Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Major League results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4 Oakland 1
LA Angels 7 TEXAS 4
Arizona 8 SAN FRANCISCO 2
SEATTLE 11 Kansas City 6
Toronto 11 BALTIMORE 3
Boston 5 CLEVELAND 3
DETROIT 6 Minnesota 5
PHILADELPHIA 4 Houston 3
NY Yankees 5 TAMPA BAY 3
FLORIDA 4 Atlanta 0
NY METS 6 Washington 0
CHICAGO CUBS 9 Cincinnati 5
ST LOUIS 6 Milwaukee 1
SAN DIEGO 6 Colorado 0
LA DODGERS 11 Pittsburgh 2
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL playoff results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
1 2 3 T
Montreal 0 1 0 1
BOSTON 0 0 0 0
(Montreal leads the best-of-seven series 3-1)
1 2 3 T
PHILADELPHIA 3 1 2 6
Washington 1 1 1 3
(Philadelphia leads the best-of-seven series 2-1)
1 2 3 T
Anaheim 3 1 0 4
DALLAS 0 0 2 2
(Dallas leads the best-of-seven series 2-1)
1 2 3 T
San Jose 0 1 2 3
CALGARY 1 1 0 2
(The best-of-seven series is level at 2-2)
1 2 3 T
COLORADO 3 2 0 5
Minnesota 0 0 1 1
(The best-of-seven series is level at 2-2)
Wednesday, April 16
Pittsburgh at Ottawa
New Jersey at NY Rangers
Detroit at Nashville
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
Orlando 121 ATLANTA 105
NEW JERSEY 112 Charlotte 108 (OT)
DETROIT 115 Minnesota 103
NEW ORLEANS 114 LA Clippers 92
PORTLAND 113 Memphis 91
LA LAKERS 124 Sacramento 101
Standings
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB z-Boston 65 16 .802 --
x-Toronto 41 40 .506 24
x-Philadelphia 40 41 .494 25
New Jersey 34 47 .420 31
New York 23 58 .284 42
Southeast Division
y-Orlando 51 30 .630 --
x-Washington 43 38 .531 8
x-Atlanta 37 44 .457 14
Charlotte 31 50 .383 20
Miami 14 67 .173 37
Central Division
y-Detroit 58 23 .716 --
x-Cleveland 45 36 .556 13
Indiana 35 46 .432 23
Chicago 32 49 .395 26
Milwaukee 26 55 .321 32
Western Conference
Southwest Division
y-New Orleans 56 25 .691 --
x-San Antonio 55 26 .679 1
x-Houston 54 27 .667 2
x-Dallas 50 31 .617 6
Memphis 22 59 .272 34
Northwest Division
y-Utah 54 27 .667 --
x-Denver 49 32 .605 5
Portland 41 40 .506 13
Minnesota 21 60 .259 33
Seattle 19 62 .235 35
Pacific Division
z-LA Lakers 57 25 .695 --
x-Phoenix 54 27 .667 2 1/2
Golden State 48 33 .593 8 1/2
Sacramento 38 44 .463 19
L.A. Clippers 23 58 .284 33 1/2
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
z-clinched conference
Wednesday's games
New York at Indiana
Washington at Orlando
Detroit at Cleveland
New Orleans at Dallas
Philadelphia at Charlotte
Atlanta at Miami
New Jersey at Boston
Milwaukee at Minnesota
Toronto at Chicago
LA Clippers at Houston
Memphis at Denver
Utah at San Antonio
Portland at Phoenix
Seattle at Golden State
End Regular Season
SOCCER
French Cup
PARIS: French Cup quarterfinal results on Tuesday:
Amiens 1 (Contout 87) Dijon 0
Lyon 1 (Benzema) Metz 0
German league
BERLIN: German league results on Tuesday:
Hertha Berlin 0 Hamburg 0
Hansa Rostock 1 (Hahnge 76) Werder Bremen 2 (Frings 57, Klasnic 82)
Schalke 04 5 (V. da Silva 31-og, Kuranyi 37, 40, 59, 80) Energie Cottbus 0
VfL Wolfsburg 0 VfL Bochum 1 (Sestak 87)
Portuguese Cup
LISBON: Portuguese Cup result on Tuesday:
Vitoria Setubal 0 FC Porto 3
TENNIS
Estoril Open
ESTORIL, Portugal: Results from the second day of the Estoril open on Tuesday:
Women's 1st rd
Camille Pin (FRA x8) bt Angelique Kerber (GER) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3; Olga Savchuk (UKR) bt Sandra Kloesel (GER) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Sandra Mamic (CRO) bt Michelle Larcherde Brito (POR) 2-6, 6-0, 6-4; Mariana Duque Marino (COL) bt Monica Niculescu (ROM) 6-4, 6-3; Flavia Pennetta (ITA x1) bt Yvonne Meusburger (AUT) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2; Marat Ani (EST) bt Anne Kremer (LUX) 7-5, 6-2; Iveta Benesova (CZE) bt Neuza Silva (POR) 6-0, 6-2; Tathiana Garbin (ITA x5) bt Yuliya Beygelzimer (UKR) 6-1, 3-6, 7-5; Corinna Dentoni (ITA) bt Rosana de Los Rios (PAR) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Maria Kirilenko (RUS) bt Sandra Vogele (SUI) 6-4, 6-7 (2/7), 6-1; Petra Cetkovska (CZE) bt Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 6-2, 6-2; Kristen Flipkens (BEL) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE x4) 7-5, 6-4.
