TENNIS

WTA ADVANTA CHAMPIONSHIPS

VILLANOVA (PHILADELPHIA), Round I: Tina Pisnik (10, Svn) bt Janet Lee (Tpe) 6-4, 6-4 l Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) bt Aniko Kapros (Hun) 6-3, 6-3 l Jelena Jankovic (Yug) bt Shenay Perry (US) 6-0, 6-3 l Martina Sucha (Svk) bt Cara Black (Zim) 6-0, 6-3 l Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt Marissa Irvin (US) 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) l Ashley Harkleroad (US) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 6-0, 2-0 retired.

ATP PARIS MASTERS

Round II: Paradorn Srichaphan (8, Tha) bt Karol Beck (Svk) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 l Hicham Arazi (Mar) bt Younes El Aynaoui (Mar) 6-4, 3-6, 2-1 retired.

Round I: Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Wayne Ferreira (RSA) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 l Nicolas Mahut (Fra) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 l Gaston Gaudio (Arg) bt Richard Gasquet (Fra) 1-6, 7-6 (13-11), 6-4 l Albert Costa (Esp) bt Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-5 l Arazi bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 7-5, 6-4 l Beck bt Robby Ginepri (US) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 l Gregory Carraz (Fra) bt Radek Stepanek (Cze) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3) l Tim Henman (GBR) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 6-3, 6-4 l Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) bt Vincent Spadea (US) 7-6 (7-1), 6-1 l Feliciano Lopez (Esp) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3.

RUGBY

WORLD CUP

SYDNEY, Uruguay bt Georgia 24-12.

CHESS

WORLD RAPID MEET

CAP D’AGDE, Quarter finals: Vladimir Kramnik bt Judit Polgar 1.5-0.5 l Ruslan Ponomariov lost to Viswanathan Anand 0.5-1.5.        

For the book

The Wrestling Federation of India has selected 30 grapplers, including 10 girls, to represent the country in the Asian Cadet Wrestling Championship at Taichung in Taiwan between November 13 and 16.