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On This Day in Sport (09 July 2008):

1877: The first Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship was held. The only title being played for, the men's singles, was won by Spencer Gore who beat his fellow Briton WC Marshall 6-1 6-2 6-4.
1922: Johnny Weismuller, aged 18, became the first swimmer to cover 100 metres in under one minute when he set a new world record time of 58.6 seconds.
1954: Peter Thomson won the first of his five British Open golf titles, and the first of three in successive years.
1982: Ian Botham scored 200 runs in 219 balls against India at The Oval.
2003: Liverpool confirmed they had signed Australia international Harry Kewell from Leeds.
2006: Italy won the World Cup, beating France 5-3 on penalties after the teams were level 1-1 following extra-time in Berlin. France legend Zinedine Zidane had been sent off for headbutting Marco Materazzi.

Headlines (09 July) :

Blues to reject Inter bid for Lampard
Chelsea will reject Inter Milan's £7.95million bid for Frank Lampard.
Strauss out to return fire
Andrew Strauss hopes England can use the pace and hostility of South Africa's attack to their advantage as they attempt to end their dismal Lord's record in the opening npower Test.
Galliani: Arsenal willing to talk
AC Milan vice president Adriano Galliani claims Arsenal have written to him to say they are willing to discuss selling Emmanuel Adebayor.
Hatton plans Vegas return
Ricky Hatton looks set to switch the venue of his next fight from New York to Las Vegas - in order to save his army of fans some money.
Match-winner Malan credits bowlers
Middlesex's Twenty20 Cup hero Dawid Malan deflected the praise away from himself and credited the Crusaders' attack for helping the county reach their first finals day in the competition.
Benitez sorry to see Crouch go
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has admitted he wanted to keep Peter Crouch as the England striker prepares to complete his move to Portsmouth.
Ajax play down Huntelaar link
Ajax insist they have heard nothing from Arsenal concerning a possible bid for Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
IPL commitments could affect tour
Several Sri Lanka cricketers could boycott next year's tour of England due to Indian Premier League commitments.
Chambers bids to overturn ban
Athlete Dwain Chambers begins a race against time on Wednesday to try to clear the way for him to compete at next month's Olympic Games in Beijing.
Carew expecting Villa improvements
Striker John Carew is confident Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill will find a suitable replacement for wantaway captain Gareth Barry and "make the team even stronger" for next season.

International Results Roundup

Dateline 08 July 2008

CRICKET
Minor County Championship
