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Published: July 31, 2008
Tennis
PROFESSIONAL
ATP Western & Southern
Financial Group Masters
(Yesterday, at Mason, Ohio)
Second-round singles
James Blake (7), United States, def. Gilles Simon, France, 6-4, 6-3; Andy Murray (8), Britain, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 7-6 (3), 6-1; Nicolas Lapentti, Ecuador, def. David Ferrer (5), Spain, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3; Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, def. Arnaud Clement, France, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5); Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Gael Monfils, France, 5-1, retired; Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 5-7, 7-5, 7-5; Novak Djokovic (3), Serbia, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2); Igor Andreev, Russia, def. John Isner, United States, 3-6, 7-6 (8), 7-5; Fernando Verdasco (10), Spain, def. Chris Guccione, Australia, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4); Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, def. Richard Gasquet (11), France, 7-6 (10), 6-0; Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Florent Serra, France, 6-0, 6-1; Carlos Moya, Spain, leads Nikolay Davydenko (4), Russia, 7-6 (10), 1-0 susp.
Second-round doubles
Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (6), India, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, and Rogier Wassen, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-2; Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski (8), Poland, def. Paul Hanley and Jordan Kerr, Australia, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 10-5 tiebreak; Bob and Mike Bryan (1), United States, def. Todd Widom and Michael Yani, United States, 6-1, 6-2; Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, def. Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 6-2.
WTA Tour Rogers Cup
(Yesterday, at Montreal)
Second-round singles
Patty Schnyder (9), Switzerland, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-1, 7-5; Dinara Safina (7), Russia, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Russia, 6-2, 6-4; Victoria Azarenka (11), Belarus, def. Sybille Bammer, Austria, 6-2, 6-2; Ai Sugiyama, Japan, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 6-2, 6-2; Stephanie Dubois, Canada, def. Maria Kirilenko (13), Russia, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (4); Nadia Petrova (12), Russia, def. Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, 6-3, 6-2; Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal, def. Flavia Pennetta (15), Italy, 6-3, 0-6, 6-3; Tamira Paszek, Austria, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, 6-4, 7-5; Anna Chakvetadze (6), Russia, def. Jill Craybas, United States, 6-2, 7-5; Marion Bartoli (10), France, def. Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, walkover; Ana Ivanovic (1), Serbia, def. Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Marta Domachowska, Poland, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.
First-round doubles
Eva Hrdinova and Vladimira Uhlirova (8), Czech Republic, def. Gabriela Dabrowski and Sharon Fichman, Canada, 6-1, 6-3; Vania King, United States, and Alla Kudryavtseva (6), Russia, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova and Dinara Safina, Russia, 6-3, 6-4; Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva (7), Russia, def. Monique Adamczak, Australia, and Melanie South, Britain, 7-6 (2), 6-1; Maria Kirilenko, Russia, and Flavia Pennetta, Italy, def. Varvara Lepchenko and Lilia Osterloh, United States, 6-0, 6-3.
Second-round doubles
Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Liezel Huber (1), United States, def. Liga Dekmeijere, Latvia, and Angela Haynes, United States, 7-5, 6-2.
WTA Tour Nordea
Nordic Light Open
(Yesterday, at Stockholm, Sweden)
First-round singles
Sania Mirza, India, def. Emilie Loit, France, 6-3, 6-2.
Second-round singles
Katarina Srebotnik (3), Slovenia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, 6-3, 6-4; Vera Dushevina, Russia, def. Agnes Szavay (2), Hungary, 6-4, 7-6 (6); Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, def. Mariya Koryttseva, Ukraine, 6-1, 6-1.
First-round doubles
Emma Laine, Finland, and Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Karen Barbat, Denmark, and Sandra Roma, Sweden, 6-3, 6-1; Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual (1), Spain, def. Ekaterina Bychkova and Vesna Manasieva, Russia, 7-5, 6-1.
