KEY POINTS:
BASEBALL
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Lloyd Elsmore Park)
Premiers: West City 6 Howick Pakuranga 4, West City 12 Canterbury 10, Howick Pakuranga 6 Canterbury 3.
Under 16: Bayside Westhaven 6 Central City (Auckland) 3, Howick Pakuranga 23 West City 2, Canterbury 8 Central City 7 , Bayside Westhaven 3 Howick Pakuranga 1, West City 16 Central 0City 15.
Under 13: Bayside Westhaven 18 Howick Pakuranga 15, Central City 23 Howick Pakuranga 1, Central City 18 Bayside Westhaven 15.
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BASKETBALL
NZ Breakers 126 (K. Penney 32, D. Alston 23, O. Greene 19), Blaze 93 (C. Frank 21, J. Harvey 16, J. Crowe 15). HT: 60-42.
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CRICKET
SOUTH AFRICA v WEST INDIES
(Durban)
First day, third test
WEST INDIES
First innings
D. Ganga c Smith b Steyn 3
B. Parchment c Gibbs b Pollock 11
R. Morton lbw b Pollock 1
M. Samuels c Boucher b Ntini 6
S. Chanderpaul c Kallis b Ntini 0
D. Bravo c Gibbs b Pollock 13
D. Ramdin c Gibbs b Nel 30
D. Sammy c Smith b Nel 28
J. Taylor c Steyn b Pollock 25
D. Powell not out 15
F. Edwards c Boucher b Nel 0
Extras (b1 lb6) 7 - - Total (all out, 34.3 overs) 139Fall: 1/10, 2/11, 3/22, 4/26, 5/33, 6/57, 7/74, 8/116, 9/139.
Bowling: Steyn 8-2-18-1, Ntini 7-1-30-2, Pollock 11-2-35-4, Nel 6.3-0-45-3, Kallis 2-1-4-0.
SOUTH AFRICA
First innings
G. Smith not out 122
H. Gibbs b Powell 27
H. Amla not out 55
Extras (b4, lb5) 9 - - Total (one wicket, 43 overs) 213To bat: J. Kallis, A. Prince, AB de Villiers, M. Boucher, S. Pollock, A. Nel, D. Steyn, M. Ntini.
Fall: 1/53.
Bowling: Powell 12-1-60-1, Edwards 11-0-74-0, Taylor 9-3-21-0, Sammy 9-2-40-0, Samuels 2-0-9-0.
NATIONAL UNDER-19
(Christchurch)
Final: Otago 287-9 (Hamish Rutherford 83, Brad Rodden 41, Jesse Simpson 58, Jack Dowd 3-28) lost to Auckland 290-7 (Jeet Raval 81, Aaron Arnold 62, Jack Dowd 36) by 3 wickets.
For 3rd: Northern Districts 231-6 (Dane Sorrenson 93, Tamati Clarke 38, Andy Dodd 4-22) bt Central Districts 125 (Jason Trembath 3-19) by 106 runs.
For 5th: Canterbury 255-8 (James O'Gorman 49, Corey Anderson 84, Josh Reeves 33) lost to Wellington 257-5 (Michael Pollard 51, Fraser Colson 55, Tom Blundell 34, Ricky Joseph 33) by 5 wickets.
Final placings: Auckland 1, Otago 2, Northern Districts 3, Central Districts 4, Wellington 5, Canterbury 6.
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CYCLING
NZ ROAD CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Napier)
Time Trial.-
Female, 25km: Melissa Holt (Cambridge) 36:20, 1; Rachel Mercer (Wellington) 36:30, 2; Alison Shanks (Dunedin) 36:31, 3.
Male under-23, 40km: Clinton Avery (Rotorua) 53:23, 1; Wesley Gough (Napier) 53:30, 2; Matt Haydock (Auckland) 53:59, 3.
Male: Logan Hutchings (Papamoa) 51:26, 1; Paul Odlin (Nelson/Marlborough) 51:59, 2; Gordon McCauley (Auckland) 52.15, 3.
