Score board
BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Results of the Major League Baseball games on Wednesday (home teams in CAS):
OAKLAND 9 Tampa Bay 1
BOSTON 6 Kansas City 3
DETROIT 9 Seattle 4
NY YANKEES 8 Baltimore 0
LA Angels 4 TORONTO 3
Texas 10 MINNESOTA 1
CHICAGO WHITE SOX 7 Cleveland 2
San Francisco 3 COLORADO 2 (10 innings)
Milwaukee 4 PITTSBURGH 1
ATLANTA 11 NY Mets 4
FLORIDA 3 Arizona 1
Philadelphia 12 WASHINGTON 2
HOUSTON 5 Chicago Cubs 1
St. Louis 11 SAN DIEGO 3
LA DODGERS 5 Cincinnati 2
NBA
WASHINGTON: Results from the National Basketball Association semifinals on Wednesday (all series best-of-seven):
Western Conference
at Los Angeles
Los Angeles Lakers 89 San Antonio 85
(Los Angeles leads series 1-0)
Soccer
European Champions League final
MOSCOW: Result of Champions League final on Wednesday:
Chelsea (ENG) 1 (Lampard 45) Manchester United (ENG) 1 (Ronaldo 26) after extra-time
Manchester United win 6-5 on penalties
Libertadores Cup
GUADALAJARA, Mexico: Results from the Libertadores Cup quarterfinal second leg matches on Wednesday:
Atlas (Mexico) 0 Boca Juniors (Argentina) 3
(First leg: Boca Juniors-Atlas 2-2. Boca win 5-2 on aggregate).
Fluminense (Brazil) 3 Sao Paulo (Brazil) 1
(First leg: Sao Paulo 1 Fluminense 0
Fluminense win 3-2 on aggregate)
TENNIS
Poertschach ATP
POERTSCHACH, Austria: Results on Wednesday in the 370,000-euro claycourt men's tournament in Poertschach, Austria (x denotes seeded player):
1st rd
Juan Monaco (ARG x2) bt Carlos Berlocq (ARG) 4-1 retired due to thigh injury; Igor Kunizyn (RUS) bt Mardy Fish (USA x4) 6-1, 6-1; Dudi Sela (ISR) bt Mischa Zverev (GER) 7-6 (7/2), 6-0; Robin Haase (NED x8) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 7-6 (9/7), 6-4; Blaz Kavcic (SLO) bt Teimuras Gabaschvili (RUS) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3); Robby Ginepri (USA) bt Mario Ancic (CRO x7) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10/8); Olivier Rochus (BEL) bt Michal Przysiezny (POL) 6-2, 6-4 .
2nd rd
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (ESP) bt Sam Querrey (USA x5) 6-1, 6-3; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x3) bt Ivan Navarro (ESP) 7-6 (7/3), 6-4.
WTA Strasbourg
STRASBOURG, France: WTA results from the $175,000 event on Wednesday:
2nd rd
Katarina Srebotnik (SLO x5) bt Tatiana Perebiynis (UKR) 7-6 (7/4), 6-0; Yung-Jan Chan (TPE) bt Casey Dellacqua (AUS) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1; Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) bt Zi Yan (CHN x8) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Alona Bondarenko (UKR x2) bt Edina Gallovits (ROM) 6-4, 6-4; Anabel Medina-Garrigues (ESP x6) bt Ana Vrljic (CRO) 6-1, 6-1; Ai Sugiyama (JPN x7) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-4, 6-3; Flavia Penetta (ITA x4) bt Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (FRA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Peng Shuai (CHN) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x1) 6-1, 1-0 - retired.
WTA Istanbul
ISTANBUL: WTA Istanbul results on Wednesday (x denotes seed):
2nd rd
Elena Dementieva (RUS x1) bt Liana Ungur (ROM) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); Jill Craybas (USA x7) bt Vania King (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Nadia Petrova (RUS x3) bt Marta Domachowska (POL) 6-2, 6-2; Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB x6) bt Akiko Nakamura (JPN) 6-3, 6-3; Tsvetana Pironkova (BUL x8) bt Veronika Chvojkova (CZE) 6-2, 6-1; Olga Govortsova (BLR x4) bt Nathalie Vierin (ITA) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1; Andreja Klepac (SLO) bt Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x2) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-0, 6-0.
Casablanca ATP
CASABLANCA, Morocco: Results in the 370,000-euro Casablanca tournament here on Wednesday:
2nd rd
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x1) bt Lamine Ouahab (ALG) 6-3, 6-2; Oscar Hernandez (ESP) bt Gael Monfils (FRA x2) 6-3, 6-2; Julien Benneteau (FRA x5) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 6-4, 6-4 ; Santiago Ventura (ESP) bt Rainer Schuettler (GER) 2-6, 6-4, 6-0.
(China Daily 05/23/2008 page23)
