Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's games (home team in CAPS)
Detroit 7 BOSTON 2
CLEVELAND 15 Minnesota 7
Atlanta 6 WASHINGTON 2
PHILADELPHIA 4 Milwaukee 3
Florida 9 PITTSBURGH 3
TORONTO 2 Baltimore 1
Chicago Cubs 10 NY METS 1
TAMPA BAY 4 Texas 3 (10 innings)
Arizona 3 COLORADO 0
HOUSTON 6 San Francisco 5 (10 innings)
NY Yankees at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (postponed - rain)
SEATTLE 11 LA Angels 3
Cincinnati 2 SAN DIEGO 1 (12 innings)
OAKLAND 5 Kansas City 4 (11 innings)
LA DODGERS 9 St Louis 7
Golf
Latest world rankings
NEW YORK: Latest world rankings issued on Monday: (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets)
1. (1) Tiger Woods 20.49
2. (3) Phil Mickelson 9.34
3. (2) Jim Furyk 7.53
4. (4) Adam Scott (Aus) 7.23
5. (5) Ernie Els (Rsa) 6.86
6. (7) Vijay Singh (Fij) 6.07
7. (6) Henrik Stenson (Swe) 6.03
8. (8) Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 5.76
9. (9) Retief Goosen (Rsa) 5.60
10. (10) Luke Donald (Gbr) 5.42
11. (14) Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.24
12. (11) Padraig Harrington (Ire) 4.99
13. (12) Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 4.58
14. (13) Paul Casey (Gbr) 4.43
15. (15) Zach Johnson 4.07
16. (17) Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 3.72
17. (16) Charles Howell III 3.70
18 (21) Stewart Cink 3.64
19. (18) Steve Stricker 3.39
20. (19) Nick O'Hern (Aus) 3.18
PGA Tour money list
NEW YORK: Leading money winners on 2007 PGA Tour on Monday: (US unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $4,181,091
2. Phil Mickelson 4,120,588
3. Vijay Singh (Fij) 3,218,060
4. Charles Howell III 2,501,717
5. Adam Scott (Aus) 2,092,516
6. Zach Johnson 1,988,894
7. Luke Donald (Gbr) 1,983,216
8. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 1,969,166
9. John Rollins 1,930,310
10. Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 1,852,558
11. Mark Calcavecchia 1,774,200
12. Boo Weekley 1,717,609
13. Henrik Stenson (Swe) 1,682,319
14. Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 1,676,368
15. Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 1,676,274
16. Steve Stricker 1,491,708
17. Scott Verplank 1,479,626
18. Nick Watney 1,450,238
19. Robert Allenby (Aus) 1,397,965
20. Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 1,375,677
European Tour money list
LONDON: Leading money winners on 2007 European Tour on Monday:
1. Henrik Stenson (Swe) 1,615,383 euros
2. Retief Goosen (Rsa) 1,215,983
3. Paul Casey (Gbr) 860,767
4. Yong-eun Yang (Kor) 750,424
5. Ernie Els (Rsa) 719,025
6. Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 671,431
7. Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 660,720
8. Nick O'Hern (Aus) 621,886
9. Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 607,513
10. Justin Rose (Gbr) 574,263
11. Markus Brier (Aut) 539,305
12. Padraig Harrington (Ire) 476,909
13. Jyoti Randhawa (Ind) 448,630
14. Anton Haig (Rsa) 428,333
15. Niclas Fasth (Swe) 425,760
16. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 398,295
17. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 374,724
18. Lee Westwood (Gbr) 372,227
19. Simon Dyson (Gbr) 348,735
20. Michael Campbell (NZL) 345,635
PGA Tour FexExCup points table
NEW YORK: 2007 PGA Tour's FexExCup points table on Monday: (US unless stated)
1. Tiger Woods 16,716 points
2. Phil Mickelson 15,818
3. Vijay Singh (Fij) 13,661
4. Charles Howell III 11,856
5. Adam Scott (Aus) 8,641
6. John Rollins 8,391
7. Luke Donald (Gbr) 8,121
8. Mark Calcavecchia 8,044
9. Zach Johnson 7,827
10. Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 7,809
11. Boo Weekley 7,717
12. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 6,977
13. Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 6,470
14. Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 6,377
15. Nick Watney 6,140
16. Steve Stricker 6,107
17. Robert Allenby (Aus) 6,079
18. Henrik Stenson (Swe) 5,993
19. Scott Verplank 5,970
20. Mark Wilson 5,609
Presidents Cup standings
MONTREAL: Standings on Monday for the Presidents Cup from Sept. 27-30 at The Royal Montreal Golf Club: International:
1. Adam Scott (Aus) 7.23
2. Ernie Els (Rsa) 6.86
3. Vijay Singh (Fij) 6.07
4. Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 5.76
5. Retief Goosen (Rsa) 5.60
6. Trevor Immelman (Rsa) 4.58
7. Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 3.72
8. Nick O'Hern (Aus) 3.18
9. Stuart Appleby (Aus) 3.15
10. Robert Allenby (Aus) 3.12
11. Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 2.91
12. Choi Kyung-Ju (Kor) 2.89
13. Stephen Ames (Can) 2.69
14. Rod Pampling (Aus) 2.52
15. Charl Schwartzel (Rsa) 2.39
United States
1. Tiger Woods, 21,639,096
2. Phil Mickelson, 12,628,512
3. Jim Furyk, 10,177,173
4. Charles Howell III, 7,231,515
5. Zach Johnson, 6,676,461
6. Brett Wetterich, 5,898,436
7. Stewart Cink, 5,566,747
8. John Rollins, 5,554,046
9. Mark Calcavecchia, 5,542,018
10. David Toms, 5,329,404
11. Scott Verplank, 5,296,172
12. Lucas Glover, 5,294,558
13. Chad Campbell, 5,267,957
14. Vaughn Taylor, 5,007,913
15. Davis Love III, 4,956,928
NBA
NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's playoff games (home team in CAPS):
Eastern Conference semifinals
1 2 3 4 T
Chicago 31 28 33 16 108
DETROIT 25 26 20 21 92
(Detroit leads best-of-seven series 3-2)
Western Conference semifinals
1 2 3 4 T
UTAH 29 23 25 23 100
Golden State 32 22 19 14 87
(Utah wins best-of-seven series 4-1)
Tennis
Italian Open
ROME: Italian Open women's results on Tuesday (x-denotes seeding)
2nd rd:
Serena Williams (USA x8) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned) 6-4 6-1
1st rd:
Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Zheng Jie (Chn) 6-2 6-2; Katerina Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 4-6 6-3 6-4; Yan Zi (Chn) bt Severine Bremond (Fra) 2-6 6-0 6-3; Tathiana Garbin (Ita x16) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-3 7-6(3); Meilen Tu (USA) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 2-6 6-2 6-4; Katarina Srebotnik (Slo x15) bt Martina Mueller (Ger) 6-4 6-2; Mara Santangelo (Ita) bt Akiko Morigami (Jpn) 6-2 6-0; Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-3 6-4; Patty Schnyder (Swi x14) bt Vasilisa Bardina (Rus) 6-1 6-2; Sybille Bammer (Auta) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 7-5 7-5; Yuliana Fedak (Ukr) bt Romina Oprandi (Ita) 6-3 3-6 6-3; Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Lourdes Dominguez (Spa) 6-3 6-3; Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) 6-0 6-4
Hamburg Masters
HAMBURG: Hamburg Masters results on Tuesday:
2nd rd
Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Tommy Robredo (Spa x6) 6-7(1) 6-2 6-4; Ivan Ljubicic (Cro x7) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 4-6 6-2 6-2; David Ferrer (Spa x12) bt Robin Soederling (Swe) 1-6 6-3 6-2
1st rd
Juergen Melzer (Auta) bt Alexander Waske (Ger) 6-3 6-4; Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus x13) 6-4 2-6 7-6(5); Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt Andy Murray (Gbr x9) 1-5 (Murray retired); Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-3 6-4; Oscar Hernandez (Spa) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3; Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 7-6(2) 6-2; Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Tobias Summerer (Ger) 6-1 7-6(5); Carlos Moya (Spa) bt Mardy Fish (USA ) 6-0 6-3.
Moroccan Grand Prix
Moroccan Grand Prix women's first round results on Tuesday:
Youlia Fedossova (Fra) bt Alina Jidkova (Rus) 6-3 5-7 6-3; Ioana Raluca Olaru (Rom) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) 7-5 6-4; Maria Emilia Salerni (Arg) bt Sania Mirza (Ind x1) 6-2 7-5; Neha Uberoi (USA) bt Sorana Cirstea (Rom) 6-2 6-3; Camille Pin (Fra x7) bt Stephanie Dubois (Can) 6-1 6-4; Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt Olga Savchuk (Ukr) 6-0 6-3; Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Ahsha Rolle (USA) 6-3 6-4; Aleksandra Wozniak (Can) bt Laura Pous Tio (Spa) 6-4 6-1; Julie Ditty (USA) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Rus x4) 7-5 7-5; Jill Craybas (USA x5) bt Yulia Beygelzimer (Ukr) 6-4 6-1; Sandra Kloesel (Ger) bt Nadia Lalami (Mor) 6-0 6-3; Anne Kremer (Lux x8) bt Fatima El Allami (Mor) 6-0 6-2; Milagros Sequera (Ven) bt Virginie Razzano (Fra x3) 3-6 7-6(7) (Razzano retired).
(China Daily 05/17/2007 page22)
