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Saturday February 14, 2009

Worldwide Results

BASKETBALL

NBA Championship

Preliminary rounds: Miami 95 Chicago 93, Boston 99 Dallas 92, Golden State 105 Portland 98.

CYCLING

Tour of Mallorca

Fifth stage (147.6km): 1. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 4’03:32, 2. Edvald Boasson (Nor), 3. Marcel Sieberg (Ger), 4. Leonardo Duque (Col), 5. Pablo Lastras (Spa) all same time.

Final overall standings: 1. Antonio Colom (Spa) 19’11:14, 2. Jerome Pineau (Fra) 35sec, 3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), 4. Sylvian Chavanel (Fra) same time, 5. Markus Fothen (Ger) 44.

Tour of the Mediterranean

Third stage (73.8km): 1.Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 1’33:16, 2. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra), 3. Ivan Guttierrez (Spa), 4. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr), 5. William Bonnet (Fra), 6. Yukihiro Doi (Jpn), 7. Daniele Gallegarin (Ita), 8. Aart Vierhouten (Ned), 9. Enrico Rossi (Ita), 10. Daryl Impey (Rsa) all same time.

Leading overall standings: 1. Jose Ivan Guttierrez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 4’10:56, 2. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) 4sec behind, 3. Daniel Moreno (Spa), 4. Imanol Erviti (Spa), 5. Mathieu Perget (Fra), 6. Oscar Pereiro (Spa) all same time.

GOLF

Australian Women’s Open

Leading second round scores (Aus unless stated): 139: Lee Chang-hee (Kor) 69-70; 141: Georgina Simpson (Eng) 73-68, Tania Elosegui (Spa) 69-72, Karrie Webb 66-75; 142: Beth Allen (US) 73-69, Marianne Skarpnord (Nor) 71-71; 143: Joanne Mills 74-69, Emma Bennett 72-71, Kim Hye-youn (Kor) 70-73, Rebecca Flood 71-72, Justine Lee 73-70;

144: Lynn Kenny (Sco) 72-72, Johanna Westerberg (Swe) 73-71; 145: Choi He-yong (Kor) 72-73, Clare Queen (Sco) 70-75, Susie Mathews 74-71, Martina Eberl (Ger) 72-73, Christel Boeljon (Ned) 74-71; 146: Danielle Bowers (Eng) 74-72, Alison Walshe (US) 77-69, Rebecca Hudson (Eng) 72-74; 147: Beatriz Recari (Spa) 70-77, Lee Ii-hee (Kor) 76-71, Katharina Schallenberg (Ger) 74-73, Lisa Hall (Eng) 74-73; 148: Becky Brewerton (Wal) 75-73, Melissa Reid (Eng) 76-72, Diana D’Alessio (US) 72-76;

Selected: 149: Lim Bing (Mas) 75-74, Trish Johnson (Eng) 75-74, Rebecca Coakley (Irl) 77-72, Anne-lise Caudal (Fra) 74-75.

Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

Leading first round scores (US unless stated): 65: Robert Garrigus, Dustin Johnson; 66: Rich Beem, Vaughn Taylor, Charley Hoffman; 67: Bill Lunde, Mike Weir (Can), Mark Calcavecchia, Jason Day (Aus), Steve Elkington (Aus), Michael Allen, DJ Trahan;

68: Jeff Quinney, Dean Wilson, Matt Bettencourt, Mark Brooks, Greg Owen (Gbr), Charlie Wi (Kor), Tom Scherrer, Aron Price (Aus), Bob Estes, Fredrik Jacobson (Swe), Ted Purdy, Arjun Atwal (Ind), Paul Goydos, Brian Vranesh, Kevin Chappell, Retief Goosen (Rsa);

Selected: 69: KJ Choi (Kor), Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn), Bren­don De Jonge (Zim), Yang Ye (Kor); 70: Mathew Gog­gin (Aus); 71: Richard S. Johnson (Swe), Tim Clark (Rsa), Matt Jones (Aus), Greg Chalmers (Aus); 72: Brian Davis (Gbr), Paul McGinley (Irl), Jarrod Lyle (Aus), Vijay Singh (Fij), Marc Leishman (Aus);

73: Jesper Parnevik (Swe), Alex Cejka (Ger), Steve Allan (Aus); 74: Padraig Harring­ton (Irl); 75: Carlos Franco (Par), Daniel Chopra (Swe).

