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Published: June 27, 2008
Tennis
PROFESSIONAL
Wimbledon
(Yesterday, at Wimbledon, England)
Men's second-round singles
Nicolas Kiefer (27), Germany, def. Martin Vassallo Arguello, Argentina, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1; Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Jesse Levine, United States, 4-6, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Arnaud Clement, France, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3), 6-3; Mikhail Youzhny (17), Russia, def. Stefano Galvani, Italy, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (2), 6-3; Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Tommy Robredo (23), Spain, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3; Andy Murray (12), Britain, def. Xavier Malisse, Belgium, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2; Rainer Schuettler, Germany, def. James Blake (9), United States, 6-3, 6-7 (8), 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Radek Stepanek (16), Czech Republic, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 6-7 (1), 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-1, 6-2; Marin Cilic, Croatia, def. Jarkko Nieminen (24), Finland, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-5; Richard Gasquet (8), France, def. Sebastien Grosjean, France, 6-2, 6-2, retired; Dmitry Tursunov (25), Russia, def. Chris Eaton, Britain, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-4; Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, def. Andy Roddick (6), United States, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (4); Paul-Henri Mathieu (14), France, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (1); Gilles Simon (28), France, def. Agustin Calleri, Argentina, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4; Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Nicolas Almagro (19), Spain, 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2.
Women's second-round singles
Gisela Dulko, Argentina, def. Lindsay Davenport (25), United States, walkover; Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Sania Mirza (32), India, 6-0, 4-6, 9-7; Tamarine Tanasugarn, Thailand, def. Vera Zvonareva (13), Russia, 7-6 (10), 4-6, 6-3; Venus Williams (7), United States, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 7-5, 6-2; Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Julia Goerges, Germany, 6-2, 7-6 (5); Caroline Wozniacki (31), Denmark, def. Aleksandra Wozniak, Canada, 6-1, 6-1; Dinara Safina (9), Russia, def. Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, 6-3, 6-2; Shahar Peer (24), Israel, def. Emilie Loit, France, 6-3, 6-4.
Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, def. Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, 6-2, 6-4; Peng Shuai, China, def. Sybille Bammer (26), Austria, 7-6 (7), 4-6, 6-3; Victoria Azarenka (16), Belarus, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-1, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (2), Serbia, def. Carla Suarez Navarro, Spain, 6-1, 6-3; Elena Dementieva (5), Russia, def. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, def. Daniela Hantuchova (10), Slovakia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Nadia Petrova (21), Russia, def. Mara Santangelo, Italy, 6-4, 7-5; Ai Sugiyama, Japan, def. Flavia Pennetta (22), Italy, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-2.
Men's first-round doubles
Rik de Voest, South Africa, and Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Neil Bamford and Joshua Goodall, Britain, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2; Rajeev Ram and Bobby Reynolds, United States, def. Amer Delic and Brendan Evans, United States, 6-2, 7-6 (4), 6-3; Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Nenad Zimonjic (2), Serbia, def. Alex Bogdanovic and Jonathan Marray, Britain, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-1; Christopher Kas, Germany, and Rogier Wassen (15), Netherlands, def. Oscar Hernandez and Albert Montanes, Spain, 7-5, 6-3, 6-2; Petr Pala, Czech Republic, and Igor Zelenay, Slovakia, def. Thomaz Bellucci and Marcos Daniel, Brazil, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3; Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. Tomas Cibulec and Ivo Minar, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Travis Parrott, United States, and Filip Polasek, Slovakia, def. Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner (6), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4; James Cerretani, United States, and Victor Hanescu, Romania, def. Bruno Soares, Brazil, and Dusan Vemic, Serbia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3); Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Jamie Murray (14), Britain, def. Marc Gicquel and Fabrice Santoro, France, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3; Philipp Petzschner, Germany, and Alexander Peya, Austria, def. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, and Mark Knowles (4), Bahamas, 7-5, 6-2, 7-6 (4); Thomas Johansson, Sweden, and Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Oliver Marach, Austria, and Michal Mertinak, Slovakia, 6-2, 7-5, 7-5.
Men's second-round doubles
Marcel Granollers and Santiago Ventura, Spain, def. Rohan Bopanna, India, and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2; Eric Butorac, United States, and Ashley Fisher, Australia, vs. Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Leander Paes (9), India, 6-3, 7-6 (3), 6-3; Stephen Huss, Australia, and Ross Hutchins, Britain, lead Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram (3), Israel, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3, 2-4, susp., darkness.
