Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Baseball results on Monday (home team in CAPS)
Toronto 4 NY YANKEES 1
BALTIMORE 3 Kansas City 2
Minnesota 2 DETROIT 0
Washington 13 NY METS 4
TEXAS 8 LA Angels 7
MILWAUKEE 13 St. Louis 5
SAN FRANCISCO 9 San Diego 4
Standings
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB z-Boston 92 64 .590 -
New York 90 66 .577 2
Toronto 79 77 .506 13
Baltimore 67 89 .429 25
Tampa Bay 64 92 .410 28
Central Division
x-Cleveland 92 63 .594 -Detroit 85 72 .541 8
Minnesota 77 79 .494 15 1/2
Chicago 68 88 .436 24 1/2
Kansas City 67 89 .429 25 1/2
West Division
x-Los Angeles 92 65 .586 -Seattle 83 72 .535 8
Oakland 75 82 .478 17
Texas 73 84 .465 19
National League
East Division
New York 87 69 .558 -Philadelphia 85 71 .545 2
Atlanta 82 74 .526 5
Washington 70 87 .446 17 1/2
Florida 66 90 .423 21
Central Division
Chicago 83 73 .532 -Milwaukee 80 76 .513 3
St. Louis 73 83 .468 10
Cincinnati 71 85 .455 12
Houston 68 88 .436 15
Pittsburgh 66 90 .423 17
West Division
Arizona 88 68 .564 -San Diego 85 71 .545 3
Colorado 84 72 .538 4
Los Angeles 80 76 .513 8
San Francisco 70 87 .446 18 1/2
x-clinched division
z-clinched playoff spot
Golf
World rankings
NEW YORK: World rankings on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 24.03 average points
2. (2) Phil Mickelson 9.73
3. (3) Jim Furyk 8.07
4. (5) Steve Stricker 7.18
5. (4) Ernie Els (RSA) 7.16
6. (6) Adam Scott (Aus) 6.39
7. (7) Padraig Harrington (Ire) 6.03
8. (9) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 5.71
9. (8) Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.63
10. (10) K.J. Choi (Kor) 5.56
11. (11) Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 5.55
12. (12) Vijay Singh (Fij) 5.48
13. (13) Justin Rose (GBR) 5.06
14. (15) Zach Johnson 4.90
15. (16) Luke Donald (GBR) 4.81
16. (14) Henrik Stenson (Swe) 4.75
17. (17) Retief Goosen (RSA) 4.09
18. (18) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4.07
19. (20) Angel Cabrera (Arg) 4.01
20. (19) Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 3.96
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) 1,735,842
6. Andres Romero (Arg) 1,555,548
7. Soren Hansen (Den) 1,435,039
8. Retief Goosen (RSA) 1,386,636
9. Angel Cabrera (Arg) 1,361,587
10. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,307,711
11. Colin Montgomerie 1,289,934
12. Lee Westwood 1,270,915
13. Paul Casey 1,175,739
14. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 1,168,417
15. Graeme Storm 1,117,821
16. Gregory Havret (Fra) 1,114,548
17. Richard Green (Aus) 1,050,618
18. Anders Hansen (Den) 1,000,425
19. Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 988,858
20. Bradley Dredge 982,138
NFL
NEW YORK: Result from the NFL match between New Orleans and Tennessee on Monday (home team in CAPS): Tennessee 31 NEW ORLEANS 14
Tennis
ATP rankings
PARIS: Latest ATP rankings released on Monday with the top 20 players remaining unchanged:
1. Roger Federer (SUI) 7605 pts
2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 5385
3. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 4295
4. Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 3255
5. Andy Roddick (USA) 2540
6. Fernando Gonzales (CHI) 2360
7. James Blake (USA) 2290
8. David Ferrer (ESP) 1940
9. Tommy Robredo (ESP) 1935
10. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 1925
11. Tommy Haas (GER) 1880
12. Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 1850
13. Guillermo Canas (ARG) 1633
14. Richard Gasquet (FRA) 1625
15. Carlos Moya (ESP) 1620
16. Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 1465
17. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 1465
18. Andy Murray (GBR) 1345
19. Juan Monaco (ARG) 1320
20. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 1295
WTA world rankings
PARIS: The latest WTA world rankings released on Monday with Hungarian teenager Agnes Ssavay breeaking into the top 20 after her win in the China Open at the weekend:
1. Justine Henin (BEL) 5200 pts
2. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3609
3. Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 3445
4. Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3235
5. Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 2940
6. Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2925
7. Serena Williams (USA) 2391
8. Nadia Petrova (RUS) 2266
9. Venus Williams (USA) 2215
10. Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 2042 (+1)
11. Marion Bartoli (FRA) 1999 (+1)
12. Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) 1995 (-2)
13. Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1737
14. Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 1735
15. Elena Dementieva (RUS) 1707
16. Shahar Peer (ISR) 1678
17. Dinara Safina (RUS) 1674
18. Martina Hingis (SUI) 1588
19. Tatiana Golovin (FRA) 1528
20. Agnes Szavay (HUN) 1360.5 (+3)
Mumbai Open
MUMBAI, India: Results on the opening day of the Mumbai Open on Monday (x denotes seedings): 1st round: Richard Gasquet (FRA x1) bt Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 6-1, 6-2; Bjorn Phau (GER) bt Moodie Wesley (RSA) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
Luxembourg WTA
LUXEMBOURG: Results in the 425,000-euro WTA tournament here on Monday: 1st rd: Victoria Azarenka (BLR) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1; Anne Kremer (LUX) bt Michaella Krajicek (NED) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3); Shahar Peer (ISR x7) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-3, 6-3.
Korea Open
SEOUL: Results from the Korea Open women's singles first round in Seoul on Tuesday:
1st rd: Venus Williams (USA x1) bt Abigail Spears (USA) 6-2, 6-3; Agnes Szavay (HUN x2) bt Lee Ye-ra (KOR) 6-2, 6-3; Martina Muller (GER x6) bt Han Sung-Hee (KOR) 6-1, 6-0; Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) bt Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-4, 6-4; Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Catalina Castano (COL) bt Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) 6-3, 6-2; Ahsha Rolle (USA) bt Anne Keothavong (GBR) 6-1, 6-1; Yuan Meng (CHN) bt Marina Erakovic (NZL) 6-4, 6-4;
Mathilde Johansson (FRA) bt Junri Namigata (JPN) 7-5, 6-2
Thailand Open
BANGKOK: Results from the Thailand Open men's singles first round matches on Tuesday:
First round: Mischa Zverev (GER) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1; Dominik Meffert (GER) bt Amer Delic (USA) 7-5, 6-1; Ivo Karlovic (CRO x7) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 7-6 (7/2), 6-3; Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) 7-6 (7/2), 7-5
Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Juan Del Potro (ARG) 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (7/4)
(China Daily 09/26/2007 page22)
