Sports News Roundup: Tennis-Sinner books Medvedev final as Melbourne Park gears up for new king; Soccer-Klopp to leave Liverpool at end of season and more

Sinner roared to a 6-1 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3 win that handed top seed Djokovic his first defeat at Melbourne Park in six years to move into his maiden Grand Slam title clash. Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers pull away from Bucks Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points and Jarrett Allen chipped in 24 to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 112-100 win against the host Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night.

Following is a summary of current sports news briefs.

Jalen Green nets 36 points as Rockets hammer Hornets

Jalen Green scored 36 points and the Houston Rockets broke out of a funk with a 138-104 road victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. Green kept the Rockets in the game in the first half and then had plenty of help in Houston's 83-point second half.

Jaren Jackson Jr. scores 30 to help Grizzlies edge Magic

Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 18 of his 30 points in the first half to fuel the host Memphis Grizzlies to a 107-106 victory over the Orlando Magic on Friday. Jackson made 13 of 30 shots from the floor and added eight rebounds for the Grizzlies, who have won three in a row and seven of their last 11 games.

James Harden's triple-double leads Clippers past Raptors

James Harden racked up 22 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists for his first triple-double of the season and the visiting Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Toronto Raptors 127-107 on Friday night. Kawhi Leonard added 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds against his former team as the Clippers swept the two-game season series.

Tennis-Sinner books Medvedev final as Melbourne Park gears up for new king

The Australian Open will crown a new men's champion after Jannik Sinner shock holder Novak Djokovic to reach the final, where the Italian faces twice runner-up Daniil Medvedev, who came from two sets down to outlast Alexander Zverev on a thrilling Friday. Sinner roared to a 6-1 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3 win that handed top seed Djokovic his first defeat at Melbourne Park in six years to move into his maiden Grand Slam title clash.

Donovan Mitchell, Cavaliers pull away from Bucks

Donovan Mitchell scored 32 points and Jarrett Allen chipped in 24 to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 112-100 win against the host Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. The Cavs earn a 2-2 series split with the win in their second straight game against Milwaukee. Allen also grabbed a game-high 14 boards for Cleveland.

Luka Doncic scores 73 points as Mavericks defeat Hawks

Dallas guard Luka Doncic scored a franchise-best 73 points, the most scored in the NBA this season, on Friday and helped the visiting Mavericks end their three-game losing streak with a 148-143 win over the Atlanta Hawks. Doncic's point total ties for fourth most in NBA history. Wilt Chamberlain twice scored 73 and David Thompson also had 73.

Pacers overcome Devin Booker's 62 points, edge Suns

Obi Toppin sank a tiebreaking basket with 3.4 seconds remaining as the Indiana Pacers withstood a 62-point performance from Devin Booker to beat the visiting Phoenix Suns 133-131 on Friday. Indiana battled back from a 17-point, first-half deficit and tied the game at 129-129 when Andrew Nembhard scored with 1:23 remaining.

Stephan Jaeger holds onto lead at Farmers Insurance Open

Torrey Pines bit back on Friday, but Germany's Stephan Jaeger maintained a one-stroke lead after three rounds of the Farmers Insurance Open in San Diego. The golfers who made the tournament cut are playing the third and fourth rounds at Torrey Pines' famed South Course. Jaeger posted a 1-over-par 73 to slip to 11-under 205, but he still found himself on top after a shakeup on the par-5 18th hole.

Disappointing Lakers, Warriors renew acquaintances

Two United States Olympic hopefuls -- one named an NBA All-Star for the 20th time, the other hoping to get a 10th invitation next week -- go head-to-head as rivals Saturday night when LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers lock horns with Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco. The California rivals will be meeting for the first time this season, and the first time since the Lakers ended Golden State's season with a 4-2 triumph in the Western Conference playoff semifinals last May.

Soccer-Klopp to leave Liverpool at end of season

Juergen Klopp stunned the world of football on Friday when he announced he would stand down as Liverpool manager at the end of season, saying that after more than eight hugely successful years in charge he was running out of energy. The German, who led Liverpool to the League Cup final on Wednesday and is hugely popular with the fans, told the club's hierarchy in November that he would end his eight-and-a-half year stay at Anfield after this season.