TENNIS

WTA LOS ANGELES MEET

Round I: Arantxa Parra Santonja (Esp) bt Jill Craybas (US) 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-3) Chanda Rubin (14, US) bt Marissa Irvin (US) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5) Anne Kremer (Lux) bt Laura Granville (US) 6-3, 5-7, 6-0 Tina Pisnik (Slo) bt Barbora Strycova (Cze) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 Akiko Morigami (Jpn) bt Silvia Farina Elia (12, Ita) 6-2, 6-4 Marion Bartoli (Fra) bt Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 Jessica Kirkland (US) bt Tathiana Garbin (Ita) 6-1, 6-3 Ashley Harkleroad (US) bt Shinobu Asagoe (Jpn) 6-3, 6-2 Lilia Osterloh (US) bt Saori Obata (Jpn) 7-5, 7-5 Jelena Kostanic (Cro) bt Martina Sucha (Svk) 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-2 Francesca Schiavone (11, Ita) bt Shenay Perry (US) 6-0, 6-3 Anca Barna (Ger) bt Fabiola Zuluaga (13, Col) 6-1, 6-1 Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Conchita Martinez (Esp) 6-4, 6-4.

ATP Croatia Open

UMAG, Round I: Fernando Vicente (Esp) bt Sasa Tuksar (Cro) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 Zeljko Krajan (Cro) bt Jiri Vanek (Cze) 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 Nicolas Almagro (Esp) bt Tomas Behrend (Ger) 7-6, 6-4 Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Karol Kucera (8, Svk) 6-2, 6-2 Florent Serra (Fra) bt Bohdan Ulihrach (Cze) 6-3, 6-1 Kristof Vliegen (Bel) bt Olivier Mutis (Fra) 6-0, 6-2.

ATP INDIANAPOLIS Meet

Round I: Greg Rusedski (GBR) bt Thomas Johansson (Swe) 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (3-7), 6-4 Rajeev Ram (US) bt Wesley Moodie (RSA) 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) Thierry Ascione (Fra) bt Jeff Salzenstein (US) 7-5, 7-6 (7-3).

ATP GENERALI OPEN

KITZBUEHEL, Round I: Ivo Minar (Cze) bt Gala Blanco (Esp) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (13-11) Oscar Hernandez (Esp) bt Albert Portas (Esp) 6-1, 6-4 Dick Norman (Bel) bt Alessio Di Mauro (Ita) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 Yuri Schukin (Rus) bt Johannes Ager (Aut) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 Werner Eschauer (Aut) bt Thomas Schiessling (Aut) 6-3, 6-2 Peter Luczak (Aus) bt Alexander Peya (Aut) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) Juan Monaco (Arg) bt Juan-Pablo Guzman (Arg) 7-5, 6-4 Alejandro Falla (Col) bt Adrian Garcia (Chn) 6-0, 6-3 Franco Squillari (Arg) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-4, 6-2 Santiago Ventura (Esp) bt Stefano Pescosolido (Ita) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 Frantisek Cermak (Cze) bt Ivo Heuberger (Swi) 7-6 (7-0), 6-4 Martin Vassallo Arguello (Ita) bt Nicolas Thomann (Fra) 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-1.

TABLE TENNIS

Asian junior meet

NEW DELHI: Girls — Group A: Chinese Taipei bt Iran 3-0 (Lee L Chem bt Shahsavari Neda 11-4, 11-4, 11-4; Chiu Yi-wel bt Karimi Atefeh 11-6, 11-8, 11-4; Wu Li-hsin bt Tabatabaie Maryam 11-1, 11-6, 11-3) India bt Hong Kong 3-0 (Mousami Paul bt Chan Suet yan 11-3, 8-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3; Madhurika Patkar bt Yu Kuiok see 11-9, 11-9, 8-11, 11-2; K. Shamini bt Lin Anna 11-6, 11-5, 11-5) Group B — Thailand bt Macao 3-0 (Preyakan bt Ma Chaoin 12-14, 11-8, 11-6; Usanee bt Chan Laiin 13-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9; Nongnuch bt Chan Loimin 9-11, 11-2, 11-3, 11-6) Boys — Group A: Hong Kong bt Sri Lanka 3-2 (Li Kwun Ngai lost to Tharindu 5-11, 7-11, 9-11; Tse Ka Chun bt Gi Han 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7; Kock Chank Nam lost to Sajith 2-11, 11-9, 11-3, 7-11, 6-11; Tse Ka Chun bt Tharindu 8-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3; Li K Kwun Ngai bt Gi Han 11-6, 11-10, 7-11, 11-6 Group B: Kuwait bt Iran 3-2 (Ibrahim Alhasan bt Hamed Naderi 11-9, 11-4, 11-5; Mohammad A Shoor lost to Medya Lotfolla 9-11, 7-11, 11-8, 9-11; Nasab Salem Alsallal lost to Mohsen Hatiyon 11-8, 11-4, 9-11, 11-13, 4-11; Ibrahim Alhasan bt Medya Lotfolla 11-5, 11-6, 13-11; Nasab Mohammad Ashoor bt Hamed Nanderi 4-11, 13-11, 12-10, 11-9). India got w/ from Yemen.

