Thursday February 28, 2013
Results worldwide
BASKETBALL
NBA Championship
Orlando 98 Philadelphia 84, Indiana 108 Golden State 97, Miami 141 Sacramento 129 (2OT), Cleveland 101 Chicago 98, Brooklyn 101 New Orleans 97, Milwaukee 95 Dallas 90, Phoenix 84 Minnesota 83 (OT), LA Clippers 106 Charlotte 84.
TENNIS
Brazil Cup
First round: Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) bt Anne Keothavong (Bri) 6-3, 6-4; Tatjana Malek (Ger) bt Teliana Pereira (Bra) 6-4, 6-2; Venus Williams (US) bt Mirjana Lucic (Cro) 6-3, 6-3; Garbine Muguruza (Spa) bt Kristina Barrois (Ger) 6-2, 6-2; Timea Babos (Hun) bt Valeria Savinykh (Rus) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 6-2; Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Kimiko Date Krumm (Jpn) 6-3, 6-0; Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra) bt Connie Hsu (US) 6-1, 6-2.
Delray Beach International Championships
First round: Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 5-4, rtd; Go Soeda (Jpn) bt Marinko Matosevic (Aus) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6); Lu Yen-hsun (Tpe) bt Bobby Reynolds (US) 6-3, 7-5; Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Tim Smyczek (US) 6-3, 6-4; Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra) bt Flavio Cipolla (Ita) 6-1, 6-4; Jack Sock (US) bt Matthew Ebden (Aus) 6-3, 6-3; Ricardas Berankis (Ltu) bt Bjorn Phau (Ger) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4); Daniel Munoz (Spa) bt Ryan Harrison (US) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt James Blake (US) 6-1, 6-4; Denis Istomin (Uzb) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 7-5; Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Igor Sijsling (Ned) 5-7, 6-4 rtd; John Isner (US) bt Jesse Levine (Can) 7-6 (7-3), 5-7, 6-4.
Dubai Open
First round: Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4); Marcel Granollers (Spa) bt Albert Montanes (Spa) 6-3, 6-1; Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Jan Hajek (Cze) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Rajeev Ram (US) 6-1, 6-3; Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt Viktor Troicki (Srb) 6-1, 6-4; Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.
Mexican Open
Men
First round: Nicolas Almagro (Spa) bt Cesar Ramirez (Mex) 6-0, 6-1; Daniel Gimeno (Spa) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 6-3, 6-2; Wayne Odesnik (US) bt Lukasz Kubot (Pol) 6-3, 6-4; David Ferrer (Spa) bt Antonio Veic (Cro) 6-0, 6-3; Paolo Lorenzi (Ita) bt Benoit Paire (Fra) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3); Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) 6-2, 6-2.
Women
First round: Maria Torro (Spa) bt Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 6-1, 6-4; Romina Oprandi (Sui) bt Alexa Glatch (US) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5; Sara Errani (Ita) bt Alexandra Cadantu (Rou) 6-3, 6-2; Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Grace Min (US) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Mandy Minella (Lux) bt Silvia Soler (Spa) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3).
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