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Saturday March 14, 2009

Results Worldwide

BASKETBALL

NBA Championship

LA Lakers 102 San Antonio 95, Cleveland 119 Phoenix 111.

CYCLING

Paris-Nice race

Stage 5 (204km): 1. Jeremy Roy (Fra) 4’58:47, 2. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) same time, 3. Tony Martin (Ger) 0:03 behind, 4. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) 2:33, 5. Murilo Fischer (Bra), 6. Romain Feillu (Fra), 7. Cyril Lemoine (Fra), 8. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel), 9. Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita), 10. Sebastien Hinault (Fra) all same time.

Leadng overall standings: 1. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) 18’32:56, 2. Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) 0:06 behind, 3. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) 0:36, 4. Alberto Contador (Spa) 0:36, 5. Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) 0:37, 6. Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) 0:45, 7. David Millar (Gbr) 0:50, 8. Antonio Colom (Spa) 0:55, 9. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) 0:57, 10. Jens Voigt (Ger) 1:03.

Tirreno-Adriatico race

Stage 2 (177km): 1. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 4’32:42, 2. Daniele Bennati (Ita), 3. Koldo Fernandez (Spa), 4. Dominique Rollin (Can), 5. Luca Paolini (Ita), 6. Manuel Belletti (Ita), 7. Stuart O’Grady (Aus), 8. Enrico Rossi (Ita), 9. Baden Cooke (Aus), 10. Allan Davis (Aus) all same time.

Leadng overall standings: 1. Julien El Fares (Fra) 8’06:32, 2. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 0:15 behind, 3. Daniele Bennati (Ita), 4. Enrico Rossi (Ita), 0:24, 5. Leonardo Duque (Col) 0:25, 6. Assan Bazayev (Kaz), 7. Matti Breschel (Den), 8. Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita), 9. Filippo Pozzato (Ita), 10. George Hincapie (US) all same time.

GOLF

New Zealand Open

Leading second round scores:

134: Jeff Gove (US) 71-63, Jason Norris (Aus) 69-65; 135: Steve Alker (Nzl) 68-67; 136: Alex Prugh (US) 65-71, Stephen Dartnall (Aus) 67-69, Martin Piller (US) 67-69; 137: Josh Geary (Nzl) 72-65, Henrik Bjornstad (Nor) 70-67, Josh Teater (US) 65-72, Steve Friesen (US) 69-68, Michael Putnam (US) 71-66, Drew Laning (US) 69-68; 138: Ian Leggatt (Can) 74-64, Todd Demsey (US) 65-73, Bob Sowards (US) 69-69; 139: Grant Waite (Nzl) 70-69, Aaron Townsend (Aus) 71-68, Vance Veazey (US) 68-71, Adam Bland (Aus) 68-71, Jonas Blixt (Swe) 68-71, Matthew Every (US) 71-68.

Puerto Rico Open

Leading first round scores (US unless stated): 66: Derek Lamely, Jason Day (Aus); 67: Michael Bradley, Cliff Kresge, Bart Bryant, Kevin Stadler, Bryce Molder; 68: Troy Matteson, Brett Quigley, Alex Cejka (Ger), Greg Chalmers (Aus), Rocco Mediate, Jonathan Byrd; Selected: 69: Estanislao Goya (Arg);

70: Steve Allan (Aus), Aron Price (Aus), Diego Vanegas (Col), Matt Jones (Aus); 71: Greg Owen (Gbr), Jarrod Lyle (Aus), Felipe Aguilar (Chi); 72: Manuel Villegas (Col); 73: Gabriel Hjertstedt (Swe), Oscar Fraustro (Mex), Alan Wagner (Arg), Marc Leishman (Aus).

Mercedes-Benz Singapore Masters

Leading third round scores:

205: Mardan Mamat (Sin) 69-69-67; 207: Rory Hie (Ina) 70-72-65; 208: Lam Chih Bing (Sin) 67-72-69; 210: Rey Pagunsan (Phi) 68-73-69, Pariya Junhasavasdikul (Tha) 71-70-69; 211: Pornpong Phatlum (Tha) 72-72-67, Varut Chomchalam (Tha) 69-73-69, S. Siva Chandran (Mas) 69-72-70; 212: Danny Chia (Mas) 70-71-71; 213: Pongthep Jaewchamnanchao (Tha) 75-71-67, Tanatchan Puaktes (Tha) 72-71-70, Wisut Artjanawat (Tha) 71-71-71.