CRICKET

TOUR MATCH, WINDIES VS LANKA A

LONDON, West Indies 534/7 decl. (Dwayne Bravo 118, Ridley Jacobs 117 .., Sylvester Joseph 114, Omari Banks 90) & 283/5 decl. (S.Chanderpaul 100 .., S.Joseph 68; M.Mirando 3/51); Sri Lanka A 346 all out (I.Daniel 72, J.Mubarak 61). Match drawn.

FOOTBALL

ASIAN CUP

CHONGQING, Japan 1 (Shunsuke Nakamura 34) Oman 0.

ATHLETICS

INTER-STATE MEET

CHENNAI: Mens — 400m: 1.Satbir Singh (Har) 46.61, 2. P. Shankar (AP) 46.83; 3. P.S. Srijith (Ker) 47.08 20km walk: 1. Sita Ram (Raj) 1:33.33; 2. Gurmeet Singh (Pun) 1:35.26; 3. Anil Kumar (Har) 1:38.05 3000m steeplechase: 1. Arun D’Souza (AP) 8:50.71, 2. R.V. Subba Rao (Del) 9:10.63, 3. Bhagwan Diwakar Giri (UP) 9:13.23 4x100m: 1. Kerala 41.75, 2. Delhi 41.76, 3. Tamil Nadu 41.77 110m hurdles: 1. Gurpreet Singh (Pun) 14.38; 2. Ranjit Randhawa (Del) 14.42, 3. Krishna Mohan (AP) 14.69 High jump: 1. Hari Shankar Roy (Ben) 2.18m and Benedict Starly (TN) 2.18m (both new national marks), 3. Vinod Kumar (Del) 2.11m Decathlon: P.J. Vinod (Jha) 7091 points, 2. Victor Jeba Singh (TN) 6872, 3. Chandrasekar (TN) 6369. Women — 400m: 1.S Geetha (AP) 52.51, 2.Sagardeep Kaur (Pun) 52.79, 3.Pushpa Kumari (HP) 56.53 5000m: 1.Madhuri Gurnule (Mah) 17:01.22, 2.Preeja Sridharan (Ker) 17:37.53, 3.Jayanti Negi (Del) 17:52.31 3000m steeplechase: 1.K. Manjula (Kar) 11:00.18, 2.B.L. Barathi (Kar) 11:23.09, 3.Jaswinder Kaur (Pun) 12:08.09 100m hurdles: 1.K.. Priya (TN) 13.93, 2. Rupa Patkar (Mah) 14.66, 3.Semi Sebastin (Ker) 14.74 4x100m: 1.Kerala 47.43; 2.Tamil Nadu 48.35, 3.Punjab 48.94 Long jump: 1.Rota Patkar (Mah) 6.16m, 2.K. Revathy (TN) 5.81m, 3.Noosheen Rajendran (Del) 5.80m Discus: 1. Krishna Pooriya (Har) 57.19m; 2.Siroj Sihaq (Har) 53.50m, 3.Baljeet Kaur (Pun) 42.76m Hammer throw: 1. Hardeep Kaur (Pun) 56.85m, 2.Rajwinder Kaur (Pun) 52.07m, 3.Rakhee Gaud (Mah) 47.42m.

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Athens’ brand new tram, a key element of the infrastructure for the August Olympics, had teething problems on Tuesday, its second day of partial operation before full-scale use during the Games. A spokesman for the tram company said there was a minor accident in the morning when a motorbike ran into a tram as it was leaving the central Syntagma station.