TENNIS

ROSMALEN OPEN

WOMEN’s SINGLES, Round I: Meghann Shaughnessy (US) bt Anna Smashnova (Isr) 6-2, 6-4 Virginia Ruano Pascual (Esp) bt Evie Dominikovic (Aus) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 Claudine Schaul (Lux) bt Martina Navratilova (US) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 Anna-Lena Groenefeld (7, Ger) bt Alina Jidkova (Rus) 6-3, 6-2 Denisa Chladkova (Cze) bt Aravane Rezai (Fra) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 Klara Koukalova (8, Cze) bt Marta Domachowska (Pol) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 Michaella Krajicek (Ned) bt Ludmila Cervanova (Svk) 6-1, 6-3 Anabel Medina Garrigues (3, Esp) bt Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).

MEN’s SINGLES, Round I: Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Jean-Rene Lisnard (Fra) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) Paul-Henri Mathieu (8, Fra) bt Jiri Vanek (Cze) 6-4, 6-3 Jan Hernych (Cze) bt Dennis van Scheppingen (Ned) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4 Lars Burgsmueller (Ger) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (Sui) 2-6, 7-5, 6-3 Tommy Robredo (1, Esp) bt Gilles Muller (Lux) 6-4, 6-4 Wayne Arthurs (Aus) bt Raemon Sluiter (Ned) 7-5, 6-4 Michael Llodra (Fra) bt Denis Gremelmayr (Ger) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-2) Robin Soederling (5, Swe) bt Jerome Haehnel (Fra) 7-5, 6-3 Guillermo Coria (2, Arg) bt Lars Uebel (Ger) 6-3, 6-1.

NOTTINGHAM OPEN

Round I: Tomas Berdych (Cze) bt Santiago Ventura (Esp) 6-3, 6-2 Jonathan Marray (GBR) bt Alan Mackin (GBR) 6-2, 6-4 Travis Rettenmaier (US) bt Janko Tipsarevic (SCG) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) Hyung-Taik Lee (Kor) bt Alberto Martin (Esp) 7-5, 7-6 (7-1) Dominik Hrbaty (3, Svk) bt Robby Ginepri (US) 6-2, 6-3 Kenneth Carlsen (Den) bt Harsh Mankad (Ind) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 7-6 (7-5) Taylor Dent (5, US) bt Alexander Popp (Ger) 6-3, 6-3 Jan Vacek (Cze) bt Ricardo Mello (Bra) 6-2, 6-1 Karol Beck (Svk) bt Gael Monfils (Fra) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

CRICKET

NATIONAL LEAGUE

DIVISION II: Chester-le-Street ? Derbyshire 82 in 30.5 ovs (Benkenstein 4/17, Noffke 3/16). Durham 84/5 in 29.4 ovs. Durham won by 5 wkts (D/L method).

CHESS

HUNGARY MEET

PAKS, Round II: Emil Sutovsky (Isr, 1.5) bt Krishnan Sasikiran (Ind, 0.5) Zoltan Almasi (Hun, 1.5) bt Ferenc Berkes (Hun, 0.5) Viktor Korchnoi (Sui, 1.5) bt Peter Acs (Hun, 0.5).

For the book

AC Milan’s Georgian defender Kakha Kaladze is heading for Moscow on Wednesday to talk to Chelsea officials about a transfer to the London club. The 27-year-old full-back told a newspaper on Tuesday that it would be his first face-to-face meeting with Chelsea.