Figure skating

ISU Moscow Grand Prix

Results from the Moscow Grand Prix, the sixth and last stage of ISU Grand Prix figure skating series, at Megasport arena on Friday:

Dances

Short dance

1. Meryl Davis/Charlie White (USA) 69.94pts, 2. Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje (CAN) 64.45, 3. Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev (RUS) 61.69, 4. Ekaterina Riazanova/Ilia Tkachenko (RUS) 55.83, 5. Isabella Tobias/Deividas Stagniunas (LTU) 52.36, 6. Ekaterina Pushkash/Jonathan Guerreiro (RUS) 52.05

Men

Short programme

1. Jeremy Abbott (USA) 83.54pts, 2. Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) 82.78, 3. Michal Brezina (CZE) 79.01, 4. Javier Fernandez (ESP) 78.50, 5. Artur Gachinski (RUS) 74.73, 6. Brandon Mroz (USA) 69.35

Pairs

Short programme

1. Aliona Savchenko/Robin Szolkowy (GER) 68.72pts, 2. Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov (RUS) 65.17, 3. Stefania Berton/Ondrej Hotarek (ITA) 60.13, 4. Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov (RUS) 51.73, 5. Ashley Cain/Joshua Reagan (USA) 49.03, 6. Brittany Jones/Kurtis Gaskel (CAN) 47.76

Ladies

Short programme

1. Mao Asada (JPN) 64.29pts, 2. Alena Leonova (RUS) 63.91, 3. Adelina Sotnikova (RUS) 57.79, 4. Sofia Biryukova (RUS) 56.30, 5. Kiira Korpi (FIN) 55.81, 6. Haruka Imai (JPN) 55.20

Golf

South African Open

Leading scores Friday after the second round of the South African Open at the par-72, Serengeti Golf and Wildlife Estate on the outskirts of Johannesburg (RSA unless noted):

133 - Steven O'Hara (SCO) 65-68

134 - Retief Goosen 66-68, Merrick Bremner 66-68

135 - Lyle Rowe 69-66, Garth Mulroy 67-68

136 - Jean Hugo 67-69, Jbe' Kruger 65-71

137 - Thomas Aiken 68-69, Keith Horne 68-69, Lloyd Saltman (SCO) 69-68, Bernd Wiesberger (AUT) 69-68, Branden Grace 69-68, Hennie Otto 70-67

138 - Tyrone Mordt 66-72, Ernie Els 69-69, Jeppe Huldahl (DEN) 68-70, Graeme Storm (ENG) 70-68, Jaco Van Zyl 69-69, Simon Wakefield (ENG) 71-67, Phillip Price (WAL) 68-70, Thomas Norret (DEN) 69-69, Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (FRA) 68-70

139 - Tim Sluiter (NED) 70-69, Magnus A Carlsson (SWE) 73-66, Joel Sjoholm (SWE) 71-68

World Cup

Scores here Saturday after the foursomes alternate shot third round of the US$7.5-million-dollar Omega Mission Hills World Cup (two days of fourball and two days of foursomes with two-man teams):

195 - Ireland (Graeme McDowell / Rory McIlroy) 63-68-64

197 - USA (Gary Woodland / Matt Kuchar) 64-70-63, South Africa (Charl Schwartzel / Louis Oosthuizen) 68-68-61, Germany Alex Cejka / Martin Kaymar) 65-71-61

198 - Australia (Brendan Jones / Richard Green) 61-70-67

199 - Netherlands (Robert-Jan Derksen / Joost Luiten) 64-71-64

200 - Italy (Edoardo / Francesco Molinari) 67-69-64, Mexico (Jos De Jesus Rodriguez / Oscar Serna) 66-69-65

201 - Scotland (Stephen Gallacher / Martin Laird) 63-69-69, Korea (Kim Hyung-sung / Park Sung Joon) 66-71-64, Wales (Rhys Davies / Jamie Donaldson) 67-69-65

202 - Japan (Yuta Ikeda / Tetsuji Hiratsuka) 66-70-66, New Zealand (Gareth Paddison / Michael Hendry) 66-68-68, Spain (Alvaro Quiros / Miguel Angel Jimenez) 65-69-68

