TENNIS

ATP SAN JOSE OPEN

California, Round I: Andre Agassi (2, US) bt Iraki Labadze (Geo) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 l Mardy Fish (3, US) bt Alex Reichel (US) 6-1, 6-4 l Robby Ginepri (5, US) bt Cecil Mamiit (US) 6-4, 6-3 l Vincent Spadea (6, US) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-4, 6-2 l Cyril Saulnier (Fra) bt Brian Vahaly (US) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) l Kenneth Carlsen (Den) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 l Kristof Vliegen (Bel) bt Alexander Popp (Ger) 6-1 6-3.

WTA PARIS OPEN

Round I: Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) bt Claudine Schaul (Lux) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 l Tatiana Golovin (Fra) bt Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (6, Isr) 1-6, 7-5, 3-1 retired l Magui Serna (8, Esp) bt Petra Mandula (Hun) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 l Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Jelena Jankovic (Yug) 6-4, 2-0 retired l Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt Maria Vento Kabchi (Ven) 6-2, 6-3.

ITF JUNIOR MEET

Chandigarh, Boys’ singles (Pre-quarter finals): Rupesh Roy (1, Ind) bt Guy Kobi (Isr) 7-5, 6-2 l Naoki Sato (5, Jap) bt Krishank Shah (Ind) 6-0, 6-1 l Martin Sayer (4, Hkg) bt Jatin Bishnoi (Ind) 6-3, 7-5 l Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (6, Ind) bt Sergey Ni (Kgz) 6-1, 6- 4 l Lior Barbash (Isr) bt Xion-Peng Lai (8, Hkg) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 l Faris Khatib (3, Gbr) bt Vivek Shokeen (Ind) 6-4, 6-3 l Ro Man Kelecis (7, Cro) bt Sahar Shimiel (Isr) 6-2, 6-1 l Navdeep Singh (2, Ind) bt Jamolkhon Umarov (Uzb) 6-3, 6-0. Girls’ singles (Pre-quarter finals): Hsuan Hwang (1, Tpe) bt Oormila Ram (Ind) 6-0, 6-0 l Vandana Murali (7, Ind) bt Poojashree Venkatesh (Ind) 6-3, 6-2 l Parul Goswami (Ind) bt Kartiki Bhat (3, Ind) 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 l Yana Nemerovski (5, Isr) bt Peporn Chantawannop (Tha) 6-3, 6-2 l Punam S. Reddy (6, Ind) bt Xeniya Palkina (Kgz) 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) l Pichittra Thongdach (4, Tha) bt Francesca Kinsella (Gbr) 6-2, 7-5 l Jung-Yoon Shin (8, Kor) bt Eleonora Sitdjemileva (Uzb) 6-4, 6-3 l Madura Ranganathan (2, Ind) bt Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 6-1, 6-4.

FOOTBALL

Premier League

Arsenal 2 (Thierry Henry 31, 90) Southampton 0 l Leeds United 4 (Alan Smith 14, Dominic Matteo 41, James Milner 62, Mark Viduka 90) Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 (Ionel Ganea 21) l Leicester City 1 (Les Ferdinand 16) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Ian Walker 33-own goal).

CRICKET

Tour match

Hamilton: Northern Districts 114 in 42.3 ovs (Grant Robinson 35 n.o., Robin Peterson 3/17), South Africa 115/4 in 17.2 ovs (Boeta Dippenaar 45 n.o., Ian Butler 3/49). South Africa won by six wickets.

For the book

Hosts Germany were drawn with Portugal in a tough group at the European under-21 championship finals. Germany will also face Switzerland and Sweden in the group stage of the finals, from May 27 to June 8.