SOCCER

English League Cup

Round IV, Wednesday — Arsenal 2 Liverpool 1 Chelsea 4 Bolton Wanderers 0 Manchester City 5 Scunthorpe United (II) 1

Serie A

Wednesday — Bologna 2 Siena 1 Catania 1 Chievo Verona 2 Genoa 2 Fiorentina 1 Juventus 5 Sampdoria 1 Lazio 0 Cagliari 1 Livorno 1 Atalanta Bergamo 0 Napoli 2 AC Milan 2 Parma 2 Bari 0 Udinese 2 AS Roma 1

Spanish King’s Cup

Last 32, First Leg, Wednesday — CD Alcoyano (III) 0 Valencia 1 Celta Vigo (II) 2 Tenerife 1 Getafe 2 Espanyol 0 Hercules CF (II) 2 Almeria 1 Rayo Vallecano (II) 2 Athletic Bilbao 0 Real Murcia (II) 0 Deportivo Coruna 1 Real Zaragoza 1 Malaga 1 Xerez 1 Osasuna 2

TENNIS

Lyon International

Men’s singles, Round II, Wednesday — Florent Serra (Fra) bt Albert Montanes (8, Esp) 7-5, 6-3 Julien Benneteau (5, Fra) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 7-5, 6-2 Round I — Gilles Simon (2, Fra) bt Simone Bolelli (Ita) 7-6(5), 7-6(5) Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 4-6, 7-6(7), 7-6(2) Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Vincent Millot (Fra) 6-3, 6-2 Paul-Henri Mathieu (6, Fra) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 7-6(5), 6-2 Thursday — Marc Gicquel (Fra) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (6, Fra) 6-4, 6-0 Ivan Ljubicic (3, Cro) bt Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

St Petersburg Open

Men’s singles, Round II, Wednesday — Horacio Zeballos (8, Arg) bt Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr. (Ukr) 6-3, 6-1 Ernests Gulbis (Lat) bt Jeremy Chardy (4, Fra) 7-6(7), 6-3 Victor Hanescu (2, Rom) bt Illya Marchenko (Ukr) 6-3, 6-4 Bjoern Phau (Ger) bt Karol Beck (Svk) 6-4, 2-1 (Beck retired) Round I — Marat Safin (Rus) bt Richard Gasquet (Fra) 7-6(5), 6-4 Mikhail Youzhny (1, Rus) bt Andrey Golubev (Kaz) 6-3, 6-2 Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) bt Pablo Cuevas (7, Uru) 6-4, 6-3

Vienna Open

Men’s singles, Round II, Wednesday — Radek Stepanek (2, Cze) bt Frederico Gil (Por) 6-2, 6-3 Nicolas Almagro (5, Esp) bt Wayne Odesnik (US) 6-4, 6-4 Philipp Kohlschreiber (4, Ger) bt Victor Crivoi (Rom) 6-2, 3-0 (Crivoi retired) Round I — Daniel Koellerer (Aut) bt Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) 6-1, 6-2 Gael Monfils (3, Fra) bt Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Esp) 7-5, 6-4 Janko Tipsarevic (Srb) bt John Isner (8, US) 7-6(4), 6-4 Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Esp) 6-3, 6-4 Thursday — Marin Cilic (1, Cro) bt Daniel Brands (Ger) 7-6 (7), 6-4

WTA Championships

Doha: Women’s singles, round robin, Tuesday — White Group Victoria Azarenka (6, Blr) bt Jelena Jankovic (8, Srb) 6-2, 6-3 Wednesday — White Group Jelena Jankovic (8, Srb) bt Dinara Safina (1, Rus)1-1 (Safina retired) Caroline Wozniacki (4, Den) bt Victoria Azarenka (6, Blr) 1-6, 6-4, 7-5

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