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BASEBALL

NEW YORK: Results from Monday's MLB games (home team in CAPS):

CINCINNATI 4 Pittsburgh 0

Atlanta 2 MILWAUKEE 1

MINNESOTA 10 Chicago White Sox 4

Florida 5 CHICAGO CUBS 3

COLORADO 6 St. Louis 2

Arizona 5 PHILADELPHIA 4

TORONTO 7 NY Yankees 2

Baltimore 9 KANSAS CITY 1

ATAMPA BAY 6 Detroit 5

Seattle 12 LA ANGELS 5

OAKLAND 5 Texas 3

Standings

American League

Eastern Division

W L PCT GB

Boston 35 15 .700 -

Baltimore 24 27 .471 11 1/2

Toronto 23 27 .460 12

NY Yankees 21 28 .429 13 1/2

Tampa Bay 21 28 .429 13 1/2

Central Division

Cleveland 31 18 .633 -

Detroit 29 21 .580 2 1/2

Chi White Sox 24 22 .522 5 1/2

Minnesota 25 25 .500 6 1/2

Kansas City 19 33 .365 13 1/2

Western Division

LA Angels 31 21 .596 -

Seattle 25 22 .532 3 1/2

Oakland 25 25 .500 5

Texas 18 33 .353 12 1/2

National League

Eastern Division

NY Mets 32 17 .653 -

Atlanta 29 22 .569 4

Philadelphia 26 25 .510 7

Florida 24 27 .471 9

Washington 21 30 .412 12

Central Division

Milwaukee 28 23 .549 -

Chicago Cubs 22 27 .449 5

Pittsburgh 22 28 .440 5 1/2

Houston 21 29 .420 6 1/2

St. Louis 20 28 .417 6 1/2

Cincinnati 19 33 .365 9 1/2

Western Division

LA Dodgers 29 21 .580 -

San Diego 29 21 .580 -

Arizona 30 23 .566 1/2

San Francisco 24 25 .490 4 1/2

Colorado 24 27 .471 5 1/2

Badminton

The latest International Badminton men's and women's singles and doubles rankings updated on May 24, 2007:

