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BASEBALL
NEW YORK: Baseball playoff results on Wednesday (home team in CAPS):
PHILADELPHIA 3 Milwaukee 1
(Philadelphia lead best-of-five series 1-0)
LA Dodgers 7 CHICAGO CUBS 2
(LA Dodgers lead best-of-five series 1-0)
Boston 4 LA ANGELS 1
(Boston lead best-of-five series 1-0)
SOCCER
Champions League
PARIS: Results of Wednesday's Champions League group fixtures:
Group A
At Bordeaux, France: Bordeaux (FRA) 1 (Gourcuff 18) Roma (ITA) 3 (Vucinic 64, Julio Baptista 71, 83)
At Cluj, Romania: CFR Cluj (ROM) 0 Chelsea (ENG) 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Chelsea 1 1 0 4 0 4
CFR Cluj 1 1 0 2 1 4
AS Roma 1 0 1 4 3 3
Bordeaux 0 0 2 1 7 0
Group B
At Famagusta, Cyprus: Anorthosis Famagusta (CYP) 3 (Sarriegi 11-og, Dobrasinovic 15, Taher 78) Panathinaikos (GRE) 1 (Salpingidis 28-pen)
At Milan, Italy: Inter Milan (ITA) 1 (Maicon 13) Werder Bremen (GER) 1 (Pizarro 62)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Inter Milan 1 1 0 3 1 4
Anorthosis Famagusta 1 1 0 3 1 4
Werder Bremen 0 2 0 1 1 2
Panathinaikos 0 0 2 1 5 0
Group C
At Donetsk, Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR) 1 (Ilsinho 44) Barcelona (ESP) 2 (Messi 87, 94)
At Lisbon: Sporting Lisbon (POR) 2 (Romagnoli 55, Derlei 86) Basel (SUI) 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Barcelona 2 0 0 5 2 6
Sporting 1 0 1 3 3 3
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 0 1 3 3 3
Basel 0 0 2 1 4 0
Group D
At Madrid: Atletico Madrid (ESP) 2 (Aguero 4, Raul Garcia 22) Marseille (FRA) 1 (Niang 16)
At Liverpool, England: Liverpool (ENG) 3 (Kuyt 4, Keane 34, Gerrard 76) PSV Eindhoven (NED) 1 (Koevermans 78)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Atletico Madrid 2 0 0 5 1 6
Liverpool 2 0 0 5 2 6
Olympique Marseille 0 0 2 2 4 0
PSV Eindhoven 0 0 2 1 6 0
Tuesday
Group E
At Aalborg, Denmark: Aalborg (DEN) 0 Manchester United (ENG) 3 (Rooney 22, Berbatov 55, 79)
At Villarreal, Spain: Villarreal (ESP) 1 (Senna 67) Celtic (SCO) 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Man United 1 1 0 3 0 4
Villarreal 1 1 0 1 0 4
Celtic 0 1 1 0 1 1
AaBorg 0 1 1 0 3 1
Group F
At Florence, Italy: Fiorentina (ITA) 0 Steaua Bucharest (ROM) 0
At Munich, Germany: Bayern Munich (GER) 1 (Ze Roberto 52) Lyon (FRA) 1 (Demichelis 25-og)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Bayern Munich 1 1 0 2 1 4
Lyon 0 2 0 3 3 2
Fiorentina 0 2 0 2 2 2
Steaua Bucharest 0 1 1 0 1 1
Group G
At London: Arsenal (ENG) 4 (Van Persie 31, 48, Adebayor 40, 71-pen) Porto (POR) 0
At Istanbul: Fenerbahce (TUR) 0 Dynamo Kiev (UKR) 0
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Arsenal 1 1 0 5 1 4
FC Porto 1 0 1 3 5 3
Dynamo Kiev 0 2 0 1 1 2
Fenerbahce 0 1 1 1 3 1
Group H
At Borisov, Belarus: Bate Borisov (BLR) 2 (Kryvets 17, Stasevich 23) Juventus (ITA) 2 (Iaquinta (29, 45+3)
At St Petersburg, Russia: Zenit St Petersburg (RUS) 1 (Danny 25) Real Madrid (ESP) 2 (Hubocan 4-og, van Nistelrooy 31)
Standings
W D L Gf Ga Pts
Real Madrid 2 0 0 4 1 6
Juventus 1 1 0 3 2 4
BATE Borisov 0 1 1 2 4 1
Zenit St Petersburg 0 0 2 1 3 0
TENNIS
WTA Stuttgart
STUTTGART, Germany: Results from the WTA tournament on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Vera Zvonareva (RUS x7) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 6-3, 6-2; Patty Schnyder (SUI) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x5) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
2nd rd
Victoria Azarenka (BLR) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x8) 6-1, 7-5; Li Na (CHN) bt Serena Williams (USA x1) 0-6, 6-1, 6-4; Elena Dementieva (RUS x4) bt Sybille Bammer (AUT) 6-1, 6-4.
