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Baseball

NEW YORK: Baseball results on Monday (home team in CAPS):

PITTSBURGH 3 San Francisco 1

BOSTON 3 Tampa Bay 0

NY YANKEES 7 Baltimore 6

Oakland 7 DETROIT 2

San Francisco 10 PITTSBURGH 3

KANSAS CITY 6 Toronto 2

San Francisco 10 PITTSBURGH 3

SEATTLE 4 Minnesota 3

Houston 4 LA DODGERS 1

Golf

World Rankings

NEW YORK: Golf world rankings issued on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 22.10 average points

2. (2) Jim Furyk 8.69

3. (3) Phil Mickelson 8.44

4. (4) Ernie Els (RSA) 7.67

5. (5) Adam Scott (Aus) 6.48

6. (6) Padraig Harrington (Ire) 6.23

7. (7) Vijay Singh (Fij) 5.88

8. (8) Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.53

9. (10) Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 5.49

10. (9) Henrik Stenson (Swe) 5.30

11. (12) Luke Donald (GBR) 5.10

12. (13) K.J. Choi (Kor) 5.09

13. (11) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 4.96

14. (14) Steve Stricker 4.83

15. (16) Justin Rose (GBR) 4.75

16. (15) Zach Johnson 4.49

17. (17) Retief Goosen (RSA) 4.47

18. (20) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4.24

19. (18) Angel Cabrera (Arg) 4.16

20. (19) Paul Casey (GBR) 4.07

PGA Tour money list

NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2007 PGA Tour on Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $7,824,385

2. Vijay Singh (Fij) $4,467,416

3. Phil Mickelson $4,199,838

4. Jim Furyk $3,798,266

5. K.J. Choi (Kor) $3,673,659

6. Rory Sabbatini (RSA) $3,455,390

7. Zach Johnson $3,187,621

8. Sergio Garcia (Spa) $3,035,416

9. Adam Scott (Aus) $2,735,551

10. Steve Stricker $2,608,077

11. Charles Howell III $2,593,849

12. Scott Verplank $2,534,626

13. Woody Austin $2,491,420

14. Padraig Harrington (Ire) $2,457,208

15. Hunter Mahan $2,450,807

16. Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) $2,255,430

17. John Rollins $2,235,304

18. Aaron Baddeley (Aus) $2,232,884

19. Ernie Els (RSA) $2,214,222

20. Boo Weekley $2,196,592

European Tour money list

LONDON: Leading money winners on the 2007 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):

1. Padraig Harrington (Ire) 2,138,078 euros

2. Justin Rose 1,811,595

3. Ernie Els (RSA) 1,799,378

4. Henrik Stenson (Swe) 1,770,296

5. Niclas Fasth (Swe) 1,616,476

6. Andres Romero (Arge) 1,543,748

7. Retief Goosen (RSA) 1,364,936

8. Angel Cabrera (Arg) 1,356,687

9. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,242,496

10. Colin Montgomerie 1,209,502

11. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 1,168,417

12. Paul Casey 1,157,972

13. Gregory Havret (Fra) 1,102,214

14. Richard Green (Aus) 1,028,918

15. Graeme Storm 1,011,637

16. Soren Hansen (Den)

17. Anders Hansen (Den) 990,625

18. Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 944,262

19. Yang Yong-eun (Kor) 846,336

20. Trevor Immelman (RSA) 828,741

PGA Tour FedExCup points table

NEW YORK: PGA Tour's 2007 FedExCup points table on Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods 30,574 points

2. Vijay Singh (Fij) 19,129

3. Jim Furyk 16,691

4. Phil Mickelson 16,037

5. K.J. Choi (Kor) 15,485

6. Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 13,548

7. Zach Johnson 13,341

8. Charles Howell III 12,126

9. Adam Scott (Aus) 11,196

10. Scott Verplank 10,691

11. Steve Stricker 10,621

12. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 10,547

13. Woody Austin 10,483

14. Hunter Mahan 10,185

15. John Rollins 9,708

16. Boo Weekley 9,591

17. Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 9,402

18. Ernie Els (RSA) 8,980

19. Mark Calcavecchia 8,966

20. Padraig Harrington (Ire) 8,694

Tennis

Men's world rankings

PARIS: Men's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's ranking in brackets):