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GOLF
SONY OPEN
(Honululu)
First round.-
64 - KJ Choi (South Korea)
65 - Jimmy Walker (US), Heath Slocum (US), Steve Marino (US)
66 - Rory Sabbatini (South Africa), Chad Campbell (US), Steve Lowery (US), James Driscoll (US), Kenneth Ferrie (Britain), Mitsuhiro Tateyama (Japan), JP Hayes (US), Daniel Chopra (Sweden), Brad Adamonis (US)
67 - Jay Williamson (US), John Riegger (US), John Mallinger (US), Carl Pettersson (Sweden), Robert Gamez (US), Kevin Na (South Korea), Jerry Kelly (US), Chad Collins (US), Todd Demsey (US), Spencer Levin (US), Vaughn Taylor (US), Cameron Beckman (US), Zach Johnson (US), Brian Gay (US), Robert Garrigus (US), Alejandro Canizares (Spain), Travis Perkins (US), Doug LaBelle II (US)
Also:
68 - Tim Wilkinson (NZ)
UNDER-23 CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Hastings)
142 - Dean Harvey (Windsor) 72 70, Ben Campbell (Masterton) 72 70
143 - Danny Lee 72 70, Doug Millington (Hamilton) 71 72
144 - Peter Spearman-Burn (Miramar) 72 72, Travis O'Connell (The Grange) 72 72
145 - Nicholas Gillespie (Hastings) 73 72, Sean Riordan (Takaka) 73 72,
146 - Pieter Zwart (Waipukurau) 76 70, Drew Atkins (Coringa) 75 71
147 - Michael Schofield (Masterton) 71 76, Craig Hamilton (Omanu) 73 74, Aaron Leech (Lochiel) 73 74
148 - Daniel Pearce (Coringa) 79 69, Eden Kitney (Manor Park) 78 70, Willie Moore (Windsor) 72 76, Ben Kendall (Maungakiekie) 73 75, Landyn Edwards (Rotorua) 75 73, Ben Wallace (Auckland) 74 74
AUCKLAND LADY VETS
(Huntly)
Anne Cooper (Grange) 42pts, 1; Margaret Petersen (Howick) 39, 2; Josie Mudgeway (Maramarua) 39, 3; Lesley Bicknell (Chamberlain Park) 38, 4; Anne Mitchell (Howick) 38, 5; Diane Smith (Howick) 35, 6; Jenny Davenport (Waitemata) 35, 7; Barbara Russell (Clarks Beach) 33, 8; Barbara La Cassie (Howick) 33, 9. Twos: Margaret Petersen, Joss Bremner.
JOBURG OPEN
65 - Tyrone Ferreira (South Africa)
65 - Mark Murless (South Africa)
66 - Sion Bebb (Britain), Pablo Larrazabal (Spain), Ross McGowan (Britain)
67 - Oliver Bekker (South Africa), David Drysdale (Britain), Gary Lockerbie (Britain), Garth Mulroy (South Africa), Ryan Reid (South Africa), Marco Ruiz (Paraguay), Sven Struever (Germany)
68 - Joakim Baeckstroem (Sweden), Richard Bland (Britain), Gary Boyd (Britain), Charl Coetzee (South Africa), Trevor Fisher (South Africa), Alex Haindl (South Africa), Marcus Higley (Britain), James Kamte (South Africa), James Kingston (South Africa), Andrew McLardy (South Africa), Louis Moolman (South Africa), Prinavin Nelson (South Africa), Louis Oosthuizen (South Africa), Iain Pyman (Britain), Manuel Quiros (Spain), Teboho Sefatsa (South Africa), Marcel Siem (Germany)
69 - Antti Ahokas (Finland), Warren Bennett (Britain), George Coetzee (South Africa), Andre Cruse (South Africa), Gary Emerson (Britain), Jeremy Kavanagh (Britain), John Mellor (Britain), Gerlou Roux (South Africa), Paul Waring (Britain)
70 - Warren Abery (South Africa), Jaco Ahlers (South Africa), Liam Bond (Britain), Hendrik Buhrmann (South Africa), Ariel Canete (Argentina), Magnus Carlsson (Sweden), Louis De Jager (South Africa), Francois Delamontagne (France), Jamie Donaldson (Britain), Klas Eriksson (Sweden), Stephen Gallacher (Britain), Werner Geyer (South Africa), Craig Lile (South Africa), Ben Mason (Britain), Edoardo Molinari (Italy), Brandon Pieters (South Africa), Edward Rush (Britain), Charl Schwartzel (South Africa), Marco Soffietti (Italy), Jaco Van Zyl (South Africa)
71 - Henk Alberts (South Africa), Christiaan Basson (South Africa), Steve Basson (South Africa), Adilson Da Silva (Brazil), Sebastien Delagrange (France), Ian Garbutt (Britain), Jeppe Huldahl (Denmark), Bobby Lincoln (South Africa), Stuart Manley (Britain), Andrew Marshall (Britain), Doug McGuigan (South Africa), Shaun Norris (South Africa), Magnus Persson Atlevi (Sweden), Jake Roos (South Africa), Richard Sterne (South Africa), Benoit Teilleria (France), Martin Wiegele (Austria)
Also:
75 - Steven Alker (New Zealand) 75
77 - Gareth Paddison (New Zealand) 77
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HOCKEY
INTERNATIONAL
(Whangarei)
New Zealand 6 Chile 0.
