Score board
Soccer
French League Cup
PARIS: French League Cup semi-final result on Tuesday:
Paris Saint Germain 3 (Yepes 32, Pauleta 44, Mendy 78) Auxerre 2 (Landreau 74-og, Quercia 90+3)
German Cup
BERLIN: German Cup quarter-final results on Tuesday:
Borussia Dortmund 3 (Federico 20, Tinga 23, Petric 54) 1899 Hoffenheim 1 (Copado 38-pen)
VfB Stuttgart 2 (Gomez 81, 94) Carl Zeiss Jena 2 (Werner 32, Mueller 120) (aet) - Carl Zeiss Jena win 5-4 on penalties
Italian league
ROME: Italian league result on Tuesday:
Juventus 0 Torino 0
NBA
NEW YORK: NBA results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS)
Orlando 102 NEW JERSEY 92
MIAMI 107 Sacramento 86
MILWAUKEE 105 Cleveland 102
Phoenix 127 MEMPHIS 113
MINNESOTA 111 Utah 100
HOUSTON 94 Washington 69
LA LAKERS 96 Portland 83
GOLDEN STATE 105 Seattle 99
Standings:
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L PCT GB
Boston 43 12 .782 -
Toronto 31 24 .564 12
New Jersey 25 32 .439 19
Philadelphia 25 32 .439 19
NY Knicks 17 39 .304 26 1/2
Central Division
Detroit 42 15 .737 -
Cleveland 32 25 .561 10
Chicago 22 34 .393 19 1/2
Milwaukee 22 35 .386 20
Indiana 22 35 .386 20
Southeast Division
Orlando 37 22 .627 -
Washington 27 30 .474 9
Atlanta 22 32 .407 12 1/2
Charlotte 19 37 .339 16 1/2
Miami 10 44 .185 24 1/2
Western Conference
Northwest Division
Utah 36 21 .632 -
Denver 33 23 .589 2 1/2
Portland 29 28 .509 7
Seattle 15 41 .268 20 1/2
Minnesota 12 43 .218 23
Pacific Division
LA Lakers 40 17 .702 -
Phoenix 39 18 .684 1
Golden State 34 22 .607 5 1/2
Sacramento 26 30 .464 13 1/2
LA Clippers 19 35 .352 19 1/2
Southwest Division
San Antonio 38 17 .691 -
New Orleans 37 18 .673 1
Dallas 38 19 .667 1
Houston 37 20 .649 2
Memphis 14 43 .246 25
NHL
NEW YORK: NHL results on Tuesday (home team in CAPS)
WASHINGTON 4 Minnesota 1
CAROLINA 2 New Jersey 1 (OT)
Pittsburgh 4 NY ISLANDERS 2
BOSTON 4 Ottawa 0
MONTREAL 5 Atlanta 1
Dallas 3 ST. LOUIS 1
EDMONTON 4 Detroit 3 (SO)
Colorado 3 CALGARY 2 (OT)
(SO = shootout victory)
Standings:
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Otl Gf Ga Pts
New Jersey 37 21 6 171 150 80
Pittsburgh 36 21 7 190 173 79
NY Rangers 32 24 8 166 158 72
Philadelphia 31 25 7 192 182 69
NY Islanders 30 27 7 158 184 67
Northeast Division
Ottawa 36 22 6 210 192 78
Montreal 34 21 9 201 181 77
Boston 33 23 6 169 167 72
Buffalo 30 24 9 188 178 69
Toronto 27 28 9 177 200 63
Southeast Division
Carolina 33 28 5 196 208 71
Washington 29 27 8 181 197 66
Florida 28 30 7 175 189 63
Atlanta 29 31 4 170 208 62
Tampa Bay 25 30 7 177 203 57
Western Conference
Central Division
Detroit 42 17 6 203 145 90
Nashville 32 24 8 186 181 72
Columbus 29 26 9 156 166 67
St Louis 28 25 10 160 176 66
Chicago 29 27 6 178 180 64
Northwest Division
Calgary 33 22 9 182 181 75
Minnesota 34 24 5 171 172 73
Vancouver 32 22 8 167 157 72
Colorado 32 26 6 175 176 70
Edmonton 29 30 5 173 193 63
Pacific Division
Dallas 40 22 5 199 164 85
Anaheim 36 23 7 167 163 79
San Jose 33 21 8 161 151 74
Phoenix 32 26 5 173 171 69
Los Angeles 26 34 4 186 212 56
Note: Overtime losses (OTL) are worth one point in the standings and are not included in the loss column (L)
Tennis
Memphis ATP/WTA
MEMPHIS, Tennessee: ATP/WTA tennis results here on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
Men's 1st rd
Thomas Johansson (SWE x6) bt Marat Safin (RUS) 7-6 (7/5), 7-6 (7/2); Radek Stepanek (CZE x4) bt Jesse Levine (USA) 6-1, 6-4; Steve Darcis (BEL) bt Vincent Spadea (USA) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7/4); Sam Querrey (USA) bt Michael Russell (USA) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5; Victor Hanescu (ROU) bt Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE) 6-3, 2-1, retired; Donald Young (USA) bt Sam Warburg (USA) 6-4, 6-4; Mardy Fish (USA) bt Bobby Reynolds (USA) 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-2; Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Kristof Vliegen (BEL) 7-5, 7-6 (7/1)
