Score board
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)
TORONTO 107 Minnesota 85
PHILADELPHIA 101 Orlando 89
ATLANTA 123 Sacramento 117
Chicago 113 INDIANA 107
BOSTON 92 Cleveland 87
NY KNICKS 113 Charlotte 89
NEW ORLEANS 120 Phoenix 103
UTAH 103 Detroit 95
Denver 138 SEATTLE 96
Portland 82 LA CLIPPERS 80
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS)
San Jose 4 COLUMBUS 2
BUFFALO 8 Nashville 4
Minnesota 3 TAMPA BAY 2
Toronto 4 FLORIDA 3 (SO)
CHICAGO 1 Phoenix 0
Colorado 3 VANCOUVER 2 (SO)
SOCCER
FA Cup
LONDON: FA Cup fifth round replay result on Wednesday:
Middlesbrough 1 (Kenny 114-og) Sheffield Utd 0 - after extra time
French League Cup
PARIS: French League Cup semi-final result on Wednesday:
Le Mans 4 (Gervinho 22, Yebda 45, Matsui 66, De Melo 67) Lens 5 (De Melo 36-og, Remy 45+1, Dindane 53, Pele 63-og, S.Keita 119)
Tuesday
Paris Saint Germain 3 (Yepes 32, Pauleta 44, Mendy 78) Auxerre 2 (Landreau 74-og, Quercia 90+3)
Final
March 29 at the Stade de France
German Cup
BERLIN: German Cup quarter-final results on Wednesday:
VfL Wolfsburg 2 (Grafite 17-pen, Marcelinho 109) Hamburg 1 (van der Vaart 70) - after extra time
Bayern Munich 1 (Ribery 120+2-pen) 1860 Munich 0
Italian league
ROME: Italian league results on Wednesday:
Atalanta 4 (Doni 13, 31 Floccari 36, Capelli 53) Sampdoria 1 (Volpi 3)
Catania 1 (Spinesi 63) AC Milan 1 (Pato 55)
Fiorentina 1 (Papa Waigo 58) Livorno 0
Genoa 2 (Sculli 41, Borriello 75-pen) Napoli 0
Inter Milan 1 (Zanetti 88) AS Roma 1 (Totti 38)
Lazio 1 (Bianchi 45-pen) Reggina 0
Palermo 2 (Simplicio 14, Rinaudo 38) Empoli 0
Parma 2 (Lucarelli 78, Cigarini 87) Udinese 0
Siena 1 (Maccarone 88) Cagliari 0
Scottish Premier League
GLASGOW: Scottish Premier League results on Wednesday:
Aberdeen 1 (Diamond 28) Motherwell 1 (Smith 83)
Celtic 2 (McDonald 45, Samaras 61) Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1 (Niculae 70)
Dundee Utd 1 (Dillon 69) St Mirren 1 (Dorman 88)
Falkirk 0 Hibernian 2 (Ross 12-og, Rankin 52)
Gretna 4 (Deverdics 27, Meynell 39, Barr 44, Buscher 59) Kilmarnock 2 (Ford 72, Gibson 83)
Hearts 0 Rangers 4 (Darcheville 25, 44, Novo 53, 70)
Spanish Cup
MADRID: Spanish Cup semi-final first leg result on Wednesday:
Barcelona 1 (Xavi 90+4) Valencia 1 (Villa 70)
Thursday (kick-off 2000 GMT):
Getafe v Racing Santander
Second legs:
March 19/20
TENNIS
Memphis ATP/WTA
MEMPHIS, Tennessee: Results here on Wednesday in the 944,000-dollar ATP/WTA tennis tournament (x denotes seeding):
Men's 1st rd
Robin Soderling (SWE x8) bt Frederic Niemeyer (CAN) 6-2, 6-1; Andy Roddick (USA x1) bt Gilles Muller (LUX) 6-4, 7-6 (7/4)
2nd rd
Radek Stepanek (CZE x4) bt Florent Serra (FRA) 7-6 (8/6), 2-6, 7-5; Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Tommy Haas (GER x3) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5; Steve Darcis (BEL) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT x7) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4)
Women's 2nd rd
Shahar Peer (ISR x3) bt Melinda Czink (HUN) 6-0, 3-6, 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x6) bt Michelle Larcherde Brito (POR) 6-2, 6-4; Marina Erakovic (NZL) bt Amber Liu (USA) 7-5, 6-3; Lindsay Davenport (USA x4) bt Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) 6-1, 6-1; Julia Goerges (GER) bt Bethanie Mattek (USA) 6-4, 6-3; Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-7 (6/8), 7-5, 6-1
Acapulco WTA and ATP
ACAPULCO, Mexico: Third-day results on Wednesday from the Acapulco tennis tournaments, counting for both the ATP (536,000 euros) and WTA circuits (121,000 euros) (x denotes seeding):
Men's 2nd rd
Nicolas Almagro (ESP x6) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 6-3, 6-3
Women's 2nd rd
Alize Cornet (FRA x2) bt Melissa Torres (MEX) 6-2, 6-0; Jill Craybas (USA) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZE x3) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (6/2); Flavia Pennetta (ITA x1) bt Julia Schruff (GER) 6-2, 6-3
Zagreb ATP
ZAGREB: Results from the 550,000-dollar (370,000-euro) Zagreb ATP tournament on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
2nd rd
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x1) bt Lovro Zovko (CRO) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3); Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x5) 6-4, 6-3; Robin Haase (NED) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x3) 6-2, 6-4; Mario Ancic (CRO) bt Denis Gremelmayr (GER) 6-3, 6-2; Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Rik De Voest (RSA) 7-5, 6-1; Olivier Rochus (BEL) bt Stefan Koubek (AUT) 6-2, 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x8) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO) 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-4; Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) bt Viktor Troicki (SRB) 7-6 (9/7), 3-6, 6-4
Dubai Open
DUBAI: WTA Dubai Open collated results here on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
2nd rd
Justine Henin (BEL x1) bt Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 7-5, 6-7 (8/10), 6-3; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Sybille Bammer (AUT) 6-3, 6-2; Elena Dementieva (RUS x8) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 6-2, 6-1; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x2) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-1, 6-2; Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x6) bt Dinara Safina (RUS) 6-7 (3/7), 6-4, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x4) bt Sania Mirza (IND) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) bt Akiko Morigami (JPN) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4; Ana Ivanovic (SRB x3) bt Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 6-4, 6-0
(China Daily 02/29/2008 page23)
