Score Board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Monday's MLB games (home team in CAPS)
LA Angels 7 TEXAS 2
BOSTON 7 Detroit 1
WASHINGTON 2 Atlanta 1
PHILADELPHIA 8 Milwaukee 6
PITTSBURGH 7 Florida 0
TORONTO 5 Baltimore 3
NY METS 5 Chicago Cubs 4
Kansas City 2 OAKLAND 1
SAN DIEGO 7 Cincinnati 1
St. Louis 8 LA DODGERS 4
Standings:
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 26 11 .703 -
NY Yankees 17 19 .472 8 1/2
Baltimore 18 21 .462 9
Toronto 16 22 .421 10 1/2
Tampa Bay 15 22 .405 11
Central Division
Detroit 23 14 .622 -
Cleveland 21 14 .600 1
White Sox 18 16 .529 3 1/2
Minnesota 18 19 .486 5
Kansas City 13 26 .333 11
Western Division
LA Angels 22 17 .564 -
Seattle 17 16 .515 2
Oakland 19 18 .514 2
Texas 15 23 .395 6 1/2
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 24 13 .649 -
Atlanta 24 14 .632 0 1/2
Philadelphia 18 20 .474 6 1/2
Florida 16 22 .421 8 1/2
Washington 13 25 .342 11 1/2
Central Division
Milwaukee 25 13 .658 -
Houston 18 19 .486 6 1/2
Chicago Cubs 17 19 .472 7
Pittsburgh 17 20 .459 7 1/2
St. Louis 16 20 .444 8
Cincinnati 15 24 .385 10 1/2
Western Division
LA Dodgers 23 16 .590 -
San Diego 21 18 .538 2
San Francisco 19 18 .514 3
Arizona 20 19 .513 3
Colorado 16 22 .421 6 1/2
Nba
NEW YORK: Results from Monday's NBA playoff second-round games (home team in CAPS)
1 2 3 4 T
Cleveland 19 23 29 16 87
NEW JERSEY 20 26 23 16 85
(Cleveland lead the best-of-seven series 3-1)
1 2 3 4 T
Phoenix 24 16 32 32 104
SAN ANTONIO 22 23 35 18 98
(The best-of-seven series is level at 2-2)
Nhl
NEW YORK: Result from Monday's NHL playoff match (home team in CAPS)
1 2 3 T
OTTAWA 0 1 0 1
Buffalo 0 0 0 0
(Ottawa lead the best-of-seven series 3-0)
Tennis
Italian Open
ROMA: Results from the $1.34-million WTA Italian Open on Monday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Elena Dementieva (RUS x10) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 6-1, 6-2; Alona Bondarenko (UKR) bt Tiantian Sun (CHN) 6-7 (6/8), 7-5, 6-2; Shahar Peer (ISR) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-0, 2-0 ret; Karolina Sprem (CRO) bt Eleni Danilidou (GRE) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x9) bt Aravane Rezai (FRA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Catalina Castano (COL) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-1, 7-5; Michaella Krajicek (NED) bt Olga Poutchkova (RUS) 6-1, 6-2; Galina Vaskoboeva (RUS) bt Alberta Brianti (ITA) 6-2, 6-3; Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Emilie Loit (FRA) 6-3, 6-2; Tamira Paszek (AUT) bt Nicole Pratt (AUS) 6-7 (1/7), 6-0, 6-2; Ai Sugiyama (JPN) bt Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.
Hamburg ATP Masters Series
HAMBURG, Germany: Results in the first round of the Hamburg ATP Masters Series on Monday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Arnaud Clement (FRA) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3; Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-1, 7-6 (7/5); Richard Gasquet (FRA x11) bt Gaston Gaudio (ARG) 6-1, 6-4; Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) 6-2, 6-2; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x15) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-1, 7-6 (7/5); Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Martin Verkerk (NED) 6-1, 6-3; Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-1, 6-0; Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; Florent Serra (FRA) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-2; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-2, 1-0 retired; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x16) bt Agustin Calleri (ARG) 6-3, 6-4; Robin Soderling (SWE) bt Robby Ginepri 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; David Ferrer (ESP x12) bt Jonas Bjorkman (SWE) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x14) 7-5, 6-3; Tomas Berdych (CZE x10) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-6 (8/6), 6-4; Marat Safin (RUS) bt Nicolas Massu (CHI) 7-6 (9/7), 6-4.
ATP rankings
1. Roger Federer (SUI) 7015 pts
2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 4875
3. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 2955 (+1)
4. Andy Roddick (USA) 2930 (-1)
5. Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 2760 (+1)
6. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2735 (-1)
7. Tommy Robredo (ESP) 2595
8. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 2220
9. James Blake (USA) 2180
10. Andy Murray (GBR) 2120
11. Tommy Haas (GER) 2100
12. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 1990
13. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 1795
14. David Ferrer (ESP) 1725 (+1)
15. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 1685 (+1)
16. Mario Ancic (CRO) 1650 (-2)
17. David Nalbandian (ARG) 1415
18. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 1375
19. Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 1355
20. Guillermo Canas (AUS) 1267 (+1)
WTA Rankings
1. Justine Henin (BEL) 4119 pts
2. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3388
3. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 2867 (+1)
4. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 2701 (-1)
5. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 2372 (+1)
6. Martina Hingis (SUI) 2279 (+1)
7. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 1957 (+1)
8. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 1906 (+8)
9. Dinara Safina (RUS) 1898 (+1)
10. Anna Chakvetazde (RUS) 1822 (+1)
11. Serena Williams (USA) 1770 (+1)
12. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 1713 (-3)
13. Elena Dementieva (RUS) 1600 (+1)
14. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 1589 (-1)
15. Shahar Peer (ISR) 1448
16. Tatiana Golovin (FRA) 1390 (+1)
17. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1372 (+2)
18. Li Na (CHN) 1281
19. Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 1253 (+1)
20. Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 1007 (+1)
Yachting
Louis Vuitton Cup
VALENCIA, Spain: Results here on Monday in the best-of-nine semi-finals of the Louis-Vuitton Cup, the winner of which will take on Switzerland's Alinghi for the America's Cup:
Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL) bt Desafio Espanol (ESP) 43sec
Luna Rossa (ITA) BMW Oracle Racing (USA) 2min 19sec
(China Daily 05/16/2007 page22)