Women's 2nd rd
Olga Govortsova (BLR x5) bt Renata Voracova (CZE) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/5); Sofia Arvidsson (SWE x7) bt Stephanie Dubois (CAN) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3;
1st rd
Petra Kvitova (CZE) bt Venus Williams (USA x1) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; Bethanie Mattek (USA) bt Tatiana Golovin (FRA x2) 6-4, 6-4; Shahar Peer (ISR x3) bt Ahsha Rolle (USA) 6-2, 6-1; Carolina Wozniacki (DEN x6) bt Milagros Sequera (VEN) 6-0, 6-2; Marina Erakovic (NZL) bt Alina Jidkova (RUS) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4;
Acapulco WTA and ATP
ACAPULCO, Mexico: Second-day results on Tuesday from the Acapulco tennis tournaments, counting for both the ATP (536,000 euros) and WTA circuits (121,000 euros) (x denotes seeding):
Men's 1st rd
Peter Luczak (AUS) bt Sergio Roitman (ARG) 6-3, 6-4; Luis Horna (PER) bt Fabio Fognini (ITA) 6-4, 7-5; Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-4, 6-0; Nicolas Massu (CHI) bt Martin Vasallo (ARG) 6-3, 6-4;
Women's 1st rd
Sara Errani (ITA x5) bt Tatjana Malek (GER) 6-3, 6-3; Klara Zakopalova (CZE) bt Maria Jose Martinez (ESP) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Edina Gallovits (ROM) bt Daniela Munoz (MEX) 6-1, 6-0; Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Jorgelina Cravero (ARG) 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (7/2); Iveta Benesova (CZE) bt Nadja Roma (SWE) 6-1, 6-1; Kaia Kanepi (EST x8) bt Arantxa Parra (ESP) 6-4, 6-3
Zagreb ATP
ZAGREB: Results from the 550,000-dollar (370,000-euro) Zagreb ATP tournament on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 7-6 (8/6), 6-0; Roko Karanusic (CRO) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-7 (9/11), 6-4, 6-4; Rik de Voest (RSA) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x7) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3); Lovro Zovko (CRO) bt Marc Gicquel (FRA) 6-3, 7-5; Viktor Troicki (SRB) bt George Bastl (SUI) 6-3, 7-6 (7/3); Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO x2) 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2; Gilles Simon (FRA x3) bt Pavol Crvenak (SVK) 7-6 (7/2), 6-1; Ivan Ljubicic (CRO x1) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 6-3, 7-6 (9/7); Robin Haase (NED) bt Michael Berrer (GER) 6-4, 6-3; Mario Ancic (CRO) bt Nicolas Mahut (FRA x6) 7-6 (7/3), 7-6 (8/6); Marin Cilic (CRO x5) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) 6-2, 6-2; Denis Gremelmayr (GER) bt Sebastien de Chaunac (FRA) 6-7 (2/7), 6-1, 6-4
Dubai Open
DUBAI: WTA Dubai Open results here on Tuesday (x denotes seeding):
1st rd
Amelie Mauresmo (FRA) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 7-6 (11/9), 6-2; Sania Mirza (IND) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2; Nicole Vaidisova (CZE) bt Aiko Nakamura (JPN) 6-3, 6-0; Anna Chakvetadze (RUS x6) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; Sybille Bammer (AUT) bt Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 7-6 (8/6), 6-3; Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) bt Nadia Petrova (RUS) 6-4, 6-4; Akiko Morigami (JPN) bt Agnes Szavay (HUN) 6-1, 6-4; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x7) 6-1, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1;
(China Daily 02/28/2008 page23)
