SOCCER

English Carling Cup

Tuesday: Cardiff City 1 Burnley 0, Crystal Palace 2 Southampton 0, Aldershot Town 0 Manchester United 3, Arsenal 2 Bolton Wanderers 1

TENNIS

St Petersburg Open

Tuesday, first round: Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Pere Riba (Esp) 6-2 6-1, Michael Berrer (Ger) bt Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) 6-1 4-6 6-4, Marin Cilic (4, Cro) bt Sergei Bubka (Ukr) 6-4 7-6 (1), Alex Bogomolov Jr (7, US) bt Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) 6-3 6-1, Somdev Dev Varman (Ind) bt Karol Beck (Svk) 6-2 6-3

Vienna Open

Tuesday, first round: Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Esp) bt James Blake (US) 6-2 5-7 6-4, Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Albert Ramos (Esp) 6-1 6-4, Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (5, Arg) 6-7(3) 6-3 7-6(5), Philipp Petzschner (Ger) bt Pablo Andujar (Esp) 6-2 6-2, Fabio Fognini (8, Ita) bt Tommy Robredo (Esp) 7-6(7) 5-7 2-1 (Robredo retired), Daniel Brands (Ger) bt Martin Fischer (Aut) 6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(6)

WTA Championships

Wednesday, women’s singles, round robin, white group: Victoria Azarenka (4, Blr) bt Samantha Stosur (7, Aus) 6-2 6-2

Tuesday, white group: Samantha Stosur (7, Aus) bt Maria Sharapova (2, Rus) 6-1 7-5; red group: Caroline Wozniacki (1, Den) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (8, Pol) 5-7 6-2 6-4, Petra Kvitova (3, Cze) bt Vera Zvonareva (6, Rus) 6-2 6-4

Updated till 9 pm on Wednesday