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BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's MLB games (home team in CAPS)
Toronto 6 BALTIMORE 4
LA Angels 6 DETROIT 3
FLORIDA 5 Philadelphia 3
Seattle 5 TAMPA BAY 2
Washington 8 CINCINNATI 4
ATLANTA 8 NY Mets 1
Minnesota 7 TEXAS 1
KANSAS CITY 4 Cleveland 3
ST. LOUIS 9 Pittsburgh 4
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 10 Oakland 4
Colorado 3 ARIZONA 1
SAN DIEGO 5 Chicago Cubs 1
LA DODGERS 3 Milwaukee 2
SAN FRANCISCO 4 Houston 2
Standings:
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 31 14 .689 -
Toronto 20 24 .455 10 1/2
NY Yankees 20 24 .455 10 1/2
Baltimore 20 25 .444 11
Tampa Bay 18 26 .409 12 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 27 16 .628 -
Detroit 27 17 .614 1/2
Chicago White Sox 23 19 .548 3 1/2
Minnesota 21 24 .467 7
Kansas City 18 28 .391 10 1/2
Western Division
LA Angels 28 18 .609 -
Oakland 22 23 .489 5 1/2
Seattle 20 21 .488 5 1/2
Texas 18 28 .391 10
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 28 16 .636 -
Atlanta 27 18 .600 1 1/2
Florida 22 23 .489 6 1/2
Philadelphia 22 23 .489 6 1/2
Washington 17 29 .370 12
Central Division
Milwaukee 28 18 .609 -
Houston 21 24 .467 6 1/2
Chicago Cubs 20 23 .465 6 1/2
Pittsburgh 19 25 .432 8
St. Louis 17 25 .405 9
Cincinnati 18 28 .391 10
Western Division
LA Dodgers 26 20 .565 -
San Diego 25 20 .556 1/2
Arizona 25 22 .532 1 1/2
San Francisco 23 22 .511 2 1/2
Colorado 19 27 .413 7
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA playoffs result on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
Western Conference finals
1 2 3 4 T
SAN ANTONIO 26 32 23 24 105
Utah 24 17 24 31 96
(San Antonio lead best-of-seven series 2-0)
NHL
NEWYORK: NHL playoffs result on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
Western Conference finals
1 2 3 T
ANAHEIM 1 2 1 4
Detroit 0 0 3 3
(Anaheim wins the best-of-seven series 4-2)
Soccer
Libertadores Cup
Results from Libertadores Cup quarter-final, second-leg matches on Tuesday:
Quarterfinal, second leg
Tuesday, May 22
Nacional (Uruguay) - Cucuta (Colombia) 2-2
First leg: Cucuta-Nacional 2-0. Cucuta win 4-2 on aggregate.
Next Fixtures:
Quarterfinal, second leg
Wednesday, May 23 (GMT)
Gremio (Brazil) v Defensor Sporting (Uruguay) (2215)
Quarterfinal, second leg
Thursday, May 24 (GMT)
Santos (Brazil) v America (Mexico) (0045)
Quarterfinal, second leg
Friday, May 25 (GMT)
Libertad (Paraguay) v Boca Juniors (Argentina) (0015)
TABLE TENNIS
World table tennis championship
ZAGREB: Results from the first round of the 49th world table tennis championships here on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
Men 's 1st rd
Ljubomir Pistej (SVK) bt Werner Schlager (AUT) 11-5, 11-5, 4-11, 11-6, 11-3; Ching Li (HKG) bt Sas Lasan (SLO) 11-4, 11-8, 11-9, 11-7; Jorgen Persson (SWE) bt Hugo Hoyama (BRA) 8-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-6, 12-10; Xiao Li Cai (SIN) bt Aleksandar Karakasevic (SRB) 11-9, 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 5-11, 11-7; Stefano Tomasi (ITA) bt Yen-Shu Chang (TPE) 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 12-10; Ma Lin (CHN x1) bt Zeng Yi Wang (POL) 11-2, 11-6, 6-11, 11-3, 11-9; Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) bt Daniel Gorak (POL) 9-11, 12-10, 11-6, 11-8, 11-5; Zhi Wen He (ESP) bt Daniel Zwickl (HUN) 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-6, 11-5; Segun Toriola (NGR) bt Alexei Smirnov (RUS) 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6, 13-11, 11-4; Chu Yan Leung (HKG) bt Chih-Chi Wu (TPE) 11-3, 7-11, 9-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 11-6; Patrick Chila (FRA) bt Juan Papic (CHI) 11-4, 11-4, 12-10, 11-7; Robert