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NEW YORK: Results from Monday's MLB games (home team in CAPS)
Philadelphia 4 CHICAGO CUBS 1
TAMPA BAY 5 Toronto 4 (11 innings)
MINNESOTA 3 Kansas City 1
Detroit 5 OAKLAND 2
SEATTLE 2 LA Angels 0
Standings:
American League
Eastern Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 64 41 .610 -
NY Yankees 56 49 .533 8
Toronto 52 53 .495 12
Baltimore 49 55 .471 14 1/2
Tampa Bay 40 65 .381 24
Central Division
Detroit 61 44 .581 -
Cleveland 60 45 .571 1
Minnesota 54 51 .514 7
Chicago White Sox 48 57 .457 13
Kansas City 47 58 .448 14
Western Division
LA Angels 61 43 .587 -
Seattle 58 46 .558 3
Oakland 49 57 .462 13
Texas 46 59 .438 15 1/2
National League
Eastern Division
NY Mets 59 46 .562 -
Philadelphia 56 49 .533 3
Atlanta 55 51 .519 4 1/2
Florida 49 57 .462 10 1/2
Washington 45 60 .429 14
Central Division
Milwaukee 57 49 .538 -
Chicago Cubs 55 49 .529 1
St. Louis 49 53 .480 6
Houston 46 59 .438 10 1/2
Cincinnati 45 61 .425 12
Pittsburgh 42 61 .408 13 1/2
Western Division
LA Dodgers 57 48 .543 -
Arizona 58 49 .542 -
San Diego 56 48 .538 0 1/2
Colorado 53 51 .510 3 1/2
San Francisco 45 58 .437 11
Tuesday's Games:
Baltimore (Bedard 10-4) at Boston (Beckett 13-4)
Texas (McCarthy 4-7) at Cleveland (Carmona 13-4)
Chicago White Sox (Contreras 5-13) at N.Y. Yankees (Mussina 5-7)
Toronto (Litsch 3-4) at Tampa Bay (Jackson 2-10)
Kansas City (De La Rosa 8-10) at Minnesota (Silva 8-11)
L.A. Angels (Lackey 12-6) at Seattle (Weaver 2-9)
Detroit (Verlander 11-3) at Oakland (Haren 12-3)
Basketball
Asian championships
TOKUSHIMA, Japan: Results from the Asian men's basketball championship here Tuesday, a qualifying tournament for the Beijing Olympics next year (top two teams from each group advance to the second stage):
Group III (playoffs for 9th-16th)
Philippines 107 Syria 100
Kuwait 72 India 68
Group IV (9th-16th)
China 98 Hong Kong 69
Indonesia 83 UAE 81
Golf
European Tour money list
NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2007 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):
1. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 2,059,508 euros
2. Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 1,733,310
3. Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 1,552,806
4. Ernie Els (South Africa) 1,405,528
5. Andres Romero (Argentina) 1,393,917
6. Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 1,330,326
7. Retief Goosen (South Africa) 1,301,010
8. Justin Rose 1,259,362
9. Richard Sterne (South Africa) 1,211,720
10. Colin Montgomerie 1,159,204
11. Sergio Garcia (Spain) 1,111,280
12. Paul Casey 1,107,355
13. Gregory Havret (France) 1,075,853
14. Soren Hansen (Denmark) 997,124
15. Graeme Storm 977,187
16. Richard Green (Australia) 966,578
17. Raphael Jacquelin (France) 919,184
18. Anders Hansen (Denmark) 855,149
19. Yang Yong-eun (South Korea) 815,579
20. Peter Hanson (Sweden) 775,127
PGA Tour money list
NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2007 PGA Tour on Monday (U.S. unless stated):
1. Tiger Woods $5,214,385
2. Vijay Singh (Fiji) $4,427,916
3. Phil Mickelson $4,120,588
4. Jim Furyk $3,798,266
5. K.J. Choi (South Korea) $3,438,492
6. Zach Johnson $3,072,288
7. Sergio Garcia (Spain) $2,959,916
8. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) $2,820,390
9. Adam Scott (Australia) $2,562,218
10. Charles Howell III $2,521,999
11. Steve Stricker $2,509,077
12. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) $2,349,774
13. Hunter Mahan $2,302,957
14. Scott Verplank $2,216,793
15. John Rollins $2,177,304
16. Aaron Baddeley (Australia) $2,157,384
17. Luke Donald (Britain) $2,033,246
18. Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) $1,985,930
19. Boo Weekley $1,968,259
20. David Toms $1,952,977
World Rankings
NEW YORK: Golf world rankings issued on Monday (U.S. unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 18.96 average points
2. (3) Jim Furyk 8.94
3. (2) Phil Mickelson 8.81
4. (4) Ernie Els (South Africa) 7.28
5. (5) Adam Scott (Australia) 6.57
6. (6) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 6.43
7. (7) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 6.16
8. (8) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 5.70
9. (9) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 5.56
10. (10) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 5.28
11. (11) Luke Donald (Britain) 5.23
12. (12) K.J. Choi (South Korea) 4.95
13. (13) Steve Stricker 4.86
14. (14) Retief Goosen (South Africa) 4.68
15. (15) Zach Johnson 4.53
16. (16) Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 4.52
17. (17) Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 4.42
18. (18) Paul Casey (Britain) 4.19
19. (19) Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 4.08
