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BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball results on Monday (home team in CAPS):
ATLANTA 7 Florida 5 (10 innings)
BALTIMORE 6 Boston 3
PHILADELPHIA 5 Cincinnati 4
MINNESOTA 6 NY Yankees 5
Pittsburgh 5 ST. LOUIS 4
MILWAUKEE 4 arizona 3
Cleveland 13 TEXAS 9
Chicago Cubs 7 SAN DIEGO 6
OAKLAND 3 Detroit 2
LA DODGERS 8 Colorado 2
LA Angels 4 SEATTLE 2
SAN FRANCISCO 10 NY Mets 2
GOLF
World rankings
World rankings on Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):
1. (1) Tiger Woods 19.82 average points
2. (2) Phil Mickelson 10.13
3. (4) Adam Scott (AUS) 5.86
4. (3) Ernie Els (RSA) 5.84
5. (5) Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) 5.59
6. (11) Justin Rose (GBR) 5.42
7. (6) Steve Stricker 5.31
8. (7) Jim Furyk 5.21
9. (8) K.J. Choi (KOR) 5.17
10. (9) Vijay Singh (FIJ) 5.15
11. (10) Sergio Garcia (SPA) 5.10
12. (13) Stewart Cink 4.85
13. (14) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 4.76
14. (12) Padraig Harrington (IRE) 4.75
15. (15) Rory Sabbatini (RSA) 4.71
16. (16) Trevor Immelman (RSA) 4.30
17. (17) Luke Donald (GBR) 4.12
18. (18) Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 3.89
19. (19) Anthony Kim 3.85
20. (20) Lee Westwood (GBR) 3.59
2008 PGA Tour Money List
Leading money winners on the 2008 PGA Tour on Monday (US unless stated):
1. Tiger Woods $4,425,000
2. Phil Mickelson $3,872,270
3. Geoff Ogilvy (AUS) $2,584,685
4. Stewart Cink $2,516,512
5. Kenny Perry $2,437,655
6. Ryuji Imada (JPN) $2,336,647
7. Vijay Singh (FIJ) $2,182,017
8. Anthony Kim $2,115,370
9. Sergio Garcia (SPA) $2,073,690
10. Jeff Quinney $1,916,623
11. J.B. Holmes $1,909,295
12. Boo Weekley $1,879,780
13. Justin Leonard $1,817,948
14. K.J. Choi (KOR) $1,815,256
15. Adam Scott (AUS) $1,740,924
16. Jim Furyk $1,601,030
17. Trevor Immelman (RSA) $1,552,810
18. Andres Romero (ARG) $1,523,528
19. Steve Stricker $1,518,039
20. Bart Bryant $1,514,827
European Tour Money List
Leading money winners on the 2008 European Tour on Monday (British unless stated):
1. Miguel Angel Jimenez (SPA) 1,342,676 euros
2. Robert Karlsson (SWE) 1,107,578
3. Oliver Wilson 1,042,132
4. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 997,156
5. Trevor Immelman (RSA) 992,958
6. Lee Westwood 909,593
7. Vijay Singh (FIJ) 756,380
8. Richard Finch 746,662
9. Scott Strange (AUS) 668,675
10. Retief Goosen (RSA) 662,477
11. Martin Kaymer (GER) 649,789
12. Graeme McDowell 630,120
13. Damien McGrane (IRE) 570,209
14. Darren Clarke 543,327
15. Felipe Aguilar (CHI) 523,328
16. Jeev Milkha Singh (IND) 515,033
17. Hennie Otto (RSA) 507,962
18. Peter Lawrie (IRE) 505,467
19. Adam Scott (AUS) 503,460
20. Ross Fisher 476,507
SOCCER
Asian World Cup qualifiers
SINGAPORE: Results from Asian World Cup qualifying matches played from May 31-June 2:
Group 1
In Brisbane: Australia 1 (Kewell 47) Iraq 0
In Doha: Qatar 0 China 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Australia 2 1 0 4 0 7
Qatar 1 1 1 2 3 4
China 0 3 0 1 1 3
Iraq 0 1 2 1 4 1
Group 2
In Bangkok: Thailand 2 (Sarayoot Chaikamdee 25, Teeratep Winothat 45) Bahrain 3 (Salman Isa 22, Ismaeel Latif 34, Sayed Mohamed Adnan 57)
In Tokyo: Japan 3 (Yuji Nakazawa 10, Yoshito Okubo 22, Shunsuke Nakamura 49) Oman 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Bahrain 3 0 0 5 2 9
Japan 2 0 1 7 2 6
Oman 1 0 2 1 4 3
Thailand 0 0 3 3 8 0
Group 3
In Ashgabat: Turkmenistan 0 DPR Korea 0
In Seoul : South Korea 2 (Park Ji-Sung 38, Park Chu-Young 47-pen) Jordan 2 (Hassan Abdel Fattah 72, 79)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
South Korea 1 2 0 6 2 5
DPR Korea 1 2 0 1 0 5
Jordan 1 1 1 4 3 4
Turkmenistan 0 1 2 0 6 1
Group 4
In Singapore: Singapore 3 (Duric 16, Fahrudin 31, Wilkinson 73) Uzbekistan 7 (Kapadze 10, Karpenko 22, Djeparov 34, 44, Vitaliy 42, Ibragimov 62, Shatskikh 88)
In Riyadh: Saudi Arabia 4 (Al Qahtani 45, 90, Hawsani 62, Tukar 83) Lebanon 1 (El Ali 42)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Uzbekistan 3 0 0 11 3 9
Saudi Arabia 2 0 1 6 4 6
Singapore 1 0 2 5 9 3
Lebanon 0 0 3 1 7 0
Group 5
In Damascus: Syria 1 (Al Hussien 52) Kuwait 0
In Tehran: Iran 0 United Arab Emirates 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
UAE 1 2 0 3 1 5
Syria 1 2 0 2 1 5
Iran 0 3 0 2 2 3
Kuwait 0 1 2 2 5 1
Tennis
French Open
PARIS: French Open results on Monday, the ninth day of the second Grand Slam tournament of the season at Roland Garros (x denotes seeded player):
Men's singles 4th rd
Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x24) bt Robby Ginepri (USA) 7-6 (4), 6-3, 6-1; Roger Federer (SUI x1) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-4, 7-5, 7-5; Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x28) 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; David Ferrer (ESP x5) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE x21) 4-6, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 .
Women's singles 4th rd
Elena Dementieva (RUS x7) bt Vera Zvonareva (RUS x11) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2; Dinara Safina (RUS x13) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x1) 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 6-2.
To finish:
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x4) leads Victoria Azarenka (BLR x16) 6-2, 2-2; Petra Kvitova (CZE) level with Kaia Kanepi (EST) 3-6, 6-3
Men's doubles quarterfinals
Pablo Cuevas/Luis Horna (URU/PER) bt Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA/USA x1) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (1); Bruno Soares/Dusan Vemic (BRA/SRB) bt Jonas Bjorkman/Kevin Ullyett (SWE/ZIM x8) 7-5, 6-3.
(China Daily 06/04/2008 page23)