Day Three Dean Park: Devon 287 and 276-8 (N Bettis 120) Dorset 185-8 declared Match drawn
Pontardulais: Berkshire 249-9 declared and second innings forfeit Wales first innings forfeit and 251-1 Wales won by nine wickets.
Truro: Cornwall 114 Herefordshire 115-3 Herefordshire won by seven wickets
Bridgnorth: Shropshire 239-7 declared (A Rehman 74 R J Foster 68) Wiltshire 176-4 Match drawn
Radlett: Hertfordshire v Norfolk match abandoned
Barrow: Bedfordshire 251 and 90-2 declared Cumberland 80 -3 declared and 257 (A Roberts 74 S Kirwin 69) Bedfordshire won by 4 runs
March: Lincolnshire 243 and 65 for no wicket Cambridgeshire 254 Match drawn
Stone: Northumberland 284-7 declared D N G Myers 84 Staffordshire 151-2 (B G Sims 70) Match Drawn
Twenty20 Cup - Quarter Final
The Brit Oval Middlesex 176-7 Innings Complete (D J Malan 103) v Lancashire 164-8 Innings Complete (A Flintoff 53) Middlesex beat Lancashire by 12 runs
Tour Match
Loughborough Bangladesh A 195-7 dec (Imrul Kayes 62, B W Sanderson 4-52) v England Under 19 142-6 England Under 19 drew with Bangladesh A
ATHLETICS
12th IAAF World Junior Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Men's
100m
Heat 1: 1 Antonio Sales (USA) 10.49secs, 2 Ho Tswi Chi (Hkg) 10.67, 3 Bernhard Chudarek (Aut) 10.70, 4 Philippos Spastris (Cyp) 10.72, 5 Philip Bjorna Berntsen (Nor) 10.74, 6 Izzet Safer (Tur) 10.90, 7 Angel Miret (And) 11.51, 8 Jesus T. Iguel (Nmi) 11.71, 9 Tim Natua (Kir) 11.88
Heat 2: 1 David Lescay (Cub) 10.47secs, 2 Vaclav Zich (Cze) 10.58, 3 Valerio Rosichini (Ita) 10.63, 4 Romain Burel (Fra) 10.66, 5 Roscoe Engel (Rsa) 10.72, 6 Alvaro Luis Cassiani (Ven) 10.77, 7 Zaibidi Ahmad (Mal) 10.96, 8 Bali Ram Chaudhary (Nep) 11.72 DQ: Tse-Ching Liang (Tpe)
Heat 3: 1 Terrell Wilks (USA) 10.28secs, 2 Li Loong Kang (Sin) 10.62, 3 Emmanouil Koutsouklakis (Gre) 10.68, 4 Edoardo Baini (Ita) 10.75, 5 Oskar Ahberg (Swe) 10.88, 6 Alonso Edward (Pan) 10.91, 7 Gordon Teokotai Heather (Cok) 11.57, 8 Bryan Brown (Crc) 12.12 DNS: Mortuza Mohamed Golam (Ban)
Heat 4: 1 Benjamin Olsson (Swe) 10.58secs, 2 Pascal Mancini (Swi) 10.58, 3 David Walters (ISV) 10.66, 4 Ufomba Chime (Ngr) 10.68, 5 Kendall Bacchus (Tri) 10.77, 6 Martin Lamy (Fra) 10.79, 7 Mosito Lehata (Les) 11.09, 8 Denvil Ruan (Aia) 11.43, 9 Ahmed Azneem (Mdv) 11.55
Heat 5: 1 David Ambler (Nzl) 10.58secs, 2 Kemar Hyman (Cay) 10.65, 3 Dexter Lee (Jam) 10.65, 4 Pavel Maslak (Cze) 10.75, 5 Weerawat Pharueang (Tha) 10.87, 6 Thomas Slowinski (Pyf) 11.42, 7 Emile Nisap (Van) 11.64 DQ: Matic Molicnik (Slo) DNS: Emmanuel Mupanduki (Zim)
Heat 6: 1 Tyrone Halstead (Can) 10.60secs, 2 Chun Ho Lai (Hkg) 10.60, 3 Yung-Chun Su (Tpe) 10.74, 4 Semih Sencer (Tur) 10.90, 5 Thamir Nasser Thani (Qat) 11.03, 6 Bartosz Wojciechowski (Pol) 11.14, 7 Sadio Diallo (Mli) 11.17, 8 Alfred Adison (Sol) 11.19