ATP Money Leaders
Through July 27
1. Rafael Nadal $5,908,074
2. Novak Djokovic $3,301,382
3. Roger Federer $3,035,141
4. Nikolay Davydenko $1,424,356
5. David Ferrer $1,032,018
6. Andy Murray $907,465
7. Andy Roddick $841,062
8. Stanislas Wawrinka $838,781
9. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga $797,506
10. Nicolas Almagro $777,107
11. James Blake $776,131
12. Mikhail Youzhny $750,697
13. Michael Llodra $744,445
14. Robin Soderling $712,751
15. Fernando Verdasco $689,275
16. Daniel Nestor $683,458
17. Nenad Zimonjic $681,575
18. Igor Andreev $675,404
19. Tommy Robredo $650,765
20. Dmitry Tursunov $640,363
21. Gilles Simon $632,386
22. Rainer Schuettler $592,779
23. Feliciano Lopez $590,893
24. Richard Gasquet $590,292
25. Marat Safin $589,772
26. Tomas Berdych $581,503
27. Fernando Gonzalez $580,876
28. Gael Monfils $568,979
29. Philipp Kohlschreiber $556,699
30. Mardy Fish $555,577
31. Juan Martin del Potro $552,283
32. Mario Ancic $536,300
33. Radek Stepanek $536,158
34. Nicolas Kiefer $531,458
35. Luis Horna $529,375
36. David Nalbandian $511,810
37. Paul-Henri Mathieu $500,423
38. Simone Bolelli $497,642
39. Andreas Seppi $496,194
40. Jarkko Nieminen $484,579
41. Ivo Karlovic $471,529
42. Janko Tipsarevic $469,965
43. Bob Bryan $467,112
43. Mike Bryan $467,112
45. Ivan Ljubicic $466,592
46. Marin Cilic $453,902
47. Albert Montanes $452,823
48. Jurgen Melzer $440,405
49. Arnaud Clement $436,937
50. Thomas Johansson $431,032
WTA Tour Money Leaders
Through July 27
1. Ana Ivanovic $2,521,156
2. Serena Williams $2,165,612
3. Venus Williams $2,114,697
4. Maria Sharapova $1,924,879
5. Jelena Jankovic $1,570,142
6. Dinara Safina $1,383,169
7. Elena Dementieva $1,161,538
8. Svetlana Kuznetsova $1,088,787
9. Agnieszka Radwanska $835,377
10. Vera Zvonareva $773,646
11. Zheng Jie $653,578
12. Anabel Medina Garrigues $603,605
13. Victoria Azarenka $592,487
14. Katarina Srebotnik $540,180
15. Ai Sugiyama $499,326
16. Alona Bondarenko $478,756
17. Shahar Peer $475,264
18. Daniela Hantuchova $470,125
19. Nadia Petrova $465,133
20. Justine Henin $458,470
21. Anna Chakvetadze $457,023
22. Kateryna Bondarenko $455,675
23. Patty Schnyder $447,813
24. Virginia Ruano Pascual $426,734
25. Francesca Schiavone $409,206
26. Casey Dellacqua $408,125
27. Agnes Szavay $404,788
28. Liezel Huber $393,938
29. Nicole Vaidisova $386,288
30. Caroline Wozniacki $378,945
31. Cara Black $377,801
32. Flavia Pennetta $377,213
33. Alize Cornet $370,949
34. Samantha Stosur $359,207
35. Tamarine Tanasugarn $343,807
36. Kaia Kanepi $332,875
37. Maria Kirilenko $309,502
38. Marion Bartoli $306,575
39. Bethanie Mattek $306,468
40. Dominika Cibulkova $297,600
41. Yan Zi $291,966
42. Elena Vesnina $289,506
43. Chan Yung-jan $282,204
44. Amelie Mauresmo $277,602
45. Alisa Kleybanova $269,850
46. Sybille Bammer $263,512
47. Carla Suarez Navarro $252,969
48. Peng Shuai $250,700
49. Li Na $250,446
50. Olga Govortsova $248,860
Soccer
PROFESSIONAL
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New England 10 4 3 33 25 19
Columbus 9 5 4 31 29 25
Chicago 7 5 5 26 24 14
Kansas City 5 5 7 22 17 21
D.C. United 7 8 1 22 28 28
New York 5 6 7 22 19 27
Toronto FC 6 7 4 22 20 22
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Real Salt Lake 7 6 6 27 22 20
Houston 5 4 8 23 19 19
Los Angeles 6 7 5 23 36 37
FC Dallas 5 6 7 22 25 24
CD Chivas USA 6 6 4 22 22 21
Colorado 6 9 3 21 27 25
San Jose 3 9 6 15 12 23
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Monday's Game
Real Salt Lake 2, Toronto FC 1
Saturday's Games
Kansas City at D.C. United, 7:30
Columbus at Houston, 8:30
CD Chivas USA at Chicago, 8:30
Sunday's Games
Los Angeles at San Jose, 3 p.m.
