TENNIS
ATP/WTA KROGER ST JUDE MEET
MEMPHIS, first round: Men’s event l Brian Vahaly (US) bt Lars Burgsmuller (Ger) 6-3, 6-4 l Robby Ginepri (US) bt Sargis Sargsian (Arm) 6-3, 6-4 l Irakli Labadze (Geo) bt Jean-Rene Lisnard (Fra) 7-5, 6-4 l Eric Taino (US) bt Kenneth Carlsen (8, Den) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-4 l Mardy Fish (US) bt Julien Varlet (Fra) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 l Jeff Morrison (US) bt Wayne Ferreira (4, RSA) 7-5, 6-4 l Magnus Norman (Swe) bt Nikolay Davydenko (7, Rus) 4-6 retd. Women’s event l Amanda Coetzer (3, RSA) bt Angelika Roesch (Ger) 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 l Yoon Jeong Cho (S. Kor) bt Mashona Washington (US) 6-4, 6-4.
WTA DUBAI OPEN
DUBAI, first round: Francesa Schiavone (Ita) bt Tatiana Panova (Rus) 6-4, 6-0 l Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Rus) bt Adriana Serra Zanetti (Ita) 6-3, 6-0 l Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Iva Majoli (Cro) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.
ATP WORLD INDOOR TOURNAMENT
ROTTERDAM, first round: Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Mario Ancic (Cro) 6-7 (7-5), 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 l Sjeng Schalken (8, Ned) bt Christophe Rochus (Bel) 6-3, 6-3 l Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-2, 6-1 l Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Alex Corretja (7, Spa) 6-4, 6-0 l Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) bt Adrian Voinea (Rom) 6-4, 6-2.
BUENOS AIRES OPEN
BUENOS AIRES, first round: Edgardo Massa (Arg) bt Alberto Martin (Spa) 6-4, 6-4 l Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) bt Attila Savolt (Hun) 6-3, 6-4 l Franco Squillari (Arg) bt Andre Sa (Bra) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 l David Nalbandian (2, Arg) bt Fernando Vicente (Spa) 6-3, 7-5.
FOOTBALL
ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION
LONDON, Leicester 1 Portsmouth 1.