SOCCER
African Nations Cup
Tuesday: Group C: Mozambique 2 Benin 2 Egypt 3 Nigeria 1
FA Cup
Tuesday: Round III — Bristol City (II) 1 Cardiff City (II) 1 Birmingham City 1 Nottingham Forest (II) 0 Sheffield United (II) 3 Queens Park Rangers (II) 2 Portsmouth 2 Coventry City (II) 1 AET Derby County (II) 1 Millwall (III) 1 (AET Derby win 5-3 on penalties)
French League Cup
Tuesday: Last 16 — Sedan (II) 1 Clermont (II) 0
Italian Cup
Tuesday: Last 16 — AS Roma 3 Triestina (II) 1
TENNIS
Auckland Open
Men’s singles, Round I, Wednesday — Arnaud Clement (Fra) bt David Ferrer (2, Esp) 7-5, 6-4 Juergen Melzer (6, Aut) bt Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-6(1) Marc Gicquel (Fra) bt Nicolas Almagro (4, Esp) 6-0, 6-3 John Isner (US) bt Juan Monaco (7, Arg) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 Michael Lammer (Sui) bt Juan Carlos Ferrero (3, Esp) 3-1 (Ferrero retired) Tommy Robredo (1, Esp) bt Simon Greul (Ger) 7-6(1), 7-6(2) Albert Montanes (8, Esp) bt Jose Statham (NZ) 7-6(6), 6-2 Philipp Kohlschreiber (5, Ger) bt Thomaz Bellucci (Bra) 6-4, 6-1
Hobart International
Women’s singles, Round II, Wednesday — Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) bt Aleksandra Wozniak (6, Can) 7-5, 6-2 Carla Suarez Navarro (5, Esp) bt Alicia Molik (Aus) 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-3 Sara Errani (Ita) bt Kateryna Bondarenko (3, Ukr) 7-6(8), 6-4 Shahar Peer (2, Isr) bt Jelena Dokic (Aus) 6-2, 6-2
Kooyong Classic
Melbourne: Round I, Wednesday — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fra) bt Robin Soderling (Swe) 7-6(0), 6-1 Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-2, 6-3 Juan Martin del Potro (Arg) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 6-3, 6-3
Sydney International
Wednesday: Men’s singles, Round II — Potito Starace (Ita) bt Daniel Gimeno-Traver (Esp) 6-3, 3-2 (Gimeno-Traver retired) Richard Gasquet (Fra) bt Benjamin Becker (8, Ger) 6-2, 7-6 (4) Mardy Fish (US) bt Evgeny Korolev (Rus) 6-1, 6-2 Leonardo Mayer (Arg) bt Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 6-4, 6-2 Marcos Baghdatis (Cyp) bt Viktor Troicki (6, Srb) 7-5, 6-3 Lleyton Hewitt (4, Aus) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-0, 6-2 Julien Benneteau (Fra) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (3, Sui) 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(2) Women’s singles, Quarter finals — Elena Dementieva (5, Rus) bt Dinara Safina (2, Rus) 6-2, 6-3 Serena Williams (1, US) bt Vera Dushevina (Rus) 6-2, 6-2 Victoria Azarenka (6, Blr) bt Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 Aravane Rezai (Fra) bt Flavia Pennetta (Ita) 6-3, 6-0