1. (1) Roger Federer (Swit) 7140 points

2. (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa) 5605

3. (4) Novak Djokovic (Ser) 3700

4. (3) Andy Roddick (USA) 3415

5. (5) Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 3195

6. (6) Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) 2475

7. (7) Tommy Robredo (Spa) 2170

8. (9) James Blake (USA) 1995

9. (12) Tommy Haas (Ger) 1950

10. (13) Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 1880

11. (11) Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 1870

12. (10) Tomas Berdych (Cze) 1855

13. (8) Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1740

14. (15) Guillermo Canas (Arg) 1665

15. (16) David Ferrer (Spa) 1565

16. (14) Andy Murray (GBR) 1540

17. (17) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 1495

18. (19) Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 1440

19. (18) Carlos Moya (Spa) 1325

20. (21) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 1270

Women's world rankings

MIAMI: Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous ranking in brackets):

1. (1) Justine Henin (Bel) 4457 points

2. (2) Maria Sharapova (Rus) 3845

3. (3) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) 3229

4. (5) Ana Ivanovic (Ser) 3117

5. (4) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 2978

6. (6) Anna Chakvetadze (Rus) 2661

7. (7) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) 2424

8. (8) Serena Williams (USA) 2237

9. (9) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 2193

10. (10) Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 1975

11. (12) Marion Bartoli (Fra) 1900

12. (12) Martina Hingis (Swi) 1830

13. (14) Venus Williams (USA) 1765

14. (15) Dinara Safina (Rus) 1753

15. (16) Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 1750

16. (17) Patty Schnyder (Swi) 1749

17. (13) Elena Dementieva (Rus) 1694

18. (18) Shahar Peer (Isr) 1539

19. (19) Tatiana Golovin (Fra) 1416

20. (20) Sybille Bammmer (Aut) 1171

Cincinnati ATP

CINCINNATI, Ohio: Results here on Monday in the $2.2 million Cincinnati Masters (x denotes seeded player):

1st rd

Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) bt Tim Henman (GBR) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x13) bt Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) 6-3, 6-1; Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/2); Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Vince Spadea (USA) 6-2, 6-0; Nicolas Almagro (ESP) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Carlos Moya (ESP) bt David Nalbandian (ARG) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/2); Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-2, 6-2; Nicolas Kiefer (GER) bt Marat Safin (RUS) 6-3, 7-6 (7/1); Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x11) bt Amer Delic (USA) 1-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3; David Ferrer (Spa x16) bt John Isner (USA) 7-6(3) 6-3; Tomas Berdych (Cze x10) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 6-3 6-4; Sam Querrey (USA) bt Marc Gicquel (Fra) 7-5 5-7 6-4.

Toronto WTA

TORONTO: Results here on Monday in the $1.34 million Rogers Cup WTA tournament (x denotes seeded player):

1st rd

Shahar Peer (ISR x11) bt Michaella Krajicek (NED) 7-5, 7-6 (9/7); Peng Shaui (CHN) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-0, 6-7 (4/7), 6-2; Roberta Vinci (ITA) bt Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) 6-0, 6-0; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Tamira Paszek (AUT) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Olga Poutchkova (RUS) 6-3, 7-5; Patty Schnyder (SUI x10) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 6-3, 6-2; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO x14) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; Tathiana Garbin (ITA) bt Laura Granville (USA) 6-2, 6-0; Yan Zi (CHN) bt Severine Bremond (FRA) 6-4, 6-0; Tatiana Golovin (FRA x12) bt Julia Vakulenko (UKR) 6-2, 6-1; Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) bt Angelika Bachmann (GER) 6-2, 6-4; Lucie Safarova (CZE x16) bt Varvara Lepchenko (UZB) 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 6-1; Dinara Safina (RUS x9) bt Camille Pin (FRA) 7-6 (11/9), 3-6, 7-5.

(China Daily 08/15/2007 page22)