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SOFTBALL
MEN'S NPC
(Norana Park)
Wellington 6 Auckland 4, Under-19 9 Hutt Valley 8, Hutt Valley 3 Auckland, North Harbour 4 Under-19 3, Wellington 5 North Harbour 4, Auckland 5 Under-19 0.
NATIONAL WOMEN'S UNDER-19
(Christchurch)
Wellington 14 Otago 2, Auckland 5 Hutt Valley 1, Canterbury 3 Southland 0, Canterbury 6 Wellington 4, Hutt Valley 5 Auckland 1.
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TENNIS
HEINEKEN OPEN
(ASB Tennis Centre, Auckland)
SOVEREIGN SINGLES
Semifinals.-
(7) Philippe Kohl Schreiber (Germany) bt (3) Juan Monaco (Argentina) 6-2 6-1, (4) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain) bt Julien Benneteau (France) 6-3 6-4.
SOVEREIGN DOUBLES
Quarter-finals.-
Monaco/Luis Horna (Peru) bt Frantisek Cermak (Czech Rep)/Lovro Zovko (Croatia) 6-3 6-2.
Semifinals.-
Xavier Malisse (Belgium)/Jurgen Melzer (Austria) bt Jeff Coetzee (Sth Africa)/Jaroslav Levinsky (Czech Rep) 6-3 6-4, Luis Horna (Peru)/Juan Monaco (Argentina) bt Nicolas Almagro (Spain)/Sergio Roitman (Argentina) 6-2 6-4.
KOOYONG CLASSIC
(Melbourne)
Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) bt Fernando Gonzalez (China) 6-2 7-5, Andy Murray (Scotland) bt Brydan Klein (Australia) 6-4 7-6 (9-7), Nikolay Davydenko (Russia) bt Ivan Ljubiic (Croatia) 6-0 7-6 (7-1).
AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Qualifying
Men. -
Singles, second round:
Mikhail Ledovskikh (Russia) bt Adam Feeney (Australia) 4-6, 7-6 (1), 9-7, Denis Gremelmayr (7) (Germany) bt Martin Fischer (Austria) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 9-7, Prakash Amritraj (India) bt Bernard Tomic (Australia) 6-3, 6-2, Sam Warburg, (US) bt Rohan Bopanna (India) 6-3, 7-6 (9), Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr (Ukraine) bt Rik de Voest (6) (South Africa) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, Kevin Kim, (US), bt Flavio Cipolla (5) (Italy) 7-5, 6-2, Amer Delic (20), (US), bt Francesco Aldi (Italy) 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Lukas Lacko (27) (Slovakia) bt Ivo Klec (Slovakia) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1, Kevin Anderson, (South Africa) bt Samuel Groth (Australia) 6-4, 6-2, Lukas Dlouhy (29) (Czech Republic) bt Greg Jones (Australia) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, Alexandre Kudryavtsev (Russia) bt Nicolas Devilder (3) (France) 6-2, 7-5, Daniel Koellerer (31) (Austria) bt Thomas Oger (France) 6-1, 6-4, Roko Karanusic (19) (Croatia) bt Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen (Spain) 6-0, 6-1, Jan Mertl (Czech Republic) bt Dominik Meffert (Germany) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, Jamie Baker (Britain) bt Alexander Peya (Austria) 6-4, 7-6 (4), Ti Chen (Taiwan) bt Alex Kuznetsov (US) 7-5, 7-5.
