Score Board
BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's MLB games (home team in CAPS):
BALTIMORE 8 Tampa Bay 3
NY YANKEES 8 Texas 2
DETROIT 9 Seattle 7
FLORIDA 6 LA Dodgers 5
Boston 9 TORONTO 2
Houston 7 CINCINNATI 6
ATLANTA 3 San Diego 2
MILWAUKEE 6 Washington 4
ST. LOUIS 4 Colorado 1
Oakland 6 KANSAS CITY 1
Pittsburgh 4 CHICAGO CUBS 3 (15 innings)
MINNESOTA 7 Chicago White Sox 4 (10 innings)
ARIZONA 3 Philadelphia 2
Cleveland 5 LA ANGELS 1
NY Mets 4 SAN FRANCISCO 1
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 21 10 .677 -
NY Yankees 15 16 .484 6
Baltimore 15 18 .455 7
Tampa Bay 14 18 .438 7 1/2
Toronto 13 19 .406 8 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 20 10 .667 -
Detroit 20 11 .645 1/2
Minnesota 17 15 .531 4
Chi White Sox 14 15 .483 5 1/2
Kansas City 10 23 .303 11 1/2
Western Division
Oakland 16 15 .516 -
LA Angels 17 16 .515 -
Seattle 14 14 .500 1/2
Texas 13 19 .406 3 1/2
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 20 12 .625 -
Atlanta 20 12 .625 -
Florida 15 17 .469 5
Philadelphia 14 19 .424 6 1/2
Washington 9 24 .273 11 1/2
Central Division
Milwaukee 23 10 .697 -
Chic Cubs 15 15 .500 6 1/2
Houston 15 17 .469 7 1/2
Pittsburgh 14 17 .452 8
Cincinnati 14 19 .424 9
St. Louis 13 18 .419 9
Western Division
LA Dodgers 19 14 .576 -
San Diego 18 15 .545 1
Arizona 19 16 .543 1
San Francisco 17 15 .531 1 1/2
Colorado 14 19 .424 5
NBA
NEW YORK: Results from the NBA playoff second-round games on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 4 T
CLEVELAND 24 24 26 28 102
New Jersey 28 17 28 19 92
(Cleveland lead the best-of-seven series 2-0)
1 2 3 4 T
PHOENIX 19 30 22 30 101
San Antonio 25 17 22 17 81
(The best-of-seven series is level at 1-1)
SOCCER
Libertadores Cup
RIO DE JANEIRO: Results from the Libertadores Cup last 16 second leg matches on Tuesday
Toluca (Mexico) 2 Cucuta (Colombia) 0
First leg: Cucuta-Toluca 5-1. Cucuta win 5-3 on aggregate.
Colo Colo (Chile) 2 America (Mexico) 1
First leg: America-Colo Colo 3-0. America win 4-2 on aggregate.
Next Fixtures:
Wednesday, May 9 (GMT)
Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) v Boca Juniors (Argentina) (2215)
Thursday, May 10 (GMT)
Flamengo (Brazil) v Defensor Sporting (Uruguay) (0045)
Gremio (Brazil) v Sao Paulo (Brazil) (0045)
Santos (Brazil) v Caracas FC (Venezuela) (2130)
Friday, May 11 (GMT)
Libertad (Paraguay) v Parana (Brazil) (0000)
Necaxa (Mexico) v Nacional (Uruguay) (0230)
Tennis
Rome Masters
ROME: Rome Masters men's singles results on Tuesday (x- denotes seeding):
2nd rd
Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro x8) 6-4 6-3; Roger Federer (Swi x1) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spa) 6-3 6-4
1st rd
Nicolas Massu (Chi) bt Simone Bolelli (Ital 6-3 7-6(5); Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Marc Gicquel (Fra) 2-6 6-4 6-1; Igor Andreev (Rus) bt David Ferrer (Spa x14) 6-4 6-1; Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 5-7 6-3 6-3; Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus) 6-0 6-3; Mikhail Youzhny (Rus x15) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-1 3-6 6-2; Richard Gasquet (Fra x13) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-1 7-5; Gaston Gaudio (Arg) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 6-4 6-4; James Blake (USA x9) bt Gael Monfils (Fra) 7-6(4) 6-3; Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) 3-6 6-1 7-6(3); Marat Safin (Rusa) bt Amer Delic (USA) 2-6 6-3 6-4; Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Tommy Haas (Ger x11)
6-3 3-2 (Haas retired); Tomas Berdych (Cze x12) bt Jarkko Nieminen
(Fin) 6-4 7-5; Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Carlos Moya (Spa) 6-2 6-3;
Berlin Open
BERLIN: Berlin Open women's first round results on Tuesday:
Ana Ivanovic (Ser x12) bt Laura Granville (USA) 6-2 6-1; Anna Chakvetadze (Rus x9) bt Samantha Stosur (Aus) 3-6 7-6(1) 7-6(5); Meilen Tu (USA) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo x16) 6-3 4-6 6-3; Julia Vakulenko (Ukr) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-3 6-2; Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) bt Emilie Loit (Fra) 7-5 3-6 6-1; Elena Dementieva (Rus x10) bt Mara Santangelo (Ita) 4-6 6-1 6-4; Tatjana Malek (Ger) bt Vasilisa Bardina (Rus) 6-1 6-3; Katerina Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 5-7 7-6(3) 6-2; Peng Shuai (Chn) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-3 7-5; Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 7-6(3) 6-2; Lourdes Dominguez (Spa) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-2 6-1; Martina Mueller (Ger) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-0 6-2.
