TENNIS

ATP CHINA OPEN

BEIJING, Semi-finals: Marat Safin (5, Rus) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 6-2, 6-4 Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Paradorn Srichaphan (6, Tha) 6-4, 6-4.

ROMANIAN ATP OPEN

BUCHAREST, Quarter finals: Igor Andreev (4, Rus) bt Felix Mantilla (Esp) 6-4, 6-2 Florian Mayer (2, Ger) bt David Ferrer (6, Esp) 6-4, 6-2 Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) Filippo Volandri (7, Ita) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-3, 6-1.

GOLF

RYDER CUP

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Day I: US 1 ?; Europe 6 ?

Foursomes: Match 1 ? US won 3 and 2: Chris DiMarco/Jay Haas (US); Miguel Angel Jimenez/Thomas Levet (Eur) Match 2 ? Europe won 4 and 2: Davis Love III/Fred Funk (US); Colin Montgomerie/Padraig Harrington (Eur) Match 3 ? Europe won 1 up: Phil Mickelson/Tiger Woods (US); Darren Clarke/Lee Westwood (Eur) Match 4 ? Europe won 2 and 1: Kenny Perry/Stewart Cink (US) Sergio Garcia/Luke Donald (Eur).

Fourballs: Match 1 ? Europe won 2 and 1: Phil Mickelson/Tiger Woods (US) Colin Montgomerie/Padraig Harrington (Eur) Match 2 ? Europe won 5 and 4: Davis Love III/Chad Campbell (US) Darren Clarke/Miguel Angel Jimenez (Eur) Match 3 ? All square: Chris Riley/Stewart Cink (US); Paul McGinley/Luke Donald (Eur) Match 4 ? Europe won 5 and 3: David Toms/Jim Furyk (US); Sergio Garcia/Lee Westwood (Eur)

CHENNAI OPEN

Final Round: 267 Ashok Kumar (72,62,67,66) 274 Mukesh Kumar (72,65,69,68) 277 Vijay Kumar (69,73,67, 68) 279 Ranjit Singh (67,74,68,70) 280 Rahul Ganapathy (69,67,73,71) 281 Sandeep Syal (69,71,70,71) Basad Ali (67, 72, 70, 72)

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

DIVISION ONE, Day II: In Canterbury ? Middlesex 235; Kent 535 (R. Key 131, E. Smith 189, M. Walker 108; Dalrymple 4/66) In Manchester ? Gloucestershire 311/8 decl. (Keedy 7/95); Lancashire 311 (C. Hooper 77, D. Cork 77; Fisher 5/114) In Northampton ? Warwickshire 295 (Brown 108); Northamptonshire 46/0 In Hove ? Surrey 283 (R. Clarke 112) & 128/3 (M. Ramprakash 51 ..); Sussex 271 (Yardy 115) DIVISION TWO: In Derby ? Hampshire 357/6 (Benham 74) vs Derbyshire (Play stopped due to rain) In Leicester ? Somerset 213 (Gibson 5/44); Leicestershire 123/3 (Play stopped due to rain) In Nottingham ? Essex 500 (W. Jefferson 167, G. Napier 106); Nottinghamshire 58/2 (Play stopped due to rain) In Leeds ? Yorkshire 401 (P. Jaques 173); Glamorgan 301/5 (M. Elliott 125).

For the book

Struggling El Salvador have given Armando Contreras a second spell as their coach following the sacking of Juan Paredes last week.