Women. -
Singles, first round:
Iveta Benesova (5) (Czech Republic) bt Neuza Silva (Portugal) 7-6 (5), 6-2, Yuliana Fedak (8) (Ukraine) bt Ivana Lisjak (Croatia) 6-0, 6-2, Yuliya Beygelzimer (Ukraine) bt Emily Hewson (Australia) 6-4, 6-3, Masa Zec Peskiric (Slovenia) bt Olivia Rogowska (Australia) 6-2, 6-2, Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) bt Greta Arn (7) (Germany) 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, Andreja Klepac (21) (Slovenia) bt Ekaterina Dzehalevich (Belarus) 6-2, 6-3.
Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Czech Republic) bt Angelika Roesch (Germany) 7-6 (6), 6-4, Margit Ruutel (Estonia) bt Anna Lapushchenkova (Russia) 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-2, Alisa Kleybanova (Russia) bt Marie-Eve Pelletier (Canada) 6-3, 6-4, Galina Voskoboeva (22) (Russia) bt Selima Sfar (Tunisia) 7-6 (7), 6-2, Olivia Sanchez (24) (France) bt Zuzana Ondraskova (Czech Republic) 6-1, 6-4.
Yuan Meng (11) (China) bt Sacha Jones (NZ) 6-1, 6-4, Sandra Kloesel (Germany) bt Vasilisa Bardina (Russia) 6-3, 6-1, Marta Domachowska (Poland) bt Kira Nagy (18) (Hungary) 6-1, 6-2, Junri Namigata (Japan) bt Evgeniya Rodina (10) (Russia) 6-1, 6-3, Carla Suarez Navarro (Spain) bt Rika Fujiwara (Japan) 6-2, 6-4, Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spain) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (23) (Canada) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, Eva Hrdinova (Czech Republic) bt Yurika Sema (Japan) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) bt Violette Huck (France) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, Timea Bacsinszky (9) (Switzerland) bt Lucie Hradecka (Czech Republic) 6-2, 6-1, Vesna Manasieva (Russia) bt Brittany Sheed (Australia) 6-2, 6-3, Ayumi Morita (Japan) bt Isabella Holland (Australia) 6-0, 7-6 (3), Sabine Lisicki (Germany) bt Sally Peers (Australia) 6-0, 6-1, Melinda Czink (12) (Hungary) bt Trudi Musgrave (Australia) 6-2, 7-5, Anne Keothavong (20) (Britain) bt Jorgelina Cravero (Argentina) 6-4, 6-4.
Ekaterina Bychkova (1) (Russia) bt Youlia Fedossova (France) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, Emmanuelle Gagliardi (19) (Switzerland) bt Alison Bai (Australia) 6-4, 6-4, Nuria Llagostera Vives (Spain) bt Kumiko Iijima (Japan) 6-2, 6-3, Julia Schruff (4) (Germany) bt Karolina Wlodarczak (Australia) 6-3, 6-1, Nika Ozegovic (Croatia) bt Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, Angelika Bachmann (Germany) bt Stefanie Vogele (Switzerland) 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-4, Alina Jidkova (Russia) bt Natsumi Hamamura (Japan) 6-1, 6-3, Rossana de Los Rios (13) (Paraguay) bt Chan Chin-wei (Taiwan) 6-1, 6-1, Urszula Radwanska (Poland) bt Alberta Brianti (Italy) 6-3, 6-2, Ekaterina Ivanova (Russia) bt Bethanie Mattek (3) (US) 6-3, 7-6 (3), Julia Goerges (14) (Germany) bt Oxana Lyubtsova (Ukraine) 6-4, 0-6, 6-3, Arina Rodionova (Russia) bt Shiho Hisamatsu (Japan) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-0, Tamarine Tanasugarn (6) (Thailand) bt Melanie South (Britain) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, Elena Baltacha (Britain) bt Virginie Pichet (France) 6-0, 3-2 retired, Jelena Dokic (Australia) bt Marina Erakovic (NZ) 6-4, 6-1, Zhang Shuai (China) bt Stephanie Foretz (16) (France) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
First-round singles draw
Men.-
1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) v Diego Hartfield (Argentina), Fabrice Santoro (France) v John Isner (US), Janko Tipsarevic (Serbia) v Joseph Siranni (Australia), Thierry Ascione (France) v 25-Fernando Verdasco (Spain), 21-Juan Monaco (Argentina) v Carlos Berlocq (Argentina), Robert Kendrick (US) v Qualifier, Oscar Hernandez (Spain) v Ivo Minar (Czech Republic), Werner Eschauer (Austria) v 13-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic), 12-James Blake (US) v Nicolas Massu (Chile), Michael Russell (US) v Fabio Fognini (Italy).
