Score board

NBA

NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's NBA games (home team in CAPS):

Milwaukee 87 PHILADELPHIA 83

Houston 92 WASHINGTON 84

CHARLOTTE 115 New Jersey 99

CLEVELAND 95 Seattle 79

LA Lakers 117 MEMPHIS 101

MINNESOTA 101 Miami 91

NY Knicks 105 CHICAGO 100

UTAH 111 Indiana 89

SACRAMENTO 104 Orlando 100

NHL

NEW YORK: Results from Tuesday's NHL games (home team in CAPS):

NEW JERSEY 2 Buffalo 1 (SO)

Tampa Bay 5 NY RANGERS 3

Philadelphia 4 ATLANTA 1

Carolina 1 BOSTON 0

DETROIT 1 Colorado 0

MONTREAL 4 Chicago 3 (OT)

ST. LOUIS 6 Columbus 1

Phoenix 3 CALGARY 1

* SO denotes shootout win

Tennis

Sydney International

SYDNEY: Results from matches in the Sydney International tennis tournament played on Wednesday (x denotes seed):

Men's singles 2nd Rd

Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) bt Gilles Simon (FRA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-2; Evgeny Korolev (RUS) bt Ivo Minar (CZE) 6-2, 6-3; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) bt Richard Gasquet (FRA x1) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; Radek Stepanek (CZE) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4; Chris Guccione (Aus) bt Lleyton Hewitt (Aus x6) 7-6 7-6; Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa x8) 6-3 6-4; Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Steve Darcis (Bel) 6-1 6-3; Agustin Calleri (ARG) bt Carlos Moya (ESP x5) 6-3, 6-4

Women's quarterfinals

Justine Henin (Bel x1) bt Kaia Kanepi (Esta) 6-2 6-0; Ana Ivanovic (Ser x4) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slov) 6-3 3-6 6-2; Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus x2) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-4 6-0; Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) by Jelena Jankovic (SRB x3) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

Hobart International

HOBART, Australia: Hobart International quarterfinal results on Wednesday: Ashley Harkleroad (USA) bt Edina Gallovits (ROM) 6-4, 6-4; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Sania Mirza (IND x6) 7-5, 1-6, 6-3; Vera Zvonareva (RUS x2) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-3, 6-3; Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6-4, 7-5

Auckland Open

AUCKLAND: Auckland Open results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

David Ferrer (Spa x1) bt Sergio Roitman (Arg) 6-1 7-6; Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa x4) bt Juergen Melzer (Aut) 6-3 7-6; Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Albert Montanes (Spa x8) 6-3 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger x7) bt Marin Cilic (Cro) 6-3 6-7 6-4; Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spa x6) 6-4 2-6 6-2; Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg x2) 6-3 7-6(7); Nicolas Massu (Chi) bt Xavier Malisse (Bel) 6-4, 6-4; Juan Monaco (Arg x3) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-3, 6-3.

1st rd

Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Tomas Cakl (Cze) 6-4 6-3; Juan Monaco (Arg x3) bt Thomas Johansson (Swe) 6-3 6-4; Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin x5) 7-6(3) 6-3; Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Lee Hyung-Taik (Kor) 6-1 6-4; David Ferrer (Spa x1) bt Oscar Hernandez (Spa) 6-1 6-2; Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa x4) bt Jesse Levine (USA) 6-4 6-1.

Kooyong Classic

MELBOURNE: Results from the first day of the Kooyong Classic on Wednesday:

First round

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Andy Roddick (USA) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 6-3, 6-0; Marat Safin (Rus) bt Andy Murray (GBR) 6-1, 6-4; Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt David Nalbandian (Arg) walkover.

(China Daily 01/10/2008 page23)