BADMINTON
Thomas Cup and Uber Cup
TOKYO: Results from the Thomas Cup and the Uber Cup team badminton championships here Wednesday:
Quarter-finals
Thomas Cup
China 3 England 0
Lin Dan (CHN) bt Andrew Smith (ENG) 18-21, 21-12, 21-12
Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng (CHN) bt Kristian Roebuck/Ian Palethorpe (ENG) 21-14, 21-12
Bao Chunlai (CHN) bt Nicholas Kidd (ENG) 21-12, 21-15
Denmark 3 India 0
Jens Eriksen/Martin Lundgaard Hansen (DEN) bt Rupesh Kumar/Valiyaveetil Dij u (IND) 21-14 21-19
Peter Gade Christensen (DEN) bt Chetan Anand (IND) 21-14 21-8
Kenneth Jonassen (DEN) bt Anup Sridhar (IND) 21-12 21-11
Indonesia 3 Japan 1
Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Ina) bt Sho Sasaki (Jpn) 22-20 21-7
Luluk Hadiyanto/Yulianto Alven (Ina) bt Keita Masuda/Tadashi Ohtsuka (Jpn) 21-13 21-16 Markis Kidho/Hendra Setiawan (Ina) bt Shintaro Ikeda/Shuichi Sakamoto (Jpn) 21-15 21-18 Shoji Sato (JPN) bt Taufik Hidayat (Ina) 20-22 21-16 24-22
Malaysia 3 South Korea 2
Jung Jae Sung/Hwang Ji Man (KOR) bt Chong Ming Chan/Kien Keat Koo (Mal) 21-18, 24-22
Tan Fook Choong/Wan Wah Lee (Mal) bt Han Sang Hoon/Lee Yong Dae (KOR) 21-18, 21-9
Chong Wei Lee (Mal) bt Lee Hyun II (KOR) 21-17, 21-14
Park Sung Hwan (KOR) bt Choong Hann Wong (Mal) 6-10 (C-H. Wong re tired) Muhd Hafiz Hashim (Ma) bt Jang Young Soo (KOR) 21-17, 21-10
Uber Cup
China 3 Singapore 0
Zhang Ning (CHN) bt Li Li (SIN) 21-18, 21-18
Jiang Yanjiao (CHN) bt Xing Aiying (SIN) 21-10, 21-7
Gao Ling/Huang Sui (CHN) bt Jiang Yanmei/Li Yujia (SIN) 21-5, 21-7
Germany 3 Hong Kong 2
Wang Chen (HKG) bt Xu Huaiwen (GER) 7-21 21-15 21-12
Juliane Schenk (GER) bt Yip Pui-yin (HKG) 21-15 21-12
Koon Wai Chee/Wang Chen (HKG) bt Carina Mette/Birgit Overzier
(GER) 21-18 23-21
Petra Overzier (GER) bt Wong Sin Yee (HKG) 21-9 21-13
Nicole Grether/Juliane Schenk (GER) bt Chau Hoi Wah/Wong Man Ching
(HKG) 21-10 21-9
Chinese Taipei 3 South Korea 2
Hwang Yu Mi/Ha Jung Eun (KOR) bt Chou Chia-Chi/Ku Pei-Ting (TPE) 21- 14, 21-13 Cheng Shao-chieh (TPE) bt Hwang Hye-youn (KOR) 13-21, 21-14, 21-13
Chien Yu-Chin (TPE) bt Lee Yun Hwa (KOR) 21-11 21-9
Jun Jae Youn (KOR) beat Huang Chia-hsin (TPE) 21-13, 21-9
Chien Yu-Chin/Cheng Wen-Hsing (TPE) bt Lee Kyung Won/Lee Hyo Jung (KOR) 21-15 17-21 22-20
BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Results from the MLB games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
CLEVELAND 7 Chicago White Sox 1
CINCINNATI 3 St. Louis 2
Pittsburgh 8 CHICAGO CUBS 0
Oakland 10 LA ANGELS 3
San Diego 5 SAN FRANCISCO 3
BALTIMORE 9 Toronto 2
BOSTON NY Yankees (postponed)
DETROIT 4 Kansas City 1
Philadelphia 7 FLORIDA 5
Washington 6 NY METS 2
Texas 7 TAMPA BAY 5
ATLANTA 5 Colorado 4
Houston 8 MILWAUKEE 5
MINNESOTA 5 Seattle 1
ARIZONA 10 LA Dodgers 8
NBA
NEW YORK: Results from the NBA Play-offs 1st Round games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 4 T
NEW JERSEY 28 21 23 20 92
Indiana 25 21 19 21 86
(New Jersey lead the best-of-seven series by 3-2)
1 2 3 4 T
MIAMI 25 15 21 31 92
Chicago 19 19 23 17 78
(Miami lead the best-of-seven series by 3-2)
1 2 3 4 T
SAN ANTONIO 21 22 37 29 109
Sacramento 19 27 22 30 98
