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China Daily | Updated: 2007-07-19 06:46

Baseball

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

Kansas City 9 BOSTON 3

NY YANKEES 3 Toronto 2 (10 innings)

CLEVELAND 6 Chicago White Sox 5 (11 innings)

Cincinnati 6 ATLANTA 5

San Francisco 4 CHICAGO CUBS 2

MILWAUKEE 3 Arizona 2

Detroit 1 MINNESOTA 0

FLORIDA 4 St. Louis 0

Houston 4 WASHINGTON 2

Colorado 6 PITTSBURGH 2

TAMPA BAY 8 LA Angels 3

CYCLING

Tour de France

Briancon, France: Results from the ninth stage of the Tour de France, a 159.5km ride from Val-d'Iscre to Briancon on Tuesday:

1. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) 4h14min 24sec (average: 37,618 km/h)

2. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/CEP) at 0:38.

3. Cadel Evans (AUS/PRE) 0:38.

4. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 0:40.

5. Iban Mayo (ESP/SDU) 0:42.

6. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 0:42.

7. Levi Leipheimer (USA/DIS) 0:42.

8. Kim Kirchen (LUX/MOB) 0:46.

9. Andreas Kloden (GER/AST) 0:46.

10. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 0:46.

11. Christophe Moreau (FRA/A2R) 0:54.

12. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 0:54.

13. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 1:32.

14. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/SDU) 1:36.

15. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (ESP/CEP) 1:49.

Overall standings

1. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 43h52min 48sec

2. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/CEP) at 2:35.

3. Iban Mayo (ESP/SDU) 2:39.

4. Cadel Evans (AUS/PRE) 2:41.

5. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 3:08.

6. Christophe Moreau (FRA/A2R) 3:18.

7. Carlos Sastre (ESP/CSC) 3:39.

8. Andreas Kloden (GER/AST) 3:50.

9. Levi Leipheimer (USA/DIS) 3:53.

10. Kim Kirchen (LUX/MOB) 5:06.

11. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 5:20.

12. Andre? Kashechkin (KAZ/AST) 5:34.

13. Frank Schleck (LUX/CSC) 5:56.

14. Oscar Pereiro (ESP/CEP) 6:36.

15. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/EUS) 6:42.

Points:

1. Tom Boonen (BEL/QST) 147 pts

2. Erik Zabel (GER/MIL) 134

3. Robert Hunter (RSA/BAR) 103

4. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) 101

5. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 94

King of Mountains:

1. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 98 pts

2. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) 79

3. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 69

4. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 51

5. Laurent Lefevre (FRA/BOU) 50

Team overall:

1. Caisse d'Epargne/Balares 131h52:51.

2. Discovery Channel at 0:06.

3. Astana 3:02.

4. CSC 5:34.

5. Rabobank 8:19.

6. Euskaltel 8:46.

7. Saunier Duval 20:30.

8. AG2R 25:12.

9. Predictor 26:26.

10. T-Mobile 37:05.

Best young riders (overall):

1. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 43h55:56.

2. Linus Gerdemann (GER/MOB) at 3:37.

3. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) 3:41.

4. Kanstantsin Siutsou (BLR/BAR) 5:52.

5. Vladimir Gusev (RUS/DIS) 9:12.

TENNIS

Stuttgart ATP

STUTTGART, Germany: Results at the Stuttgart ATP claycourt tournament on Tuesday (x denotes seeded player): 1st rd: Stefan Koubek (AUT) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG) 6-2, 7-5; Juan Monaco (ARG x8) bt Jan Hernych (CZE) 6-2, 6-1; Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG x7) bt Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6-3, 6-3; Tomas Berdych (CZE x3) bt Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) 6-1, 6-1; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG x5) 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 1-0 - retired; David Ferrer (ESP x4) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK) 6-2, 6-2; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Simon Greul (GER) 6-1, 6-2; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 6-7 (5/7), 7-6 (9/7), 6-4; Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Alexander Waske (GER) 6-1, 6-1.