Men singles

Rank Player ASSN Pts

1 LIN Dan CHN 78161

2 CHEN Jin CHN 61111

3 CHEN Hong CHN 60691

4 LEE Chong Wei MAS 59671

5 CHEN Yu CHN 56320

6 BAO Chunlai CHN 56141

7 GADE CHRISTENSEN Peter DEN 48400

8 PONSANA Boonsak THA 44671

9 HASHIM Muhd Hafiz B MAS 43010

10 JONASSEN Kenneth DEN 39260

11 SATO Shoji JPN 38530

12 HIDAYAT Taufik INA 37790

13 DWI KUNCORO Sony INA 37110

14 LEE Yen Hui Kendrick SIN 36090

15 LEE Tsuen Seng MAS 34770

16 SMITH Andrew ENG 34751

17 SUSILO Ronald SIN 34460

18 HASHIM M. Roslin MAS 33630

19 PALYAMA Dicky NED 32960

20 AYOB Sairul Amar MAS 32810

Women's singles

1 ZHANG Ning CHN 74861

2 XIE Xingfang CHN 71001

3 ZHU Lin CHN 56060

4 WANG Chen HKG 55531

5 XU Huaiwen GER 55000

6 PI Hongyan FRA 50550

7 YAO Jie NED 50361

8 LU Lan CHN 49770

9 JIANG Yanjiao CHN 49461

10 NEDELTCHEVA Petya BUL 45180

11 WONG Mew Choo MAS 42110

12 HIROSE Eriko JPN 41940

13 YIP Pui Yin HKG 40190

14 RASMUSSEN Tine DEN 37010

15 HUANG Chia-Chi AUS 35741

16 HWANG Hye Youn KOR 35300

17 MORI Kaori JPN 34560

18 LI Li SIN 33580

19 WONG Pei Xian Julia MAS 33390

20 KARACHKOVA Ella RUS 32841

Men's doubles

1 FU Haifeng/CAI Yun CHN 75791

2 KOO Kien Keat/TAN Boon Heong MAS 55410

3 ERIKSEN Jens/LUNDGAARD HANSEN Martin DEN 54800

4 CHOONG Tan Fook/LEE Wan Wah MAS 53221

5 WIJAYA Candra/GUNAWAN Tony INA/USA 52850

6 KIDO Markis/SETIAWAN Hendra INA 50020

7 JUNG Jae Sung/LEE Yong Dae KOR 49160

8 SUKMAWAN Rian/HIAN Eng INA 41871

9 NJOTO Albertus Susanto/WIRATAMA Yohan Hadikusumo HKG 39720

10 CLARK Anthony/BLAIR Robert ENG 38450

Women's doubles

1 ZHANG Yawen/WEI Yili CHN 66261

2 GAO Ling/HUANG Sui CHN 64271

3 YANG Wei/ZHANG Jiewen CHN 56241

4 LEE Kyung Won/LEE Hyo Jung KOR 51350

5 CHIEN Yu Chin/CHENG Wen-Hsing TPE 48921

6 WONG Pei Tty/CHIN Eei Hui MAS 47811

7 DU Jing/YU Yang(F) CHN 46680

8 JIANG Yanmei/LI Yujia SIN 45761

9 OGURA Kumiko/SHIOTA Reiko JPN 41420

10 NURSUGIANTI Endang/MUNDIASTI Rani INA 41260

NBA

NEW YORK: NBA playoffs result on Monday (home team in CAPS):

Western Conference finals

San Antonio 91 UTAH 79

(San Antonio leads best-of-seven series 3-1)

NHL

NEW YORK: Result from Game One of the Stanley Cup finals on Monday (home team in CAPS):

ANAHEIM 3 Ottawa 2

(Anaheim leads the best-of-seven series 1-0)

Table Tennis

The latest International Table Tennis men's and women's singles rankings updated on May 27, 2007:

