Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
BOSTON 8 Texas 3
Detroit 5 TORONTO 1
ATLANTA 7 Washington 3
CHICAGO CUBS 7 NY Mets 1
Florida 10 PITTSBURGH 4
LA Dodgers 9 CINCINNATI 3
HOUSTON 10 San Diego 3
St. Louis 4 MILWAUKEE 3
Philadelphia 9 COLORADO 5
ARIZONA 4 San Francisco 2
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA playoff results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
CLEVELAND 116 Washington 86
(Cleveland lead the best-of-seven series 2-0)
Utah 90 HOUSTON 84
(Utah lead the best-of-seven series by 2-0)
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL Eastern Conference quarter-final results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
MONTREAL 5 Boston 0
(Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-3)
Washington 4 PHILADELPHIA 2
(Best-of-seven series tied at 3-3)
Snooker
World championship
SHEFFIELD, England: World championship results on Monday (best of 19 frames):
1st rd
Peter Ebdon (ENG) bt Jamie Cope (ENG) 10-9
Ali Carter (ENG) bt Barry Hawkins (ENG) 10-9
Joe Swail (NIR) bt Stephen Lee (ENG) 10-4
Neil Robertson (AUS) bt Nigel Bond (ENG) 10-4
Tennis
Monte Carlo Masters
MONTE CARLO: Results on the first day of the $3.6 million Monte Carlo Masters Series claycourt tournament at the Monte Carlo Country Club on Monday (x denotes seeded player):
1st rd
Mario Ancic (CRO) bt Ivo Minar (CZE) 6-3, 6-4; Kristof Vliegen (BEL) bt Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 7-6 (7/4), 6-1; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP x13) bt Michael Llodra (FRA) 6-7 (5/7), 6-1, 6-1; Olivier Rochus (BEL) bt Tommy Haas (GER) 6-1, 3-0 - retired shoulder injury; Filippo Volandri (ITA) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA) 6-2, 6-3; Andy Murray (GBR x14) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 7-6 (7/5), 6-4; Robin Soderling (SWE) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3; Sam Querrey (USA) bt Carlos Moya (ESP x10) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA x9) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER x16) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG) 7-6 (7/4), 6-3; Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) bt Potito Starace (ITA) 7-6 (7/3), 6-7 (2/7), 6-4; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO) bt Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) 6-1, 6-2; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Fernando Verdasco (ESP) 7-5, 6-4.
ATP rankings
NEW YORK: Men's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's rankings in brackets):
1. (1) Roger Federer (SUI) 6425 points
2. (2) Rafael Nadal (SPA) 5455
3. (3) Novak Djokovic (SER) 4725
4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 3290
5. (5) David Ferrer (SPA) 2620
6. (6) Andy Roddick (US) 2320
7. (7) David Nalbandian (ARG) 2035
8. (8) James Blake (USA) 2020
9. (10) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 1755
10. (9) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 1690
11. (11) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 1600
12. (12) Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 1555
13. (14) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 1490
14. (16) Carlos Moya (SPA) 1460
15. (14) Fernando Gonzalez (CHI) 1459
16. (15) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 1440
17. (17) Juan Monaco (ARG) 1440
18. (18) Tommy Robredo (SPA) 1400
19. (20) Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 1390
20. (21) Andy Murray (GBR) 1330
WTA rankings
MIAMI: Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's rankings in brackets):
1. (1) Justine Henin (BEL) 6105 points
2. (2) Ana Ivanovic (SER) 4157
3. (4) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 3986
4. (3) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3905
5. (5) Jelena Jankovic (SER) 3775
6. (9) Serena Williams (US) 2726
7. (6) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 2665
8. (7) Venus Williams (USA) 2586
9. (8) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 2440
10. (10) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 2257
11. (11) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 2198
12. (12) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1965
13. (13) Agnes Szavay (HUN) 1667
14. (17) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 1627
15. (14) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 1483
16. (15) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 1433
17. (16) Dinara Safina (RUS) 1412
18. (18) Shahar Peer (ISR) 1245
19. (19) Alona Bondarenko (UKR) 1206
20. (20) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 1192
(China Daily 04/23/2008 page23)