Heat 7: 1 Shehan Abeypitiyage (Sri) 10.68secs, 2 Aleksandr Shpaer (Rus) 10.77, 3 Genki Kawai (Jpn) 10.86, 4 Artur Zaczek (Pol) 10.86
Heat 8: 1 Yohan Blake (Jam) 10.56secs, 2 Miguel Lopez (Pue) 10.69, 3 Phillip Hayle (Can) 10.70, 4 Mhadjou Youssouf (Com) 10.72, 5 James Alaka (Gbr) 10.75
Heat 9: 1 Wilhelm van der Vyver (Rsa) 10.50secs, 2 Suwaibou Sanneh (Gam) 10.62, 3 Femi Owolade (Ngr) 10.89, 4 Yuichi Kobayashi (Jpn) 10.97, 5 Edi Sousa (Por) 11.00
400m
Heat 1: 1 Niklas Zender (Ger) 47.34secs, 2 Juan Lewis (Bah) 47.78, 3 Marcell Deak Nagy (Hun) 47.85, 4 Arkadiusz Wojno (Pol) 48.17, 5 Bacar Houmadi Jannot (Com) 48.38, 6 Alejandro Guerrero (Spa) 49.20, 7 Alessandro Pedrazzoli (Ita) 50.80 DQ: Victor Isaiah (Ngr) DNS: Nidhal Abbassi (Tun)
Heat 2: 1 Hideyuki Hirose (Jpn) 47.86secs, 2 Janis Leitis (Lat) 47.95, 3 Petros KiriakIdis (Gre) 48.24, 4 Darnell Greig (Tri) 48.42, 5 Yonas Al-Hosah (Ksa) 48.47, 6 Roman Starukh (Ukr) 48.90, 7 Juraj Mokras (Svk) 49.29, 8 Noah Akwu (Ngr) 49.45
Heat 3: 1 O'Neal Wilder (USA) 46.82secs, 2 Juan Carlos Vega (Pue) 48.03, 3 Curtis Kock (Aho) 48.21, 4 Kevin Williams (Jam) 48.42, 5 Denys Teslenko (Ukr) 48.49, 6 Marc Orozco (Spa) 48.61, 7 Tom Chouquet (Fra) 49.06, 8 Mavin Augustine (Dma) 52.08, 9 Peter Semper (Mnt) 54.87
Heat 4: 1 Kirani James (Grn) 46.53secs, 2 Tyler Daniel Harper (Can) 47.18, 3 Jordan McGrath (Gbr) 47.38, 4 Vladimir Krasnov (Rus) 47.73, 5 Domenico Fontana (Ita) 47.99, 6 Pascal Nabow (Ger) 48.06, 7 La'Sean Pickstock (Bah) 48.54, 8 Akino Ming (Jam) 49.08
Heat 5: 1 Brian Gregan (Irl) 47.32secs, 2 Silvester Kirwa Meli (Ken) 47.34, 3 Ismail M.H Al-Sabani (Ksa) 47.39, 4 Petr Vanek (Cze) 47.78, 5 Jakub Krzewina (Pol) 47.97, 6 Rasmus Brangstrup Olsen (Den) 48.46, 7 Hafidhou Attoumani (Fra) 48.56, 8 Fadi Ba-Hafs (Yem) 51.53
Heat 6: 1 Marcus Boyd (USA) 47.56secs, 2 Rondell (Bar)tholomew (Grn) 47.85, 3 Awadelkarim Elyas (Sud) 47.93, 4 Erik Voncina (Slo) 48.20, 5 Zoltan Kovacs (Hun) 48.25, 6 Endro Zilberstein (Geo) 48.58, 7 Jose Antonio Flores (Mex) 49.36, 8 Isoa Me (Fij) 49.40, 9 Man Hou Wong (Mac) 54.57
Heat 7: 1 Kurt Mulcahy (Aus) 47.35secs, 2 Nigel Levine (Gbr) 47.38, 3 Zwede Hewitt (Tri) 47.45, 4 Mauritz Kashagen (Nor) 47.75, 5 Bereket Desta (Eth) 47.80, 6 Akihiro Urano (Jpn) 48.07, 7 Arnaud Froidmont (Bel) 48.47, 8 Fabian Norgrove (Bar) 49.10
Discus Throw 1.750kg
Group A: 1 Mikhail Dvornikov (Rus) 58.53m, 2 Victor Hogan (Rsa) 58.18, 3 Andrius Gudzius (Ltu) 57.32, 4 Mateusz Suchocki (Pol), 5 Fredrik Amundgard (Nor) 55.33, 6 Johnny Karlsson (Swe) 53.62, 7 Eduardo Albertazzi (Ita) 53.06, 8 Curtis Griffith-Parker (Gbr) 52.64, 9 Andrew Peska (Aus) 52.29, 10 Claudiu Rusu (Rom) 52.18, 11 Jeremy Baillard (Fra) 51.00, 12 Daniel Jasinski (Ger) 50.36, 13 Yeoryios Tremos (Gre) 50.24, 14 Mario Cota (Mex) 49.43, 15 Geoffrey Tabor (USA) 49.22, 16 George Bedoshvili (Geo) 48.91
