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Baseball

NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS):

DETROIT 12 Seattle 8

BOSTON 2 Kansas City 1

Baltimore 12 NY YANKEES 2

LA Angels 3 TORONTO1

MINNESOTA 11 Texas 4

CHICAGO WHITE SOX 4 Cleveland 1

Tampa Bay 3 OAKLAND 2

ATLANTA 6 NY Mets 1

ATLANTA 6 NY Mets 2

Milwaukee 7 PITTSBURGH 2

FLORIDA 3 Arizona 2

Philadelphia 1 WASHINGTON 0

HOUSTON 2 Chicago Cubs 2

San Francisco 6 COLORADO 5

SAN DIEGO 3 St. Louis 2

LA DODGERS 4 Cincinnati 1

Golf

World rankings

NEW YORK: World rankings on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 20.59 average points

2. (2) Phil Mickelson 9.35

3. (3) Ernie Els (RSA) 6.06

4. (4) Adam Scott (AUS) 5.85

5. (7) Jim Furyk 5.52

6. (5) Steve Stricker 5.49

7. (6) Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 5.47

8. (8) K.J. Choi (KOR) 5.42

9. (9) Vijay Singh (FIJ) 5.26

10. (10) Sergio Garcia (SPA) 5.23

11. (11) Justin Rose (GBR) 5.22

12. (12) Padraig Harrington (IRE) 4.96

13. (13) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 4.90

14. (14) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 4.88

15. (15) Stewart Cink 4.85

16. (16) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4.30

17. (17) Anthony Kim 3.95

18. (18) Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 3.93

19. (19) Luke Donald (GBR) 3.71

20. (20) Lee Westwood (GBR) 3.70

2008 PGA Tour money list

NEW YORK: Leading money winners on the 2008 PGA Tour on Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $4,425,000

2. Phil Mickelson $2,709,270

3. Stewart Cink $2,482,378

4. Ryuji Imada (JPN) $2,312,647

5. Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) $2,213,960

6. Vijay Singh (FIJ) $2,182,017

7. Anthony Kim $2,092,190

8. Sergio Garcia (SPA) $2,053,890

9. Boo Weekley $1,879,780

10. J.B. Holmes $1,844,295

11. K.J. Choi (KOR) $1,801,432

12. Justin Leonard $1,786,402

13. Adam Scott (AUS) $1,740,924

14. Jeff Quinney $1,685,764

15. Jim Furyk $1,577,030

16. Andres Romero (ARG) $1,523,528

17. Trevor Immelman (RSA) $1,518,676

18. Steve Stricker $1,518,039

19. Bart Bryant $1,455,472

20. Sean O'Hair $1,430,500

European Tour Money List

LONDON: Leading money winners on the 2008 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):

1. Trevor Immelman (RSA) 992,958 euros

2. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 970,156

3. Lee Westwood 909,593

4. Vijay Singh (FIJ) 756,380

5. Richard Finch 746,662

6. Robert Karlsson (SWE) 603,114

7. Graeme McDowell 602,610

8. Miguel Angel Jimenez (SPA) 592,676

9. Martin Kaymer (GER 568,232

10. Damien McGrane (IRE) 543,209

11. Oliver Wilson 542,132

12. Retief Goosen (RSA) 536,027

13. Adam Scott (AUS) 503,460

14. Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 475,708

15. Peter Lawrie (IRE) 472,167

16. Felipe Aguilar (CHI) 465,953

17. Darren Clarke 460,882

18. Hennie Otto (RSA) 450,979

19. Padraig Harrington (IRE) 440,047

20. Ross Fisher 428,407

Tennis

Men's world rankings

PARIS: Men's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's rankings in brackets):

1. (1) Roger Federer (SUI) 6675 points

2. (2) Rafael Nadal (SPA) 5585

3. (3) Novak Djokovic (SER) 5225

4. (4) Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 3290

5. (5) David Ferrer (SPA) 2730

6. (6) Andy Roddick (USA) 2410

7. (7) David Nalbandian (ARG) 2115

8. (8) James Blake (USA) 1985

9. (9) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 1630

10. (10) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 1575

11. (14) Andy Murray (GBR) 1480

12. (11) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 1460

13. (16) Tommy Robredo (SPA) 1430

14. (15) Juan Monaco (ARG) 1430

15. (18) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 1420

16. (13) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 1410

17. (12) Carlos Moya (SPA) 1340

18. (20) Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 1335

19. (21) Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 1270

20. (17) Nicolas Almagro (SPA) 1270

Women's world rankings

MIAMI: Women's tennis world rankings on Monday (previous week's rankings in brackets):

1. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 4181 points

2. (3) Ana Ivanovic (SER) 3922

3. (4) Jelena Jankovic (SER) 3755

4. (5) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 3365

5. (6) Serena Williams (USA) 2836

6. (8) Anna Chakvetadze (RUS) 2731

7. (7) Elena Dementieva (RUS) 2630

8. (9) Venus Williams (USA) 2626

9. (11) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 2178

10. (10) Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 2122

11. (12) Patty Schnyder (SUI) 1830

12. (13) Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 1772

13. (15) Agnes Szavay (HUN) 1682

14. (14) Dinara Safina (RUS) 1662

15. (16) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 1533

16. (17) Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) 1435

17. (19) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 1248

18. (18) Shahar Peer (ISR) 1215

19. (20) Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 1201

20. (34) Alize Cornet (FRA) 1160

Casablanca ATP

CASABLANCA: Results on Tuesday in the ATP's 370,000-euro Casablanca claycourt tournament (x denotes seeding):

1st rd

Oscar Hernandez (ESP) bt Frank Dancevik (CAN) 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 7-6 (7/5)

2nd rd

Augustin Calleri (ARG x3) bt Olivier Paticence (FRA) 6-2, 7-5; Younes El Aynaoui (MAR) bt Dominik Hrbaty (SVK) 6-3, 7-5; Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Boris Pashanki (SRB) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Marc Gicquel (FRA x4) bt Guillermo Coria (ARG) 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (7/2).

Istanbul WTA

ISTANBUL: Results from the $200,000 WTA tournament on Tuesday:

1st rd

Nadia Petrova (RUS x3) bt Lilia Osterloh (USA) 6-1, 6-2; Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB x6) bt Martina Muller (GER) 6-4, 6-1; Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL x8) bt Polona Hercog (SLO) 6-4, 7-5; Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Masa Zec Peskiric (SLO) 6-3, 6-4; Liana Ungur (ROM) bt Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6; Veronika Chvojkova (CZE) bt Pemra Ozgen (TUR) 7-5, 6-4.

WTA Strasbourg

STRASBOURG, France: WTA results from the $175,000 event on Tuesday:

1st rd

Yan Zi (CHN) bt Mara Santangelo (ITA) 5-6 - retired; Yung-jan (CHN) bt Virginie Razzano (FRA x3) 6-1, 6-0; Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) bt Ashley Harkleroad (USA) 6-2, 6-1; Edina Gallovits (ROM) bt Julia Vakulenko (UKR) 6-1, 6-4; Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) bt Jelena Dokic (AUS) 6-4, 6-2; Ana Vrlic (CRO) bt Rossana De Los Rios (PAR) 6-0, 6-4; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO x5) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 6-3, 6-1.

Poertschach ATP

POERTSCHACH, Austria: Results on Tuesday in the 370,000-euro claycourt men's tournament in Poertschach, Austria:

1st rd

Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x3) bt Jan Hajek (CZE) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; John Isner (USA) bt Simone Vagnozzi (ITA) 6-3, 6-2; Sam Querrey (USA x5) bt Oliver Marach (AUT) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

World Team Championships

DUSSELDORF, Germany: Results on day three of the World Team Championships on Tuesday:

Red Group

United States tied with Argentina 1-1

James Blake (USA) bt Guillermo Canas (ARG) 7-6 (7/4), 6-4; Juan Igancio Chela (ARG) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 7-5, 6-1

Sweden leads Czech Republic 2-0

Robin Soderling (SWE) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Tomas Johansson (SWE) bt Michal Tabara (CZE) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7/5)

Blue Group

Spain leads Russia 1-0

David Ferrer (ESP) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-3, 6-3;.

Germany leads Italy 1-0

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Potito Starace (ITA) 6-2, 7-6 (7/5).

Note: Each match comprises two singles matches and one doubles match played over two days. The winner of the Blue Group plays against the winner of the Red Group on Saturday.

(China Daily 05/22/2008 page22)