WGC-CA Championship

Leading first round scores (US unless stated):

65: Jeev M. Singh (Ind), Retief Goosen (Rsa), Prayad Marksaeng (Tha), Phil Mickelson; 66: Nick Watney, Rod Pampling (Aus), James Kingston (Rsa), Padraig Harrington (Irl); 67: Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Camilo Villegas (Col), Sean O’Hair, Oliver Wilson (Gbr), Andres Romero (Arg); 68: Charley Hoffman, Jim Furyk, Rory McIlroy (Nir);

Selected: 69: Luke Donald (Gbr), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Vijay Singh (Fij), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Robert Allenby (Aus), Miguel A. Jimenez (Spa), Ian Poulter (Gbr); 70: Peter Hanson (Swe), Ryuji Imada (Jpn), Richard Sterne (Rsa), Shingo Katayama (Jpn), Garth Mulroy (Rsa), Ernie Els (Rsa), Soren Kjeldsen (Den); 71: Tiger Woods, Lee Westwood (Gbr), Stuart Appleby (Aus), Paul Casey (Gbr), Mike Weir (Can), Robert Karlsson (Swe), Tim Clark (Rsa), Adam Scott (Aus), Ross Fisher (Gbr);

72: Richard Finch (Gbr), Alvaro Quiros (Spa), Sergio Garcia (Spa), Stephen Ames (Can); 73: Mark Brown (Nzl), Geoff Ogilvy (Aus), K.J. Choi (Kor), Graeme McDowell (Nir), Justin Rose (Gbr), Y.E. Yang (Kor), Martin Kaymer (Ger); 74: Thomas Aiken (Rsa), Trevor Immelman (Rsa), Darren Clarke (Nir), Carl Pettersson (Swe), Soren Hansen (Den); 75: Aaron Baddeley (Aus), Lin Wen-tang (Tpe), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), Azuma Yano (Jpn).

TENNIS

Indian Wells Masters

First round

Men: Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) bt Vincent Spadea (US) 6-3, 6-4; Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-3, 6-2; Albert Montanes (Spa) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 6-3, 6-0; Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Nicolas Devilder (Fra) 7-6 (8-6), 6-1; Marc Gicquel (Fra) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 7-5, 6-3; Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-4, 6-3; Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Jan Hernych (Cze) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; Potito Starace (Ita) bt Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) 7-6 (8-6), 6-1; Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Kevin Kim (US) 6-3, 6-4; Sergiy Stakhovsky (Ukr) bt Brendan Evans (US) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0; Lu Yen-hsun (Tpe) bt Michael Lammer (Swi) 7-5, 6-2; Steve Darcis (Bel) bt Marcel Granollers (Spa) 5-0 rtd; Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Santiago Giraldo (Col) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5; Teimuraz Gabashvili (Rus) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) bt Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2; Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 6-3, 6-3.

Women: Anastasiya Yakimova (Blr) bt Varvara Lepchenko (US) 6-4, 6-1; Vera Dushevina (Rus) bt Petra Martic (Cro) 6-4, 6-3; Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol) 6-1, 6-3; Edina Gallovits (Rom) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5; Sania Mirza (Ind) bt Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Karin Knapp (Ita) bt Vania King (US) 6-2, 6-1; Tamira Paszek (Aut) bt Mara Santangelo (Ita) 6-3, 6-2; Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) 6-3, 6-2; Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 6-1, 6-4; Petra Cetkovska (Cze) bt Stephanie Foretz (Fra) 6-2, 7-5; Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spa) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (11-9); Roberta Vinci (Ita) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4; Kristina Barrois (Ger) bt Klara Zakopalova (Cze) 6-1, 6-2; Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Melanie Oudin (US) 6-3, 6-1; Angela Haynes (US) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (Cro) 7-5, 6-2; Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 6-4, 6-4.


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