TENNIS

ATP SWISS OPEN

GSTAAD, Round II: Jiri Novak (3, Cze) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3 l Juan Ignacio Chela (5, Arg) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-4, 6-7 (2-7), 7-6 (7-3) l Gaston Gaudio (4, Arg) bt Lars Burgsmueller (Ger) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 l Stefan Koubek (Aut) bt Anthony Dupuis (Fra) 6-1, 6-2.

ATP SWEDISH OPEN

BASTAD, Round II: Tommy Robredo (2, Spa) bt Hicham Arazi (Mor) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 l Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt Olivier Mutis (Fra) 6-3, 6-0.

WTA PALERMO INTERNATIONAL

PALERMO (SICILY), Round II: Katarina Srebotnik (4, Slo) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 l Anabel Medina Garrigues (Spa) bt Denisa Chladkova (2, Cze) 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3 l Ludmila Cervanova (Svk) bt Magui Serna (1, Spa) 6-3, 6-1 l Virginie Razzano (8, Fra) bt Klara Koukalova (Cze) 6-2, 6-1 l Round I: Francesca Schiavone (3, Ita) bt Yan Zi (Chi) 0-6, 6-4, 6-3 l Renata Voracova (Cze) bt Tina Pisnik (6, Slo) 6-4, 6-3 l Dinara Safina (9, Rus) bt Anca Barna (Ger) 6-2, 6-2 l Claudine Schaul (Lux) bt Patricia Wartusch (Aut) 6-4, 6-7 (8-10), 6-4.

HALL OF FAME CHAMPIONSHIP

LONDON, Round II: Bob Bryan (US) bt Dusan Vemic (Yug) 6-4, 6-2 l Cyril Saulnier (Fra) bt Scott Draper (Aus) 6-2, 6-3 l Juergen Melzer (8, Aut) leads Julian Knowle (Austria) 5-2 (rain stopped play) l Jeff Salzenstein (US) leads Alex Kim (US) 6-1, 3-3 (rain stopped play) l Ivan Miranda (Peru) leads Andrei Stoliarov (Rus) 7-6 (7-3) (rain stopped play) l Round I: Chris Guccione (Aus) bt Stefano Pescosolido (Ita) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-4).

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

DAY I, DIVISION I: MAIDSTONE: Kent 362 (E.Smith 149, G.Jones 82; D.Vettori 4/74). Nottinghamshire 137/5 (J.Gallian 51) l SOUTHGATE: Middlesex 382/5 (A.Strauss 147, E.Joyce 81 n.o.) vs Leicestershire l ARUNDEL: Essex 305/8 (N.Hussain 95, G.Napier 62 n.o.; J.Lewry 4/57) vs Sussex l EDGBASTON: Surrey 355 (A.Hollioake 88, A.Stewart 74; N.Carter 5/75). Warwickshire 77/1 l DIVISION II: DERBY: Derbyshire 89 (J.Lewis 6-48, I.Harvey 3/18). Gloucestershire 214/6 (C.Spearman 85) l CHESTER-LE-STREET: Durham 325/9 (G.Pratt 150; M.Cawdron 6/87) vs Northamptonshire l CARDIFF: Glamorgan 337/9 (R.Croft 111 n.o.; N.McLean 4/69) vs Somerset.

ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE

EDINBURGH: Scotland 168/7 in 39 ovs (innings decl.) (J.Wood 4/22). Lancashire 170/0 in 29 ovs (M.Loye 88 n.o., M.Chilton 69 n.o.). Lancashire Lightning bt Scottish Saltires by 10 wkts. Lancashire 4 points.

FOUR-DAY TOUR MATCH

DARWIN, Northern Territory Chief Minister’s XI 189 (Michael Clarke 79; Mortasa 28/3) vs Bangladesh.

CHESS

north sea cup

Esbjerg (Denmark), Round VI: Lars Schandorff (2.5, Den) lost to K. Sasikiran (5, Ind) l Lenier Dominiguez (2, Cub) drew Luke McShane (4.5, GBR) l Curt Hansen (4,Den) bt Michal Krasenkow (2.5, Pol) l Peter Heine Nielsen (2.5, Den) lost to Alexey Dreev (4, Rus) l Bruzon Lazaro (2, Cub) lost to Koneru Humpy (1, Ind).

For the book

A Brazilian soccer match ended with a player going to the police station after Santos and Corinthians players brawled at the end of their derby. Santos medio Fabiano, accompanied by the club's lawyer, went to the nearest police station to lodge a formal complaint against Corinthians goalkeeper Doni, following the 1-1 draw in Rio de Janerio.