BASKETBALL

NBA Championship

Indiana 104 Utah 99, Miami 107 Cleveland 91, Boston 94 Charlotte 84, Milwaukee 105 Phoenix 107, Minnesota 86 Sacramento 84, Golden State 116 Oklahoma City 119.

CYCLING

Tour of Qatar

Third stage (146.5km): 1. Mark Cavendish (Bri), 3’23:48, 2. Tom Boonen (Bel), 3. Aidis Kruopis (Lit), 4. Mark Renshaw (Aus), 5. John Degenkolb (Ger), 6. Tyler Farrar (US), 7. Rdiger Selig (Ger), 8. David Boucher (Fra), 9. Robert Wagner (Ger), 10. Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) all same time.

Leading overall standings: 1. Tom Boonen (Bel) 6’47:49, 2. Tyler Farrar (US0 6s behind, 3. Mark Cavendish (Bri) 8, 4. Johan Vansummeren (Bel) 12, 5. Thomas Dekker (Ned), 6. Robert Hunter (Rsa) both same time, 7. Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) 17, 8. Bernhard Eisel (Aus) 18, 9. Rdiger Selig (Ger) same time, 10. Adam Blythe (Bri) 19.

TENNIS

Pattaya Women’s Open

First round: Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Varatchaya Wongteanchai (Tha) 6-2, 7-5; Misaki Doi (Jpn) bt Noppawon Lertcheewakarn (Tha) 6-1, 6-3; Alla Kudryavtseva (Rus) bt Zhou Yi-Miao (Chn) 6-1, 7-5; Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz) 6-3, 4-2 (retired);

Vania King (US) bt Heather Watson (Bri) 6-4, 6-2; Chang Kai-chen (Tai) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 7-5, 6-1; Anne Keothavong (Bri) bt Dominika Cibulkova (Slo) 6-4, 6-1; Kimiko Date-Krumm (Jpn) bt Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (Tha) 6-1, 6-1; Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzb) bt Laura Robson (Bri) 5-2 (retired); Daniela Hantuchova (Slo) bt Nugnadda Wannasuk (Tha) 6-2, 6-0; Sania Mirza (Ind) bt Ayumi Morita (Jpn) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2; Hsieh Su-wei (Tai) bt Zheng Jie (Chn) 6-3, 6-2; Urszula Radwanska (Pol) bt Anastasia Pivovarova (Rus) 6-4, 6-1; Maria Kirilenko (Rus) bt Casey Dellacqua (Aus) 4-6, 7-6(7-6), 6-3.

WTA Paris Indoor Open

First round: Petra Martic (Cro) bt Greta Arn (Hun) 6-4, 6-4; Chanelle Scheepers (Rsa) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 6-2, 6-2; Julia Goerges (Ger) bt Shahar Peer (Isr) 6-1, 6-3; Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 6-2, 7-6(7-3); Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) bt Li Na (Chn) 7-6(7-5), 3-2 (retired); Petra Cetkovska (Cze) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 6-3, 6-3; Mona Barthel (Ger) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) 6-3, 6-2.        

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