Women's first-round doubles
Vera Dushevina, Russia, and Ekaterina Dzehalevich, Belarus, def. Virginie Razzano, France, and Julia Vakulenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-2; Christina Fusano and Angela Haynes, United States, def. Edina Gallovits, Romania, and Olga Govortsova, Belarus, 7-6 (6), 6-2; Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual (5), Spain, def. Stephanie Foretz and Camille Pin, France, 6-3, 6-1; Sara Errani and Francesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Tamira Paszek, Austria, and Jasmin Woehr, Germany, 7-5, 7-6 (6); Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, and Selima Sfar, Tunisia, def. Ayumi Morita and Junri Namigata, 6-3, 6-3; Bethanie Mattek, United States, and Sania Mirza (13), India, def. Elena Baltacha and Naomi Cavaday, Britain, 6-4, 6-2; Nuria Llagostera Vives and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Anna Smith and Georgie Stoop, Britain, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (3); Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Eva Hrdinova and Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-2.
Women's second-round doubles
Serena and Venus Williams (11), United States, def. Marta Domachowska and Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, 6-0, 6-4.
Mixed first-round doubles
Wesley Moodie, South Africa, and Jill Craybas, United States, def. Andre Sa, Brazil, and Janette Husarova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-2; Yves Allegro, Switzerland, and Agnes Szavay, Hungary, def. Alex Bogdanovic and Melanie South, Britain, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 9-7; Jonas Bjorkman, Sweden, and Alicia Molik, Australia, def. Frantisek Cermak and Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; James Auckland and Elena Baltacha, Britain, vs. David Skoch and Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 7-6 (3), 6-7 (4), susp., darkness.
Softball
RECREATION
Tarheel Coed League
OSC 8, Quality Oil 7
OSC wins championship
Omar Smith League
Jay's Place Warriors #2 9, Kenco 4
Jay's wins championship
City Coed League
Vets 10, GMAC 3
Blue Rhino 13, Vets 9
Blue Rhino 15, Vets 7
Church Coed League
Unitarians 7, Central Terrace 6
Central Terrace 14, Unitarians 10
Basketball
PROFESSIONAL
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Connecticut 11 4 .733 --
Detroit 11 4 .733 --
New York 7 6 .538 3
Indiana 7 7 .500 3½
Washington 5 8 .385 5
Chicago 3 9 .250 6½
Atlanta 0 13 .000 10
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 10 3 .769 --
Minnesota 8 6 .571 2½
San Antonio 8 6 .571 2½
Seattle 8 7 .533 3
Phoenix 6 7 .462 4
Houston 6 8 .429 4½
Sacramento 6 8 .429 4½
Wednesday's Games
None scheduled
Thursday's Games
New York 102, Indiana 96, 3OT
Detroit 70, Connecticut 61
Minnesota 80, Sacramento 76
Houston 77, San Antonio 71
Phoenix 89, Chicago 79
Washington at Los Angeles, late
Friday's Game
Atlanta at Connecticut, 7 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Indiana at Houston, 8:30
New York at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Phoenix at Connecticut, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Detroit, 6 p.m.
Washington at Seattle, 9 p.m.
Soccer
PROFESSIONAL
European Championship
(All times EDT)
Semifinals
Germany 3, Turkey 2
Spain 3, Russia 0
Championship (at Vienna, Austria)
Sun.: Germany vs. Spain, 2:45 (ABC)
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
New England 8 4 3 27 21 17
Columbus 7 4 2 23 20 17
Toronto FC 6 4 3 21 17 16
Chicago 6 5 1 19 20 11
D.C. United 6 7 1 19 24 25
New York 5 4 4 19 14 17
Kansas City 3 5 4 13 10 16
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 6 4 3 21 31 24
Real Salt Lake 5 5 4 19 18 18
Houston 4 4 7 19 17 19
CD Chivas USA 5 6 2 17 19 19
FC Dallas 4 6 5 17 18 21
Colorado 5 7 1 16 19 18
San Jose 3 8 2 11 10 20
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Thursday's Game
FC Dallas 1, Houston 1, tie
Saturday's Games
Colorado at Columbus, 7:30
Toronto FC at New England, 7:30
Real Salt Lake at Kansas City, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Chicago, 8:30
New York at CD Chivas USA, 10:30
Sunday's Game
Los Angeles at D.C. United, Noon
Golf
AMATEUR
Holes-in-one
June 24 -- JOHN TOLBERT, at Stonewall GC. HOLE: No. 5, 286 yards, Par 4. CLUB: Driver. PLAYING PARTNERS: Brian Pendry, Jeff Morton.
Transactions
BASEBALL
Major League Baseball
MLB--Suspended Brian Runge, umpire, for one game for bumping into New York Mets manager Jerry Manuel in a June 24 game. Fined Manuel and Mets CF Carlos Beltran undisclosed amounts for arguing with Runge.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES--Placed RHP Matt Albers on the 15-day DL. Activated RHP Fernando Cabrera from the 15-day DL.
