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)