FC Dallas at Toronto FC, 4 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 9
Toronto FC at Colorado, 4 p.m.
Chicago at New England, 7:30
CD Chivas USA at Kansas City, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 10
D.C. United at New York, 5 p.m.
Basketball
PROFESSIONAL
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 16 10 .615 --
New York 15 10 .600 ½
Detroit 16 11 .593 ½
Indiana 12 14 .462 4
Washington 10 16 .385 6
Chicago 8 17 .320 7½
Atlanta 3 24 .111 13½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 18 9 .667 --
Seattle 17 9 .654 ½
Los Angeles 15 12 .556 3
Sacramento 15 12 .556 3
Houston 14 12 .538 3½
Minnesota 13 13 .500 4½
Phoenix 12 15 .444 6
Sunday's Games
New York 86, Atlanta 76
Connecticut 82, Washington 60
Los Angeles 92, Minnesota 84, OT
San Antonio 76, Detroit 64
Seattle 77, Sacramento 71
Indiana 88, Phoenix 84
Monday's Games
None scheduled, Olympics break
Regular season resumes Aug. 28
Golf
AMATEUR
Holes-in-one
July 29 -- JAMES ADAMS, at Wilshire GC. HOLE: No. 18, 140 yards, par 3. CLUB: 9-iron. PLAYING PARTNERS: Rick Williamson, Tom Moutos, Jim Lancaster
July 27 -- ANDY LAMBERT, at Wilshire GC. HOLE: No. 9, 176 yards, par 3. CLUB: 7-iron. PLAYING PARTNERS: Dave Russell, Ralph Russell, Les Igoe
July 19 -- MARK VOGLER of Winston-Salem, at Country Club of the Crystal Coast. HOLE: No. 8, 196 yards, par 3. CLUB: 4-iron. PLAYING PARTNERS: Jim Vogler, Wade Brence
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
DETROIT TIGERS--Purchased the contract of C Dane Sardinha from Toledo (IL).
MINNESOTA TWINS--Placed INF Alexi Casilla on the 15-day DL. Activated SS Adam Everett from the 15-day DL.
NEW YORK YANKEES--Traded RHP Kyle Farnsworth to Detroit for C Ivan Rodriguez.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS--Optioned INF Wes Bankston and INF Eric Patterson to Sacramento (PCL).
SEATTLE MARINERS--Claimed RHP Luis Munoz off waivers from Pittsburgh and optioned him to West Tennessee (SL).
National League
FLORIDA MARLINS--Sent RHP Daniel Barone outright to Albuquerque (PCL).
HOUSTON ASTROS--Acquired RHP LaTroy Hawkins and cash from the New York Yankees for INF Matt Cusick.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS--Activated RHP Chris Carpenter from the 60-day DL. Optioned LHP Randy Flores to Memphis (PCL).
Can-Am League
ATLANTIC CITY SURF--Signed INF Freddy Flores.
Golden Baseball League
CHICO OUTLAWS--Agreed to terms with RHP Berek Fasking.
RENO SILVER SOX--Agreed to terms with C Adam Geery.
ST. GEORGE ROADRUNNERS--Agreed to terms with OF Brock Jacobsen and C Jose Sanchez.
YUMA SCORPIONS--Agreed to terms with LHP Mike Megrew.
Northern League
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS--Agreed to terms with RHP Aaron Cook.
JOLIET JACKHAMMERS--Traded INF Dorian Rojas to Nashua (Can-Am) for a player to be named.
