SOCCER

English FA Cup

Round III (Tuesday) — Birmingham City (II) 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers (II) 2; Bristol City (II) 0 Portsmouth 2; Cheltenham Town (III) 0 Doncaster Rovers (II) 0; Crewe Alexandra (III) 2 Millwall (III) 3; Histon (ML) 1 Swansea City (II) 2; Leyton Orient (III) 1 Sheffield United (II) 4; Norwich City (II) 0 Charlton Athletic (II) 1; Peterborough United (III) 0 West Bromwich Albion 2; Burnley (II) 2 Queens Park Rangers (II) 1

Italian Cup

Tuesday — Inter Milan 3 Genoa 1

French League Cup

Quarter final (Tuesday) — Nice 1 Le Havre 0; Vannes (II) 1 Metz (II) 1, Vannes won 4-3 on penalties

TENNIS

Auckland Open

Men’s singles, Round II (Wednesday) — Philipp Kohlschreiber (5, Ger) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5); Robin Soderling (3, Swe) bt Bobby Reynolds (US) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; David Ferrer (2, ESP) bt Marc Gicquel (Fra) 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-4; Viktor Troicki (Ser) bt Juan Monaco (8, Arg) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; John Isner (US) bt Robby Ginepri (US) 6-4, 6-7(1), 7-6(5); Juan Martin del Potro (1, Arg) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; Nicolas Almagro (4, ESP) bt Lu Yen-hsun (Tai) 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-2; Sam Querrey (6, US) bt Gilles Muller (Lux) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4

Hobart International

Women’s singles, Quarter final (Wednesday) — Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 1-6, 7-5, 6-3; Virginie Razzano (Fra) bt Tsvetana Pironkova (Bul) 6-4, 6-1; Iveta Benesova (Cze) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-4, 6-4; Magdalena Rybarikova (Slo) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-0, 1-6, 7-6(7)

Sydney International

Men’s singles, Round II (Wednesday) — Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Gilles Simon (2, Fra) 6-4, 6-4; Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Igor Andreev (5, Rus) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Chris Guccione (Aus) 7-6(8), 6-3; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3, Fra) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 6-4, 6-1; David Nalbandian (4, Arg) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-1, 6-3; Mario Ancic (Cro) bt Tommy Robredo (7, ESP) 6-2, 6-1; Novak Djokovic (1, Ser) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (Fra) 6-1, 6-2; Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) bt Janko Tipsarevic (Ser) 7-5, 6-4