SOCCER

Champions League playoff

Round I, Wednesday: Basel (SUI) 1 Sheriff Tiraspol (Mol) 0 Braga (Por) 1 Sevilla (Esp) 0 Salzburg (Aut) 2 Hapoel Tel Aviv (Isrl) 3 Werder Bremen (Ger) 3 Sampdoria (Ita) 1 Partizan Belgrade (Srb) 2 Anderlecht (Bel) 2

TENNIS

Cincinnati Masters

Men’s singles, Round II, Wednesday:

Robin Soederling (5,Swe) bt Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 4-6 6-3 7-5 Roger Federer (3,SUI) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 5-2 (Istomin retired) Andy Murray (4,GBR) bt Jeremy Chardy (Fra) 6-3 6-7(3) 6-2 David Nalbandian (Arg) bt John Isner (US) 4-5 (Isner retired) Mardy Fish (US) bt Fernando Verdasco (8,Esp) 7-6(1) 7-6(4) Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Juergen Melzer (13,Aut) 6-7(8) 6-3 7-6(5) Rafael Nadal (1,Esp) bt Taylor Dent (US) 6-2 7-5 Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Alejandro Falla (Col) 6-0 1-6 6-3 Novak Djokovic (2,Srb) bt Viktor Troicki (Srb) 6-3 7-5 David Ferrer (10,Esp) bt Sam Querrey (US) 7-5 6-2 Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Michael Berrer (Ger) 6-4 6-2 Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 6-4 6-2

Montreal Cup

Women’s singles, Round II, Wednesday: Zheng Jie (Chi) bt Aravane Rezai (16,Fra) 5-7 7-6(6) 6-1 Kim Clijsters (5,Bel) bt Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) 4-6 6-4 6-3 Kaia Kanepi (Est) bt Sybille Bammer (Aut) 7-5 6-2 Agnes Szavay (Hun) bt Yanina Wickmayer (13,Bel) 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 Svetlana Kuznetsova (11,Rus) bt Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 7-6 6-4 Elena Dementieva (4,Rus) bt Klara Zakopalova (CZR) 6-2 6-4 Marion Bartoli (17,Fra) bt Kimiko Date Krumm (Jpn) walk over Victoria Azarenka (10,Blr) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-4 6-1 Francesca Schiavone (6,Ita) bt Ekaterina Makarova (Rus) 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2 Caroline Wozniacki (2,Den) bt Patty Schnyder (SUI) 7-5 7-5 Dinara Safina (Rus) bt Nadia Petrova (18,Rus) 7-5 4-6 6-4 Flavia Pennetta (15,Ita) bt Alisa Kleybanova (Rus) 6-3 6-3 Agnieszka Radwanska (7,Pol) bt Vania King (US) 6-0 6-3