Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Baseball results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
NY Yankees 10 TORONTO 5
Cleveland 8 BOSTON 4
Florida 9 CHICAGO CUBS 0
Cincinnati 4 HOUSTON 3
Atlanta 9 MILWAUKEE 3
MINNESOTA 7 Chicago White Sox 6
OAKLAND 6 Texas 1
LA Dodgers 5 WASHINGTON 0
Arizona 4 PHILADELPHIA 3
San Diego 9 PITTSBURGH 0
TAMPA BAY 5 Detroit 3
San Francisco 3 NY METS 0
Baltimore 3 KANSAS CITY 0
St. Louis 8 COLORADO 4
LA ANGELS 8 Seattle 6
Standings
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 36 16 .692 -
Baltimore 26 27 .491 10 1/2
Toronto 24 28 .462 12
NY Yankees 22 29 .431 13 1/2
Tampa Bay 22 29 .431 13 1/2
Central Division
Cleveland 32 19 .627 -
Detroit 30 22 .577 2 1/2
Minnesota 27 25 .519 5 1/2
Chi White Sox 24 24 .500 6 1/2
Kansas City 19 35 .352 14 1/2
Western Division
LA Angels 33 21 .611 -
Seattle 25 24 .510 5 1/2
Oakland 26 26 .500 6
Texas 19 34 .358 13 1/2
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 33 18 .647 -
Atlanta 30 23 .566 4
Florida 26 27 .491 8
Philadelphia 26 27 .491 8
Washington 21 32 .396 13
Central Division
Milwaukee 29 24 .547 -
Pittsburgh 23 29 .442 5 1/2
Chicago Cubs 22 29 .431 6
St. Louis 21 29 .420 6 1/2
Houston 21 31 .404 7 1/2
Cincinnati 21 33 .389 8 1/2
Western Division
LA Dodgers 31 21 .596 -
Arizona 32 23 .582 1/2
San Diego 30 22 .577 1
San Francisco 25 26 .490 5 1/2
Colorado 25 28 .472 6 1/2
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA playoff semi-final result on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 4 T
SAN ANTONIO 34 21 28 26 109
Utah 15 24 17 28 84
(San Antonio wins the best-of-seven series 4-1)
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL playoffs Stanley Cup result from Anaheim, California on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 T
ANAHEIM 0 0 1 1
Ottawa 0 0 0 0
(Anaheim leads the best-of-seven series by 2-0)
Soccer
Libertadores Cup
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil: Libertadores Cup semi-final first-leg result on Wednesday:
Semi-final, first leg
Gremio (Brazil) 2 Santos (Brazil) 0
Next Fixtures:
Semi-final, first leg
Friday, June 1 (GMT)
Cucuta (Colombia) v Boca Juniors (Argentina) (0000).
Tennis
French Open
PARIS: French Open results on Wednesday (prefix denotes seeding):
Men's singles
Second Round
Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt Radek Stepanek (Cze) 3-6 6-1 0-6 6-4 6-4; Roger Federer (Swi x1) bt Thierry Ascione (Fra) 6-1 6-2 7-6; Filippo Volandri (Ita x29) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (Arg) 7-6 7-5 6-2; Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spa x32) 2-6 6-2 6-7 6-4 6-4; David Nalbandian (Arg x15) bt Ivan Navarro (Spa) 7-5 6-4 6-4; Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg x18) 3-6 6-3 6-3 6-1; Potito Starace (Ita) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 6-2 6-4 6-2; Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa x17) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-4 7-5 6-3; Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Juergen Melzer (Aut x27) 6-2 6-3 6-2; Nikolay Davydenko (Rus x4) bt Werner Eschauer (Aut) 7-5 6-3 6-1; Mikhail Youzhny (Rus x13) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 6-3 6-0 6-4; Kristof Vliegen (Bel) bt Richard Gasquet (Fra x11) 7-6 6-3 6-1; Tommy Robredo (Spa x9) bt Konstantinos Economidis (Gre) 6-4 7-5 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) bt Marat Safin (Rus x22) 6-4 6-4 7-5.
