Score board
Badminton
world championships
KUALA LUMPUR: Results from the first day of the world badminton championships yesterday (x denotes seed):
Men's singles:
Ng Wei (HKG) def Roman Spitko (GER) 20-22, 21-15, 21-12; Dicky Palyama (NED x15) def Kaveh Mehrabi (IRI) 21-15, 21-13; Nabil Lasmari (ALG) def Kennevic Asuncion (PHI) 21-17, 21-10; Taufik Hidayat (INA x8) def Jose Antonio Crespo (ESP) 21-13, 21-7; Anup Sridhar (IND) def Juergen Koch (AUT) 21-15, 21-19; Muhd Hafiz B Hashim (MAS x13) def Stuart Gomez (AUS) 21-7, 21-8; Scott Evans (IRL) def Eric Go (USA) 21-12, 14,21, 21-17; Lee Tsuen Seng (MAS) def Petr Koukal (CZE) 21-16, 21-8; Shoji Sato (JPN x10) def Bobby Milroy (CAN) 21-9, 21-15; Lee Hyun Ii (KOR) def Lee Yen Hui Kendrick (SIN) 21-7, 9-21, 21-18
Women's singles:
Maria Kristin Yulianti (INA x15) def Maja Kersnik (SLO) 21-8, 21-9; Li Li (SIN) def Chloe Magee (IRE) 21-11, 21-6; Tracey Hallam (ENG x16) def Lydia Cheah Li Ya (MAS) 21-16, 19-21, 21-11; Ella Karachkova (RUS) def Anu Nieminen (FIN) 21-14, 10-21, 21-12; Kamila Augustyn (POL) def Elena Prus (UKR) 21-13, 21-12; Charmaine Reid (CAN) def Filipa Lamy (POR) 21-15, 21-14; Saina Nehwal (IND) def Jeanine Cicognini (SUI) 21-12, 21-12
Men's doubles:
Lars Paaske/Jonas Rasmussen (DEN x11) def Paulo Von Scala/Lucas Araujo (BRA) in walkover; Vitalij Durkin/Alexandr Nikolaenko (RUS) def Diluka Karunaratne/Dinuka Karunaratne (SRI) 21-11, 21-7; Albertus Njoto/Yohan Wiratama (HKG x12) def Robert Adcock/Robin Middleton (ENG) 21-14, 13-21, 21-10; Howard Bach/Khan Bob Malaythong (USA) def Himesh Patel/Patrick Ruto (KEN) 21-5, 21-13; Simon Mollyhus/Anders Kristiansen (DEN) def Kristof Hopp/Ingo Kindervater (GER) 21-19, 21-19
Women's doubles:
Nicole Grether/Juliane Schenk (GER x14) def Paula Chan/Therine Thristie Chan (PHI) 21-5, 21-7; Anastasia Russkikh/Ekaterina Ananina (RUS) def Joanne Nicholas/Natalie Munt (ENG) 19-21, 21-14, 24-22; Eva Llee/Mesinee Mangkalakiri (USA) def Valerie Loker/Sarah Macmaster (CAN) 21-12, 21-16; Aki Akao/Tomomi Matsuda (JPN x12) def Sabrina Jaquet/Corinne Joerg (SUI) 21-18, 21-18
Mixed doubles:
Ingo Kindervater/Katrin Piotrowski (GER x15) def Hui Wai Ho/Chau Wah (HKG) 21-14, 21-11; Chan Peng Soon/Haw Chiou Hwee (MAS) def Wouter Claes/Nathalie Descamps (BEL) 21-18, 21-7; Keita Masuda/Miyuki Maeda (JPN) def Ruud Bosch/Paulien Van Dooremalen (NED) 21-13, 20-22, 21-17; Robert Mateusiak/Nadiezda Kostiuczyk (POL x10) def William Milroy/Tammy Sun (CAN) 21-12, 21-12; Craig Cooper/Renee Flavell (NZL) def Tim Dettmann/Annekatrin Lillie (GER) 21-13, 12-21, 21-16; Lee Yong Dae/Lee Hyo Jung (KOR) def Joachim Fischer Nielsen/Britta Andersen (DEN x11) 21-13, 22-20; Chen Hong Ling/Chou Chia Chi (TPE) def Luka Petric/Maja Tvrdy (SLO) 21-15, 21-10; Robin Middleton/Liza Parker (ENG) def Dorian Lance James/Michelle Claire Edwards (RSA) 21-12, 21-12; Hendri Kurniawan Saputra/Li Yujia (SIN x13) def Daniel Shirley/Joanne Swee Ling Quay (NZL/MAS) 21-9, 21-14; Svetoslav Stoyanov/Elodie Eymard (FRA) def Watson Briggs/Imogen Bankier (SCO) 19-21, 21-19, 21-16.