Amersfoort ATP

AMERSFOORT, The Netherlands: Amersfoort ATP claycourt tournament results on Tuesday: 1st rd: Florent Serra (FRA) bt Nicolay Davidenko (RUS x1) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Thiemo De Bakker (NED) bt Nicolas Massu (CHI) 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/5); Carlos Moya (ESP x3) bt Christophe Rochus (BEL) 6-2, 6-3; Raymon Sluiter (NED) bt Luis Horna (PER) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Werner Eschauer (AUT) bt Nicolas Almargo (ESP x7) 7-6 (7/1), 6-4; Steve Darcis (BEL) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA x8) 6-3, 6-4; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 6-1, 6-1; Filippo Volandri (ITA x4) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-2, 6-4; Sergio Roitman (ARG) bt Jeremy Chardy (FRA) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1; Mikhail Youznhy (RUS x2) bt Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG) 6-2, 7-5.

Palermo WTA

PALERMO, Italy: Results on the second day of the WTA Palermo tennis tournament on Tuesday: 1st rd: Conchita Martinez Granados (ESP) bt Caroline Wozniaki (DEN) 6-3, 6-3; Edina Gallovits (ROM) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 6-0, 6-1; Agnes Szavay (HUN x8) bt Iona Raluca Olaru (ROM) 6-2, 6-1; Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) bt Antonella Serra Zanetti (ITA) 6-3, 6-3; Sara Errani (ITA) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 6-2, 6-0; Martina Muller (GER x2) bt Andreja Klepac (SLO) 6-2, 6-1; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x3) bt Maryia Korittseva (UKR) 6-1, 6-4; Klara Zakopalova (CZE) bt Silvia Disderi (ITA) 6-2, 6-3; Emilie Loit (FRA x4) bt Maria Martinez Sanchez (ESP) 6-4, 6-3; Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST x7) 6-2, 6-4; Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) bt Ekaterina Ivanova (RUS) 6-3, 6-1; Karin Knapp (ITA) bt Roberta Vinci (ITA x5) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Los Angeles ATP

LOS ANGELES, California: Results at the Los Angeles ATP hardcourt tournament on Tuesday: 1st rd: James Blake (USA x2) bt Alexander Peya (AUT) 7-5, 6-4; Vincent Spadea (USA) bt Thiago Alves (BRA) 7-6 (7/2), 6-2; Ricardo Mello (BRA) bt Phillip King (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 6-1, ret.; Wesley Moodie (RSA) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN) 6-3, 6-2; Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) bt David Nalbandian (ARG x4) 7-6 (7/5), 7-5; Mardy Fish (USA x6) bt Sam Querrey (USA) 7-5, 6-4; George Bastl (SUI) bt Ilia Bozoljac (SRB) 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-3.

Cincinnati WTA

CINCINNATI, Ohio: Results on Tuesday, the second day of the WTA hardcourt tennis tournament (x denotes seed): 1st rd: Bethanie Mattek (USA) bt Iryna Kuryanovich (BLR) 6-1, 6-3; Varvara Lepchenko (UZB) bt Kirsten Flower (USA) 6-2, 6-2; Anda Perianu (ROM) bt Melinda Czink (HUN) 6-3, 6-2; Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) bt Connie Hsu (CHN) 6-1, 6-3; Anna Tatishvili (GEO) bt Aiko Nakamura (JPN x5) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/4); Elena Vesnina (RUS x6) bt Angelika Bachmann (GER) 6-3, 6-4; Jill Craybas (USA x9) bt Alexa Glatch (USA) 6-2, 6-4; Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED) bt Catalina Castano (COL) 6-2, 6-4; Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x1) bt Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 6-4, 6-0; Patty Schnyder (SUI x2) bt Monique Adamczak (AUS) 6-2, 7-5; Angelique Kerber (GER) bt Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0, ret; Olga Govortsova (BLR) bt Alina Jidkova (RUS) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

(China Daily 07/19/2007 page22)