Score board
Baseball
NEW YORK: Baseball results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):
ATLANTA 5 San Diego 3
Cleveland 5 NY YANKEES 3
Boston 5 DETROIT 0
PITTSBURGH 12 San Francisco 6
Tampa Bay 5 TORONTO 4
FLORIDA 3 Milwaukee 0
Chicago Cubs 3 CINCINNATI 0
HOUSTON 6 Washington 5
LA Angels 5 KANSAS CITY 3
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 7 Minnesota 1
St. Louis 6 COLORADO 5
ARIZONA 6 Philadelphia 4
OAKLAND 4 Baltimore 2
Texas 10 SEATTLE 1
LA DODGERS 5 NY Mets 4
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA playoff second-round results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS)
1 2 3 4 T
BOSTON 25 16 12 23 76
Cleveland 15 22 15 20 72
(Boston leads best-of-seven series 1-0)
SOCCER
French Cup
PARIS: French Cup result on Tuesday:
Semifinal
Amiens 0 Paris Saint Germain 1 (Boli 78)
Wednesday
Lyon v Sedan
German League
BERLIN: German league results on Tuesday night:
Borussia Dortmund 3 (Tinga 35, Frei 59, 79) VfB Stuttgart 2 (Gomez 55, 83)
VfL Bochum 0 Schalke 04 3 (Asamoah 34, Rakitic 67, Bordon 85)
Karlsruhe 1 (Buck 65) Energie Cottbus 1 (Rivic 60)
Hanover 96 3 (Balitsch 19, Rosenthal 47, 87) Hansa Rostock 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Bayern Munich 19 10 2 59 18 67
- champions
Schalke 04 16 10 6 52 32 58
Bremen 17 6 8 67 44 57
Hamburg 13 12 6 40 23 51
VfB Stuttgart 16 3 13 55 51 51
Leverkusen 14 6 11 54 36 48
Hanover 96 12 10 10 49 50 46
VfL Wolfsburg 12 9 10 47 42 45
Karlsruhe 11 10 11 37 43 43
Frankfurt 11 10 10 37 44 43
Dortmund 10 9 13 46 56 39
Hertha Berlin 10 8 13 35 39 38
VfL Bochum 9 11 12 44 51 38
Cottbus 8 9 15 33 52 33
Bielefeld 8 8 15 31 54 32
Duisburg 8 5 18 32 46 29
Nuremberg 6 10 15 33 48 28
Hansa Rostock 7 6 19 27 49 27
Tennis
Rome Masters
ROME: Results in the $3.5 million Rome Masters Series claycourt tournament on Tuesday (x denotes seeded player):
1st rd
Tommy Robredo (ESP x14) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 6-4, 6-1; Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-4, 6-2; Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) bt Nicolas Kiefer (GER) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4; Mario Ancic (CRO) bat Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 6-4, 6-4; Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x12) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 3-6, 7-6 (7/0), 7-6 (8/6); Ivan Karlovic (CRO) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA x15) 7-6 (7/4), 6-2; Nicolas Lapentti (ECU) bt Filippo Volandri (ITA) 7-6 (8/6), 2-6, 6-2; Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Carlos Moya (ESP/N.11) 6-3, 6-4; Simone Bolelli (ITA) bt Olivier Patience (FRA) 6-0, 6-3; Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA/N.10) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8/6).
2nd rd
Andy Roddick (USA x6) bt Mardy Fish (USA) 6-1, 6-4; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG) 6-3, 6-3.
German Open
BERLIN: Results of the WTA tournament at the Steffi Graf Stadium on Tuesday:
1st rd
Catalina Castano (COL) bt Galina Voskoboeva (RUS) 6-2, 6-2; Gisela Dulko (ARG) bt Nicole Vaidisova (CZE x12) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Victoria Azarenka (BUL) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 6-2, 6-2; Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-0, 6-0; Vera Dushevina (RUS) bt Patty Schnyder (SUI x9) 6-2, 6-3; Peng Shuai (CHN) bt Jill Craybas (USA) 7-6 (7/4), 5-7, 6-0; Yan Zi (CHN) bt Martina Muller (GER) 6-2, 6-3; Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB) bt Aravane Rezai (FRA) 7-5, 7-5; Maria Kirilenko (RUS) bt Elena Vesnina (RUS) 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.
2nd rd
Marion Bartoli (FRA x8) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-0, 6-3; Elena Dementieva (RUS x7) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (UKR) 6-1, 6-2; Serena Williams (USA x5) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-2, 6-3.
(China Daily 05/08/2008 page23)