Group B: 1 Mykyta Nesterenko (Ukr) 61.77m, 2 Marin Premeru (Cro) 59.29, 3 Gordon Wolf (Ger) 58.60, 4 Alain Moreno (Mex) 56.19, 5 Hamed Mansor (Syr) 55.17, 6 Tibor Petrovszki (Hun) 54.74, 7 Pyry Niskala (Fin) 53.04, 8 Andrew Welch (Aus) 52.88, 9 Priidu Niit (Est) 51.88, 10 Quincy Wilson (Tri) 51.67, 11 Robert Tracz (Pol) 51.49, 12 Brian Bishop (USA) 51.22, 13 Magnus Rosholm Berntsen (Nor) 48.75, 14 Andrei Gag (Rom) 46.98 NM: Brett Morse (Gbr)
Shot Put 6kg
Qualification
Group A: 1 Aleksandr Bulanov (Rus) 19.61m, 2 Simon Gustafsson (Swe) 19.27, 3 Przemyslaw Krawczak (Pol) 19.24, 4 Hendrik Muller (Ger) 18.75, 5 Siarhei Bakhar (Blr) 18.67, 6 Petr Novotny (Cze) 18.60, 7 Grigoriy Kamulya (Uzb) 18.35, 8 Dmytro Savytskyy (Ukr) 18.31, 9 Eric Plummer (USA) 18.29, 10 Orazio Cremona (Rsa) 18.28, 11 Arturas Gurklys (Ltu) 18.10, 12 Jamie Stevenson (Gbr) 17.69, 13 Henri Pakisjarvi (Fin) 17.69, 14 Mario Cota (Mex) 17.68, 15 Jasdeep Singh Dhillon (Ind) 17.57, 16 Alberto Sortino (Ita) 17.31, 17 Colin Quirke (Irl) 17.28, 18 MatIas Lopez (Chi) 15.89
Group B: 1 David Storl (Ger) 19.88m, 2 Emanuele Fuamatu (Aus) 19.28, 3 Stanislav Seheda (Ukr) 18.95, 4 Sylwester Zielinski (Pol) 18.70, 5 Marin Premeru (Cro) 18.57, 6 Milos Markovic (Ser) 18.56, 7 Rosen Karamfilov (Bul) 18.50, 8 Daniel Block (USA) 18.38, 9 Aliaksandr Salabuta (Blr) 18.32
Long Jump
Qualification
Group A: 1 Marquise Goodwin (USA) 7.60m, 2 Roni Ollikainen (Fin) 7.38, 3 Tarik Batchelor (Jam) 7.36, 4 Stefan Brits (Rsa) 7.32, 5 Julian Howard (Ger) 7.30, 6 Il Yun (Kor) 7.23, 7 Eddy Florian (Dom) 7.22, 8 Soshi Arita (Jpn) 7.19, 9 Alvaro Munguia (Spa) 7.17, 10 William Barrionuevo (Bra) 7.15, 11 Guillaume Victorin (Fra) 7.08, 12 Gregory Bianchi (Swi) 7.02, 13 Gadi Okhayon (Isr) 6.93, 14 Zachariasz Derezinski (Pol) 6.87, 15 Ming-En Wang (Tpe) 6.85 NM: Lenyn Kish Leonce (Lca)
Group B: 1 Eusebio Caceres (Spa) 7.77m, 2 Christian Taylor (USA) 7.68, 3 Dzmitry Astrouski (Blr) 7.56, 4 Daniel Ecseki (Hun) 7.55, 5 Jhamal Bowen (Pan) 7.48, 6 Mubarak Jasser Al-Jaseer (Ksa) 7.48, 7 Marcos Chuva (Por) 7.39, 8 Dino Pervan (Cro) 7.25, 9 Artak Hambardzumyan (Arm) 7.15, 10 Carlos Roberto de Moraes Jr (Bra) 7.11, 11 Riaan Arends (Rsa) 6.99, 12 Yinon Israeli (Isr) 6.99, 13 Sheryf El-Sheryf (Ukr) 6.94, 14 Tomasz Dula (Pol) 6.89 DNS: Alaeddine Ben Hassine (Tun), Mario Kral (Ger)
100m
Semi-final
Heat 1: 1 Terrell Wilks (USA) 10.37secs, 2 Benjamin Olsson (Swe) 10.57, 3 David Ambler (Nzl) 10.63, 4 Chun Ho Lai (Hkg) 10.67, 5 Ufomba Chime (Ngr) 10.73, 6 Valerio Rosichini (Ita) 10.75, 7 Li Loong Kang (Sin) 10.75, 8 Aleksandr Shpaer (Rus) 10.78
Heat 2: 1 Wilhelm van der Vyver (Rsa) 10.38secs, 2 Dexter Lee (Jam) 10.42, 3 Kemar Hyman (Cay) 10.57, 4 Shehan Abeypitiyage (Sri) 10.59, 5 Vaclav Zich (Cze) 10.63, 6 Ho Tsui Chi (Hkg) 10.74, 7 Romain Burel (Fra) 10.82 DQ: Antonio Sales (USA)
