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Saturday April 18, 2009

Results Worldwide

GOLF

China Open

Leading second round scores: 138: Choi Ho-sung (Kor) 70-68; 140: Markus Brier (Aut) 67-73, Chapchai Nirat (Tha) 69-71; 141: Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano (Spa) 71-70, Paul McGinley (Irl) 74-67; 142: David McKenzie (Aus) 68-74, Simon Dyson (Eng) 69-73, Richard Finch (Eng) 71-71; 143: Inder Van Weerelt (Hol) 74-69, Scott Strange (Aus) 70-73, Graeme Storm (Eng) 72-71; 144: Carlos Del Moral (Spa) 72-72, Chinnarat Phadungsil (Tha) 70-74, Aaron Townsend (Aus) 73-71, Rafael Cabrera (Spa) 73-71, Heo Won-kyoung (Kor) 72-72;

145: Simon Wakefield (Eng) 76-69, Maarten Lafeber (Hol) 71-74, Brad Kennedy (Aus) 72-73, Stephen Dodd (Wal) 74-71, Craig Scott (Aus) 71-74, Thongchai Jaidee (Tha) 70-75, Branden Grace (Rsa) 72-73, David Dixon (Eng) 72-73, Scott Drummond (Sco) 75-70, Francois Delamontagne (Fra) 72-73, Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra) 73-72.

Verizon Heritage Classic

Leading first round scores: 64: Alex Cejka (Ger); 65: Lee Janzen (US); 66: Trevor Immelman (Rsa); 67: Brian Gay (US), Ted Purdy (US); 68: Rod Pampling (Aus), Bill Haas (US), Aron Price (US), Stephen Leaney (Aus), Tim Petrovic (US), Jose Maria Olazabal (Spa), Cliff Kresge (US), Todd Hamilton (US), Ernie Els (Rsa), Jeff Maggert (US), Bob Estes (US);

69: Ken Duke (US), Briny Baird (US), Scott Piercy (US), Dean Wilson (US), Greg Owen (Eng), Charles Howell (US), Boo Weekley (US);

70: Kevin Na (US), Brandt Snedeker (US), Zach Johnson (US), Camilo Villegas (Col), Tommy Armour III (US), Jason Dufner (US), Matt Weibring (US), John Malinger (US), Robert Garigus (US), Tom Lehman (US), Woody Austin (US), Jonathan Byrd (US), Davis Love (US), Justin Leonard (US), Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Charley Hoffman (US), Nathan Green (US).

TENNIS

Barcelona Open

Second round: Lucie Safarova (Cze) bt Sara Errani (Ita) 6-3, 6-3; Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 6-2, 6-3; Tatjana Malek (Ger) bt Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) 5-0 (retired); Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) bt Emilie Loit (Fra) 6-2, 7-5.

Family Circle Cup

Third round: Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Melanie Oudin (US) 6-4, 6-1; Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) bt Anastasia Rodionova (Rus) 6-7 (6-8), 6-2, 6-3; Sabine Lisicki (Ger) bt Venus Williams (US) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5); Elena Dementieva (Rus) bt Varvara Lepchenko (US) 6-1, 6-1; Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Peng Shuai (Chn) 6-3, 6-4; Melinda Czink (Hun) bt Nadia Petrova (Rus) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5; Elena Vesnina (Rus) bt Viktoria Kutuzova (Ukr) 7-6 (7-4), 7-5; Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 1-1 (abandoned).

Monte Carlo Masters

Quarter-final: Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Andreas Beck (Ger) 6-2, 6-4; Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 6-3, 6-3.

Third round: Andy Murray (Bri) bt Fabio Fognini (Ita) 7-6 (13-11), 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) bt David Nalbandian (Arg) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 7-5, 7-6 (7-2); Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 6-3, 6-0; Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Roger Federer (Sui) 6-4, 7-5; Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt David Ferrer (Spa) 6-2, 6-1; Andreas Beck (Ger) bt Juan Monaco (Arg) 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.


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