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Saturday May 16, 2009

Results Worldwide

Results on: Basketball, Cycling, Golf, Swimming and Tennis

BASKETBALL

NBA Champiohsip

Second-round playoff games (all series best-of-seven): Orlando 83 Boston 75 (series tied 3-3); Houston 95 LA Lakers 80 (series tied 3-3).

CYCLING

Giro d’Italia

Sixth stage (248km): 1. Michele Scarponi (Ita) 5;49:55sec, 2. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) 32s behind,

3. Allan Davis (Aus) 32, 4. Filippo Pozzato (Ita), 5. Matthew Goss (Aus), 6. Philippe Gilbert (Bel), 7. Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) all same time, 8. Michael Rogers (Aus) 36, 9. Danilo Di Luca (Ita), 10. Tadej Valjavec (Svk) all same time.

Leading overall standings: 1. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) 22:11:15, 2. Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) 5s behind, 3. Michael Rogers (Aus) 36, 4. Levi Leipheimer (US) 43, 5. Denis Menchov (Rus) 50, 6. Ivan Basso (Ita) 1:06, 7. Carlos Sastre (Spa) 1:16, 8. Chris Horner (US) 1:17, 9. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) 1:27, 10. David Arroyo (Spa) 1:41.

GOLF

Irish Open

Leading first round scores: 63: Francesco Molinari (Ita); 64: Johan Edfors (Swe); 66: Robert Rock (Eng), Roope Kakko (Fin), Shiv Kapur (Ind), Oliver Wilson (Eng), Paul Lawrie (Sco), Nick Dougherty (Eng), Jamie Donaldson (Eng); 67: Soren Kjeldsen (Den), Robert Dinwiddie (Eng), Jose Manuel Lara (Spa), Lee Slattery (Eng), Marc Warren (Sco), Shane Lowry (Irl), Alastair Forsyth (Sco), Julien Clement (Swi), Rafael Cabrera Bello (SPa), Thomas Levet (Fra); 68: Mikael Lundberg (Swe), Gary Orr (Sco), Martin Erlandsson (Swe), Anders Hansen (Den), Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa), Peter Hedblom (Swe), Pablo Larrazabal (Spa), John Daly (US), Stephen Gallacher (Sco), Lee Westwood (Eng); 69: Robert Jan Derksen (Hol), Damien McGrane (Irl), Rafael Echenique (Arg), Thongchai Jaidee (Tha), Peter Hanson (Swe), Wil Besseling (Holl), Anthony Kang (US), Rory McIlroy (NIrl), Marcus Fraser (Aus), Michael Lorenzo-Vera (Fra), Chris Wood (Eng), Francois Delamontagne (Fra), Marcel Siem (Ger), Maarten Lafeber (Hol, Andrew McLardy (Rsa), Gary Lockerbie (Eng), David Drysdale (Sco), Emanuele Canonica (Ita).

Maekyung Open

Leading second-round scores (South Korea unless stated): 136: Ted Oh 68-68; 137: Park Hyo-won 68-69; 138: Kim Hyung-sung 70-68; 139: Byun Jin-jae 69-70, S.K. Ho 67-72, Choi Sang-ho 69-70; 140: Juvic Pagunsan (Phi) 70-70, Son Joon-eob 72-68, Lam Chih Bing (Sin) 70-70, Scott Barr (Aus) 72-68, Jeong Youn-jin 69-71; 141: Kim Jong-duk 67-74, Lee Seung-ho 72-69, Son Hyun-ho 72-69, Bae Sang-moon 71-70; 142: Kim Dae-hyun 73-69, Marcus Both (Aus) 72-70, Kim Bi-O (Kor) 72-70, Kang Min-woong 74-68, Kim Kyung-tae 72-70, George Coetzee (Rsa) 69-73.

Sybase Classic

Leading first-round scores (South Korea unless stated): 62: Helen Alfredsson (Swe); 64: Brittany Lincicome (US); 65: Suzann Pettersen (Nor); 66: Ji Young-oh; 67: Park Hee-young, Katherine Hull (Aus); 68: Kim In-kyung, Brittany Lang (US); 69: Lee Jee-young, Shin Ji-yai, Choi Hye-jung, Marcy Hart (US); 70: Sandra Gal (Ger), Stacy Lewis (US), Wendy Doolan (Aus), Mollie Fankhauser (US), Karrie Webb (Aus), Michelle Wie (US), Natalie Gulbis (US), Paula Creamer (US), Meg Mallon (US), Alena Sharp (Can), Sophie Giquel (Fra), Amy Hung (Tpe); 71: Chella Choi, Becky Morgan (Bri), Sophie Gustafson (Swe), Yani Tseng (Tpe), Lorena Ochoa (Mex), Momoko Ueda (Jpn), Candie Kung (Tpe), Sarah Kemp (Aus), Young Kim, Janice Moodie (Bri), Yim Sung-ah; 72: Jennifer Rosales (Phi), Kim Joo-mi, Kim Mi-hyun, Ji Eun-hee, Pak Se-ri, Liselotte Neumann (Swe), Kim Song-hee, Birdie Kim, Marisa Baena (Col);