First Round
Flavio Cipolla (Ita) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus) 7-6 6-3 5-2 (Gabashvili retired); Carlos Moya (Spa x23) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-1 3-6 6-3 2-6 6-0; David Ferrer (Spa x12) bt Daniele Bracciali (Ita) 6-1 6-1 6-2; Novak Djokovic (Ser x6) bt Santiago Giraldo (Col) 6-3 7-6 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) bt Tomas Berdych (Cze x10) 7-5 6-4 6-4; Oscar Hernandez (Spa) bt Juan Pablo Guzman (Arg) 7-6 6-0 6-2
Women's singles
Second Round
Nicole Vaidisova (Cze x6) bt Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) 6-2 6-4; Li Na (Chn x16) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-3 3-6 6-4; Samantha Stosur (Aus x27) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-1 3-6 7-5; Jelena Jankovic (Ser x4) bt Catalina Castano (Col) 6-3 6-3; Justine Henin (Bel x1) bt Tamira Paszek (Aut) 7-5 6-1; Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) bt Kveta Peschke (Cze) 6-1 6-1; Michaella Krajicek (Ned) bt Shenay Perry (USA) 6-4 5-7 6-1; Marion Bartoli (Fra x18) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 0-6 6-2 6-3; Francesca Schiavone (Ita x23) bt Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 6-3 7-6(5); Tathiana Garbin (Ita x19) bt Nuria Llagostera (Spa) 6-4 6-3; Venus Williams (USA x26) bt Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-1 7-6(8); 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.
First Round
Olga Poutchkova (Rus) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 7-5 0-6 6-3; Nicole Pratt (Aus) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 7-6(3) 6-2; Lucie Safarova (Cze x25) bt Yulia Beygelzimer (Ukr) 6-4 6-3; Sania Mirza (Ind) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-1 6-1; Patty Schnyder (Swi x14) bt Martina Sucha (Svk) 2-6 6-1 6-2; Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) bt Chan Yung-Jan (Tpe) 4-6 7-5 6-3; Tatiana Poutchek (Bel) bt Youlia Fedossova (Fra) 6-3 6-2; Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt Julia Schruff (Ger) 6-1 6-4; Daniela Hantuchova (Svk x12) bt Jelena Kostanic Tosic (Cro) 6-3 6-1; Katerina Bondarenko (Ukr) bt Zuzana Ondraskova (Cze) 6-0 6-1; Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6-2 6-7(3) 6-0; Anabel Medina (Spa x24) bt Varvara Lepchenko (Uzb) 6-1 2-6 6-2; Maria Sharapova (Rus x2) bt Emilie Loit (Fra) 6-3 7-6(4); Jill Craybas (USA) bt Lourdes Dominguez (Spa) 6-1 2-6 6-4; Agnes Szavay (Hun) bt Anne Kremer (Lux) 7-5 6-2; Vera Dushevina (Rus) bt Camille Pin (Fra) 6-4 6-4; Ai Sugiyama (JPN x21) bt Eva Birnerova (Cze) 6-3 6-4; Anna Chakvetadze (Rus x9) bt Alicia Molik (Aus) 6-2 6-3; Karin Knapp (Ita) bt Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 6-1 6-1; Katarina Srebotnik (Slo x17) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Rus) 6-1 6-3; Shahar Peer (Isr x15) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-1 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus x3) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (Rus) 6-0 6-3; Edina Gallovits (Rom) bt Vasilisa Bardina (Rus) 6-0 4-0 (Bardina retired); Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) bt Anastasia Myskina (Rus) 6-1 6-0; Alona Bondarenko (Ukr x22) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-0 6-1; Ana Ivanovic (Ser x7) bt Sofia Arvidsson (Swe) 6-2 6-0.
On Thursday
Men's singles 2nd rd
Rafael Nadal (SPA x2) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 6-2, 6-1, 6-4; Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x16) bt Kristian Pless (DEN) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4; Novak Djokovic (SRB x6) at Laurent Recouderc (FRA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x20) bt Mathieu Montcourt (FRA) 6-1, 6-1, 6-4; Jan Hajek (CZE) bt Bohdan Ulihrach (CZE) 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 6-2; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x14) bt Gaston Gaudio (ARG) 4-6, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2; Olivier Patience (FRA) bt Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-4; Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2, 6-0; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x7) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-4, 6-3, 6-7 (3/7), 6-3.
Women's singles 2nd rd
Patty Schnyder (SUI x14) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 6-3, 6-2; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO x17) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6-4, 6-2; Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROM) bt Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 6-3, 6-0; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x7) bt Sania Mirza (IND) 6-1, 6-4; Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-2, 6-1; Lucie Safarova (CZE x25) bt Nicole Pratt (AUS) 6-0, 6-1; Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG x29) 7-5, 1-6, 8-6; Serena Williams (USA x8) bt Milagros Sequera (VEN) 6-0, 7-6 (7/3); Shahar Peer (ISR x15) bt Edina Gallovits (ROM) 6-4, 6-1; Karin Knapp (ITA) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR x22) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
(China Daily 06/01/2007 page22)
