Score Board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
Minnesota 5 TEXAS 3
BALTIMORE 5 Toronto 2
NY YANKEES 8 Boston 3
DETROIT 8 LA Angels 7
Philadelphia 8 FLORIDA 7 (10 innings)
Seattle 5 TAMPA BAY 1
Washington 12 CINCINNATI 7
NY Mets 3 ATLANTA 0
ST. LOUIS 5 Pittsburgh 3
KANSAS CITY 11 Cleveland 7
Oakland 4 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 0
Colorado 2 ARIZONA 0
SAN DIEGO 2 Chicago Cubs 1
LA DODGERS 5 Milwaukee 1
SAN FRANCISCO 9 Houston 1
Table tennis
World Championships
ZAGREB, Croatia: Results on Wednesday of matches in the World Table Tennis Championships (Seedings in parentheses):
Men's singles 2nd rd:
Ma Lin (1), China, def. Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Germany, 11-9, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6; Wang Liqin (2), China, def. Phillippe Saive, Belgium, 11-9, 11-3, 11-1, 11-9; Timo Boll (3), Germany, def. Robert Svensson, Sweden, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 9-11, 11-3; Wang Hao (4), China def. Panagiotis Gionis, Greece, 12-10, 8-11, 12-10, 9-11, 14-16; Oh Sang Eun (5), South Korea, def. Roko Tosic, Croatia, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-5, 11-4; Vladimir Samsonov (6), Belarus, def. Cai Xiao Li, Singapore, 12-10, 11-5, 13-11, 11-1; Chen Qi (7), China, def. Trinko Keen, Netherlands, 9-11, 4-11, 11-5, 13-11, 11-4, 11-5; Ma Long (8), China, def. Bojan Tokic, Slovenia, 11-5, 11-6, 4-11, 12-10, 9-11, 11-5; Ryu Seung Min (9), South Korea, def. Fedor Kuzmin, Russia, 11-9, 14-16, 9-11, 12-10, 12-10, 11-6; Hau Shua (10), China, def. Seiya Kishikawa, Japan, 11-9, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8.
Women's singles 2nd rd:
Zhang Yining (1), China, def. Elena Timina, Netherlands, 11-5, 11-8, 11-2, 12-10; Wang Nan (2), China, def. Zhu Fang, Spain, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8; Guo Yan (3), China, def. Huan I-Hwa, Chinese Taipei, 12-10, 11-7, 11-5, 11-4; Gou Yue (4), China, def. Georgina Pota, Hungary, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-3, 11-5; Li Xiaoxia (5), China, def. Reiko Hiura, Japan, 15-13, 11-5, 11-6, 11-9; Wang Chen, United States, def. Tie Yana (6), Hong Kong, 14-12, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6; Li Jia Wei (7), Singapore, def. Tatyana Kostromina, Bulgaria, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9; Wang Yue Gu (8), Singapore, def. Lu Yun-Feng, Chinese Taipei, 14-12, 11-7, 11-6, 11-4; Jiang Huajun (10), Hong Kong, def.Li Qiangbing, Austria,11-8, 11-8, 11-6, 110
Men's doubles 2nd rd:
Ma Lin and Chen Qi , China, def. Marko Jevtovic and Zolt Pete, Serbia, 11-6, 11-3, 5-11, 11-4, 11-3; Wang Liqin and Wang Hao, China, def. Vitaly Nekhvedovich and Vladimir Samsonov, Belarus, 11-8, 11-7, 11-8, 5-11, 11-8; Timo Boll and Christian Suss, Germany, def. Antonin Gavlas and Petr Korbel, Czech Republic, 11-5, 11-8, 5-11, 11-9, 11-9; Lee Jung-Sam and Ryu Seung-min, South Korea, def. Liu Song and Pablo Tabachnik, Argentina, 11-5, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-4; Lee Jung Woo and Oh Sang Eun, def. Emmanuel Lebesson and Adrien Mattenet, France, 11-8, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9; Hao Shuai and Ma Long, China, def. Patrick Baum and Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Germany, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4, 11-1.
Women's doubles 2nd rd:
Zhang Yining and Wang Nan, China, def. Huang I-Hwa and Lu Yun-Feng, Chinese Taipei, 11-7, 11-8, 11-4, 5-11, 11-6; Li Jia Wei and Wang Yue Gu, Singapore, def. Filareti Exarchou and Maria Mirou, Greece, 11-2, 11-5, 11-2, 11-3; Tie Yana and Rui Zhang, Hong Kong, def. Galia Dvorak and Lee I-Chen, Spain, 11-8, 11-5, 11-8, 13-11; Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia, China, def. Nantha Komwong and Anissa Miuangsuk, Thailand, 11-7, 11-4, 11-3, 11-8.