TEXAS RANGERS--Recalled 1B Chris Davis from Oklahoma (PCL). Designated 1B Chris Shelton for assignment.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS--Agreed to terms with SS-3B Ryan Flaherty, RHP Christopher Carpenter, RHP Justin Bristow, INF Josh Harrison, C Luis Flores, LHP James Leverton, RHP Randy Jackson, RHP Toby Matchulat, 2B Jake Opitz, CF Anthony Campana, RHP Dan McDaniel, RHP Joseph Coleman, 1B Ryan Keedy, RHP Jonathan Nagel, LHP Jeffrey Beliveau, OF David Macias, RF Jericho Jones, RHP Tarlandas Mitchell, LF Ryan Sontag, 1B Rebel Ridling, RHP Josh Whitlock, OF TeWayne Willis, CF Kurt Calvert, 1B Sean Hoorelbeke, RHP James O'Donnell and C Michael Brenly.
CINCINNATI REDS--Activated INF-OF Jerry Hairston from the 15-dsy DL. Optioned INF Paul Janish to Louisville (IL).
HOUSTON ASTROS--Waived RHP Shawn Chacon. Purchased the contract of RHP Runelvys Hernandez from Round ROck (PCL).
PITTSBURGH PIRATES--Placed RHP Ian Snell on the 15-day DL.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS--Activated 1B Albert Pujols from the 15-day DL. Placed LHP Randy Flores on the 15-day DL.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS--Placed RHP Shawn Hill on the 15-day DL, retroactive to June 25. Activated LHP Odalis Perez from the 15-day DL. Transferred 1B Nick Johnson from the 15- to the 60-day DL.
Southern League
CAROLINA MUDCATS--Added RHP Todd Doolittle from the Marlins (GCL).
American Association
EL PASO DIABLOS--Traded INF Evan Conley to Pensacola for future considerations. Agreed to terms with INF Brandon McConnell.
GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS--Agreed to terms with LHP Julian Williams.
ST. PAUL SAINTS--Released INF Kyle Resser and LHP Adam Brandenburg.
Can-Am League
BROCKTON ROX--Agreed to terms with RHP Keith Noe. Traded RHP Mike McTamney to Sioux City (AA) for a player to be named.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
INDIANA PACERS--Traded F Jermaine O'Neal to Toronto for G T.J. Ford, C Rasho Nesterovic, the 17th pick in the draft and a player to be named.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS--Traded F Yi Jianlian and F Bobby Simmons to New Jersey for F Richard Jefferson.
PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS--Announced G James Jones did not exercise his contract option, making him a free agent.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONS--Signed DE Kroy Biermann to a four-year contract.
CINCINNATI BENGALS--Waived LS Tim Bugg.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS--Signed RB Chauncey Washington.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS--Signed OL Barry Sims.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS--Named Lauren O'Gorman media and communications manager.
CALGARY FLAMES--Waived F Marcus Nilson, D Anders Eriksson and D Rhett Warrener.
DALLAS STARS--Extended qualifying offers to RW B.J. Crombeen, LW Loui Eriksson, D Vadim Khomitski, RW Vojtech Polak, RW Konstantin Pushkarev and LW Francis Wathier.
FLORIDA PANTHERS--Signed C Gregory Campbell to a two-year contract.
NEW YORK RANGERS--Signed F P.A. Parenteau to a contract extension.
SAN JOSE SHARKS--Re-signed G Brian Boucher to a one-year contract.
COLLEGE
AMERICA EAST CONFERENCE--Named Frank Sullivan associate commissioner.
AKRON--Signed Caleb Porter, men's soccer coach, to a two-year contract extension.
AUBURN-MONTGOMERY--Named Steve Crotz athletics director.
BINGHAMTON--Named Denique Graves women's basketball assistant coach and Bernitha Johnson women's basketball recruiting coordinator.
CLEMSON--Named Michael Morrell director of operations for men's basketball.
COLGATE--Named Nathan Davis assistant basketball coach.
ELIZABETH CITY STATE--Named Thurlis Little athletics director.
INDIANA--Announced the resignation of Rick Greenspan, athletics director, effective at the end of Dec.
KENT STATE--Named John Wiler men's and women's associate golf coach.
LSU--Named David Grewe associate head baseball coach.
MANHATTAN--Named Christine Catalanotto women's assistant basketball coach.
MASS.-DARTMOUTH--Named Steve Gardiner men's and women's track-and-field coach.
NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY--Named Manda Risden women's assistant soccer coach.
SAN DIEGO--Named Mike Burns men's assistant basketball coach.
SIOUX FALLS--Named Chris Johnson men's basketball coach.
SYRACUSE--Named Graham Thomas and Erin O'Brien women's assistant ice hockey coaches.
TULANE--Named Brandon Macneill executive associate athletics director.
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