SOCCER

English League Cup

Semi-final, first leg (Wednesday) - Derby County (II) 1 Manchester United 0

TENNIS

Brisbane International

Men's singles quarter final (Thursday)— Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) bt Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4; Fernando Verdasco (3, ESP) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 Women's singles quarter final — Victoria Azarenka (2, Belarus) bt Lucie Safarova (Cze) 7-6(5), 6-4

WTA Auckland Classic

Singles quarter final (Thursday) — Elena Dementieva (1, Rus) bt Shahar Peer (5, Isr) 6-3, 6-1; Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt Edina Gallovits (Rom) 6-3, 6-2

Qatar Open

Men's singles quarter final (Thursday) — Gael Monfils (5, Fra) bt Rafael Nadal (1, ESP) 6-4, 6-4; Andy Roddick (4, US) bt Victor Hanescu (Rom) 6-3, 6-2