Prague Open
PRAGUE: Prague Open women's first round results on Tuesday:
Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned x4) 3-6 6-4 7-5; Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Martina Sucha (Svk) 2-6 6-3 6-2; Viktoriya Kutuzova (Ukr) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 7-5 6-3; Andrea Hlavackova (Cze) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 1-6 7-5 6-2; Akiko Morigami (Jpn x6) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-3 6-2; Marion Bartoli (Fra x1) bt Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 6-1 6-2; Olga Poutchkova (Rus x3) bt Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 7-6(2) 7-5; Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg x2) 6-3 7-6(5); Klara Zakopalova (Cze) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 6-2 7-5; Jarmila Gajdosova (Svk) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Rus x8) 6-1 6-0.
Women's world rankings
MIAMI: Women's tennis world rankings on Tuesday (last week's position in brackets):
1 (1) Justine Henin (Belgium) 4134 points
2 (2) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 3388
3 (3) Amelie Mauresmo (France) 2776
4 (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 2655
5 (4) Kim Clijsters (Belgium) 2505
6 (7) Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 2327
7 (6) Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 2294
8 (8) Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 1957
9 (9) Nadia Petrova (Russia) 1903
10 (10) Dinara Safina (Russia) 1863
11 (11) Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) 1829
12 (12) Serena Williams (USA) 1770
13 (14) Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 1616
14 (13) Elena Dementieva (Russia) 1582
15 (16) Shahar Peer (Israel) 1508
16 (15) Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 1506
17 (18) Tatiana Golovin (France) 1390
18 (17) Li Na (China) 1381
19 (19) Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 1337
20 (20) Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 1253
Men's world rankings
PARIS: Men's tennis world rankings on Tuesday (last week's position in brackets):
1. (1) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7290
2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 4875
3. (3) Andy Roddick (USA) 2980
4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 2805
5. (5) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 2720
6. (6) Fernando Gonzales (Chile) 2535
7. (7) Tommy Robredo (Spain) 2475
8. (8) Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) 2220
9. (9) James Blake (USA) 2150
10. (10) Andy Murray (Britain) 2120
11. (11) Tommy Haas (Germany)2100
12. (12) Tomas Berdych (Czech Rep)1940
13 (15) Richard Gasquet (France)1835
14. (14) Mario Ancic (Croatia)1775
15. (16) David Ferrer (Spain)1725
16. (17) Mikhail Youzhny (Russia)1645
17. (13) David Nalbandian (Argentina)1640
18. (19) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus)1335
19. (18) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain)1325
20. (20) Lleyton Hewitt (Australia)1250:
YACHTING
Louis Vuitton
VALENCIA, Spain: Louis Vuitton Cup round robin two results and standings after Tuesday's racing in Valencia, Spain:
Flight 10
Desafio Espanol (Spain) 0 BMW Oracle Racing (USA) 2
Victory Challenge (Sweden) 0 Team New Zealand 2
Mascalzone Latino (Italy) 0 Luna Rossa (Italy) 2
United Internet Team Germany 0 Areva (France) 2
China Team 0 +39 (Italy) 2
Bye: Team Shosholoza (South Africa)
Round robin standings
BMW Oracle 37
Team New Zealand 36
Luna Rossa 33
Desafio Espanol 29
Victory Challenge 26
Mascalzone Latino 20
Team Shosholoza 18
Areva 17
+39 10
United Internet Team Germany 5
China Team 3
* The Louis Vuitton Cup winners will become the 32nd challengers for the America's Cup and face holders Alinghi in June.
(China Daily 05/10/2007 page22)