Gardos (AUT) bt Cazuo Matsumoto (BRA) 9-11, 11-5, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7; Ning Gao (SIN) bt Jung Hoon Kim (KOR) 11-6, 11-6, 11-4, 11-6; Weixing Chen (AUT) bt Tomas Konecny (CZE) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7, 11-6; Vladimir Samsonov (BLR x6) bt Christian Larsen (DEN) 11-9, 9-11, 11-1, 11-8, 11-6; Ma Long (CHN x8) bt Kirill Skachkov (RUS) 11-2, 11-6, 11-4, 11-3; Bojan Tokic (SLO) bt Marc Duran (ESP) 12-10, 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-4; Christian Suss (GER) bt Tiago Apolonia (POR) 10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 4-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-3; Yuk Cheung (HKG) bt William Henzel (AUS) 12-10, 11-2, 11-8, 11-6; Jean-Michel Saive (BEL) bt Enio Mendes (POR) 7-11, 11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 12-10, 11-4; Marcos Freitsa (POR) bt Jens Lundqvist (SWE) 11-5, 5-11, 11-7, 6-11, 6-11, 11-5, 11-9; Se Hyuk Joo (KOR) bt Hyok Bong Kim (PRK) 11-8, 6-11, 13-11, 13-15, 11-7, 11-9; Andrei Filimon (ROU) bt Koji Matsushita (JPN) 12-10, 11-9, 11-6, 5-11, 11-6
Women's 1st rd
Zhang Yining (CHN x1) bt Sock Khim Ng (MAS) 11-6, 11-3, 11-2, 11-5; Yi Fang Xian (FRA) bt Mie Skov (DEN) 11-4, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8; Wenling Tan Monfardini (ITA) bt Ana-Maria Erdelji (SRB) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7, 11-4; Sui Fei Lau (HKG) bt Linda Creemers (NED) 11-5, 11-5, 11-5, 11-4; Jun Gao (USA) bt Karen Li (NZL) 11-5, 11-2, 11-3, 9-11, 11-5; Kyung Ah Kim (KOR) bt Lee Wei Beh (MAS) 11-7, 11-7, 11-9, 11-5; Irina Kotikhina (RUS) bt Mouma Das (IND) 11-8, 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; Jong Kim (PRK) bt Ganna Gaponova (UKR) 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4; Yun-Feng Lu (TPE) bt Carla Nouwen (NED) 7-11, 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-3, 11-3; Yue Gu Wang (SIN x8) bt Carina Jonsson (SWE) 11-6, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7, 11-4; Yana Tie (HKG) bt Xi Huang Yao (USA) 11-5, 11-5, 11-2, 11-7; Mi Young Park (KOR) bt Kelly Sibley (ENG) 11-7, 11-2, 11-5, 14-12; Anna Tikhomirova (RUS) bt Elena Timina (NED) 7-11, 11-4, 11-8, 4-11, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8; Sandra Paovic (CRO) bt Christina Fili (GRE) 11-6, 5-11, 11-2, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7; Yulia Prokhorova (RUS) bt Un Gyong Ko (PRK) 12-10, 16-14, 11-6, 9-11, 14-12; Veronika Pavlovich (BLR) bt Marina Kravchenko (ISR) 7-11, 12-10, 11-7, 10-12, 11-7, 10-12, 11-8; Bei Bei Sun (SIN) bt Gabriela Feher (SRB) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 13-11; Hyun Jung Moon (KOR) bt Anastasya Koltsova (UKR) 12-10, 12-10, 11-3, 11-3; Chen Wang (USA) bt Veronika Heine (AUT) 11-8, 11-7, 4-11, 14-12, 11-9; Hiroko Fuji (JPN) bt Katerina Penkavova (CZE) 11-9, 11-8, 11-2, 5-11, 11-5; Daniela Dodean (ROU) bt Anastasia Voronova (RUS) 11-6, 10-12, 7-11, 11-7, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9; Iveta Vacenovska (CZE) bt Kim Hye Song (KOR) 12-14, 11-9, 11-3, 11-5, 3-11, 11-8.
Tennis
Poertschach International
VIENNA: Poertschach International men's results in Austria on Tuesday (x-denotes seedings)
2nd rd
Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Mathieu Montcourt (Fra) 7-6 (6) 6-1; Luis Horna (Per) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 7-6(5) 6-4.
1st rd
Lleyton Hewitt (Aus x4) bt Sergio Roitman (Arg) 6-2 6-2; Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Martin Verkerk (Ned) 6-4 7-6(4); Nikolay Davydenko (Rus x1) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa) 6-3 6-0; Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Juergen Melzer (Aut x6) 6-3 6-1.