Mixed doubles's 3rd rd:
Ma Lin and Wang Nan, China, def. Jun Mizutani and Haruna Fukuoka, Japan, 2-11, 11-9, 10-12, 11-5, 11-8, 9-11, 11-7; Wang Liqin and Guo Yue, China, def. Kim Jung Hoon and Cho Ha La, South Korea, 11-5, 11-4, 11-4, 11-9; Oh Sang Eun and Kim Jung Hyum, def. South Korea, Trinko Keen and Li Jiao Netherlands, 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-8; Xu Xin and Guo Yan, China, def. Yo Kan and Ai Fujinuma, Japan, 11-8, 7-11, 11-8, 11-6, 5-11, 11-9; Ko Lai Chak and Tie Yana, Hong Kong, def. Chiang Peng-Lun and Lu Yun-Feng, Chinese Taipei, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6, 11-8.
Tennis
World Team Cup
Men's World Team Cup results in Dusseldorf, Germany on Wednesday
Blue Group
Spain beat Germany 2-1
Singles (Spanish names first)
David Ferrer beat Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 7-5
Nicolas Almagro beat Florian Mayer 6-4 6-4
Doubles
Almagro/Bartolome Salva-Vidal lost to Kohlschreiber/Alexander Waske 6-7(3) 3-6
Czech Republic beat Belgium 2-1
Singles (Czech names first)
Tomas Berdych beat Olivier Rochus 6-3 6-0
Jan Hajek beat Kristof Vliegen 7-6(7) 6-4
Doubles
Martin Damm/Berdych lost to Rochus/Steve Darcis 4-6 6-3 7-10*
Red Group (continued from Tuesday)
Jonas Bjorkman/Thomas Johansson (Sweden) beat Fernando Gonzalez/Nicolas Massu (Chile) 5-7 6-3 10-7*
Chile win 2-1
Standings
Red Group Points Matches Sets
Chile 2-0 4-2 9-6
United States 1-1 3-3 6-7
Argentina 1-1 3-3 7-8
Sweden 0-2 2-4 8-9
Blue Group Points Matches Sets
Czech Rep 2-0 4-2 9-5
Spain 1-1 3-3 7-6
Germany 1-1 3-0 8-5
Belgium 0-2 0-3 3-11
(Winner of red group to play winner of blue group in Saturday's final)
Poertschach International
Poertschach International men's second round results in Austria on Wednesday (x-denotes seedings):
Diego Hartfield (Arg) bt Vince Spadea (USA) 6-4 7-6(5); Lleyton Hewitt (Aus x4) bt Potito Starace (Ita) 6-4 6-4; Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-3 6-1; Nikolay Davydenko (Rus x1) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 6-4 6-2; Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Lee Hyung-Taik (Kor x7) 7-6(5) 6-4; Andy Roddick (USA x2) bt Kristian Pless (Den) 6-4 6-3.
Istanbul Cup
Istanbul Cup women's tournament second round results on Wednesday:
Elena Dementieva (Rus x2) bt Jelena Kostanic Tosic (Cro) 6-3 6-3; Alona Bondarenko (Ukr x5) bt Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 6-4 3-6 7-6(5); Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt Venus Williams (USA x4) 6-4 6-4; Patty Schnyder (Swi x3) bt Vania King (USA) 6-4 6-1; Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol x7) bt Romina Oprandi (Ita) 6-1 6-0; Catalina Castano (Col) bt Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Blr) 4-6 7-5 6-1; Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Ekaterina Afinogenova (Rus) 6-1 6-3.
Strasbourg International
Second round results from the Strasbourg International women's tournament on Wednesday:
Amelie Mauresmo (Fra x1) bt Varvara Lepchenko (Uzb) 6-4 6-1; Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa x6) bt Alicia Molik (Aus) 6-2 6-4; Li Na (Chn x4) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-2 6-3; Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) bt Aiko Nakamura (Jpn) 6-3 6-2; Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Caroline Maes (Bel) 6-1 6-4; Emilie Loit (Fra x9) bt Lilia Osterloh (USA) 6-1 6-0.
(China Daily 05/25/2007 page22)