Heat 3: 1 Yohan Blake (Jam) 10.42secs, 2 David Lescay (Cub) 10.59, 3 Tyrone Halstead (Can) 10.65, 4 Emmanouil Koutsouklakis (Gre) 10.66, 5 Pascal Mancini (Swi) 10.67, 6 David Walters (Isv) 10.74, 7 Suwaibou Sanneh (Gam) 10.75, 8 Miguel Lopez (Pue) 10.75
800m
Heat 1: 1 Abubaker Kaki Khamis (Sud) 1min 50.92secs, 2 Shiferaw Wola (Eth) 1:50.96, 3 Martin Hrstka (Cze) 1:51.57, 4 Mohamed Saykouk (Mar) 01:51.8, 5 Johan Svensson (Swe) 01:52.6, 6 Bilal Gagui (Alg) 01:53.0, 7 Alessandro Schiavone (Swi) 01:53.1, 8 Julio Alfonso Perez (Per) 01:54.6 DNS: Severin Sahinkuye (Bdi)
Heat 2: 1 Felix Martine Konchellah (Ken) 1min 51.72secs, 2 Rick Ward (Gbr) 1:51.73, 3 Henok Tesfaye (Eth) 1:51.92, 4 Jost Kozan (Slo) 01:52.3, 5 Benjamin Herriau (Fra) 01:52.4, 6 Raaghid Fredericks (Rsa) 01:52.6, 7 Cihat Ulus (Tur) 01:52.7, 8 Donte Holmes (USA) 01:52.9
Heat 3: 1 Adam Kszczot (Pol) 1min 51.80secs, 2 Robin Rohlen (Swe) 1:52.04, 3 Sebastian Keiner (Ger) 1:52.22, 4 Artem Kazban (Ukr) 01:53.2, 5 Jerome Kahia (Bel) 01:53.3, 6 Chris Smith (Gbr) 01:53.4, 7 Rafith Rodriguez (Col) 01:53.7, 8 Gavyn Nero (Tri) 02:06.8
Heat 4: 1 Giordano Benedetti (Ita) 1min 49.71secs, 2 Jan van den Broeck (Bel) 1:49.72, 3 Diomar de Souza (Bra) 1:49.77, 4 Geoffrey Kibet (Ken) 1:49.81, 5 Oriol Bonet (Spa) 1:51.71, 6 Daniel Kallay (Hun) 01:53.0, 7 Jae-yeol Kim (Kor) 01:53.5, 8 Tilek Bekenbaev (Kgz) 01:59.9,
Heat 5: 1 Amine El Manaoui (Mar) 1min 50.96secs, 2 Kevin Lopez (Spa) 1:51.08, 3 Ewen Sabatier (Fra) 1:51.44, 4 Andre Olivier (Rsa) 1:51.45, 5 Ali Al-Deraan (Ksa) 1:51.55, 6 Ronny Heck (Ger) 01:51.8, 7 Fabio Goncalves (Por) 01:52.6, 8 Emrah Coban (Tur) 01:54.4
Heat 6: 1 Aleksandr Sheplyakov (Rus) 1min 50.16secs, 2 Tayron Reyes (Dom) 1:50.18, 3 James Kaan (Aus) 1:50.28, 4 Olivier Collin (Can) 1:50.42, 5 Elijah Greer (USA) 1:50.73, 6 Wojciech Jarosz (Pol) 01:52.3, 7 Farhan Ahmad (Pak) 01:56.5, 8 Salifou Oumarou (Nig) 01:56.8
1500m
Heat 1: 1 Imad Touil (Alg) 3mins 48.86secs, 2 Evan Jager (USA) 3:49.23, 3 Florian Carvalho de Fonsesco (Fra) 3:49.35, 4 Osman Yahya (Sud) 03:49.4, 5 James Shane (Gbr) 03:49.7, 6 Ivan Tukhtachev (Rus) 03:50.4, 7 Richard Ringer (Ger) 03:50.8, 8 Craig Huffer (Aus) 03:50.9, 9 Dawit Wolde (Eth) 03:51.4, 10 Kamil Zielinski (Pol) 03:55.5, 11 Victor Corrales (Spa) 03:58.3, 12 San Naing San Naing (Mya) 04:18.9
Heat 2: 1 Abdelmadjed Touil (Alg) 3mins 53.89secs, 2 Fredrick Musyoki Ndunge (Ken) 3:54.18, 3 Demma Daba (Eth) 3:54.64, 4 Mehdi Yazidi (Fra) 03:54.7, 5 Duncan Phillips (USA) 03:55.8, 6 Szymon Sznura (Pol) 03:56.2, 7 Emad Noor (Ksa) 03:57.5, 8 Derlys Ayala (Par) 03:58.6, 9 Thomas Morrison (Can) 04:01.9, 10 Kemoy Campbell (Jam) 04:02.8, 11 Nkosinathi Zwane (Swa) 04:05.2, 12 Antoine Berlin (Mon) 04:07.1 DNS: Hamza Ben Salah (Tun)