(San Antonio lead the best-of-seven series by 3-2)
1 2 3 4 T
PHOENIX 27 29 28 30 114
LA Lakers 25 22 21 29 97
(LA Lakers lead the best-of-seven series by 3-2)
NHL
NEW YORK: Results from the NHL Play-offs Quarterfinal games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 OT T
Carolina 1 0 0 1 2
MONTREAL 1 0 0 0 1
(Carolina win the best-of-seven series by 4-2)
1 2 3 OT T
Buffalo 3 3 1 7
PHILADELPHIA 0 1 0 1
(Buffalo win the best-of-seven series by 4-2)
SOCCER
English Premier League
LONDON: Result from the English Premier League match on Tuesday: Blackburn Rovers 1 (Savage 43) Chelsea 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Chelsea 29 4 4 72 21 91
Man Utd 24 8 5 68 34 80
Liverpool 24 7 6 54 24 79
Tottenham 18 11 8 52 36 65
Arsenal 18 7 11 61 28 61
Blackburn 18 6 13 49 42 60
Newcastle 16 7 14 46 42 55
Bolton 14 10 12 47 40 52
West Ham 15 7 15 50 54 52
Wigan 15 6 16 43 48 51
Everton 14 7 16 32 47 49
Charlton 13 8 16 41 51 47
Fulham 13 6 17 46 56 45
Middlesbrough 12 8 16 47 56 44
Man City 13 4 19 42 43 43
Aston Villa 9 12 16 40 54 39
Portsmouth 10 8 19 36 59 38
Birmingham 8 10 19 28 49 34
West Brom 7 8 22 29 56 29
Sunderland 2 6 28 23 66 12
Champions: Chelsea
Relegated: Sunderland, West Brom, Birmingham
German league
BERLIN: German league results on Tuesday:
FC Cologne 0 SV Hamburg 1 (Sinkiewicz 3-og)
Hertha Berlin 1 (Marcelinho 41) Bayer Leverkusen 5 (Juan 5, Berbatov 27, 28, Ramelow 63, Schneider 76)
Hannover 1 (Mertesacker 44) Borussia Dortmund 2 (Rosicky 59, Worns 81)
FC Nuremberg 5 (Vittek 14, 65, Polak 59, Sajenko 86, Kiebling 88) Borussia Monchengladbach 2 (Ze Antonio 34, Sonck 36)
Wednesday
Eintracht Frankfurt v Kaiserslautern
MSV Duisburg v Werder Bremen
Bayern Munich v VfB Stuttgart
VfL Wolfsburg v Mainz 05
Schalke 04 v Arminia Bielefeld
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Bayern Munich 21 7 3 60 27 70
SV Hamburg 21 5 6 50 24 68
Werder Bremen 18 7 6 66 33 61
Schalke 04 14 13 4 41 27 55
Bayer Leverkusen 14 8 10 60 45 50
Hertha Berlin 11 12 9 47 44 45
Bor Dortmund 11 11 10 41 38 44
VfB Stuttgart 8 16 7 32 32 40
FC Nuremberg 11 7 14 45 48 40
Bor. M'gladbach 9 11 12 38 48 38
Arminia Bielefeld 10 7 14 29 38 37
Hannover 7 15 10 39 43 36
Eintracht Frankfurt 9 7 15 39 46 34
VfL Wolfsburg 7 12 12 30 48 33
Mainz 05 7 10 14 42 47 31
Kaiserslautern 8 6 17 42 66 30
FC Cologne 6 9 17 45 63 27
MSV Duisburg 4 11 16 29 58 23
Scottish Premier League
GLASGOW: Scottish Premier League results on Tuesday:
Dundee Utd 0 Dunfermline 1 (Daquin 78)
Hibernian 1 (Hemdani 72-og) Rangers 2 (Boyd 36, 74)
TENNIS
Estoril Open ATP-WTA
ESTORIL, Portugal: Results from the second day of the Estoril Open here Tuesday (x denotes seed):
Women's 1st rd
Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP x3) bt Magail De Lattre (POR) 6-1, 6-2; Emilie Loit (FRA x7) bt Frederica Piedade (POR) 6-1, 6-2; Natalia Gussoni (ARG) bt Eva Birnerova (CZE) 6-3, 6-3; Laura Pous Tio (ESP) bt Maria Vento-Kabchi (VEN) 6-0, 6-0; Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 6-3, 6-3; Kaia Kanepi (EST) bt Stephanie Foretz (FRA) 6-4, 6-1; Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) bt Bethanie Mattek (USA) 7-5, 6-4; Gisela Dulko (ARG x2) bt Zi Yan (CHN) 6-4, 6-4; Zheng Jie (CHN x6) bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 7-5, 6-4; Li Na (CHN x8) bt Kristina Barrois (GER) 6-4, 6-3; Maret Ani (EST) bt Shikha Uberoi (IND) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Katerina Bohmova (CZE) bt Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
