TENNIS

ROME ATP MASTERS MEET

Round I: Vincent Spadea (US) bt Rainer Schuettler (3, Ger) 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 David Nalbandian (5, Arg) bt Robin Soderling (Swe) 6-4, 6-4 Fernando Gonzalez (13, Chi) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) 6-4, 6-4 Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (16, Arg) 6-4, 6-2 Carlos Moya (6, Esp) bt Alberto Martin (Esp) 6-4, 6-2 David Sanchez (Esp) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-2, 6-3 Tim Henman (4, GBR) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 7-5, 6-1 Albert Costa (Esp) bt Alex Corretja (Esp) 7-6, 6-1 Sjeng Schalken (11, Ned) bt Wayne Arthurs (Aus) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) 6-2, 6-4 David Ferrer (Esp) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 Andrei Pavel (Rom) bt Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) 6-4, 6-3 Flavio Saretta (Bra) bt Mario Ancic (Cro) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 Ivo Karlovic (Cro) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 Paradorn Srichaphan (10, Tha) bt Alessio Di Mauro (Ita) 7-6, 3-6, 6-3.

WTA BERLIN MEET

Round I: Maria Sanchez Lorenzo (Esp) bt Conchita Martinez (14, Esp) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 Elena Bovina (Rus) bt Zi Yan (Chn) 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 6-2 Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (16, Isr) bt Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) 6-3, 6-1 Paola Suarez (11, Arg) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (Esp) 6-2, 7-5 Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Sui) bt Cara Black (Zim) 6-1, 6-3 Marta Marrero (Esp) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-2, 6-3 Stephanie Cohen-Aloro (Fra) bt Stefanie Gehrlein (Ger) 6-3, 7-5 Julia Schruff (Ger) bt Meilen Tu (US) 6-1, 6-1 Anca Barna (Ger) bt Nicole Pratt (Aus) 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 Jelena Kostanic (Cro) bt Tina Pisnik (Slo) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3 Denisa Chladkova (Cze) bt Arantxa Parra (Esp) 6-4, 6-0.

GOLF

New Orleans Classic

LOUISIANA, Final Round: 266 Vijai Singh (Fij) 70 65 68 63 267 Joe Ogilvie (US) 66 67 66 68, Phil Mickelson 67 65 69 66 269 Hidemichi Tanaka (Jap) 69 64 69 67 271 Justin Rose (GBR) 67 70 65 69, Charles Howell III 66 64 71 70 272 Stephen Ames (Tri) 67 69 71 65, K.J. Choi (Kor) 67 68 68 69, Brian Bateman (US) 67 67 69 69.

SNOOKER

World Championship

SHEFFIELD, Final: Ronnie ’Sullivan (Eng) bt Graeme Dott (Sco) 18-8

CRICKET

THREE-DAY TOUR MATCH

HARARE: Zimbabwe A 294 (Sean Ervine 75, Elton Chigumbura 63) & 306/8 (Trevor Gripper 97, Prosper Utseya 89; Upul Chandana 4/80).

Sri Lanka 461 (Mahela Jayawardene 113, Thilan Samaraweera 97, Kumar Sangakkara 95, Thilina Kandamby 52). Match drawn.

ENGLISH NATIONAL LEAGUE (ONE-DAY)

Division I — Sunday’s matches

BRISTOL — Gloucestershire 213/8 (M. Windows 79). Glamorgan 216/2 (M. Elliott 91 .., R. Croft 56). Glamorgan won by 8 wkts ROSE BOWL — Hampshire 184/7 (. Pothas 64, W. Kendall 55 ..). Essex 153 (Shane Warne 3/21). Hampshire won by 31 runs OLD TRAFFORD — Kent 203. Lancashire 207/7. Lancashire won by 3 wkts.

Division II — Sunday’s matches

DERBY — Durham 207 (A. Pratt 53, G Welch 4/26). Derbyshire 208/4 (Hasan Adnan 50 ..). Derbyshire won by 6 wkts GRACE ROAD — Scotland 86. Leicestershire 87/1. Leicestershire won by 9 wkts TRENT BRIDGE — Nottinghamshire 291/6 (D. Hussey 87 .., R. Warren 81). Yorkshire 187. Nottinghamshire won by 104 runs NEW ROAD — Worcestershire 239/5 (B. Smith 77, G. Hick 63). Sussex Sharks 218 (I. Ward 50; M. Malik 4/42, A. Bichel 4/60). Worcestershire won by 21 runs.

For the book

The Football Association (FA), English football’s governing body, has changed the dates for next season’s FA Cup semi-finals on Monday.