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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Tampa Bay outfielder Alex Sanchez was suspended 10 days for violating baseball's new policy on performance-enhancing drugs, the first player publicly identified under the major leagues' tougher rules.

The suspension begins Monday when Tampa Bay opens its season against Toronto, the commissioner's office said Sunday.

Under the new policy that took effect last month, steroids and other performance-enchancing substances are the only drugs to draw a 10-day suspension. Baseball officials and the players' union agreed they would not disclose the exact substance for which a player tests positive.

Sanchez said he was surprised by the suspension, adding that he uses milkshakes and multivitamins to build his energy - and blaming the positive test on something he bought over the counter.

Sanchez, 28, who hit .322 for the Tigers last season, said he was drug tested while he was with Detroit. He was to be the Devil Rays' center fielder on opening day.

Because the suspension is without pay, Sanchez will lose $32,787 of his $600,000 salary.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. - Twice two points from defeat, top-ranked Roger Federer rallied and won the Nasdaq-100 Open by beating the 18-year-old Rafael Nadal 2-6, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3, 6-1 Sunday.Federer trailed 4-2 in the third set and 5-3 in the ensuing tiebreaker, but his shots became more accurate and aggressive as he overtook a tiring Nadal in the 3-hour, 43-minute marathon.Federer has won 22 consecutive matches this year, and 18 consecutive finals since July 2003. He's the Key Biscayne champion for the first time.On Saturday, Belgium's Kim Clijsters earned another title Saturday in her return from a career-threatening wrist injury, beating Maria Sharapova 6-3, 7-5 in the women's final.The tournament was just the third in Clijsters' latest comeback from the injury, which required surgery and forced her to miss much of last year. But she has won 14 consecutive matches, including the Indian Wells title two weeks ago, and beat six top-10 players in her last nine matches.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Dan Wheldon led an Andretti Green Racing sweep of the top four places Sunday in the first street race in the 10-year history of the Indy Racing League's IndyCar Series.Teammate Tony Kanaan made an aggressive move just nine laps from the end to finish second. He and Kanaan were followed across the line by Dario Franchitti and pole winner Bryan Herta.

INDIANAPOLIS - Michael Phelps, who yielded his spot on the U.S. gold medal 400-meter medley relay to Ian Crocker at the Olympic Games last summer, caught his longtime friend and rival at the finish and won the 100 butterfly Sunday night at the U.S. trials for the world championships in July.It was the third victory of the meet for Phelps, who trailed Crocker by more than a half-second at the turn but pulled ahead to win in 51.34 seconds. Crocker, who holds the world record of 50.76, finished at 51.45.In the other events Sunday, the third of six days of trials, Tara Kirk won the 100 breaststroke; NCAA champion Kara Lynn Joyce of Georgia won the 50 freestyle; Olympian Jason Lezak won the men's 50 free; and 15-year-old Katie Hoff matched Phelps as a triple-winner with a victory in the 400 individual medley.Hoff set an American record in the 200 IM on Friday and won the 200 freestyle Saturday night.

BRUSSELS, Belgium - Lance Armstrong finished 28th Sunday in the Ronde of Flanders, which was won by Belgium's Tom Boonen for the biggest victory of his career.Armstrong was among the leaders most of the way but dropped back with 15 miles left in one of the five biggest one-day races. The Texan is tuning up for the Tour de France in July, when he will attempt to win the title for the seventh straight year.Boonen won the 159-mile race in Meerbeke in 6 hours, 22 minutes, 49 seconds. He was 33 seconds ahead of Germany's Andreas Klier.

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