Men's 1st rd
Gael Monfils (FRA x4) bt Razvan Sabau (ROM) 6-1, 6-2; Jeremy Chardy (FRA) bt Yau-Tzuoo Wang (TPE) 7-5, 6-1; Carlos Moya (ESP x6) bt Flavio Saretta (BRA) 6-3, 6-4; Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) bt Michal Przysiezny (POL) 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-4; Frederico Gil (POR) bt David Luque (ESP) 1-6, 7-6, (7/5), 6-4; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Didac Perez (ESP) 6-0, 6-1; Marat Safin (RUS) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-1, 6-4; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x5) bt Gaston Elias (POR) 6-2, 6-1; Alberto Portas (ESP) bt Juan Marin (CRC) 6-3, 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Leonardo Azzaro (ITA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; David Nalbandian (ARG x1) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 7-5, 7-5; Nicolas Massu (CHI x7) bt Raemon Sluiter (NED) 6-0, 7-5; Gustavo Marcaccio (ARG) bt Tomas Zib (CZE) 6-4, 6-2.
Munich ATP
MUNICH, Germany: Results from the second day of the US$400,000 ATP event on Tuesday (x denotes seeding): 1st rd: Olivier Rochus (BEL x8) bt Polito Starace (ITA) 6-2, 6-3; Denis Gremelmayr (GER) bt Guillermo Coria (ARG x1) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Simon Greul (GER) bt Boris Pashanski (SEM) 6-3, 6-7 (0/7), 7-6 (10/8); Bjorn Phau (GER) bt Tomas Behrend (GER) 3-2, retired; Alexander Waske (GER) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Alexander Peya (AUT) bt Dieter Kindlmann (GER) 6-3, 6-4; Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-3, 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Mario Ancic (CRO x2) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/5); Ivo Karlovic (CRO) bt Tommy Haas (GER x4) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3); Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x3) bt Andrei Pavel (ROM) 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (9/7); Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) bt Tobias Summerer (GER) 6-1, 6-2; Robin Soderling (SWE) bat Florent Serra (FRA x8) 6-7 (6/8), 7-5, 6-4.
Warsaw Cup WTA
WARSAW: Results from the Warsaw Cup women's singles first-round matches on Tuesday: Ana Ivanovic (SEM) bt Marta Domachowska (POL) 6-4, 7-5; Julia Vakulenko (UKR) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SWI) 6-4, 6-1; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) bt Anna Smashnova (ISR) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) bt Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Francesca Schiavone (ITA x5) bt Emma Laine (FIN) 6-0, 6-1; Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) bt Anabel Medina (SPA) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) bt Anastasia Myskina (RUS x6) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 6-1, 6-1.
(China Daily 05/04/2006 page11)