Heat 3: 1 James Kiplagat Magut (Ken) 3mins 46.41secs, 2 Taha Belkorchi (Mar) 3:46.79, 3 Ryan Gregson (Aus) 3:46.82, 4 Dumisane Hlaselo (Rsa) 3:47.35, 5 David Forrester (Gbr) 3:47.64, 6 Mario Scapini (Ita) 3:47.71, 7 David Bustos (Spa) 03:48.5, 8 Nemanja Cerovac (Ser) 03:49.0, 9 Matthew Leeder (Can) 03:49.6, 10 Moses Kibet (Uga) 03:50.8, 11 Maxime Zermatten (Swi) 03:51.8, 12 Florian Orth (Ger) 03:55.5
Shot Put (6kg)
Final: 1 David Storl (Ger) 21.08m, 2 Aleksandr Bulanov (Rus) 20.14, 3 Marin Premeru (Cro) 19.93, 4 Przemyslaw Krawczak (Pol) 19.85, 5 Stanislav Seheda (Ukr) 19.8, 6 Simon Gustafsson (Swe) 19.39, 7 Petr Novotny (Cze) 19.21, 8 Hendrik Mller (Ger) 19.11, 9 Emanuele Fuamatu (Aus) 19.11, 10 Sylwester Zielinski (Pol) 18.77, 11 Siarhei Bakhar (Blr) 18.69, 12 MiloS Markovic (Ser) 18.42
Women's
100m Semi-final
Heat 1: 1 Sheniqua Ferguson (Bah) 11.56secs,a Williams (SKN) 11.99
Heat 2: 1 Ashlee Nelson (Gbr) 11.43secs, 2 Meritzer Williams (SKN) 11.58, 3 Agnes Osazuwa (Ngr) 11.68, 4 Janelle Redhead (Grn) 11.71, 5 Jasmin Kwadwo (Ger) 11.75, 6 Barbara Leoncio (Bra) 11.76, 7 Jamile Samuel (Ned) 11.79, 8 Maja Mihalinec (Slo) 11.81
Heat 3: 1 Jeneba Tarmoh (USA) 11.38secs, 2 Rosangela Santos (Bra) 11.51, 3 Andreea Ograzeanu (Rou) 11.54, 4 Mariya Serkova (Rus) 11.60, 5 Elaine O'Neill (Gbr) 11.75, 6 Kaycea Jones (Jam) 11.86, 7 Loreanne Kuhurima (Ned) 11.94, 8 Nombulelo Constance Mkenku (Rsa) 12.13
800m
Heat 1: 1 Elena Mirela Lavric (Rou) 2mins 09.68secs, 2 Winny Chebet (Ken) 2:09.92, 3 Stefanie Barmet (Swi) 2:10.06, 4 Natalija Piliusina (Ltu) 2:10.39, 5 Eleni Theodorakopoulou (Gre) 02:10.8, 6 Olha Bibik (Ukr) 02:10.8, 7 Jessica Smith (Can) 02:11.3, 8 Meliha Erdogan (Tur) 02:15.3, 9 Kim Baglietto (Gib) 02:21.1
Heat 2: 1 Amina Bakhit (Sud) 2mins 08.16secs, 2 Djeneba Camara (Fra) 2:08.26, 3 Alison Leonard (Gbr) 2:08.26, 4 Katarina Zarudnaya (Rus) 2:08.27, 5 Anne Kesselring (Ger) 2:08.33, 6 Tintu Luka (Ind) 2:09.20, 7 Sianne Toemoe (Aus) 02:09.5, 8 Ciara Everard (Irl) 02:09.9, 9 Camilla Dencer (USA) 02:10.3
Heat 3: 1 Sofia Oberg (Swe) 2mins 08.16secs, 2 Machteld Anna Mulder (Ned) 2:09.10, 3 Khadija Afaryat (Mar) 2:09.34, 4 Bindhu Simon Rajam (Ind) 2:09.51, 5 Natoya Goule (Jam) 02:09.6, 6 Madina Kadir (Eth) 02:10.1, 7 Heidi Pappila (Fin) 02:11.2, 8 Alicja Benedyk (Pol) 02:11.9 DNF: Rana Masood (Ple)
Heat 4: 1 Merve Aydin (Tur) 2mins 06.89secs, 2 Trychelle Kingdom (Aus) 2:07.77, 3 Ekaterina Zavyalova (Rus) 2:07.77, 4 Angela Smit (Nzl) 2:08.15, 5 Jessica Zeidler (Ger) 2:08.83, 6 Ruriko Kubo (Jpn) 02:09.7, 7 Caster Semenya (Rsa) 02:12.0, 8 Sarah McCurdy (USA) 02:12.7, 9 Ehssan Arbab (Sud) 02:13.2
Heat 5: 1 Jessica Parry (Can) 2mins 08.20secs, 2 Volha Rulevich (Blr) 2:08.49, 3 Juana Ivis Mendez (Cub) 2:08.60, 4 Lynsey Sharp (Gbr) 2:08.80, 5 Grace Mbuthye Kimanzi (Ken) 2:09.23, 6 Florina Pierdevara (Rou) 02:09.6, 7 Sheto Wencha (Eth) 02:12.1, 8 Marina Puhach (Ukr) 02:12.4, 9 Magdalena Stankiewicz (Pol) 02:15.0
5000m
