Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's games (home team in CAPS):
BOSTON 4 Cleveland 2
LA Dodgers 10 WASHINGTON 0
PITTSBURGH 4 San Diego 1
TORONTO 3 NY Yankees 2
Arizona 11 PHILADELPHIA 5
Detroit 14 TAMPA BAY 2
NY METS 5 San Francisco 4 (12 innings)
Florida 9 CHICAGO CUBS 4
Cincinnati 2 HOUSTON 1
MILWAUKEE 5 Atlanta 4
Baltimore 6 KANSAS CITY 2
MINNESOTA 9 Chicago White Sox 2
COLORADO 8 St. Louis 3
LA ANGELS 4 Seattle 1
Texas 4 OAKLAND 0
Golf
Latest world rankings
NEW YORK: Latest world golf rankings issued on Monday: (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets)
1. (1) Tiger Woods 20.28 points
2. (2) Phil Mickelson 9.52
3. (3) Jim Furyk 7.87
4. (4) Adam Scott (Australia) 7.02
5. (5) Ernie Els (South Africa) 6.75
6. (6) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 6.25
7. (7) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 6.11
8. (8) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 5.80
9. (10) Luke Donald (Britain) 5.47
10. (9) Retief Goosen (South Africa) 5.40
11. (11) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 5.29
12. (12) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 5.26
13. (13) Zach Johnson 4.73
14. (16) Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 4.66
15. (14) Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 4.52
16. (15) Paul Casey (England) 4.42
17. (28) Justin Rose (England) 3.67
18 (18) Stewart Cink 3.65
19. (17) Charles Howell III 3.60
20. (19) Steve Stricker 3.47
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA playoffs result on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
Eastern Conference finals
CLEVELAND 91 Detroit 87
(Best-of-seven series level at 2-2)
Tennis
French Open
PARIS: French Open first round results on Tuesday (x-denotes seeding):
Men's singles
Laurent Recouderc (Fra) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 7-6(4) 2-6 6-0 6-7(5) 6-3; Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Peter Luczak (Aus) 6-7(4) 5-7 6-3 6-3 6-1; Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) bt Agustin Calleri (Arg x26) 6-4 6-7(5) 7-3(5) 7-5; Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Vince Spadea (USA) 2-6 6-4 6-4 6-3; Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt James Blake (USA x8) 4-6 6-4 7-5 7-5; Juan Pablo Brzezicki (Arg) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) 6-1 3-6 6-2 6-1; Florent Serra (Fra) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 6-3 6-0 6-2; Rafael Nadal (Spa x2) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 7-5 6-3 6-2; Bohdan Ulihrach (Cze) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Svk x24) 6-2 5-7 6-7(3) 6-4 6-3; Gaston Gaudio (Arg) bt Marc Gicquel (Fra) 3-6 6-3 3-6 6-4 6-3; Jan Hajek (Cze) bt Thomas Johansson (Swe) 7-5 7-6(3) 7-6(3); Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) bt Florian Mayer (Ger x31) 6-3 6-4 6-2; Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Fernando Gonzalez (Chi x5) 6-2 6-2 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger x28) bt Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 6-2 3-6 7-5 4-6 17-15; Jarkko Nieminen (Fin x20) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-2 6-4 7-6(2); Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Tim Henman (GBR) 6-4 6-3 6-2; Kristian Pless (Den) bt Lu Yen-Hsun (Tpe) 6-3 6-2 7-6(1); Ivan Navarro (Spa) bt Boris Pasanski (Ser) 7-6(1) 6-4 6-4; Nicolas Massu (Chi) bt Luis Horna (Per) 6-4 7-5 3-6 6-7(1) 6-2; Lleyton Hewitt (Aus x14) bt Max Mirnyi (Blr) 6-3 6-1 6-3; Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Andy Roddick (USA x3) 3-6 6-4 6-3 6-4; Dmitry Tursunov (Rus x21) bt Alessio Di Mauro (Ita) 6-3 6-4 3-6 6-3; Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Jerome Haehnel (Fra) 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-0; Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 4-6 6-4 6-2 3-6 6-1; Olivier Patience (Fra) bt Jonathan Eysseric (Fra) 6-1 3-6 6-2 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny (Rus x13) bt Jan Hernych (Cze) (Hernych retired); Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt Marcos Daniel (Bra) 6-1 4-1 (Daniel retired); Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Nicolas Devilder (Fra) 6-4 6-3 6-3; David Nalbandian (Arg x15) bt Lee Hyung-Taik (Kor) 6-2 6-1 3-6 6-3; Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Robin Soederling (Swe x25) 7-6(4) 4-1 (Soederling retired); Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp x16) bt Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 6-3 6-2 6-4; Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa x17) bt Amer Delic (USA) 6-7(2) 6-3 6-3 6-4; Nicolas Almagro (Spa x32) bt Justin Gimelstob (USA) 6-4 6-4 6-4; Stefan Koubek (Aut) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-7(7) 7-6(1) 6-4 1-2 (C. Rochus retired); Martin Vassallo Arguello (Arg) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-3 6-3 6-7(3) 7-6(4); Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg x18) bt Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 6-7(5) 6-0 6-3 6-3; Werner Eschauer (Aut) bt Alexandre Sidorenko (Fra) 6-3 3-6 6-3 5-4 (Sidorenko retired); Richard Gasquet (Fra x11) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 6-3 6-2 6-2; Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa) 0-6 5-7 6-2 7-5 6-4; Kristof Vliegen (Bel) bt Danai Udomchoke (Tha) 6-2 6-4 6-3: Carlos Berlocq (Arg) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra x30) 6-7(5) 7-5 6-2 6-3; Mathieu Montcourt (Fra) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 6-3 6-1 6-3; Filippo Volandri (Ita x29) bt Paul Capdeville (Chi) 6-3 7-5 6-3; Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 3-6 2-6 6-1 6-2 6-4; Ivan Ljubicic (Cro x7) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-1 7-5 7-6(2); Konstantinos Economidis (Gre) bt Chris Guccione (Aus) 6-7(6) 6-4 6-4 6-1; Roger Federer (Swi x1) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-4 6-2 6-4; Juergen Melzer (Aut x27) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-4 7-5 6-4; Guillermo Canas (Arg x19) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-3 6-1 6-4; Tommy Robredo (Spa x9) bt Sergio Roitman (Arg) 6-3 6-4 6-2; Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Alexander Peya (Aut) 6-1 6-4 2-1 (Peya retired); Thierry Ascione (Fra) bt Marin Cilic (Cro) 6-2 6-2 6-1; Simone Bolelli (Ita) bt Martin Verkerk (Ned) 6-1 6-4 6-4.
