BADMINTON

MALAYSIAN OPEN

KUCHING, finals (Saturday)? Men’s singles: Lee Chong Wei (Mal) bt Lin Dan (Chn) 21-18, 18-21, 23-21 Women’s singles: Zhang Ning (Chn) bt Tracey Hallam (GBR) 21-12, 21-13 Men’s doubles: Ko Kien Keat/Chan Chong Ming (Mal) bt Lin Woon Fui/ Mohd Tazari Mohd Fairuzizuan (Mal) 14-21, 21-11, 21-17 Women’s doubles: Gao Ling/Huang Sui (Chn) bt Du Jing/Yu Yang (Chn) 9-21, 21-16, 21-17 Mixed doubles: Zhang Jun/Gao Ling (Chn) bt Jonas Rasmussen/Britta Andersen (Den) 19-21, 21-14, 21-15.

CHESS

AEROSVIT GRANDMASTERS MEET

CRIMEA (UKRAINE), Round 1 (Saturday) ? Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu (Rom) drew P. Harikrishna (Ind) Sergey Rublevsky (Rus) lost to Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Aze) Andrei Volokitin (Ukr) bt Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukr) Viktor Bologan (Mda) bt Sergey Karjakin (Ukr) Alexander Areshchenko (Ukr) drew with Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukr) Alexander Grischuk (Rus) drew with Alexei Shirov (Esp).

CRICKET

COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP

Division II, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE ? Northamptonshire 178 & 400 (U. Afzaal 151, B. Shafayat 59, D. Sales 42; Robert Croft 4/99, D. Cosker 3/86). Glamorgan 354 & 56 (M. Nicholson 6/23, Monty Panesar 3/11). Northamptonshire won by 168 runs CHELMSFORD ? Worcestershire 650/7 decl. & 121/1 (Phil Jaques 60 .., Vikram Solanki 40 ..). Essex 283 & 486 (R. Bopara 127, Ronnie Irani 97, Alex Tudor 93, J. Foster 61; M. Mason 3/84). Worcestershire won by 9 wkts BRISTOL ? Gloucestershire 456 & 300/4 decl. Derbyshire 402/8 decl. (T. Birt 89, C. Taylor 51; Lewis 3/73). Match drawn.

GOLF

US OPEN

MAMARONECK (Friday & Saturday)? 212 Kenneth Ferrie (GBR) 71 70 71, Phil Mickelson (US) 70 73 69 213 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 71 70 72 215 Steve Stricker (US) 70 69 76, Vijai Singh (Fij) 71 74 70, Ian Poulter (GBR) 74 71 70, Colin Montgomerie (GBR) 69 71 75 216 Padraig Harrington (Irl) 73 69 74, Mike Weir (Can) 71 74 71, Jim Furyk (US) 70 72 74 217 Arron Oberholser (US) 75 68 74, Peter Hedblom (Swe) 72 74 71, Luke Donald (GBR) 78 69 70, Bart Bryant (US) 72 72 73, Trevor Immelman (RSA) 76 72 70 218 Graeme McDowell (GBR) 71 72 75, Ryuji Imada (Jpn) 76 73 69, Adam Scott (Aus) 72 76 70, Fred Couples (US) 73 74 71 219 Miguel Angel Jimenez (Esp) 70 75 74, Nick ’Hern (Aus) 75 70 74, Fred Funk (US) 71 75 73, Jeff Sluman (US) 74 73 72, Steve Jones (US) 74 74 71, Craig Barlow (US) 72 75 72, Robert Allenby (Aus) 73 74 72, Chad Collins (US) 76 71 72, Henrik Stenson (Swe) 75 71 73, Thomas Bjorn (Den) 72 74 73, Philip Archer (GBR) 72 72 75, Scott Hend (Aus) 72 72 75 220 David Duval (US) 77 68 75, Bo Van Pelt (US) 72 75 73 Woody Austin (US) 72 76 72, Ted Purdy (US) 78 71 71, Kent Jones (US) 73 74 73 221 Jose Maria Olazabal (Esp) 75 72 73, Jason Dufner (US) 72 71 78, Ernie Els (RSA) 74 73 74, Angel Cabrera (Arg) 74 73 74, Charles Howell III (US) 77 71 73, Lee Williams (US) 75 73 73, Tom Pernice Jr. (US) 79 70 72, Paul Casey (GBR) 77 72 72, Jay Haas (US) 75 72 74 222 Sean ’Hair (US) 76 72 74, John Holmes (US) 74 73 75, David Howell (GBR) 70 78 74, Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 74 72 76 223 Rod Pampling (Aus) 73 75 75, Ben Crane (US) 77 72 74, John Cook (US) 71 78 74, Tommy Armour III (US) 79 70 74, Stewart Cink (US) 75 71 77 224 Charley Hoffman (US) 76 70 78, Skip Kendall (US) 73 75 76, Darren Clarke (GBR) 73 72 79 225 Camilo Villegas (Col) 74 72 79 226 Jeev Milkha Singh (Ind) 73 76 77, Ben Curtis (US) 78 71 77, Stephen Gangluff (US) 76 73 77 227 Kenny Perry (US) 77 71 79 228 Tim Herron (US) 73 76 79.

TENNIS

BIRMINGHAM CLASSIC

Women’s Singles, Quarter finals (Friday) ? Jamea Jackson (US) bt Elena Likhovtseva (4, Rus) 6-4, 6-3 Maria Sharapova (1, Rus) bt Mara Santangelo (12, Ita) 6-2, 6-2 Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Francesca Schiavone (2, Ita) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Meilen Tu (US) bt Marion Bartoli (6, Fra) 6-4, 6-4 Semi-finals (Saturday) ? Jamea Jackson (US) bt Maria Sharapova (1, Rus) 6-4 6-4 Vera Zvonareva (Rus) bt Meilen Tu (US) 5-7 6-4 6-3.

STELLA ARTOIS MEET

Men’s Singles, Quarter finals (Friday) ? Andy Roddick (3, US) bt Fernando Gonzalez (6, Chi) 6-4, 6-3 Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Rafael Nadal (1, Esp) 3-6, 6-3 (Nadal retired) Tim Henman (GBR) bt Dmitry Tursunov (15, Rus) 6-3 7-6 (1) James Blake (5, US) bt Gael Monfils (13, Fra) 6-1 (Monfils retired) Semi-finals (Saturday) ? James Blake (5, US) bt Andy Roddick (3, US) 7-5, 6-4 Lleyton Hewitt (8, Aus) bt Tim Henman (GBR) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.

HALLE INTERNATIONAL MEET

Men’s Singles, Quarter finals (Friday) ? Kristof Vliegen (8, Bel) bt Florian Mayer (Ger) 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 Tommy Haas (6, Ger) bt Robin Soederling (Swe) 7-5, 6-4, Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Olivier Rochus (7, Bel) 6-7 (2), 7-6 (9), 7-6 (5) Tomas Berdych (5, Cze) bt Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 7-5 7-6 (3) Semi-finals (Saturday) ? Tomas Berdych (5, Cze) bt Kristof Vliegen (8, Bel) 6-3, 6-2 Roger Federer (1, Sui) bt Tommy Haas (6, Ger) 6-4, 6-7 (4), 6-3.

For the book

Argentine Cesar Monasterio won the St Omer Open on Sunday with a final round four-under-par 67 for a total 274. Monasterio, 42, claimed his first European Tour title by a stroke ahead of overnight leader Henrik Nystrom of Sweden and South African Martin Maritz.