Final: 1 Sule Utura (Eth) 16mins 15.6secs, 2 Genzebe Dibaba (Eth) 16:16.7, 3 Nelly Chebet (Ken) 16:18.0, 4 Lucia Kamene Muangi (Ken) 16:25.0, 5 Kasumi Nishihara (Jpn) 16:33.3, 6 Olha Skrypak (Ukr) 16:36.5, 7 Kendra Schaaf (Can) 16:37.8, 8 Emily Pidgeon (Gbr) 16:41.3, 9 Nanako Hayashi (Jpn) 16:41.7, 10 Sung-eun Kim (Kor) 16:42.2, 11 Catherine White (USA) 16:48.7, 12 Ashley Higginson (USA) 17:19.5
High Jump
Group A: 1 Hannelore Desmet (Bel) 1.81m, 1 Zoe Timmers (Aus) 1.81, 3 Esthera Petre (Rou) 1.81, 4 Burcu Ayhan (Tur) 1.81, 5 Pamela Hughes (Irl) 1.78, 6 Ellen Bjorklund (Swe) 1.78, 7 Anja Saumweber (Ger) 1.78, 8 Mariya Nestsiarchuk (Blr) 1.78, 8 Ana Simic (Cro) 1.78, 8 Ekaterina Bolshakova (Rus) 1.78, 11 Michalina Kwasniewska (Pol) 1.74, 12 Jessica Merriweather (USA) 1.74, 13 Tonje Angelsen (Nor) 1.7, 14 Barbara Szabo (Hun) 1.65, 14 Ilva Bikanova (Lat) 1.65 NM: Marcoleen Pretorius (Rsa) DNS: Misha-Gaye DaCosta (Jam)
Group B: 1 Kimberly Jess (Ger) 1.81m, 2 Natalya Mamlina (Rus) 1.81, 2 Shanay Briscoe (USA) 1.81, 4 Mirela Demireva (Bul) 1.81, 5 Esther van der Lijcke (Ned) 1.78, 6 Lesyani Mayor (Cub) 1.78, 7 Martyna Bielawska (Pol) 1.78, 8 Ezgi Sevilmis (Tur) 1.78, 8 Marija Vukovic (Mne) 1.78, 10 Dimitra Naziri (Gre) 1.74, 10 Holly Parent (Can) 1.74, 12 Airine Palsyte (Ltu) 1.74, 13 Victoria Dronsfield (Swe) 1.74, 14 Marina Schneider (Aut) 1.74, 14 Magdalena Nova (Cze) 1.74, 16 Klara abelova (Svk) 1.7, 17 Elena Vallortigara (Ita) 1.65
Javelin Throw
Gropup A: 1 Nikola Ogrodnikova (Cze) 54.48m, 2 Tatjana Jelaca (Ser) 52.05, 3 Tazmin Brits (Rsa) 51.69, 4 Li Zhang (Chn) 51.38, 5 Anna Wessman (Swe) 51.38, 6 Karolina Mor (Pol) 50.53, 7 Karlee McQuillen (USA) 49.77, 8 Kate Shierlaw (Aus) 47.98, 9 Oona Sormunen (Fin) 46.32, 10 Maria Paz Rios (Chi) 44.89, 11 Eliza Toader (Rou) 44.41, 12 Pei-Lien Chiu (Tpe) 44.06, 13 Ziva Klarer Rebec (Slo) 43.95, 14 Kateryna Retiva (Ukr) 42.95
Group B: 1 Vira Rebryk (Ukr) 58.66m, 2 Jelena Jaakkola (Fin) 54.30, 3 Lingwei Li (Chn) 52.90, 4 Jucilene de Lima (Bra) 51.55, 5 Jannis Ramirez (Nca) 51.43, 6 Anastasiya Svechnikova (Uzb) 51.17, 7 Ina Cathrin Kartum (Nor) 50.98, 8 Matilde Andraud (Fra) 49, 9 Tatsiana Khaladovich (Blr) 48.33, 10 Valentina Croitori (Mda) 46.87, 11 Barbora Svozilova (Cze) 46, 12 Aleksandra Erkic (Slo) 45.77, 13 Sarah Noh (Ger) 45.73, 14 Laura MacAuley (Can) 43.45
Triple Jump
Group A: 1 Josleidy Ribalta (Cub) 13.61m, 2 Paraskevi Papahristou (Gre) 13.31, 3 Alisa Vlasova (Rus) 13.19, 4 Maja Bratkic (Slo) 13.16, 5 Keshia Willix (Fra) 13.16, 6 Maike Nieklauson (Ger) 13.10, 7 Federica De Santis (Ita) 12.97, 8 Anna Jagaciak (Pol) 12.97, 9 Liane Pintsaar (Est) 12.82, 10 Aneliya Angelova (Bul) 12.79, 11 Mia Haave (Nor) 12.72, 12 Qian Hu (Chn) 12.66, 13 Madara Apine (Lat) 12.4, 14 Cristina Sandu (Rou) 12.3
