TENNIS

ATP DUTCH OPEN

AMSTERDAM, Round I: Giorgic Galimberti (Ita) bt Martin Verkerk (1, Ned) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 l John van Lottum (Ned) bt Fernando Vicente (5, Spa) 7-6 (7-3), 6-0 l Ruber Ramirez Hidalgo (Spa) bt Francisco Clavet (Spa) 6-4, 6-2 l Andre Sa (Bra) bt Jaroslav Levinsky (Cze) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2) l Juan Ignacio Chela (3, Arg) bt Mariano Puerta (Arg) 6-3, 6-1 l Raemon Sluiter (6, Ned) bt Alexander Waske (Ger) 6-4, 6-3 l Oscar Hernandez (Spa) bt Fred Hemmes Jr (Ned) 6-1, 6-1 l Jean-Rene Lisnard (Fra) bt Gaston Gaudio (2, Arg) 6-0, 7-6 (7-5) l Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) bt Hugo Armando (US) 6-4, 6-4.

ATP STUTTGART MEET

Round II: Younes El Aynaoui (10, Mor) bt Gaston Etlis (Arg) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 l Jiri Vanek (Cze) bt Albert Costa (8, Spa) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 l Feliciano Lopez (Spa) bt Felix Mantilla (7, Spa) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) l Guillermo Coria (2, Arg) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 7-5, 6-3 l Nikolay Davydenko (14, Rus) bt Olivier Mutis (Fra) 6-0, 7-6 (7-3) l Max Mirnyi (13, Blr) bt Marc Lopez (Spa) 6-4, 6-3 l Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt Sebastien Grosjean (4, Fra) 6-2, 6-1 l David Ferrer (Spa) bt Ivan Ljubicic (16, Cro) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 l Round I: Lars Burgsmueller (Ger) bt Magnus Norman (Swe) 6-4, 7-5 l David Ferrer (Spa) bt Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 l Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Philipp Petzschner (Ger) 7-5, 6-1 l Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-4, 6-2 l Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Michel Kratochvil (Sui) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 l Filippo Volandri (Ita) bt David Sanchez (Spa) 6-0, 3-0 (Sanchez retd. hurt).

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

At Close, Day I: DIV. I, At Blackpool: Kent 384/4 in 107 ovs. (E. Smith 203, M. Walker 92 n.o.) vs Lancashire l At Grace Road: Leicestershire 320 in 85.5 ovs. (P. DeFreitas 103, D. Stevens 51; M. Ahmed 5/93); Sussex 50 for no loss in 16 ovs. l At Southgate: Warwickshire 315/7 in 105 ovs. (D. Brown 113, T. Frost 84; A. Noffke 3/53) vs Middlesex l DIV II, At Riverside: Yorkshire 340/6 in 104 ovs. (A. McGrath 86, C. White 82 n.o.) vs Durham l At The Rose Bowl: Glamorgan 426/8 in 101.5 ovs. (M. Maynard 129, A. Dale 123; S. Katich 3/82) vs Hampshire l At New Road: Derbyshire 163 in 44.2 ovs. (M. Kaif 31, M. Mason 5/43); Worcestershire 136/6 in 51.2 ovs. (D. Cork 3/25).

TOUR MATCH

TAUNTON, Day I: South Africa, 1st innings (G. Smith 152, G. Kirsten 66, N. McKenzie 66 n.o.). Somerset, 1st innings (M. Wood 18 n.o., J. Bryant 17 n.o.).

FOOTBALL

CONCACAF GOLD CUP

Group A, MEXICO CITY: Brazil 2 (Maicon 16, Diego 85) Honduras 1 (Leon 90) l Group B, MIAMI: Jamaica 2 (Onandi Lowe 30, Andrew Williams 71, penalty) Guatemala 0.

calcutta leauge

first division, Group B: Garalgacha S.C 4 Janbazar A.C1

SWIMMING

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

BARCELONA, Men’s diving: 3m springboard final 1. Alexander Dobroskok (Rus) 788.37 points 2. Bo Peng (Chn) 780.84 3. Dmitry Sautine (Rus) 776.64 l Women’s 10km Open Water: 1. Viola Valli (Ita) 1hr 59min49.9sec 2. Angela Mauer (Ger) 1:59.51.1 3. Edith Van Dijk (Ned) 1:59:53.0.

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