Sebastien Grosjean (France) v Filippo Volandri (Italy), Qualifier v 17-Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia), 27-Nicolas Almagro (Spain) v Marin Cilic (Croatia), Jiri Vanek (Czech Republic) v Juergen Melzer (Austria), Lee Hyung-taik (South Korea) v Chris Guccione (Australia), Qualifier v 7-Fernando Gonzalez (Chile), 3-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Benjamin Becker (Germany), Qualifier v Simone Bolelli (Italy).
Sam Querrey (US) v Olivier Rochus (Belgium), Xavier Malisse (Belgium) v 32-Dmitry Tursunov (Russia), 19-Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) v Steve Darcis (Belgium), Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) v Qualifier, Ernests Gulbis (Latvia) v Marat Safin (Russia), Thomas Johansson (Sweden) v 15-Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus), 10-David Nalbandian (Argentina) v Robert Smeets (Australia), Mariano Zabaleta (Argentina) v Peter Luczak (Australia), Alun Jones (Australia) v Albert Montanes (Spain).
Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) v 22-Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spain), 30-Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) v Vince Spadea (US), Qualifier v Sergio Roitman (Argentina), Santiago Ventura (Spain) v Juan Martin Del Porto (Argentina), Edouard Roger-Vasselin (France) v 5-David Ferrer (Spain), 8-Richard Gasquet (France) v Nick Lindahl (Australia), Feliciano Lopez (Spain) v Qualifier, Kristof Vliegen (Belgium) v Olivier Patience (France), Andrei Pavel (Romania) v 31-Igor Andreev (Russia).
18-Juan Ignacio Chela (Argentina) v Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, (Spain), Alejandro Falla (Colombia) v Qualifier, Qualifier v Juan Pablo Brzezicki (Argentina), Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) v 9-Andy Murray (Britain), 14-Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) v Mathieu Montcourt (France), Qualifier v Andreas Seppi (Italy), Dudi Sela (Israel) v Qualifier, Qualifier v 20-Ivo Karlovic (Croatia), 26-Stanislas Wawrinka (Switzerland) v Julien Benneteau, (France), Lu Yen-hsun (Taiwan) v Marc Gicquel (France).
Nicolas Mahut (France) v Jose Acasuso (Argentina), Michael Llodra (France) v 4-Nikolay Davydenko (Russia), 6-Andy Roddick (US) v Qualifier, Donald Young (US) v Michael Berrer (Germany), Evgeny Korolev (Russia) v Qualifier, Qualifier v 29-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany), 24-Jarkko Nieminen (Finland) v Frank Dancevic (Canada), Jesse Levine (US) v Martin Vassallo Arguello (Argentina), Mardy Fish (US) v Boris Pashanski (Serbia), Mischa Zverev (Germany) v 11-Tommy Robredo (Spain), 16-Carlos Moya (Spain) v Stefan Koubek (Austria), Luis Horna (Peru) v Agustin Calleri (Argentina), Paul Capdeville (Chile) v Brydan Klein (Australia), Victor Hanescu (Romania) v 23-Paul-Henri Mathieu (France), 28-Gilles Simon (France) v Bobby Reynolds (US), Arnaud Clement (France) v Rainer Schuettler (Germany), Florent Serra (France) v Florian Mayer (Germany), Qualifier v 2-Rafael Nadal (Spain).
Women.-
1-Justine Henin (Belgium) v Aiko Nakamura (Japan), Monique Adamczak (Australia) v Olga Poutchkova (Russia), Maret Ani (Estonia) v Angelique Kerber (Germany), Emilie Loit (France) v 25-Francesca Schiavone (Italy), 19-Sybille Bammer (Austria) v Qualifier, Qualifier v Klara Zakopalova (Czech Republic), Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukraine) v Aravane Rezai (France), Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (France) v 13-Tatiana Golovin (France).