Men

Rank Name Assn

1 (2) 12739 WANG Liqin CHN

2 (1) 12731 MA Lin CHN

3 (4) 12595 WANG Hao CHN

4 (3) 12592 BOLL Timo GER

5 (6) 12406 SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR

6 (5) 12377 OH Sang Eun KOR

7 (9) 12299 RYU Seung Min KOR

8 (7) 12296 CHEN Qi CHN

9 (8) 12263 MA Long CHN

10 (\<\<) 12232 HAO Shuai CHN

11 (14) 12193 JOO Se Hyuk KOR

12 (13) 12158 HOU Yingchao CHN

13 (11) 12118 SCHLAGER Werner AUT

14 (12) 12107 LI Ching HKG

15 (\<\<) 12095 KREANGA Kalinikos GRE

16 (\<\<) 12086 CHUAN Chih-Yuan TPE

17 (\<\<) 12044 CHEN Weixing AUT

18 (25) 11991 GAO Ning SIN

19 (20) 11978 KONG Linghui CHN

19 (23) 11978 LEE Jung Woo KOR

21 (18) 11977 SMIRNOV Alexei RUS

22 (19) 11968 MAZE Michael DEN

23 (26) 11966 KAN Yo JPN

23 (21) 11967 LIU Guozheng CHN

24 (22) 11936 KORBEL Petr CZE

25 (24) 11932 KO Lai Chak HKG

26 (27) 11902 CRISAN Adrian ROM

27 (29) 11896 CHEUNG Yuk HKG

28 (\<\<) 11891 PRIMORAC Zoran HRV

29 (31) 11878 CHIANG Peng-Lung TPE

30 (\<\<) 11867 BLASZCZYK Lucjan POL

Women

1 (\<\<) 12696 ZHANG Yining CHN

2 (\<\<) 12608 WANG Nan CHN

3 (4) 12582 GUO Yue CHN

4 (3) 12545 GUO Yan CHN

5 (\<\<) 12493 LI Xiaoxia CHN

6 (\<\<) 12339 TIE Yana HKG

7 (\<\<) 12333 LI Jia Wei SIN

8 (\<\<) 12261 WANG Yue Gu SIN

9 (12) 12189 KIM Kyung Ah KOR

10 (9) 12174 NIU Jianfeng CHN

11 (10) 12168 JIANG Huajun HKG

12 (11) 12129 FUKUHARA Ai JPN

12 (14) 12129 LIU Jia AUT

14 (13) 12121 GAO Jun USA

15 (\<\<) 12098 LI Jiao NED

16 (\<\<) 12050 LIN Ling HKG

17 (19) 11990 SUN Bei Bei SIN

18 (17) 11988 HIRANO Sayaka JPN

19 (18) 11976 CAO Zhen CHN

20 (21) 11959 ZHANG Rui HKG

21 (20) 11954 SHEN Yanfei ESP

22 (\<\<) 11952 PARK Mi Young KOR

23 (30) 11923 LAU Sui Fei HKG

24 (\<\<) 11916 WU Jiaduo GER

25 (47) 11907 WANG Chen USA

26 (27) 11903 TAN Wenling ITA

27 (23) 11895 FUKUOKA Haruna JPN

28 (25) 11878 LI Qian POL

28 (46) 11878 PENG Luyang CHN

30 (\<\<) 11876 TOTH Krisztina HUN

TENNIS

French Open

PARIS: Results on Tuesday on the third day of the French Open (x denotes seeding):-

Men's singles

1st round

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x13) bt Jan Hernych (CZE) - walkover; Thierry Ascione (FRA) bt Marin Cilic (CZE) 6-2, 6-2, 6-1; Simon Bolelli (ITA) bt Martin Verkerk (NED) 6-1, 6-4, 6-4; Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) bt Alexander Peya (AUT) 6-1, 6-4, 2-1 retired; Guillermo Canas (ARG x19) bt Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-3, 6-1, 6-4; Jurgen Melzer (AUT x27) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG) 6-4, 7-5, 6-4; Tommy Robredo (ESP x9) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-3, 6-4, 2-1; Konstantinos Economidis (GRE) bt Chris Guccione (AUS) 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-4, 6-1; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-4, 6-2, 6-4; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x7) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA) 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (7/2); Juan Monaco (ARG) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 3-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA x30) 6-7 (7/5), 7-5, 6-2, 6-3; Filippo Volandri (ITA x29) bt Paul Capdeville (CHI) 6-3, 7-5, 6-3; Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-3, 6-1, 6-3; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) 0-6, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5, 6-4; Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Danai Udomchoke (THA) 6-2, 6-4, 6-3; Werner Eschauer (AUT) bt Alexandre Sidorenko (FRA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 5-4 retired; Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) bt Alejandro Falla (COL) 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 (7/4); Stefan Koubek (AUT) bt Christophe Rochus (BEL) 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 1-2 retired; Richard Gasquet (FRA x11) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.

Women's singles

1st rd

Jelena Jankovic (SRB x4) bt Stephanie Foretz (FRA) 6-2, 6-2; Nicole Vaidisova (CZE x6) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (SUI) 6-4, 6-3; Elena Dementieva (RUS x13) bt Angelique Kerber (GER) 6-3, 6-2; Mathilde Johansson (FRA) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) 7-5, 6-4; Mara Santangelo (ITA x28) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-1, 6-4; Kveta Peschke (CZE) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS x11) 7-5, 5-7, 6-0; Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) bt Anna Smashnova (ISR) 6-2, 7-5; Maria Kirilenko (RUS) bt Elena Camerin (ITA) 6-3, 6-0; Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) bt Vania King (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 6-3; Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) bt Anastasia Yakimova (BLR) 7-6 (7/3), 6-1; Pauline Parmentier (FRA) bt Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) 6-4, 3-6, 7-5; Shenay Perry (USA) bt Olivia Sanchez (FRA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Timean Bacsinszky (SUI) bt Zheng Jie(CHN) 7-6 (7/3), 6-0; Milagros Sequera (VEN) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 5-7, 6-3, 9-7; Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Francesca Shiavone (ITA x23) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 6-2, 6-4; Marion Bartoli (FRA x18) bt Aravane Rezai (FRA) 6-2, 6-4; Tzipora Obziler (ISR) bt Melinda Czink (HUN) 6-3, 6-4; Sybille Bammer (AUT x20) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA) 6-4, 6-4; Olga Savchuk (UKR) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (RUS) 7-5, 7-5.

(China Daily 05/30/2007 page22)