Score board
Golf
World Match Play Championship
TUCSON, Arizona: Scores on Wednesday in the $8 million WGC World Match Play Championship at Gallery Golf Club:
First round
Jones Division
Bradley Dredge (GBR) bt Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 4 and 3
K.J. Choi (KOR) bt Camilo Villegas (COL) 3 and 2
Ian Poulter (GBR) bt Soren Hansen (DEN) 2 and 1
Tiger Woods (USA) bt J.B. Holmes (USA) 1 up
David Toms (USA) bt Zach Johnson (USA) 2 and 1
Aaron Baddeley (AUS) bt Mark Calcavecchia (USA) 4 and 2
Paul Casey (GBR) def. Robert Karlsson (SWE) 2 up
Arron Oberholser (USA) bt Mike Weir (CAN) 3 and 1
Hogan Division
Jonathan Byrd (USA) bt Ernie Els (RSA) 6 and 5
Adam Scott (AUS) bt Brendan Jones (AUS) 2 and 1
Sergio Garcia (ESP) bt John Senden (AUS) 3 and 2
Henrik Stenson (SWE) bt Robert Allenby (AUS) 1-up
Boo Weekley (USA) bt Martin Kaymer (GER) 2 and 1
Woody Austin (USA) bt Toru Taniguchi (JPN) 6 and 5
Trevor Immelman (RSA) bt Shingo Katayama (JPN) 1-up
Andres Romero (ARG) bt Retief Goosen (RSA) 2 and 1
Player Division
Rod Pampling (AUS) bt Justin Rose (GBR) 2 and 1
Vijay Singh (FIJ) bt Peter Hanson (GBR) 19 holes
Niclas Fasth (SWE) bt Richard Green (GBR) 6 and 5
Nick O'Hern (AUS) bt Scott Verplank (USA) 3 and 2
Phil Mickelson (USA) bt Pat Perez (USA) 1 up
Justin Leonard (USA) bt Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 2 and 1
Lee Westwood (GBR) bt Brandt Snedeker (USA) 3 and 2
Stuart Appleby (AUS) bt Tim Clark (RSA) 3 and 2
Snead Division
Colin Montgomerie (GBR) bt Jim Furyk (USA) 3 and 2
Padraig Harrington (IRL) bt Jerry Kelly (GBR) 4 and 3
Angel Cabrera (ARG) bt Anders Hansen (DEN) 3 and 2
Stewart Cink (USA) bt Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 4 and 3
Stephen Ames (CAN) bt Charles Howell (USA) 19 holes
Luke Donald (GBR) bt Nick Dougherty (GBR) 2 and 1
Steve Stricker (USA) bt Daniel Chopra (SWE) 20 holes
Hunter Mahan (USA) bt Richard Sterne (RSA) 4 and 3
NBA
NEW YORK: Results of the NBA games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
TORONTO 127 Orlando 110
Cleveland 106 INDIANA 97
PHILADELPHIA 124 New York 84
NEW JERSEY 110 Chicago 102
MILWAUKEE 103 Detroit 98
NEW ORLEANS 104 Dallas 93
LA Lakers 130 PHOENIX 124
Atlanta at SACRAMENTO
LA CLIPPERS 100 Memphis 86
GOLDEN STATE 119 Boston 117
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 41 11 .788 -
Toronto 29 23 .558 12
New Jersey 24 30 .444 18
Philadelphia 24 31 .436 18 1/2
NY Knicks 16 38 .296 26
Central Division
Detroit 39 15 .722 -
Cleveland 30 24 .556 9
Chicago 21 32 .396 17 1/2
Indiana 21 33 .389 18
Milwaukee 20 34 .370 19
Southeast Division
Orlando 34 22 .607 -
Washington 25 28 .472 7 1/2
Atlanta 21 30 .412 10 1/2
Charlotte 19 35 .352 14
Miami 9 42 .176 22 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 35 19 .648 -
Denver 33 20 .623 1 1/2
Portland 28 25 .528 6 1/2
Seattle 14 38 .269 20
Minnesota 11 41 .212 23
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 37 17 .685 -
Phoenix 37 17 .685 -
Golden State 33 21 .611 4
Sacramento 25 28 .472 11 1/2
LA Clippers 18 33 .353 17 1/2
Southwest Division
New Orleans 37 15 .712 -
San Antonio 35 17 .673 2
Dallas 35 19 .648 3
Houston 33 20 .623 4 1/2
Memphis 14 40 .259 24
Thursday's games
Miami at Houston
San Antonio at Minnesota
Seattle at Portland
Friday's games
Philadelphia at Orlando
New Jersey at Indiana
Sacramento at Charlotte
Toronto at New York
Denver at Chicago
Dallas at Memphis
Milwaukee at Detroit
Houston at New Orleans
Washington at Cleveland
Boston at Phoenix
Utah at LA Clippers
Atlanta at Golden State
Portland at Seattle
NHL
NEW YORK: Results of the NHL games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):
BUFFALO 4 Tampa Bay 3 (OT)
NEW JERSEY 3 San Jose 2
NY Islanders 2 WASHINGTON 2 (SO)
CHICAGO 3 Minnesota 0
Calgary 3 DALLAS 2
ANAHEIM 3 Colorado 2 (SO)
SOCCER
European Champions League
PARIS: European Champions League second round first leg results on Wednesday:
At Glasgow: Celtic (SCO) 2 (Vennegoor of Hesselink 16, Robson 38) Barcelona (ESP) 3 (Messi 18, 79, Henry 52)
