• American wins second straight Masters 1000 title

• Shelton improves to 6-0 against fellow American

• Norrie advances as Draper falls in Cincinnati

Ben Shelton broke onto the scene by winning his first-ever ATP Masters 1000 championship a year ago in Toronto.

He earned his second crown at that level ⁠by successfully defending his Canadian title on Thursday, defeating fellow American Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 7-6 (4) to win the National Bank Open in Montreal.

Indiana faced most outages at 267,000, about 8% of its customers, with severe thunderstorms and wind ahead

Power supply was cut on Thursday ⁠to about 540,000 homes and businesses across the US midwest as severe storms battered the region, data ⁠from PowerOutage.us showed.

Indiana ⁠was the ​hardest-hit state, with more than 267,000 outages, representing about 8% of its roughly 3.3 million customers, the data ⁠showed.

• American wins 1500m freestyle in 15min 36.09sec

• Walsh beats Douglass to claim 50m butterfly title

• Urlando breaks Michael Phelps’ 20-year-old record

Katie Ledecky won the 1500m freestyle on opening night of the Pan Pacific Championships on Wednesday, earning the first international medal of her storied career on home soil.

The two-time Olympic champion in the event was under her own world-record pace in the early stages of the 30-lap race, with fans at the outdoor pool in Irvine, California, on their feet cheering throughout.