United League
HARLINGEN WHITEWINGS--Traded RHP Toro Trevino to River City (Frontier) for future considerations. Signed OF/1B Greg Sillivent and RHP Miguel Sosa.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS--Agreed to terms with F Luol Deng on a six-year contract.
DETROIT PISTONS--Signed G Will Bynum.
LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS--Waived F Josh Powell.
NEW JERSEY NETS--Named Roy Rogers assistant coach.
NBA Development League
ANAHEIM ARSENAL--Named Sam Vincent coach.
American Basketball Association
GEORGIA GWIZZLIES--Signed F Kevin Reinhardt.
TEXAS CITY RANGERS--Signed G Courtney Captain.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
MIAMI DOLPHINS--Signed CB Chris Roberson. Waived CB Scorpio Babers.
NEW YORK GIANTS--Signed S Craig Dahl. Waived-injured S Terrance Springer. Activated OL Jonathan Palmer from the physically-unable-to-perform list.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS--Claimed P Paul Ernster off waivers from Detroit. Released WR Kevin Marion.
Canadian Football League
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE--Fined Saskatchewan general manager and vice president of football operations Eric Tillman $2,500 for public comments disparaging to the Canadian Football League and its salary management system as it pertains to injuries.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES--Signed F Drayson Bowman to a three-year contract.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS--Signed an affiliation agreement with Fresno (ECHL). Named Jordan Horst media relations assistant.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Re-signed G Pascal Leclaire to a three-year contract.
DETROIT RED WINGS--Signed F Valtteri Filppula to a five-year contract.
MINNESOTA WILD--Bought out the remaining three years of their contract with F Mark Parrish, making him a free agent.
American Hockey League
CHICAGO WOLVES--Named Don Granato coach.
HARTFORD WOLF PACK--Signed F David Skokan.
QUAD CITY FLAMES--Named Jordan Kelsey director of ticket operations.
SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE--Named John Krouse equipment manager.
ECHL
CHARLOTTE CHECKERS--Announced team president Jeff Longo has accepted the position of vice president of marketing/community development with the New Jersey Devils.
JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS--Signed F Jereme Tendler.
VICTORIA SALMON KINGS--Re-signed C Jacob Dietrich.
LACROSSE
Major League Lacrosse
CHICAGO MACHINE--Claimed A David Mitchell from the league player pool. Assigned G Christopher Bluse to the practice squad. Placed M Matthew Starker on waivers.
NEW JERSEY PRIDE--Placed D Tony McDevitt on season-ending injured reserve extension.
SAN FRANCISCO DRAGONS--Placed M Sean Lindsay on season-ending injured reserve extension.
WASHINGTON BAYHAWKS--Claimed M Brian Myers from the league player pool. Placed M Scott Sowanick on season-ending injured reserve.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
CHICAGO FIRE--Acquired F Brian McBride from Toronto for F Chad Barrett and future considerations. Acquired M Marco Pappa on loan from CSD Municipal of Guatemala.
COLLEGE
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE--Named Todd Lamb assistant commissioner for communications.
ALABAMA--Named Dave Hart executive athletics director.
COLGATE--Named Russell Peterson women's assistant track-and-field and cross-country coach and John Gilger assistant director of athletics communications.
CONNECTICUT--Announced DT Jarrell Miller has left the school.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC--Named Jason Jackson assistant baseball coach.
HILLSDALE--Named Don Brubacher athletics director.
ILLINOIS STATE--Named Jonas Jackson assistant defensive-line coach.
INDIANA--Named Amanda Rivera assistant softball coach.
MCNEESE STATE--Named Clay Van Hook assistant baseball coach
MEMPHIS--Named Matt Walker women's assistant tennis coach.
PENN STATE--Dismissed DT Chris Baker and DT Phil Taylor from the football team.
RIDER--Promoted Bob Hamer to head cross-country and track-and-field coach.
ROBERT MORRIS--Named Chris Hoppe assistant athletic director for compliance.
ST. FRANCIS, PA.--Announced men's basketball F Chris Berry transferred to Texas Wesleyan and F/C Bassirou Dieng transferred to Georgia Tech.
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI--Named Kris Mangum replacement assistant football coach.
WINGATE--Named Megan McAllister assistant softball coach.
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