SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic -- Both U.S. water polo teams took gold and qualified for the Olympics.

The women beat Canada 7-3 and celebrated by dunking coach Guy Baker in the pool and spreading an American flag above the water.

Goalie Jackie Frank (Long Beach, Calif.) made several superb saves as she held Canada scoreless for more than 12 minutes of the 28-minute game. She allowed just one goal in the second half.

"It feels awesome,'' she said. "It has always been my dream to go to the Olympics.''

The men beat Brazil 13-7 as Tony Azevedo, another Long Beach resident, scored two goals, giving him a tournament high 33.

"Every game, he gave us the goals we needed,'' team captain Wolf Wigo said.

The United States maintained a huge lead in the medals race with 149 to 107 with Cuba. The Americans have 63 golds, 42 silvers and 44 bronzes. Cuba is at 52-28-27.

In tennis, Ferdinand Meligeni planned to end his career here after 13 years on tour. But after beating former world No. 1 Marcelo Rios of Chile in a thrilling match, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), the Brazilian said he will reconsider.

"There will be a lot of reaction in Brazil to my victory over Rios and I'll be asked to continue,'' he said. "I'll see what my head tells me about retirement.''

Meligeni, 32, saved seven match points and was down 1-5 in the second-set tiebreaker. It was his first victory in seven matches with Rios.

"I think I beat Rios both physically and mentally,'' he said. "At first I would have been happy with any medal. But when I got to the final I said to myself: `Now I have to give it everything.'''

Venezuela's Milagros Sequera ended her run of victories over Americans by beating Sarah Taylor of Bradenton, Fla., 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 to win the women's gold medal. Sequera also beat Carly Gullickson and Ansley Cargill on her way to the title.

"She's the smallest giant I've ever seen,'' U.S. coach Debbie Graham said. "She's not a very big girl, but she took care of our girls.''

Canada won its seventh gold medal in eight diving events as world champion Emilie Heymans joined Alexandre Despatie as a triple winner, taking the synchronized 3-meter title with Blythe Hartley. Cassandra Cardinell (Loudonville, N.Y.) and Sara Hildebrand (St. Paul, Minn.) won the bronze.

"Here, at the Pan American Games, you could not have asked for better,'' coach Michel Larouche said.

Hunter Kemper (Longwood, Fla.) won the men's triathlon. He took a brief spill as he ran into the rolling surf for the swim and came out of the water in fifth place. He was about 15 seconds behind after the cycling portion, then broke ahead midway through the run to win by nearly 50 seconds.

"The race went perfectly. It couldn't have gone any better,'' Kemper said. "It is great to be a gold medalist. That's what I came here to do.''