Istanbul Cup
ISTANBUL: Istanbul Cup women's tournament results on Tuesday (x-denotes seedings):
2nd rd
Maria Sharapova (Rus x1) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) 6-4 7-6(1)
1st rd
Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (Blr) 6-1 6-3; Catalina Castano (Col) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger x6) 7-6(3) 6-2; Venus Williams (USA x4) bt Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) 6-1 6-2; Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Sania Mirza (Ind) 6-4 6-3; Vania King (USA) bt Ipek Senoglu (Tur) 6-3 7-5; Ekaterina Afinogenova (Rus) bt Sandra Kloesel (Ger) 6-3 5-7 6-3; Patty Schnyder (Swi x3) bt Chan Yung-Jan (Tpe) 6-1 6-1; Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Blr) bt Anna Tatishvili (Geo) 6-3 7-5.
Strasbourg International
STRASBOURG: Strasbourg International women's first round results on Tuesday (x-denotes seedings):
Anabel Medina Garringues (Spa x6) bt Yuliana Fedak (Ukr) 6-4 6-3; Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Yan Zi (Chn) 6-4 6-1; Alicia Molik (Aus) bt Leanne Baker (NZL) 7-6(3) 2-6 7-6(5); Marion Bartoli (Fra x5) bt Nicole Kriz (Aus) 6-1 6-0; Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) bt Martina Mueller (Ger x7) 6-4 7-6(3); Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Sun Shengnan (Chn) 6-4 6-2; Aiko Nakamura (Jpn) bt Stephanie Dubois (Can) 6-1 3-6 6-4; Lilia Osterloh (USA) bt Eva Birnerova (Cze) 6-0 6-2; Tatjana Malek (Ger) bt Emilie Bacquet (Bel) 6-0 6-1
World Team Cup
DUSSELDORF, GERMANY: Men's World Team Cup results here on Tuesday.
Red Group
United States beat Argentina 2-1
Singles (US names first)
James Blake beat Agustin Calleri 2-6 6-3 6-4
Mardy Fish lost to Jose Acasuso 5-7 4-6
Doubles
Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan beat Calleri/Juan Ignacio Chela 6-2 6-1
Chile have 2-0 winning lead over Sweden
Singles (Chilean names first)
Nicolas Massu beat Jonas Bjorkman 7-5 6-7(6) 6-0
Fernando Gonzalez beat Robin Soderling 4-6 7-5 6-4
Doubles (playing on Wednesday)
Standings
Red Group Points Matches Sets
Chile 2-0 4-1 8-4
United States 1-1 3-3 6-7
Argentina 1-1 3-3 7-8
Sweden 0-2 1-4 6-8
Blue Group
Germany 1-0 3-0 6-1
Czech Republic 1-0 2-1 4-3
Spain 0-1 1-2 3-4
Belgium 0-1 0-3 1-6
(Blue group resumes on Wednesday; winner of red group to play winner of blue group in Saturday's final)
Women's world rankings
MIAMI: Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (last week's position in brackets):
1. (1) Justine Henin (Bel) 4119 points
2. (2) Maria Sharapova (Rus) 3388
3. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 3032
4. (5) Jelena Jankovic (Serb) 2727
5. (4) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) 2702
6. (6) Martina Hingis (Swi) 1991
7. (7) Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 1933
8. (8) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 1906
9. (11) Williams (USA) 1880
10. (10) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 1866
11. (9) Dinara Safina (Rus) 1798
12. (12) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 1772
13. (14) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 1769
14. (13) Elena Dementieva (Rus) 1635
15. (17) Patty Schnyder (Swi) 1525
16. (15) Shahar Peer (Isr) 1483
17. (16) Tatiana Golovin (Fra) 1390
18. (18) Li Na (Chn) 1281
19. (19) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 1236
20. (20) Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 1000
Men's world rankings
PARIS: Men's tennis world rankings on Monday (last week's position in brackets):
1. (1) Roger Federer (Swi) 7515 points
2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Sin) 5225
3. (4) Andy Roddick (USA) 2930
4. (3) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 2905
5. (5) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 2810
6. (6) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 2810
7. (8) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 2260
8. (9) James Blake (USA) 2180
9. (7) Tommy Robredo (Spa) 2100
10. (11) Tommy Haas (Ger) 2095
11. (10) Andy Murray (GBR) 2090
12. (12) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 2020
13 (13) Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1900
14. (14) David Ferrer (Spa) 1725
15. (15) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 1685
16. (21) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 1480
17. (16) Mario Ancic (Cro) 1425
18. (17) David Nalbandian (Arg) 1415
19. (18) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 1375
20. (19) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 1355
(China Daily 05/24/2007 page22)
