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Golf
World rankings
NEW YORK: World rankings on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 18.83 average points
2. (2) Phil Mickelson 8.39
3. (3) Steve Stricker 6.91
4. (4) Jim Furyk 6.51
5. (5) Ernie Els (South Africa) 6.29
6. (6) Justin Rose (Britain) 5.96
7. (9) K.J. Choi (South Korea) 5.89
8. (7) Adam Scott (Australia) 5.68
9. (8) Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 5.37
10. (11) Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 5.34
11. (10) Vijay Singh (Fiji) 4.99
12. (12) Sergio Garcia (Spain) 4.70
13. (13) Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 4.52
14. (14) Angel Cabrera (Argentina) 4.26
15. (15) Zach Johnson 3.95
16. (16) Henrik Stenson (Sweden) 3.86
17. (17) Aaron Baddeley (Australia) 3.85
18. (18) Luke Donald (Britain) 3.77
19. (19) Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 3.63
20. (20) Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 3.31
2008 PGA Tour money list
NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2008 PGA Tour on Monday (US unless stated):
1. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) $1,128,090
2. K.J. Choi (South Korea) $1,021,500
3. Steve Stricker $838,688
4. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) $662,400
5. Stephen Ames (Canada) $523,571
6. Jerry Kelly $360,400
7. Mike Weir (Canada) $310,000
8. Jim Furyk $277,572
9. Chad Campbell $243,571
10=. Hunter Mahan $218,000
Nick Watney $218,000
12=. Steve Marino $208,688
Kevin Na (South Korea) $208,688
Pat Perez $208,688
15. Fred Funk $185,571
16. Charles Howell III $184,805
17. Justin Leonard $175,000
18. Mark Calcavecchia $165,812
19. Brandt Snedeker $164,805
20=. Troy Matteson $159,000
Tom Pernice Jr. $159,000
PGA Tour FedExCup points table
NEW YORK: PGA Tour's 2008 FedExCup points table on Monday (US unless stated):
1. K.J. Choi (South Korea) 4,681 points
2. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 4,633
3. Steve Stricker 3,684
4. Rory Sabbatini (South Africa) 3,100
5. Stephen Ames 2,236
6. Jerry Kelly 1,700
7. Mike Weir (Canada) 1,200
8. Jim Furyk 1,194
9. Chad Campbell 1,061
10=. Steve Marino 984
Kevin Na (South Korea) 984
Pat Perez 984
13=. Hunter Mahan 913
Nick Watney 913
15. Charles Howell III 796
16=. Justin Leonard 750
16. Troy Matteson 750
Tom Pernice Jr. 750
19 Fred Funk 746
20 Mark Calcavecchia 701
European Tour money list
NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2008 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):
1. Ross Fisher 307,394 euros
2. Lee Westwood 299,894
3. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 255,711
4. Richard Sterne (South Africa) 234,134
5. Kevin Stadler (U.S.) 172,640
6. James Kingston (South Africa) 169,110
7. Richard Finch 164,481
8. John Bickerton 158,500
9. Ernie Els (South Africa) 143,491
10. Daniel Chopra (Sweden) 135,311
11. Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 133,969
11= Vijay Singh (Fiji) 133,969
13. Andrew McLardy (South Africa) 129,123
14. Thongchai Jaidee (Thailand) 126,495
15. Oliver Wilson 124,900
16. Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa) 120,532
