Garrigus owns lead after second round Robert Garrigus, the biggest hitter on the PGA Tour, is leading the Tournament of Champions in Kapalua, Hawaii, thanks to one of the shortest clubs in his bag. Garrigus holed out a wedge for eagle on the 16th hole, then followed that with two big drives to set up easy birdies for a 10-under 63 and a one-shot lead at the season-opening event. Garrigus was at 14-under 132 and will be in the final group with Carl Pettersson, who birdied the last hole for a 67. Jonathan Byrd shot 68 and was another shot behind . . . British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen shot a 6-under 67 in brutal wind to move within a stroke of the lead at the midway point of the Africa Open in East London, South Africa. Oosthuizen trails a trio at 10-under 136, Branden Grace, Miles Tunnicliff, and Markus Brier . . . Brittany Lincicome will play in a men’s tournament next week as part of her preparations for the LPGA season. Lincicome, a three-time LPGA Tour winner, entered the NGA Hooters Tour’s Bridgestone Winter Series event in Tavares, Fla.

Davydenko defeats Nadal to reach final Weakened by a fever earlier in the week, Rafael Nadal lost to defending champion Nikolay Davydenko, 6-3, 6-2, in a Qatar Open semifinal in Doha. Davydenko will face No. 2 Roger Federer in today’s final. Federer beat third-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2) . . . Top-seeded Tomas Berdych beat Blaz Kavcic, 6-3, 6-3, to advance to the semifinals of the Chennai Open in India. Stanislas Wawrinka, Janko Tipsarevic, and Xavier Malisse also reached the last four . . . Top-seeded Robin Soderling beat Matt Ebden, 6-3, 6-2, to reach the semifinals of the Brisbane International. Soderling will face Radek Stepanek, who beat Florian Mayer, 6-3, 6-3. Andy Roddick will face Kevin Anderson in the other semifinal . . . Venus Williams lost to China’s Li Na, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), at the Hong Kong Classic in her only warm-up event for the Australian Open . . . Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin will play for Belgium against the US in the Fed Cup next month in Brussels. The former top-ranked players led Belgium to the 2001 title but have rarely played together since.

Globe’s Ryan repeats as nation’s best The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association named The Boston Globe’s Bob Ryan national sportswriter of the year for the third straight year. Ryan, who has won the award four times, will be honored at the NSSA’s annual awards banquet May 3 in Salisbury, N.C. . . . Cavaliers forward Leon Powe had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee and will miss about six weeks . . . Former British heavyweight boxing champion Gary Mason, 48, was killed in a cycling accident in London. Obituary, B9 . . . Uche Okafor, 43, a defender on two Nigerian World Cup soccer teams and an MLS standout for Kansas City, committed suicide this week at his Dallas-area home, authorities said . . . US Olympic bronze medalist Andrew Weibrecht will miss the rest of the Alpine skiing season to have surgery on his left shoulder . . . Lindsey Vonn posted the fastest time in the final downhill training session for the World Cup speed races in Altenmarkt-Zauchensee . . . Akron’s Darlington Nagbe won the Hermann Trophy as the top men’s college soccer player, and Stanford’s Christen Press took the women’s honor . . . UMass-Lowell field hockey coach Shannon Hlebichuk was named NFHCA Division 2 national coach of the year.