11-Elena Dementieva (Russia) v Tzipora Obziler (Israel), Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spain) v Petra Cetkovska (Czech Rep), Jessica Moore (Australia) v Julie Ditty (US), Renata Voracova (Czech Rep) v 17-Shahar Peer (Israel), 32-Julia Vakulenko (Ukraine) v Elena Vesnina (Russia), Jill Craybas (US) v Yung-Jan Chan (Taiwan), Lindsay Davenport (US) v Sara Errani (Italy), Jelena Kostanic Tosic (Croatia) v 5-Maria Sharapova (Russia), 3-Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) v Tamira Paszek (Austria), Stephanie Dubois (Canada) v Edina Gallovits (Romania), Flavia Pennetta (Italy) v Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia).
Ashley Harkleroad (US) v 30-Virginie Razzano (France), 18-Amelie Mauresmo (France) v Tatiana Poutchek (Bulgaria), Yaroslava Shvedova (Russia) v Tatjana Malek (Germany), Casey Dellacqua (Australia) v Karin Knapp (Italy), Lilia Osterloh (US) v 15-Patty Schnyder (Switzerland), 12-Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Rep) v Ioana Raluca Olaru (Romania), Kaia Kanepi (Estonia) v Alicia Molik (Australia), Madison Brengle (US) v Tatiana Perebiynis (Ukraine), Ai Sugiyama (Japan) v 23-Vera Zvonareva (Russia), 26-Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) v Akgul Amanmuradova (Uzbekistan), Qualifier v Qualifier.
Qualifier v Qualifier, Jarmila Gajdosova (Australia) v 7-Serena Williams (US), 8-Venus Williams (US) v Zi Yan (China), Camille Pin (France) v Qualifier, Sophie Ferguson (Australia) v Qualifier, Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbekistan) v 31-Sania Mirza (India), 24-Li Na (China) v Severine Bremond (France), Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) v Christina Wheeler (Australia), Mathilde Johansson (France) v Qualifier, Sofia Arvidsson (Sweden) v 10-Marion Bartoli (France), 16-Dinara Safina (Russia) v Qualifier, Maria Emilia Salerni (Argentina) v Mariya Koryttseva (Ukraine), Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) v Gisela Dulko (Argentina).
Alla Kudryavtseva (Russia) v 21-Alona Bondarenko (Ukraine), 28-Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) v Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spain), Qualifier v Anastasia Rodionova (Australia), Tathiana Garbin (Italy) v Eleni Daniilidou (Greece), Sorana Cirstea (Romania) v 4-Ana Ivanovic (Serbia), 6-Anna Chakvetadze (Russia) v Andrea Petkovic (Germany), Peng Shuai (China) v Qualifier, Akiko Morigami (Japan) v Michaella Krajicek (Netherlands), Meilen Tu (US) v 27-Maria Kirilenko (Russia), 22-Lucie Safarova (Czech Rep) v Catalina Castano (Colombia), Roberta Vinci (Italy) v Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain).
Alize Cornet (France) v Clarisa Fernandez (Argentina), Vania King (US) v 9-Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia), 14-Nadia Petrova (Russia) v Nicole Pratt (Australia), Evgenia Linetskaya (Israel) v Anne Kremer (Luxembourg), Laura Granville (US) v Yvonne Meusburger (Austria), Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) v 20-Agnes Szavay (Hungary), 29-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) v Olga Savchuk (Ukraine), Martina Muller (Germany) v Pauline Parmentier (France), Olga Govortsova (Belarus) v Tsvetana Pironkova (Bulgaria), Nathalie Dechy (France) v 2-Svetlana Kuznetsova (Russia).
MEDIBANK INTERNATIONAL
(Sydney)
Women. -
Semifinals: 1-Justine Henin (Bel) bt 4-Ana Ivanovic (Srb) 6-2 2-6 6-4, 2-Svetlana Kusnetsova (Rus) bt Nicole Vaidisova (Cze) 7-5 7-6 (7-4).
Men. -
Quarter-finals: Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Agustin Calleri (Arg) 6-2 6-4, Chris Guccione (Aus) bt 4-Tomas Berdych (Cze) 4-6 7-6 (8-6) 6-4, Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) bt Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 6-4 6-2, Farbrice Santoro (Fra) bt Evgeny Korolev (Rus) 6-3 6-3.
