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TENNIS
ATP/WTA LISBON MEET
Quarter Finals (Men): Marat Safin (8, Rus) bt Tommy
Robredo (4, Esp) 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 7-6 (7-5) l Irakli Labadze (Geo) bt Rafael Nadal
(Esp) walkover l Florian Mayer (Ger) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-4, 6-3 l Juan Ignacio
Chela (5, Arg) bt Olivier Patience (Fra) 6-3, 6-2.
(Women): Marta Marrero (Esp) bt Barbara Schett (5, Aut) 6-0,
6-2 l Iveta Benesova (6, Cze) bt Denisa Chladkova (4, Cze) 6-2, 6-2 l Emilie Loit
(3, Fra) bt Klara Koukalova (Cze) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 l Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra)
bt Martina Sucha (Svk) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Semi-Finals (Women): Emilie Loit (3, Fra) bt Marta Marrero
(Esp) 6-4, 6-4, l Iveta Benesova (6, Cze) bt Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) 6-3,
7-5.
ATP VALENCIA OPEN
Quarter Finals: Fernando Verdasco (Esp) bt David Ferrer (7,
Esp) 6-2, 6-3 l Juan Carlos Ferrero (1, Esp) bt Mario Ancic (Cro) 6-4, 6-4 l Alberto
Martin (6, Esp) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-1, 6-2.
HOUSTON MEET
Quarter Finals: Andy Roddick (1, US) bt Jurgen Melzer (8,
Aut) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) l Luis Horna (7, Per) bt Todd Martin (US) 7-5, 6-3 l Andrei
Pavel (5, Rom) bt James Blake (4, US) 6-4, 6-4 l Tommy Haas (Ger) bt D. Tursunov
(Rus) 6-2, 6-0.
WTA CHARLESTON MEET
Quarter Finals: Patty Schnyder (11, Sui) bt Lindsay Davenport
(5, US) 6-3, 6-2 l Jelena Kostanic (Cro) bt Petra Mandula (Hun) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
l Venus Williams (4, US) bt Vera Zvonareva (9, Rus) 6-3, 6-4 l Conchita Martinez
(16, Esp) bt Nadia Petrova (8, Rus) 6-3, 6-1.
FOOTBALL
Premier League
Arsenal 5 (Robert Pires 6, Thierry Henry 27, 33-penalty, 50, 67)
Leeds 0.
Ligue 1
En Avant Guingamp 1 (Moumouni Dagano 24) Metz 1 (Ronan Le Crom 9-og).
GOLF
SEVILLE OPEN
Round II leaders: 135 Cesar Monasterio (Arg) 68 67
l 136 Raul Ballesteros (Esp) 68 68, Emanuele Canonica (Ita) 67 69, Ricardo
Gonzalez (Arg) 70 66 l 137 Matthew Blackey (GBR) 69 68
For the book
Barcelona ’keeper Victor Valdes will play in this weekend’s match
against Malaga after Spanish football authorities withdrew the red card he was
given in Wednesday’s 1-1 draw at Real Betis.
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