his fifth truck race in his last five starts in the series.

He will try to complete an unprecedented trifecta today and become the first driver to win all three of NASCAR's national series on the same weekend.

''I hope it happens; that would be the greatest thing,'' Busch said. ''The hardest one is the last one.''

Busch qualified fifth for the Sprint Cup race today. Jeff Gordon will start on the pole.

Phil Mickelson turned a two-shot deficit against Tiger Woods into a two-shot lead over the final eight holes of the third round in the HSBC Champions in Shanghai, China. Three birdies over his last five holes gave Mickelson a 5-under 67 for a three-round 202, two shots ahead of Woods and Nick Watney.

Phil Kessel scored his first goal with Toronto to help the Maple Leafs to a 5-1 victory against the visiting Detroit Red Wings.

• Rick Nash scored the host Columbus Blue Jackets' third goal in a 2:41 span of the third period to beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2.

Rajon Rondo and Paul Pierce each scored 16 points, and the visiting Boston Celtics bounced back from their first loss of the season to beat the winless New Jersey Nets 86-76.

Roger Federer will play Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final in a bid for a fourth consecutive title in his hometown tournament in Basel, Switzerland.

Federer defeated childhood friend Marco Chiudinelli 7-6 (7), 6-3 in one semifinal. Earlier, Djokovic saved three match points in rallying to beat Radek Stepanek 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-2.

• Top-seeded Andy Murray held off fourth-seeded Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to reach the Valencia (Spain) Open final against Mikhail Youzhny.

• Alexa Glatch lost to Flavia Pennetta and Melanie Oudin lost to Francesca Schiavone as the United States fell to a 2-0 deficit to Italy in the Federation Cup final in Reggio Calabria, Italy.

AP