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Saturday February 21, 2009

Results Worldwide

Results on basketball, cycling, golf, snooker and tennis

BASKETBALL

NBA Championship

Detroit 79 San Antonio 83; Utah 90 Boston 85.

CYCLING

Ruta del Sol

Final stage (165.8km): 1. Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti 4’35:45, 2. Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) 9s behind, 3. Gilberto Simoni (Ita), 4. Martin Velits (Svk), 5. Mikel Nieve (Spa) all same time.

Overall standings: 1. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 17’28:4, 2. Xavier Tondo (Spa) 2s behind, 3. Davide Rebellin (Ita) 03, 4. Martin Velits (Svk) 05, 5. Michele Scarponi (Ita) 18.

Tour of California

Stage five (216 km): 1. Mark Cavendish (Bri) Columbia 5’07:28, 2. Tom Boonen (Bel), 3. Pedro Horrillo (Spa), 4. Francesco Chicchi (Ita), 5. Thor Hushovd (Nor), 6. Lucas Haedo (Arg), 7. Freddy Rodriguez (US), 8. Martin Elmiger (Swi), 9. Bernard Sulzberger (Aus), 10. Karl Menzies (Aus) all same time.

Leading overall standings: 1. Levi Leipheimer (US) Astana 23’41:20, 2. Michael Rogers (Aus) 24s behind, 3. David Zabriskie (US) 28, 4. Lance Armstrong (US) 30, 5. Christopher Horner (US) 34, 6. Janez Brajkovic (Svk) 38, 7. Thomas Lovkvist (Swe), 8. Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa), 9. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) all same time 10. Robert Gesink (Ned) 39.

GOLF

Johnnie Walker Classic

Leading second round scores: 134: Anthony Kang (US) 67-67, Damien McGrane (Irl) 66-68; 135: Ignacio Garrido (Spa) 67-68, Hiroyuki Fujita (Jpn) 67-68, Danny Lee (Nzl) 67-68; 136: Andrew Dodt (Aus) 70-66, Anthony Kim (US) 68-68, Andre Stolz (Aus) 69-67, Adam Blyth (Aus) 68-68, Terry Pilkadaris (Aus) 70-66, John Bickerton (Eng) 66-70, Robert-Jan Derksen (Ned) 64-72, Felipe Aguilar (Chi) 68-68, Mardan Mamat (Sin) 65-71; 137: Colin Montgomerie (Sco) 67-70, Graeme Storm (Eng) 73-64, Ian Poulter (Eng) 68-69, Chris Gaunt (Aus) 68-69, David Frost (Rsa) 73-64, Tony Carolan (Aus) 65-72, Alexander Noren (Swe) 68-69, Peter Senior (Aus) 70-67, Mikko Ilonen (Fin) 72-65, Ross McGowan (Eng) 70-67, Peter Lawrie (Irl) 67-70, Pelle Edberg (Swe) 70-67, Seve Benson (Eng) 70-67; 138: Gareth Maybin (NIrl) 68-70, Magnus A Carlsson (Swe) 71-67, Michael Sim (Aus) 69-69, Raphakl Jacquelin (Fra) 70-68, Taichiro Kiyota (Jpn) 68-70, Gary Lockerbie (Eng) 69-69, David Howell (Eng) 70-68, Phillip Price (Wal) 68-70, Markus Brier (Aut) 70-68, Clint Rice (Aus) 67-71;

139: Richard Finch (Eng) 69-70, Francesco Molinari (Ita) 68-71, Kim Hyung-sung (Kor) 68-71, Lee Westwood (Eng) 66-73, Michael Jonzon (Swe) 71-68, Paul Casey (Eng) 71-68, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 70-69, Nick Dougherty (Eng) 73-66, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 71-68, Scott Laycock (Aus) 68-71, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 73-66; 140: Craig Parry (Aus) 71-69, Scott Hend (Aus) 68-72, Alistair Presnell (Aus) 72-68, Anthony Wall (Eng) 70-70, Bae Sang-moon (Kor) 70-70, Benn Barham (Eng) 68-72, Darren Beck (Aus) 70-70, James Kamte (Rsa) 73-67; 141: David McKenzie (Aus) 68-73, Andrew Coltart (Sco) 72-69, Peter O’Malley (Aus) 73-68, Josi Manuel Lara (Spa) 71-70, Brett Rumford (Aus) 71-70, Tim Wood (Aus) 69-72, Simon Khan (Eng) 68-73, Marcus Fraser (Aus) 70-71, Robert Dinwiddie (Eng) 71-70, Richie Ramsay (Sco) 68-73, David Smail (Nzl) 70-71, Anton Haig (Rsa) 69-72, Marcel Siem (Ger) 72-69, Michael Long (Nzl) 74-67, Won Joon Lee (Aus) 71-70.