Baseball
NEW YORK: Results of MLB games on Sunday (home team in CAPS):
NY Yankees 5 CLEVELAND 3
DETROIT 11 Oakland 6
NY METS 10 Florida 4
San Diego 10 CINCINNATI 4
BALTIMORE 6 Boston 3 (10 innings)
Seattle 6 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 0
HOUSTON 6 Milwaukee 4
ST. LOUIS 12 LA Dodgers 2
Pittsburgh 5 SAN FRANCISCO 0
COLORADO 6 Chicago Cubs 3
LA ANGELS 6 Minnesota 2
Washington 7 ARIZONA 6
Toronto 4 KANSAS CITY 1
TEXAS 9 Tampa Bay 1
SOCCER
Belgian league
BRUSSELS: Belgian league results on Sunday: Germinal Beerschot 0 FC Bruges 1
English Premiership
LONDON: English Premiership results on Sunday:
Arsenal 2 (Van Persie 84-pen, Hleb 90) Fulham 1 (Healy 1)
Chelsea 3 (Pizarro 17, Malouda 30, Essien 50) Birmingham 2 (Forsell 15, Kapo 36)
Manchester United 0 Reading 0
French league
PARIS: French league results on Sunday:
Metz 1 (Mo. Ndiaye 82) Lille 2 (Bastos 20, Maric 88)
Lens 0 Paris SG 0
German league
BERLIN, Germany: Results from the opening round of the 2007/2008 Bundesliga season here on Sunday:
Nuremberg 0 Karlsruhe 2 (Hajnal 44, 74)
Borussia Dortmund 1 (Kringe 86) Duisburg 3 (Ishiaku 8, 64, Tararache 62)
Scottish Premier League
GLASGOW: Scottish Premier League result on Sunday: Aberdeen 1 (Nicholson 19) Hearts 1 (Stewart 45)
GOLF
89th PGA Championship
TULSA, Oklahoma: Scores on Sunday after the final round of the 89th PGA Championship, the $7 million major tournament at par-70 Southern Hills Country Club (USA unless noted):
272 - Tiger Woods 71-63-69-69
274 - Woody Austin 68-70-69-67
275 - Ernie Els (RSA) 72-68-69-66
279 - Arron Oberholser 68-72-70-69, John Senden (AUS) 69-70-69-71
280 - Simon Dyson (ENG) 73-71-72-64, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 75-70-66-69, Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 69-68-74-69
281 - Scott Verplank 70-66-74-71, Kevin Sutherland 73-69-68-71, Boo Weekley 76-69-65-71
282 - Anders Hansen (DEN) 71-71-71-69, Stuart Appleby (AUS) 73-68-72-69, Justin Rose (ENG) 70-73-70-69, Adam Scott (AUS) 72-68-70-72, KJ Choi (KOR) 71-71-68-72, Stephen Ames (CAN) 68-69-69
284 - Pat Perez 70-69-77-68, Hunter Mahan 71-73-72-68, Joe Durant 71-73-70-70, Brandt Snedeker 74-71-69-70, Ken Duke 73-71-69-71
285 - Retief Goosen (RSA) 70-71-74-70, Kenny Perry 72-72-71-70, Camilo Villegas (COL) 69-71-74-71, Heath Slocum 72-70-72-71, Ian Poulter (ENG) 71-73-70-71, Steve Stricker 77-68-69-71, Steve Flesch 72-73-68-72, Peter Hanson (SWE) 72-71-69-73, Nathan Green (AUS) 75-68-67-75
286 - Lee Westwood (ENG) 69-74-75-68, Phil Mickelson 73-69-75-69, Bart Bryant 74-70-72-70, Brett Wetterich 74-71-70-71, Stewart Cink 72-70-72-72, Shaun Micheel 73-71-70-72, John Daly 67-73-73-73, Luke Donald (ENG) 72-71-70-73
287 - Paul Casey (ENG) 72-70-74-71, Richard Green (AUS) 72-73-70-72
288 - Niclas Fasth (SWE) 71-68-79-70, Colin Montgomerie (SCO) 72-73-73-70, Charles Howell 75-70-72-71, Rod Pampling (AUS) 70-74-72-72, David Toms 71-74-71-72, Padraig Harrington (IRL) 69-73-72-74, Darren Clarke (NIR) 77-66-71-74, Sean O'Hair 70-72-70-76
289 - Brian Bateman 71-74-76-68, Frank Lickliter 70-75-75-69, Lucas Glover 70-75-74-70, Nick O'Hern (AUS) 72-72-72-73, Anthony Kim 73-72-71-73, Shingo Katayama (JPN) 76-67-72-74, Bob Tway 71-72-71-75
290 - Robert Karlsson (SWE) 73-71-75-71, Chad Campbell 77-68-73-72, Will MacKenzie 72-70-74-74
TENNIS
Montreal Masters
MONTREAL: Results from the eighth and final day of the Montreal Masters here Sunday (x denotes seeded player): Final: Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) bt Roger Federer (SUI x1) 7-6 (7/2), 2-6, 7-6 (7/2).
WTA Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES: Results here Sunday from the seventh and final day of a WTA hardcourt tournament): Final: Ana Ivanovic (SRB x3) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS x4) 7-5, 6-4.
(China Daily 08/14/2007 page22)
