TENNIS

Chennai ATP MEET

CHENNAI, Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) bt Harel Levy (Isr) 6-2, 6-2 l Tommy Robredo (Esp) bt Kenneth Carlsen (Den) 6-2, 6-2 l Jean-Rene Lisnard (Fra) bt Anthony Dupuis (Fra) 7-5, 6-3 l Igor Andreev (Rus) bt David Feffer (Esp) 6-2, 6-3 l Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): A Lopex Moron/Albert Portas (Esp) bt Prakash Amirtraj (Ind)/Stephen Amritraj (US) 6-4, 6-7 (6) 6-3 l Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram (Isr) bt Mahesh Bhupathi (Ind)/Dmitry Tursunov (Rus) 6-3, 6-1 l Mariusz Fyrstenberg/Marcin Matkowski (Pol) bt Devin Bowen/Paul Godsteirn (US) 6-1, 7-6 (3) l Thierry Ascione (Fra)/Jean-Rene bt Harel Levy (Isr)/Tom Vanhoudt (Bel)

AustraliaN Women’s Hardcourt Meet

GOLD COAST, (Quarter-finals): Nadia Petrova (2, Rus) bt Dinara Safina (Rus) 6-1, 6-4 l Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 7-6, (7-5), 6-4 l Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt Magui Serna (7, Esp) 7-6, (7-1), 7-5

AustraliaN Men’s Hardcourt Meet

ADELAIDE, Round II: Jarkko Nieminen (6, Fin) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Ita) 7-6, (7-2), 6-4 l Todd Reid (Aus) bt Raemon Sluiter (Ned) 6-3, 6-2 l Cyril Saulnier (Fra) bt Greg Rusedski (GBR) 6-2, 6-2

Qatar Open

DOHA, Round II: Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) bt Robin Soderling (Swe) 6-2, 6-4 l Sebastein Grosjean (4, Fra) bt Bohdan Ulihrach (Cze) 6-1, 6-4 l Nicolas Escude (Fra) bt Ivo Heuberger (Sui) 6-3, 6-2 l Sargis Sargsian (Arm) bt Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 l Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Andy Roddick (1, US) 6-3, 6-4 l Augustin Calleri (Arg) bt Hicham Arazi (Mor) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 l Lee Hyun-Taik (Kor) bt Stefan Koubek (Aus) 6-4, 6-4 l Tim Henman (7, GBR) bt Juan Igancio Chela (Arg) 6-3, 6-4

Hopman Cup

PERTH: Slovakia lead Australia 1-0 (Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Alicia Molik (Aus) 3-6, 0-3 retired) l Russia bt Czech Republic 2-1 (Marat Safin (Rus) bt Jiri Novak (Cze) 6-7, (4-7), 7-6, (8-6), 6-3 l Anastasia Myskina (Rus) bt Barbora Strycova (Cze) 6-3, 7-6, (7-0) l Novak/Strycova (Cze) bt Safin/Myskina (Rus) 6-3, 6-7 (1-7), 9-11

FOOTBALL

Premier League

LONDON, Manchester United 2 (Paul Scholes 24, Ruud van Nistelrooy 39) Bolton Wanderers 1 (Youri Djorkaeff 89) l Liverpool 1 (Bruno Cheyrou 33) Chelsea 0 l Everton 1 (Tomasz Radzinski 75) Arsenal 1 (Nwankwo Kanu 29) l Manchester City 1 (Robbie Fowler 39) Charlton Athletic 1 (Paolo Di Canio 84) l Middlesbrough 2 (Joseph-Desire Job 15, Szilard Nemeth 67) Fulham 1 (Barry Hayles 90) l Newcastle United 1 (Alan Shearer 4) Leeds United 0 l Southampton 0 Leicester City 0 l Tottenham Hotspur 4 (Stephane Dalmat 10, 24, Simon Davies 39, Robbie Keane 79) Birmingham City 1 (Robbie Savage 69) l Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 (Paul Butler 63, Alex Rae 72) Blackburn Rovers 2 (Andy Cole 14, Dwight Yorke 78)

King’s Cup

MADRID: Alaves 0 Valladolid 0 l Eibar 1 Real Madrid 1 l Malaga 0 Celta Vigo 1 l Valencia 2 Osasuna 2 l Real Zaragoza 3 Real Betis 1

HOCKEY

Azlan Shah Meet

KUALA LUMPUR: Germany 3 (Bjoern Michel 4, 44; Florian Kunz 7) India 1 (Sandeep Singh 19) l Pakistan 4 (Rehan Butt 14, 42; Nadeem Ahmed 39; Shabbir Hussain 68) South Korea 2 (Seong Jong Jo 35, Lee Jung Seon 43)

CHESS

Fide Rating Meet

MANGALORE, Round VII: Thejkumar M.S. (Kar) drew with Arvinda Shastry (Kar) l Preetham Sharma (S. Rly) bt Sridhar J. (TN) l Abdul Majeed (Ker) bt Vinoth Kumar (TN) l Anil Kumar (Ker) drew with Venprakash (TN) l Syed Anwar Shazuli (ICF) bt Muthu Alagappan (TN) l Santhanam (TN) bt Shankar A (S.Rly) l Premnath (TN) bt Pallavi Mayya (Kar) l Rajendra Kumar Sahu (Ori) bt Suraj M. (Kar) l Anotnio Viani D’Cuna (Kar) drew with Rajesh P. (TN) l A Haribalu (TN) bt Binu K Saritha (LIC).

For the Book

Tottenham Hotspur striker Frederic Kanoute can play for Mali at the African Nation's Cup after Fifa announced that he is eligible to represent his parent's country.