20. (22) Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 3.93
Tennis
San Diego Classic
CARLSBAD, California: Results here Monday from the first day of the 1.34 million-dollar WTA San Diego Classic (x denotes seed):
1st rd
Elena Dementieva (RUS x9) bt Catalina Castano (COL) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; Alona Bondarenko (UKR) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Elena Bovina (RUS) bt Coco Vandeweghe (USA) 6-3, 7-5; Vania King (USA) bt Asia Muhammed (USA) 7-6 (7/2), 6-0; Angelique Kerber (GER) bt Brittany Augustine (USA) 6-0, 6-1; Michaella Krajicek (NED) bt Yuliana Fedak (UKR) 6-7 (6/8), 7-5, 6-2; Aiko Nakamura (JPN) bt Milagros Sequera (VEN) 7-5, retired; Patty Schnyder (SUI) bt Jamea Jackson (USA) 6-2, 6-1; Maria Kirilenko (RUS) bt Hana Sromova (CZE) 6-1, 6-2; Camille Pin (FRA) bt Tatiana Poutchek (BLR) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Anne Kremer (LUX) bt Akiko Morigami (JPN) 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-4, 6-4; Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) bt Laura Granville (USA) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Venus Williams (USA) bt Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) 6-3, 6-0; Tatiana Golovin (FRA) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2.
ATP Washington
WASHINGTON: Results Monday from the 600,000-dollar ATP Washington Classic:
1st rd
Jan Hernych (CZE) bt Nathan Healey (AUS) 6-3, 1-1, retired, left rib injury; Tomas Zib (CZE) bt Kevin Kim (USA) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Thomas Johansson (SWE) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL) 7-6 (9/7), 6-7 (5/7), 6-4; Martin Klizan (SVK) bt Konstantinos Economidis (GRE) 6-4, 6-3; Paul Capdeville (CHI) bt Ilia Bozoljac (SRB) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; Evgeny Korolev (RUS) bt Ricardo Mello (BRA) 6-4, 6-4; Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) bt Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-3; Robin Haase (NED) bt Alex Bogdanovic (GBR) 6-4, 6-2; Alejandro Falla (COL) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Polish Open
Polish Open men's singles results on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding):
Michal Przysiezny (Pol) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita x4) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5; Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Werner Eschauer (Aut) 6-2, 6-3; Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Diego Hartfield (Arg) 6-1, 6-3; Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spa x6) 6-3, 7-5.
Women's world rankings
NEW YORK: Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous ranking in brackets):
1. (1) Justine Henin (Belgium) 4457 points
2. (2) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 3678
3. (3) Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 3241
4. (4) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia) 2978
5. (5) Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) 2898
6. (7) Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) 2541
7. (6) Amelie Mauresmo (France) 2424
8. (8) Serena Williams (U.S.) 2325
9. (9) Nadia Petrova (Russia) 2002
10. (12) Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) 1957
11. (10) Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 1885
12. (11) Marion Bartoli (France) 1875
13. (13) Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 1845
14. (14) Dinara Safina (Russia) 1742
15. (15) Elena Dementieva (Russia) 1699
16. (16) Venus Williams (U.S.) 1655
17. (17) Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 1584
18. (18) Shahar Peer (Israel) 1539
19. (19) Tatiana Golovin (France) 1357
20. (20) Li Na (China) 1159
Men's world rankings
1. (1) Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7290 points
2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Spain) 5455
3. (3) Novak Djokovic (Serbia) 3200
4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) 3175
5. (5) Andy Roddick (U.S.) 3165
6. (6) Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) 2695
7. (7) Tommy Robredo (Spain) 2085
8. (8) Richard Gasquet (France) 2085
9. (10) James Blake (U.S.) 1995
10. (11) Tomas Berdych (Czech Rep) 1975
11. (12) Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) 1940
12. (9) Tommy Haas (Germany) 1885
13. (14) Andy Murray (Britain) 1865
14. (13) Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) 1840
15. (15) Guillermo Canas (Argentina) 1675
16. (16) David Ferrer (Spain) 1535
17. (17) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) 1525
18. (20) Carlos Moya (Spain) 1395
19. (19) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) 1370
20. (18) Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) 1270
(China Daily 08/01/2007 page18)