At Istanbul: Fenerbahce (TUR) 3 (Kezman 17, Lugano 57, Senturk 87) Sevilla (ESP) 2 (Edu Dracena 23-og, Escude 66)
At London: Arsenal (ENG) 0 AC Milan (ITA) 0
At Lyon, France: Lyon (FRA) 1 (Benzema 54) Manchester United (ENG) 1 (Tevez 87)
Tuesday
At Rome: AS Roma (ITA) 2 (Pizarro 24, Mancini 58) Real Madrid (ESP) 1 (Raul 8)
At Liverpool, England: Liverpool (ENG) 2 (Kuyt 85, Gerrard 90) Inter Milan (ITA) 0
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany: Schalke 04 (GER) 1 (Kuranyi 4) FC Porto (POR) 0
At Athens: Olympiakos (GRE) 0 Chelsea (ENG) 0
Tennis
Qatar Open WTA
DOHA: Results from the third day of the $2.5 million Qatar Open WTA tournament on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
2nd rd
Jelena Jankovic (SRB x3) bt Yaroslova Shvedova (RUS) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Venus Williams (USA x6) bt Karin Knapp (ITA) 6-2, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (RUS x4) bt Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA) bt Amelie Mauresmo (FRA x14) 7-6 (8/6), 7-5; Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) bt Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1; Dinara Safina (RUS x11) bt Zi Yan (CHN) 6-2, 6-1; Sybille Bammer (AUT x15) bt Monica Nicolescu (ROU) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Shahar Peer (ISR x12) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA) 6-1, 7-6 (7/3); Dominika Cibulka (SVK) bt Patty Schnyder (SUIx9) 6-3, 6-4; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x16) bt Tathiana Garbin (ITA) 6-3, 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x2) bt Nathalie Dechy (FRA) 7-5, 7-5; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x1) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-3, 6-1; Li Na (CHN) bt Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x5) 7-6 (9/7), 6-4; Ai Sugiyama (JPN) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.
Rotterdam Open
ROTTERDAM: Results from the third day of the Rotterdam Open on Wednesday:
1st rd
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 6-2, 6-2; Robin Haase (NED) bt Andy Murray (GBR x6) 7-5, 6-3; Andreas Seppi (ITA) bt Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4); Tomas Berdych (CZE x5) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) 6-3, 6-3; Rafael Nadal (ESP x1) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-4, 6-4.
2nd rd
Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-2, 7-6 (9/7); Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/4).
Buenos Aires ATP Open
BUENOS AIRES: Results from the third day of the $466,000 ATP tournament on Wednesday:
2nd rd:
Nicolas Almagro (ESP x5) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Potito Starace (ITA x7) bt Juan Pablo Brzezicki (ARG) 6-3, 6-3; David Nalbandian (Arg x1) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3; Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg x4) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-4. 6-4.
ATP San Jose
SAN JOSE, California: Results on Wednesday in the $436,000 SAP Open ATP tennis tournament:
2nd rd
Radek Stepanek (CZE x4) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 7-5, 7-6 (7/5); Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 3-6, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4; Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Kristof Vliegen (Bel x8) 6-2, 6-3; Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Diego Hartfield (Arg) 7-5, 6-3; Andy Roddick (USA x1) bt Chris Guccione (Aus) 6-3, 6-7 (3), 7-6 (5).
WTA Bogota Open
BOGOTA: Results from WTA Bogota Open on Wednesday:
2nd rd
Mariana Duque Marino (COL) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT x5) 6-1, 6-2; Sara Errani (ITA x6) bt Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) 6-0, 6-3; Maria Emilia Salerni (ARG) bt Maria Elena Camerin (ITA) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Nuria Llagostera Vives (ESP) bt Rossana de los Rios (PAR) 6-2, 6-0.
(China Daily 02/22/2008 page23)
