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Wednesday April 30, 2008

Results worldwide

n BASKETBALL

NBA Championship

First round playoffs (best-of-seven): Atlanta 97 Boston 92 (series tied 2-2), Orlando 102 Toronto 92 (Orlando win 4-1), LA Lakers 107 Denver 101 (Lakers win 4-0).

n SNOOKER

World Championship

Second round: Liang Wenbo (Chn) bt Joe Swail (Nir) 13-12, Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) bt Mark Williams (Wal) 13-7, Stephen Maguire (Sco) bt Neil Robertson (Aus) 13-7, Joe Perry (Eng) bt Stuart Bingham (Eng) 13-9.

n TENNIS

Barcelona Open

First round: Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 6-4, 6-3; Juan Chela (Arg) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-2; Yuri Schukin (Kaz) bt Robby Ginepri (US) 6-4, 6-2; Mario Ancic (Cro) bt Mihail Zverev (Ger) 6-1, 6-0; Marc Lopez (Spa) bt Ivo Minar (Cze) 3-1, rtd; Gabriel Trujillo-Soler (Spa) bt Werner Eschauer (Aut) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2;

Robin Haase (Ned) bt Max Mirnyi (Blr) 6-2, 6-2; Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-3, 6-4; Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Spa) bt Santiago Ventura (Spa), 6-2, 6-1; Marcos Daniel (Bra) bt Ivan Navarro (Spa) 6-1, 6-4; Guillermo Canas (Arg) bt Oscar Hernandez (Spa) 6-1, 6-4;

Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) bt Jose-Antonio Sanchez de Luna (Spa) 6-3, 6-3; Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) bt Rueben Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa) 7-6 (9-7), 2-1, rtd; Agustin Calleri (Arg) bt Thomas Johansson (Swe) 6-1, 6-3.

Fes Grand Prix

First round: Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) bt Andreja Klepac (Slo) 6-2, 6-3; Sesil Karatantcheva (Bul) bt Elena Baltacha (Gbr) 7-5, 6-2; Sorana Cirstea (Rom) bt Marina Erakovic (Nzl) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Olga Savchuk (Ukr) bt Anne Kremer (Lux) 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.

Munich Open

First round: Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) bt Daniel Brands (Ger) 6-3, 6-3; Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Olivier Rochus (Bel) 6-4, 6-4; Andreas Seppi (Ita) bt Roko Karanusic (Cro) 6-3, 6-3;

Kristof Vliegen (Bel) bt Sergio Roitman (Arg) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Arnaud Clement (Fra) 6-3, 6-1; Simone Bolelli (Ita) bat Marc Gicquel (Fra) 6-4, 6-2.

Prague Open

First round: Tatiana Poutchek (Blr) bt Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Blr) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5; Kaia Kanepi (Spa) bt Karolina Sprem (Cro) 7-5, 6-0; Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 6-2, 6-0.

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