Northern Trust Open

Leading first round scores (play halted due to darkness with four players yet to complete round, American unless stated): 63: Phil Mickelson; 64: Scott McCarron; 66: Dean Wilson, Jim Furyk, Dustin Johnson, Luke Donald (Bri), Andres Romero (Arg), K.J. Choi (Kor), John Merrick; 67: Fred Couples, Brandt Snedeker, Kevin Na, Tommy Armour, Jeff Klauk, Ryuji Imada (Jpn), D.J. Trahan, Todd Hamilton, Kirk Triplett, Briny Baird, Paul Azinger; 68: Tim Clark (Rsa), Retief Goosen (Rsa), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), Carl Pettersson (Swe), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa); 69: Jeev M. Singh (Ind), Oliver Wilson (Bri), Brendon de Jonge (Zim), Brian Davis (Bri);

70: Shigeki Maruyama (Jpn), Peter Lonard (Aus), Mike Weir (Can), Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Robert Allenby (Aus), Soren Hansen (Den), Graeme McDowell (NIrl) Charlie Wi (Kor), Richard S. Johnson (Swe); 71: Stuart Appleby (Aus), Tim Wilkinson (Nzl), Nick O’Hern (Aus) Ernie Els (Rsa), Stephen Ames (Can), Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Mathew Goggin (Aus), John Senden (Aus); 72: Martin Laird (Bri), Padraig Harrington (Irl), Vijay Singh (Fij), Angel Cabrera (Arg); 73: Nathan Green (Aus), Jin Park (Kor), Ryo Ishikawa (Jpn), Daniel Chopra (Swe); 75: Alex Cejka (Ger), David Morland (Can); 76: James Nitties (Aus).

TENNIS

Bogota Cup

Second round: Betina Jozami (Arg) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 4-0 (retired); Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Rossana de los Rios (Par) 5-7, 6-1, 6-3; Mathilde Johansson (Fra bt Katalin Marosi (Hun) 6-4, 6-1; Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) bt Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) 6-4, 6-3.

Buenos Aires Open

Second round: Oscar Hernandez (Spa) bt Diego Junqueira (Arg) 3-6, 7-6, 6-0; Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 6-4, 6-3; Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Martin Vassallo Argueello (Arg) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) bt Brian Dabul (Arg) 6-3, 6-1.

Dubai Open

Quarter-finals: Serena Williams (US) bt Ana Ivanovic (Srb) 6-4, 6-4; Venus Williams (US) bt Elena Dementieva (Rus) 6-3, 6-3; Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 7-6 (8-7), 7-5; Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-3, 7-5.

Semi-final: Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-1, 6-2.

Marseille Open

Second round: Michael Llodra (Fra) beat Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-3, 7-6 (7-1); Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 6-3, 6-2; Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt Jan Hernych (Cze) 7-5, 6-4; Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt George Bastl (Swi) 6-1, 2-6, 6-1.

Memphis Championships

Men

Second round: Sam Querrey (US) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 6-1, 6-2; Andy Roddick (US) bt Robby Ginepri (US) 6-2, 6-3; Dudi Sela (Isr) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-4); Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Chris Guccione (Aus) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat 6-3, 6-4; Christophe Rochus (Bel) bt Mardy Fish (US) 6-2, 6-4; Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-2, 6-4.

Women

Quarter-finals: Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Anne Keothavong (Bri) bt Marina Erakovic (Nzl) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2; Victoria Azarenka (Blr) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-4, 6-2; Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-3, 6-4.

SNOOKER

Welsh Open

Second round: Shaun Murphy (Eng) bt Mark King (Eng) 5-2; Stephen Maguire (Sco) bt Ding Junhui (Chn) 5-4; Marco Fu (Hkg) bt Ronnie O’Sullivan (Eng) 5-3; Ali Carter (Eng) bt Graeme Dott (Sco) 5-4; Anthony Hamilton (Eng) bt Michael Judge (Irl) 5-2; Neil Robertson (Aus) bt John Higgins (Sco) 5-4.


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