TENNIS

PAN PACIFIC WOMEN’S MEET

TOKYO, Round I: Maria Vento-Kabchi (Ven) bt Elena Likhovtseva (Rus) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) l Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Yuka Yoshida (Jpn) 6-1, 6-1 l Laura Granville (US) bt Alina Jidkova (Rus) 7-5, 6-2 l Daniela Hantuchova (8, Svk) bt Alicia Molik (Aus) 6-1, 6-7 (7-9), 7-5 l Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) bt Lisa Raymond (US) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 l Saori Obata (Jpn) bt Julia Vakulenko (Ukr) 7-5, 6-3 l Tatiana Panova (Rus) bt Zheng Jie (Chn) 6-4, 6-3.

ITF JUNIOR MEET

BOYS’ SINGLES, Round I: Sidharth Gulati bt Boris Baichorav (Kgz) 6-3, 6-4 l Myles A Blake (Aus) bt Jitin Bishnoi 6-3, 6-2 l Roman Kelecic (Cro) bt Sharijpo Akmal (Uzb) 7-6 (7/5), 6-1l Martin Sayer (HK) bt Sahar Shimiel (Isr) 6-4, 7-5 l Vladislav Shegay (Uzb) bt Rohan Gide 6-2, 6-4 l Sivendran Nishendiran (SL) bt Kaushk Das 6-4, 6-0.

GIRLS: Elina Arutyunova (Uzb) bt Sandri Gangotri 6-4, 6-1 l Francesca Kinsella (GBR) bt Parija Maloo 6-1, 6-1 l Pichittra Thongdach (Tha) bt Eleonora Sitdjemileva (Uzb) 6-1, 6-0 l Porntip Mulsap (Tha) bt Tejaswini Datla 6-2, 6-3.

FOOTBALL

AFRICAN NATIONS CUP

TUNIS, Mali 1 (Dramane Traore 34) Senegal 1 (Habib Beye 45+3).

HOCKEY

WOMEN’S ASIA CUP

NEW DELHI, (Monday) India 1 China 1 l South Korea 9 Singapore 1 l Japan 21 Sri Lanka 0 l Malaysia 2 Kazakhstan 0.

For the book

The German Nuerburgring circuit will hold Formula One races until 2009. The track authorities said on Tuesday their contract with Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone had been extended by five years.