SBS Open

Leading first round scores (Kor unless stated): 65: Angela Stanford (US); 66: Yani Tseng (Tpe), Michelle Wie (US); 67: Kyeong Bae; 68: Momoko Ueda (Jpn); 69: Taylor Leon (US), Kim In-kyung, Jimin Kang, Teresa Lu (Tpe), Juli Inkster (US), Angela Park (Bra);

70: Kris Tamulis (US), Mika Miyazato (Jpn), Paula Creamer (US), Han Hee-won, Cristie Kerr (US), Laura Diaz (US), Lindsey Wright (Aus), Vicky Hurst (US), Pak Jin-young, Audra Burks (US);

Selected: 71: Lee Jee-young, Alena Sharp (Can), Lorie Kane (Can), Silvia Cavalleri (Ita), Janice Moodie (Gbr), Park Hee-young, Choi Na-yeon, Meena Lee, Shiho Oyama;

72: Anja Monke (Ger), Shin Jiyai, Minea Blomqvist (Fin), Ai Miyazato (Jpn), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Kang Hae-ji, Yim Sung-ah, Seo Hee-kyung; 73: Aree Song, Sarah Lee, Suzann Pettersen (Nor), Shanshan Feng (Chn), Ji Eun-hee, Kim Young, Chung Il-mi, Candie Kung (Tpe), Rachel Hetherington (Aus), Choi Song-yi, Jennifer Rosales (Phi).

RALLYING

Rally of Norway

After four special stages of opening day: 1. Mikko Hirvonen (Fin) Ford Focus 37:11.5, 2. Sebastien Loeb (Fra) Citroen C4 4.8sec behind, 3. Jari-Matti Latvala (Fin) Ford Focus 25.7, 4. Dani Sordo (Spa) Citroen C4 40.3, 5. Petter Solberg (Nor) Citroen Xsara 1:00.9,

6. Henning Solberg (Nor) Ford Focus 1:19.2, 7. Urmo Aava (Est) Ford Focus 1:23.2, 8. Sebastien Ogier (Fra) Citroen C4 1:24.9.

TENNIS

Brazil Open

Quarter-finals: Frederico Gil (Por) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spa) 7-6, 7-6; Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 7-6, 1-6, 6-3; Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Alberto Martin (Spa) 6-2, 6-2; Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Eduardo Schwank (Arg) 6-4, 6-3.

Paris Open

Second round: Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 6-4, 6-2; Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Monica Niculescu (Rom) 6-1, 6-2; Serena Williams (US) bt Karolina Sprem (Cro) 6-1, 6-2; Jelena Jankovic (Srb) bt Li Na (Chn) 6-0, 3-6, 6-2; Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2; Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Patty Schnyder (Swi) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Pattaya Open

Quarter-finals: Sania Mirza (Ind) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) 7-5, 6-4; Shahar Peer (Isr) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Peng Shuai (Chn) 6-2, 6-3; Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 6-4, 6-1.

Rotterdam Open

Second round: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 7-6 (7-6), 6-2; Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Andy Murray (Gbr) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 7-6 (6-4), 7-5; Gael Monfils (Fra) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-4, 6-4; Marc Gicquel (Fra) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4, 6-3; Mario Ancic (Cro) bt Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

San Jose Open

Second round: Todd Widom (US) bt Taylor Dent (US) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-2; Mardy Fish (US) bt John Isner (US) 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 7-5; James Blake (US) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 6-4, 6-3;

Sam Querrey (US) bt Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) 6-3, 6-2; Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 6-2, 6-2; Andy Roddick (US) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).


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