17. Magnus Carlsson (Sweden) 119,310
18. Robert Karlsson (Sweden) 114,411
19. Darren Clarke 110,260
20. Steve Webster 103,584
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
CHARLOTTE 119 Denver 116
Washington 88 BOSTON 83
Portland 99 NEW JERSEY 73
SAN ANTONIO 89 Philadelphia 82
UTAH 98 Milwaukee 87
SACRAMENTO 122 Dallas 120
LA Lakers 123 SEATTLE 121 (OT)
Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
W L PCT GB
Boston 30 6 .833 -
Toronto 20 17 .541 10 1/2
New Jersey 18 19 .486 12 1/2
Philadelphia 14 24 .368 17
NY Knicks 10 26 .278 20
CENTRAL DIVISION
Detroit 28 10 .737 -
Cleveland 19 18 .514 8 1/2
Indiana 17 22 .436 11 1/2
Chicago 14 21 .400 12 1/2
Milwaukee 15 23 .395 13
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
Orlando 23 16 .590 -
Washington 20 16 .556 1 1/2
Atlanta 16 17 .485 4
Charlotte 14 23 .378 8
Miami 8 28 .222 13 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Portland 23 14 .622 -
Denver 22 14 .611 1/2
Utah 22 17 .564 2
Seattle 9 28 .243 14
Minnesota 5 31 .139 17 1/2
PACIFIC DIVISION
LA Lakers 26 11 .703 -
Phoenix 26 11 .703 -
Golden State 22 16 .579 4 1/2
Sacramento 15 21 .417 10 1/2
LA Clippers 10 23 .303 14
SOUTHWEST DIVISION
San Antonio 25 11 .694 -
Dallas 26 12 .684 -
New Orleans 25 12 .676 1/2
Houston 20 18 .526 6
Memphis 10 27 .270 15 1/2
Tuesday's games
Chicago at Orlando
Denver at Atlanta
Toronto at Detroit
Washington at New York
Cleveland at Memphis
Golden State at Minnesota
Philadelphia at Houston
Phoenix at LA Clippers
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL result on Monday (home team in CAPS):
PITTSBURGH 4 NY Rangers 1
Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC DIVISION
W L OTL GF GA PTS
New Jersey 26 15 3 110 101 55
Pittsburgh 26 16 3 133 120 55
Philadelphia 23 15 5 137 121 51
NY Islanders 22 17 5 108 122 49
NY Rangers 21 20 5 112 120 47
NORTHEAST DIVISION
Ottawa 29 11 4 155 123 62
Montreal 22 14 8 136 126 52
Boston 22 18 4 114 117 48
Buffalo 19 18 6 125 125 44
Toronto 16 21 8 124 149 40
SOUTHEAST DIVISION
Carolina 22 21 4 140 150 48
Atlanta 22 22 2 130 151 46
Florida 20 22 4 114 129 44
Washington 18 21 5 123 138 41
Tampa Bay 17 23 5 132 154 39
WESTERN CONFERENCE
CENTRAL DIVISION
Detroit 33 9 4 159 99 70
St Louis 22 15 6 114 112 50
Columbus 21 18 6 114 113 48
Nashville 21 19 4 124 127 46
Chicago 20 21 4 127 136 44
NORTHWEST DIVISION
Minnesota 26 17 2 126 125 54
Vancouver 25 16 4 119 105 54
Calgary 22 16 8 135 136 52
Colorado 24 18 3 129 128 51
Edmonton 21 21 4 122 134 46
PACIFIC DIVISION
San Jose 25 12 7 114 101 57
Dallas 25 17 5 137 123 55
Anaheim 24 17 6 121 122 54
Phoenix 23 20 1 116 120 47
Los Angeles 17 27 2 132 155 36
Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)
Tuesday's games
Ottawa at Washington
Vancouver at Columbus
Montreal at N.Y. Islanders
Atlanta at Detroit
Carolina at Toronto
Colorado at Tampa Bay
Calgary at Nashville
Los Angeles at Edmonton
San Jose at Phoenix
Dallas at Anaheim
TENNIS
Australian Open
MELBOURNE: Collated results from day two of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park here on Tuesday (x denotes seeding).