73: Karin Sjodin (Swe), Karine Icher (Fra), Mika Miyazato (Jpn), Ai Miyazato (Jpn), Angela Park (Bra), Yoo Sun-young, Choi Na-yeon, Meena Lee, Han Hee-won, Lee Seon-hwa, Russy Gulyanamitta (Tha), Giulia Sergas (Ita), Sarah Jane Smith (Aus), Kang Soo-yun, Yi Eun-jung, Louise Stahle (Swe);

74: Anna Rawson (Aus), Minea Blomqvist (Fin), Jimin Jeong, Jimin Kang, Maria Hjorth (Swe), Laura Davies (Bri), Park In-bee, Lindsey Wright (Aus), Carolina Llano (Col); 75: Feng Shanshan (Chn), Anja Monke (Ger), Linda Wessberg (Swe), Louise Friberg (Swe), Rachel Hetherington (Aus), Shiho Oyama, Lorie Kane (Can), Mikaela Parmlid (Swe), Lee Jee-hae; 76: Sarah Lee, Carin Koch (Swe), Aree Song, Chung Il-mi, Johanna Mundy (Bri);

77: Amy Yang (Tpe), Michelle Ellis (Aus), Karen Stupples (Bri), Eva Dahllof (Swe); 78: Ahn Shi-hyun, Bae Kye-ong, Pak Jin-young, Teresa Lu (Tpe), Julieta Granada (Par), Hong Jin-joo; 79: Min Na-on; 81: Young Jo.

Texas Open

Leading first-round (USunless stated): 63: Paul Goydos, Justin Leonard; 64: Jeff Maggert, Marc Leishman (Aus), Ted Purdy; 65: Brian Davis (Bri), Greg Owen (Bri); 66: Lee Janzen, David Duval, Stephen Ames (Can), Corey Pavin, Willie Wood, J.J. Henry, Mathias Gronberg (Swe), Fredrik Jacobson (Swe); 67: Tim Clark (Rsa), Matt Jones (Aus); 68: Charlie Wi (Kor), James Nitties (Aus), Grant Waite (Nzl);

69: Tim Wilkinson (Nzl), Greg Chalmers (Aus), Mark Hensby (Aus), Aron Price (Aus); 70: Jesper Parnevik (Swe), Steve Allan (Aus), Trevor Dodds (Nam), Nick O’Hern (Aus), Nathan Green (Aus); 71: Stephen Leaney (Aus), Richard S. Johnson (Swe), Carlos Franco (Par) Daniel Chopra (Swe); 72: Phil Tataurangi (Nzl), Jarrod Lyle (Aus); 73: Alex Cejka (Ger); 74: Brendon de Jonge (Zim); 76: Jason Day (Aus); 80: Jose Coceres (Arg).

SWIMMING

Charlotte UltraSwim meet (US unless noted):

Men’s 1,500m freestyle: 1. Peter Vanderkaay 15:09.77, 2. Joe Kinderwater 15:31.48; 3. Brennan Morris 15:38.88.

Women’s 800m freestyle: 1. Katie Hoff 8:19.70; 2. Emily Brunemann 8:37.24; 3. Lindsay Seemann (Can) 8:37.98.

TENNIS

Madrid Masters

Men’s third round: Fernando Verdasco (Spa) bt Juan Monaco (Argentina) 7-5, 6-2; Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) (walkover); Juan Martin del Potro (Arg) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (Swi) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Andy Murray (Bri) bt Tommy Robredo (Spa) 7-5, 6-1.

Quarter-finals: Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 6-4, 6-4; Roger Federer (Sui) bt Andy Roddick (US) 7-5, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1

Women’s third round: Jelena Jankovic (Srb) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.

Quarter-finals: Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Alona Bondarenko (Ukr) 6-4, 6-3; Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) bt Agnes Szavay (Hun) 5-7, 6-1, 6-1; Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus 6-0, 6-4.


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