203 - England (Justin Rose / Ian Poulter) 66-69-68, Zimbabwe (Brendon De Jonge / Bruce McDonald) 66-70-67

204 - Portugal (Hugo Santos / Ricardo Santos) 70-68-66, Thailand (Kiradech Aphibarnrat / Thongchai Jaidee) 66-70-68, France (Gregory Bourdy / Raphael Jacquelin) 66-70-68, China (Liang Wenchong / Zhang Xinjun) 68-68-68

Australian PGA

Third-round scores from the 1.5-million-dollar Australian PGA on the par-72 Hyatt Regency course in Coolum on Saturday (Australian unless stated):

203 - Kim Kyung-Tae (KOR) 69-67-67

204 - Bubba Watson (USA) 67-68-69

206 - Aaron Baddeley 67-72-67

207 - Marcus Fraser 68-65-74, Y.E. Yang (KOR) 69-68-70, David Bransdon 69-71-67

208 - Robert Allenby 69-68-71, Matthew Giles 70-70-68

209 - Aaron Townsend 67-71-71, Greg Chalmers 71-69-69, John Senden 73-64-72, Rod Pampling 72-71-66

210 - Marc Leishman 70-69-71, Adam Scott 70-67-73, Jason Day 69-69-72, Stuart Appleby 70-68-72, Greg Norman 72-69-69, Kurt Barnes 69-69-72

211 - Chan Shih-Ching (TPE) 69-69-73, Choi Joon-Woo (KOR) 66-73-72, Han Chang-Won (KOR) 68-72-71

Selected

212 - Rickie Fowler (USA) 69-73-70

214 - Andre Stolz 67-77-70

215 - Peter Senior 70-73-72

216 - Geoff Ogilvy 72-69-75, Steven Bowditch 66-73-77, Li Haotong (CHN) 72-70-74

Nordic combined

World Cup

Results of the nordic combined world Cup event on Friday:

1. Magnus Krog (NOR) 27min 41.0sec (4th after ski jump), 2. Akito Watabe (JPN) at 2.5sec (5), 3. Tino Edelmann (GER) 7.1 (1), 4. Mario Stecher (AUT) 14.2 (5), 5. Janne Ryynaenen (FIN) 40.5 (3)

Nordic skiing

World Cup

Results of the nordic World Cup ski event on Friday:

Women

1.2km sprint, classical style

1. Marit Bjoergen (NOR), 2. Vibeke Skofterud (NOR), 3. Charlotte Kalla (SWE), 4. Kikkan Randall (USA), 5. Anne Kylloenen (FIN)

Overall standings

1. Marit Bjoergen (NOR) 150 points, 2. Charlotte Kalla (SWE) 126, 3. Vibeke Skofterud (NOR) 103

Men

1.4km sprint, classical style

1. Teodor Peterson (SWE), 2. Nikita Kriukov (RUS), 3. Oeystein Pettersen (NOR), 4. Eirik Brandsdal (NOR), 5. Len Valjas (CAN)

Overall

1. Johann Olsson (SWE) 100 points, 2. Petter Northug (NOR) 95, 3. Roland Clara (ITA) 60, 4. Dario Cologna (SUI) 60

Soccer

Dutch league

Result on Friday:

AZ Alkmaar 2 FC Utrecht 0

Italian Serie A

Result on Friday:

Udinese 2 (Di Natale 79, Isla 89) Roma 0

German league

Result on Friday:

FC Cologne 0 M'gladbach 3 (Hanke 20, 47, Arango 30)

Portuguese league

Result on Friday:

Academica Coimbra 0 Beira Mar 1 (Zhang 4)

Tennis

ATP World Tour Finals

Results from the sixth day of the ATP World Tour Finals at London's O2 Arena on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Singles

Group A

Janko Tipsarevic (SRB x9) bt Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Tomas Berdych (CZE x7) bt David Ferrer (ESP x5) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1

Doubles

Group A

Jurgen Melzer/Philipp Petzchner (AUT/GER x7) bt Robert Lindstedt/Horia Tecau (SWE/ROM x6) 6-3, 6-4

Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes (IND/IND x4) bt Bob Bryan/Mike Bryan (USA/USA x1) 6-4, 6-2

(China Daily 11/27/2011 page7)