Men's singles
1st round
Fernando Verdasco (ESP x25) bt Thierry Ascione (FRA) 6-4, 6-0, 6-3; Amer Delic (USA) bt Robert Kendrick (USA) 6-4, 7-5, 6-2; Novak Djokovic (SRB x3) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-0, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5); Juan Monaco (ARG x21) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 7-6 (7/5), 7-5, 6-1; Alun Jones (AUS) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Robin Haase (NED) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x17) 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-0, 7-6 (7/1); David Nalbandian (ARG x10) bt Robert Smeets (AUS) 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 (7/3); Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Rajeev Ram (USA) 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Joseph Sirianni (AUS) 7-5, 6-2, 6-7 (6/8) 0-6, 6-0; Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR) bt Chris Guccione (AUS) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3, 6-4; Marcos Baghdatis (CYP x15) bt Thomas Johansson (SWE) 7-6 (7/0), 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; David Ferrer (ESP x5) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6-2, 6-2, 6-1; Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x19) bt Steve Darcis (BEL) 6-0, 6-3, 6-0; Denis Gremelmayr (GER) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-1, 0-6, 6-4, 7-5; Denis Istomin (UZB) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK) 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 7-6 (7/4), 6-1; Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 7-6 (7/0); Sam Querrey (USA) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 6-3, 6-2, 7-5; Marin Cilic (CRO) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x27) 7-6 (7/4), 7-5, 6-2; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x22) bt Nicolas Kiefer (GER) 6-4, 6-3, 6-1; Peter Luczak (AUS) bt Mariano Zabaleta (ARG) 6-1, 6-7 (2/7), 6-3, 6-4; Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Jiri Vanek (CZE) 6-3, 6-4, 6-4; Oscar Hernandez (ESP) bt Ivo Minar (CZE) 1-6, 7-6 (7/5) 6-2, 6-1; Fabrice Santoro (FRA) bt John Isner (USA) 6-2, 6-2, 6-4; Marat Safin (RUS) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-0, 6-4, 7-6 (7/2); Tomas Berdych (CZE x13) bt Werner Eschauer (AUT) 6-4, 6-4, 6-4; Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) bt Santiago Ventura (ESP) 6-3, 6-1, 6-3; Vincent Spadea (USA) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE x30) 2-6, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-3; Michael Russell (USA) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x7) bt Konstantinos Economidis (GRE) 6-4, 7-6 (7/2), 6-1; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x32) bt Xavier Malisse 6-7 (1/7) 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, 6-3; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Diego Hartfield (ARG) 6-0, 6-4, 6-0
Women's singles
1st round
Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x6) bt Andrea Petkovic (GER) 0-0 retired (knee); Akiko Morigami (JPN) bt Michaella Krajicek (NED) 6-2, 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-1, 6-1; Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) bt Laura Granville (USA) 6-1, 6-4; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Clarisa Fernandez (ARG) 6-3, 6-3; Daniela Hantuchova (SVK x9) bt Vania King (USA) 6-3, 7-5; Marta Domachowska (POL) bt Mathilde Johansson (FRA) 6-1, 6-1; Maria Kirilenko (RUS x27) bt Meilen Tu (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-1, 6-1; Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 7-5, 4-6, 9-7; Pauline Parmentier (FRA) bt Martina Muller (GER) 7-5, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x29) bt Olga Savchuk (UKR) 6-0, 6-1; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x2) bt Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 6-3, 6-1; Sania Mirza (IND x31) bt Iroda Tulyaganova (UZB) 6-4, 6-2; Alona Bondarenko (UKR x21) bt Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4); Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Agnes SzavaY (HUN x20) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5; Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) bt Sophie Ferguson (AUS) 6-4, 6-3; Mariya Koryttseva (UKR) bt Ma Emilia Salerni (ARG) 6-2, 6-3; Catalina Castano (COL) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE x22) 6-1, 6-4; Sabine Lisicki (GER) bt Dinara Safina (RUS x16) 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-2; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x4) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 7-5, 6-3; Nadia Petrova (RUS x14) bt Nicole Pratt (AUS) 6-1, 6-3; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO x28) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 4-6, 6-0, 9-7; Anastasia Rodionova (AUS) bt Angelika Bachmann (GER) 7-6 (7/3), 6-4; Sofia Arvidsson (SWE) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x10) 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-3; Tathiana Garbin (ITA) bt Eleni Daniilidou (GRE) 6-2, 6-2; Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) bt Roberto Vinci (ITA) 6-4, 6-4; Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) bt Christina Wheeler (AUS) 6-1, 6-2; Camille Pin (FRA) bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 5-7, 6-1, 6-1; Li Na (CHN x24) bt Severine Bremond (FRA) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Anne Kremer (LUX) bt Evgenia Linetskaya (ISR) 7-6 (10/8), 6-0; Venus Williams (USA x8) bt Yan Zi (CHN) 6-2, 7-5.
(China Daily 01/16/2008 page23)