Women's singles
Catalina Castano (Col) bt Emma Laine (Fin) 1-6 7-5 6-4; Andrea Petkovic (Ger) bt Jarmila Gajdosova (Svk) 4-6 6-3 6-3; Olga Savchuk (Ukr) bt Yaroslava Shvedova (Rus) 7-5 7-5; 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; Francesca Schiavone (Ita x23) bt Yvonne Meusburger (Aut) 6-2 6-4; Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Casey Dell'Acqua (Aus) 6-3 4-6 6-4; Milagros Sequera (Ven) bt Virginie Razzano (Frae) 5-7 6-3 9-7; Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) bt Zheng Jie (Chn) 7-6(3) 6-0; Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) bt Anastasiya Yakimova (Blr) 7-6(3) 6-1; Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) bt Vania King (USA) 7-6(5) 4-6 6-3; Shenay Perry (USA) bt Olivia Sanchez (Fra) 3-6 6-4 6-3; Pauline Parmentier (Fra) bt Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) 6-4 3-6 7-5; Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-3 6-0; Kveta Peschke (Cze) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus x11) 7-5 5-7 6-0; Nuria Llagostera (Spa) bt Anna Smashnova (Isr) 6-2 7-5; Mathilde Johansson (Fra) bt Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Ger) 7-5 6-4; Elena Dementieva (Rus x13) bt Angelique Kerber (Ger) 6-3 6-2; Mara Santangelo (Ita x28) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) 6-1 6-4; Nicole Vaidisova (Cze x6) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Swi) 6-4 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (Ser x4) bt Stephanie Foretz (Fra) 6-2 6-2.
Yesterday's results
Men's singles 1st rd
Oscar Hernandez (ESP) bt Juan-Pablo Guzman (ARG) 7-6 (7/4), 6-0, 6-2; Carlos Moya (ESP x23) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0; Novak Djokovic (SRB x6) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x10) 7-5, 6-4, 6-4; Diego Hartfield (ARG) bt Robby Ginepri (USA) 6-4, 1-6, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; Flavio Cipolla (ITA) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 5-2 retired; David Ferrer (ESP x12) bt Daniele Bracciali (ITA) 6-1, 6-1, 6-2;
2nd rd
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Marat Safin (RUS x22) 6-4, 6-4, 7-5; Tommy Robredo (ESP x9) bt Konstantinos Economidis (GRE) 6-4, 7-5, 6-4;
Women's singles 1st rd
Ana Ivanovic (SRB x7) bt Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) 6-2, 6-0; Edina Gallovits (ROM) bt Vasilisa Bardina (RUS) 6-0, 4-0 retired; Alona Bondarenko (UKR x22) bt Iveta Benesova (CZE) 6-0, 6-1; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x3) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) 6-0, 6-3; Karin Knapp (ITA) bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 6-1, 6-1; Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 6-1, 6-0; Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x9) bt Alicia Molik (AUS) 6-2, 6-3; Shahar Peer (ISR x15) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 6-1, 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO x17) bt Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 6-1, 6-3; Vera Dushevina (RUS) bt Camille Pin (FRA) 6-4, 6-4; Ai Sugiyama (JPN x21) bt Eva Birnerova (CZE) 6-3, 6-4; Agnes Szavay (HUN) bt Anne Kremer (LUX) 7-5, 6-2; Jill Craybas (USA) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Emilie Loit (FRA) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4); Nathalie Dechy (FRA) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-2, 6-7 (3/7), 6-0; Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) bt Youlia Fedossova (FRA) 6-3, 6-2; Sania Mirza (IND) bt Alberta Brianti (ITA) 6-1, 6-1; Nicole Pratt (AUS) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2; Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) bt Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) bt Julia Schruff (GER) 6-1, 6-4; Olga Poutchkova (RUS) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 7-5, 0-6, 6-3; Annabel Medina Garrigues (ESP x24) bt Varvara Lepchenko (UZB) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) bt Zuzana Ondraskova (CZE) 6-0, 6-1; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x12) bt Jelena Kostanic Tosic (CRO) 6-3, 6-1; Patty Schnyder (SUI x14) bt Martina Sucha (SVK) 2-6, 6-1, 6-2; Amelie Mauresmo (FRA x5) bt Laura Granville (USA) 6-0, 7-5; Lucie Safarova (CZE x25) bt Yulia Beygelzimer (UKR) 6-4, 6-3;
2nd rd
Elena Dementieva (RUS x13) bt Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 7-5, 7-5; Mara Santangelo (ITA x28) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) 6-3, 6-2; Sybille Bammer (AUT x20) bt Olga Savchuk (UKR) 6-0, 6-3; Dinara Safina (RUS x10) bt Tzipora Obziler (ISR) 6-1, 6-0; Venus Williams (USA x26) bt Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-1 7-6(8).
(China Daily 05/31/2007 page22)
