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NHL

NEW YORK: Results from the NHL games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):

Ottawa 3 ATLANTA 1

NY ISLANDERS 2 NY Rangers 1

COLUMBUS 3 Phoenix 0

DETROIT 4 Calgary 2

Montreal 3 PITTSBURGH 2

COLUMBUS 3 Phoenix 0

TAMPA BAY 2 Florida 1

MINNESOTA 2 Edmonton 0

San Jose 2 CHICAGO 1

ST. LOUIS 4 Nashville 1

DALLAS 5 Los Angeles 1

ANAHEIM 2 Boston 1

Philadelphia 8 VANCOUVER 2

Tennis

Kremlin Cup

MOSCOW: Results from the third day of the $2.34-million ATP and WTA Kremlin Cup on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

Women

1st round

Dinara Safina (RUS) bt Martina Muller (GER) 6-1, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva (RUS) bt Amelie Mauresmo (FRA x6) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Victoria Azarenka (BLR) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x2) 7-6 (11/9), 6-2; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x1) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Elena Dementieva (RUS) bt Patty Schnyder (SWI x7) 6-3, 6-4; Vera Dushevina (RUS) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x5) 2-6, 6-0, 6-4.

Men

1st round

Andy Murray (GBR x3) bt Evgueni Korolev (RUS) 6-2, 6-4; Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-3, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x2) bt Ernest Gulbis (LAT) 6-3, 6-2.

2nd round

Florent Serra (FRA) bt Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 6-7 (2/7), 6-4, 6-2; Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x7) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x8) bt Marin Cilic (CRO) 7-6 (10/8), 1-6, 6-4; Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA x4) bt Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) 6-3, 6-4.

Stockholm ATP

STOCKHOLM: Results from the fourth day of the ATP Stockholm Open on Wednesday:

1st rd

Bjorn Rehnquist (SWE) bt Vince Spadea (USA) 6-4, 6-4; Peter Luczak (AUS) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4; Frank Dancevic (CAN) bt Peter Wessels (NED) 6-1, 6-7 (7/9), 7-6 (8/6); Michael Ryderstedt (SWE) bt Kenneth Carlsen (DEN) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4); Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Denis Gremelmayr (GER) 6-3, 6-2; Joachim Johansson (SWE) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 7-6 (7/1), 6-2; Arnaud Clement (FRA) bt Max Mirnyi (BLR) 6-3, 6-2.

2nd rd

Tommy Haas (GER x4) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Juan Monaco (ARG x5) bt Filip Prpic (SWE) 6-4, 6-4.

Austria ATP

VIENNA: Results of the second day of the BA-CA Trophy on Wedneday:

2nd rd

Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x2) bt Jiri Vanek (CZE) 6-3, 6-4; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 7-6 (7/2), 1-6, 6-2; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x3) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 7-6 (7/4), 2-6, 7-6 (7/4); Andrea Seppi (ITA) bt Robin Haase (NED) 7-5, 6-3.

Bangkok Open

BANGKOK: Results from the third day of the WTA Bangkok Open on Wednesday:

First round

Chan Yung-Jan (TPE) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-3, 6-3; Vania King (USA) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2; Yan Zi (CHN) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x1) 6-4, 6-7 (7/4) retired; Venus Williams (USA x2) vs Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 6-2, 4-1 (suspended-rain).

Second Round

Camille Pin (FRA) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 6-3, 7-6 (7/1); Flavia Pennetta (ITA x7) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5.

(China Daily 10/12/2007 page22)