Moselle Open
METZ, France: Results from Moselle Open on Wednesday:
1st rd
Adrian Mannarino (FRA) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x6) 6-4, 6-2; Radek Stepanek (CZE x7) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-3, 6-3; Rik de Voest (RSA) bt Arnaud Clement (FRA) 4-6, 6-2, 7-5; Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 7-6 (13/11), 6-7 (6/8), 6-3
2nd rd
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-4, 6-4; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS x5) bt Jose Acasuso (ARG) 6-2, 6-2.
Japan Open
TOKYO: Results from the Japan Open on Wednesday:
Men's singles 2nd rd
Jurgen Melzer (AUT x14) bt Simon Stadler (GER) 6-2, 6-3; Rainer Schuettler (GER x12) bt Lee Hyung-Taik (KOR) 6-3, 6-7; David Ferrer (ESP x1) bt Jesse Levine (USA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1; Tomas Berdych (CZE x9) bt Roko Karanusic (CRO) 6-3, 6-4; Tommy Robredo (ESP x6) bt Joseph Sirianni (AUS) 6-2, 6-2; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x8) bt Flavio Cipolla (ITA) 6-2, 6-2; Takao Suzuki (JPN) bt Simone Bolelli (ITA x15) 7-6 (7/5), 4-6, 7-6 (7/5); Kei Nishikori (JPN) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP x16) 6-4, 6-4; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x7) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Cecil Mamiit (PHI) 7-6 (9/7), 6-4; Richard Gasquet (FRA x4) bt Martin Slanar (AUT) 6-4, 6-2; Amer Delic (USA) bt Sam Querrey (USA x13) 7-6 (7/5), 6-3; Viktor Troicki (SRB) bt Wayne Odesnik (USA) 6-2, 6-1; Andy Roddick (USA x2) bt Ivo Minar (CZE) 7-6 (13/11), 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/2); Fernando Gonzalez (CHI x3) bt Lu Yen-hsun (TPE) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3; Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x5) bt Dudi Sela (ISR) 7-5, 6-0.
Women's singles 1st rd
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP x2) bt Chan Yung-jan (TPE) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Samantha Stosur (AUS) bt Vania King (USA) 6-2, retired.
Women's singles 2nd rd
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA x7) bt Camille Pin (FRA) 6-2, 6-2; Kaia Kanepi (EST x5) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 3-6, 6-1, 6-0; Jarmila Gajdosova (SVK) bt Shahar Peer (ISR x6) 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (11/9).
Tashkent Open
TASHKENT: Results from the Tashkent Open on Wednesday:
1st rd
Arantxa Rus (NED) bt Vlada Ekshibarova (UZB) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
2nd rd
Sabine Lisicki (GER x4) bt Alexandra Panova (RUS) 7-5, 6-1; Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK x5) bt Vesna Manasieva (RUS) 6-1, 7-5; Urszula Radwanska (POL) bt Sofia Shapatava (GEO) 7-5, 6-2; Ioana Raluca Olaru (ROM) bt Ksenia Palkina (KGZ) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
(China Daily 10/03/2008 page11)