Men's 1st rd
Joao Sousa (POR) bt Oliver Marach (AUT) 6-1, 6-3; Victor Hanescu (ROM) bt Olivier Patience (FRA) 6-1, 7-6 (7/2); Thierry Ascione (FRA) bt Alexandre Kudryavtsev (RUS) 6-1, 6-4; Florent Serra (FRA) bt Gianluca Naso (ITA) 6-1, 6-2; Rui Machado (POR) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO x3) 6-4, 1-0, retired (left knee); Michael Berrer (GER x8) bt Gastao Elias (POR) 6-4, 7-5; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS x2) bt Jurgen Melzer (AUT) 6-3, 6-1; Jiri Vanek (CZE) bt Philipp Petzschner (GER) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Olivier Rochus (BEL) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Denis Gremelmayr (GER) bt Jarkko Nieminen (FIN x4) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Flavio Cipolla (ITA) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.
WTA Family Circle Cup
CHARLESTON, South Carolina: Results on Tuesday from the $1.3 million WTA Family Circle Cup tournament (x denotes seed):
1st rd
Victoria Azarenka (BLR x13) bt Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) 6-1, 6-0; Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 4-6, 6-0, 7-5; Anastasia Rodionova (RUS) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-4, 1-0 retired back injury; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Michaella Krajicek (NED) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Olga Govortsova (BLR) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 6-3, 6-2; Aravane Rezai (FRA) bt Milagros Sequera (VEN) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5; Jill Craybas (USA) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 6-2, 6-2; Edina Gallovits (ROU) bt Meghann Shaughnessy (USA) 6-3, 3-0 retired left knee injury; Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) bt Olga Puchkova (RUS) 4-6, 7-5, 6-0; Bethanie Mattek (USA) bt Yuan Meng (CHN) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
2nd rd
Sorana Cirstea (ROU) bt Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x3) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2; Marion Bartoli (FRA x6) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 7-5, 4-6, 6-1; Dinara Safina (RUS x8) bt Lourdes Domnguez Lino (ESP) 6-1, 6-4; Agnes Szavay (HUN x10) bt Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 7-5, 3-6, 6-4; Serena Williams (USA x5) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-3, 6-4.
US Clay Court Championships
HOUSTON, Texas: ATP tennis results from the $436,000 US Clay Court Championships on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Agustin Calleri (ARG x5) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 6-4, 6-3; Marcel Granollers-Pujol (ESP x7) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-2, 6-0; Sergio Roitman (ARG) bt John Isner (USA) 3-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3; Igor Kunitsyn (RUS) bt Tommy Haas (GER x2) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Mardy Fish (USA x3) bt Rainer Schuettler (GER) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3.
Valencia ATP
VALENCIA, Spain: ATP tennis results on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Evgeny Korolev (RUS) bt Igor Andreev (RUS x6) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4); Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 6-4, 6-1; Tommy Robredo (ESP x3) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-3, 7-5; Santiago Ventura (ESP) bt David Marrero (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (7/6); Nicolas Almagro (ESP x5) bt Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen (ESP) 7-5, 6-3; Eduardo Schwank (ARG) bt Christophe Rochus (BEL) 6-2, 2-0 retired; Marat Safin (RUS) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x4) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4; Potito Starace (ITA x8) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA) 6-3, 6-1; Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 6-4, 6-4.
(China Daily 04/17/2008 page23)
