Score Board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results from the MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
Chicago White Sox 5 CLEVELAND 1
Colorado 5 PITTSBURGH 3
Cincinnati 5 ATLANTA 4 (15 innings)
WASHINGTON 7 Houston 6
CHICAGO CUBS 12 San Francisco 1
LA DODGERS 5 Philadelphia 4
OAKLAND 6 Texas 0
Kansas City 6 BOSTON 5
St. Louis 6 FLORIDA 0
TAMPA BAY 7 LA Angels 2
NY YANKEES 6 Toronto 1
Arizona 5 MILWAUKEE 2
Detroit 3 MINNESOTA 2
CYCLING
Tour de France
Marseille, France: Standings from the 10th stage of the Tour de France, a 229.5km ride from Tallard to Marseille on Wednesday:
1. Cedric Vasseur (FRA/QST) 5h20min 24sec (average: 42,978 km/h)
2. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) at 0:00.
3. Michael Albasini (SUI/LIQ) 0:00.
4. Patrice Halgand (FRA/C.A) 0:00.
5. Jens Voigt (GER/CSC) 0:00.
6. Staf Scheirlinckx (BEL/COF) 0:36.
7. Paolo Bossoni (ITA/LAM) 0:36.
8. Marcus Burghardt (GER/MOB) 1:01.
9. Aliaksandr Kuschynski (BLR/LIQ) 2:34.
10. Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP/RAB) 2:34.
Overall standings
1. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 49h23min 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.
Points:
1. Tom Boonen (BEL/QST) 160 pts
2. Erik Zabel (GER/MIL) 144
3. Robert Hunter (RSA/BAR) 114
4. Thor Hushovd (NOR/C.A) 110
5. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA/FDJ) 108
King of Mountains:
1. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 98 pts
2. Mauricio Soler (COL/BAR) 79
3. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR/DIS) 70
4. Mikel Astarloza (ESP/EUS) 51
5. Laurent Lefevre (FRA/BOU) 50
Team overall:
1. CSC 148h20:49.
2. Caisse d'Epargne/Baleares at 5:02.
3. Discovery Channel 5:08.
4. Rabobank 5:19.
5. Astana 8:04.
6. Euskaltel 13:48.
7. Saunier Duval 25:32.
8. AG2R 30:14.
9. Predictor 31:28.
10. T-Mobile 32:32.
Best young riders (overall):
1. Alberto Contador (ESP/DIS) 49h26:56.
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.
Soccer
Under-20 World Cup
TORONTO: Result from the Under-20 World Cup semifinal on Wednesday:
Austria 0 Czech Republic 2 (halftime: 0-2)
Next Fixtures:
Semifinal, Thursday, July 19 (GMT)
Chile v Argentina (2345)
3rd Place Play-off
Sunday, July 22 (GMT)
Austria v Loser SF 2 (1615)
Final, Sunday, July 22 (GMT)
Czech Republic v Winner SF 2 (1915)
TENNIS
Stuttgart ATP
STUTTGART, Germany: Results at the Stuttgart ATP hardcourt tournament on Wednesday (x denotes seeded player): 2nd rd:
Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG x7) bt Boris Pashanski (SRB) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) bt Marin Cilic (CRO) 6-4, 6-1; Jiri Vanek (CZE) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 1-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-2; Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt David Ferrer (ESP x4) 7-5, 6-3.
Palermo WTA
PALERMO, Italy: Results on the third day of the WTA Palermo tennis tournament on Wednesday:
2nd rd: Martina Muller (GER x2) bt Conchita Martinez Granados (ESP) 6-2, 6-1; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Edina Gallovits (ROM) 6-3, 6-1; Sara Errani (ITA) bt Eva Birnerova (CZE) 6-2, 6-0
1st rd
Kira Nagy (HUN) bt Tatjana Malek (GER) 6-2, 7-5.
Los Angeles ATP
LOS ANGELES, California: Results at the Los Angeles ATP hardcourt tournament on Wednesday: 2nd rd: Lee Hyung-taik (KOR) bt Wesley Moodie (RSA) 6-2, 3-0 retired (back); Michael Berrer (GER) bt Ricardo Mello (BRA) 6-3, 7-5; Nicolas Kiefer (GER) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 6-3, 6-2.
Cincinnati WTA
CINCINNATI, Ohio: Results on Wednesday, the third day of the WTA hardcourt tennis tournament (x denotes seed):
2nd rd
Sania Mirza (IND x3) bt Varvara Lepchenko (UZB) 6-2, 6-2; Akiko Morigami (JPN x7) bt Angelique Kerber (GER) 6-2, 6-2; Lilia Osterloh (USA) bt Anna Tatishvili (GEO) 7-5, 6-1; Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x1) bt Anda Perianu (ROM) 6-4, 6-3
1st rd
Yuan Meng (CHN) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
Amersfoort Open
AMERSFOORT: Amersfoort Open men's singles second round results on Wednesday: Robin Haase (Ned) bt Nicolas Devilder (Fra) 6-4 3-6 6-3; Mikhail Youzhny (Rus x2) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-4 6-2; Florent Serra (Fra) bt Thiemo de Bakker (Ned) 4-6 6-3 7-6(5); Evgeny Korolev (Rus) bt Sergio Roitman (Arg) 7-5 7-6(6).
(China Daily 07/20/2007 page22)
