Wednesday November 11, 2009
Results worldwide
n BASKETBALL
NBA Championship
Preliminary rounds: Phoenix 119 Philadelphia 115, Utah 95 NY Knicks 93, San Antonio 131 Toronto 124, Golden State 146 Minnesota 105, New Orleans 112 LA Clippers 84.
n TENNIS
Paris Masters
First round: Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 7-6 (7-6), 7-5; David Guez (Fra) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) 6-3, 6-4; Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Marco Chiudinelli (Swi) 6-2, 6-4; Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4; Marat Safin (Rus) bt Thierry Ascione (Fra) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3); John Isner (US) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 4-6, 7-6 (12-10).
Second round: Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 6-2, 6-1.
n VOLLEYBALL
Women’s World Grand Champions Cup
Preliminary rounds: Italy bt Thailand 3-0 (27-25, 25-22, 25-22); Brazil bt Dominican Republic 3-0 (25-23, 25-16, 25-17); Japan bt South Korea 3-1 (22-25, 27-25, 25-16, 25-10)
Sports Poll
- Tevez, Adebayor give Man City 2-0 win over Bolton
- Lotus vow to make it through entire season
- Chinese pair banking on flour power
- Red Devils back at full power, says Edwin
- India’s richest man denies interest in Liverpool stake
- Reds regain mean streak
- Drogba fired up to keep Chelsea ahead of United
- New car will give Force India an advantage
- Hairi wants to be better than Shu Wai
- MNCF worked up over new ruling for team sprint at 2012 Olympics
- Tevez, Adebayor give Man City 2-0 win over Bolton
- Lakers down Spurs for second win without Bryant
- More scandals, please
- India get a thrashing
- Stoke’s Fuller held over club assault
- Two men jailed over Dalglish grenade case
- India’s richest man denies interest in Liverpool stake
- Reds regain mean streak
- Chinese pair banking on flour power
- Bid to find the ultimate EPL viewing experience