Group B: 1 Dailenys Alcantara (Cub) 13.60m, 2 Carmen Toma (Rou) 13.41, 3 Hanna Knyazyeva (Ukr) 13.32, 4 Yanmei Li (Chn) 13.25, 5 Jenny Elbe (Ger) 13.16, 6 Mathilde Boateng (Fra) 13.12, 7 Lyudmila Grankovskaya (Kaz) 12.85, 8 Eleonora D'Elicio (Ita) 12.8, 9 Antoaneta Petkova (Bul) 12.79, 10 Yana Borodina (Rus) 12.51, 11 Valeriya Kanatova (Uzb) 12.37, 12 Ecaterina Malihina (Mda) 12.36, 13 Vashti Thomas (USA) 12.1 NM: Inger Anne Froysedal (Nor), 15 Ti'Ara Walpool (USA) 12.11
100m
Heats 1: 1 Ashlee Nelson (Gbr) 11.55secs, 2 Andreea Ograzeanu (Rom) 11.85, 3 Niamh Whelan (Irl) 11.96, 4 Anne Zagre (Bel) 11.98, 5 Weronika Wedler (Pol) 12.02, 6 Isabelle Eurenius (Swe) 12.19, 7 Ekaterina Filatova (Rus) 12.28, 8 Alba Obesso (Spa) 12.31
Heat 2: 1 Jeneba Tarmoh (USA) 11.56secs, 2 BarBara Leoncio (Bra) 11.80, 3 Loreanne Kuhurima (Ned) 11.83, 4 Cornnelly Calydon (Fra) 11.98, 5 Estela Garcia (Spa) 12.03, 6 Jasmin Showlah (Fin) 12.08, 7 Olga Bludova (Kaz) 12.57, 8 Dana Thoma (Nru) 13.80, 9 Tahmina Kohistani (Afg) 15.00
Heat 3: 1 Elaine O'Neill (Gbr) 12.00secs, 2 Tameka Williams (SKN) 12.10, 3 Nelcy Caicedo (Col) 12.12, 4 Elizaveta Bryzhina (Ukr) 12.21, 5 Susan Akene (Ngr) 12.35, 6 Alja S(Ita)r (Slo) 12.38, 7 Osiris Morales (Pur) 12.43, 8 Kirsten Nieuwendam (Sur) 12.76
Heat 4: 1 Janelle Redhead (Grn) 11.76secs, 2 Meritzer Williams (SKN) 11.76, 3 Rosangela Santos (Bra) 11.78, 4 Tameka Rawlins (Bar) 12.10, 5 Chantal Grant (Can) 12.20, 6 Viktorya Pyatachenko (Ukr) 12.26, 7 Vanina Nguen (Bul) 12.35, 8 Ivana Rozhman (Mkd) 12.96
Heat 5: 1 Sheniqua Ferguson (Bah) 11.59secs, 2 Melissa Breen (Aus) 11.66, 3 Maja Mihalinec (Slo) 11.72, 4 Shawna Anderson (Jam) 11.83, 5 Folake Akinyemi (Nor) 11.87, 6 Allison Peter (Isv) 12.16, 7 Jenna Jokela (Fin) 12.20 DNS: Tamla Pietersen (Zim)
Heat 6: 1 Agnes Osazuwa (Ngr) 11.68secs, 2 Emilie Gaydu (Fra) 11.69, 3 Jamile Samuel (Ned) 11.80, 4 Kaycea Jones (Jam) 11.89, 5 Sergine Kouanga (Cmr) 11.94, 6 Asuka Terada (Jpn) 12.53, 7 Kai Selvon (Tri) 12.56 DQ: Souheir Bouali (Alg)
Heat 7: 1 Mariya Serkova (Rus) 11.63secs, 2 Gabriela Laleva (Bul) 11.85, 3 Nadja Bahl (Ger) 11.97, 4 Martina Balboni (Ita) 12.01, 5 Jintara Seangdee (Tha) 12.03, 6 Joan Healy (Irl) 12.05, 7 Ewa Zarebska (Pol) 12.09, 8 Hau-Sze Leung (Hkg) 12.76
Heat 8: 1 Shayla Mahan USA 11.61secs, 2 Nombulelo Constance Mkenku (Rsa) 11.69, 3 Jasmin Kwadwo (Ger) 11.90, 4 Ilenia Draisci (Ita) 12.02, 5 Caroline Lundahl (Swe) 12.05, 6 Tia Rolle (Bah) 12.29, 7 Wen-Wen Lin (Tpe) 12.33, 8 Yelena Ryabova (Tkm) 13.22, 9 Shirley Vunatup (Png) 13.58
400m
Heat 1: 1 Yuliya Baraley (Ukr) 54.61secs, 2 Lanie Whittaker (USA) 54.74, 3 Moa Hjelmer (Swe) 55.32, 4 Mara Weekes (Bar) 55.34, 5 Antonique Campbell (Jam) 56.27, 6 Alexandra Stukova (Svk) 56.33, 7 Joceline Monteiro (Por) 56.57, 8 Martina Xuereb (Mlt) 56.84
Heat 2: 1 Folashade Abugan (Ngr) 53.71secs, 2 Fabienne Kohlmann (Ger) 53.85, 3 Natalia Zsigovics (Hun) 54.67, 4 Karla Duenas (Mex) 54.90, 5 Josefin Magnusson (Swe) 54.93, 6 Olha Zemlyak (Ukr) 55.12, 7 Mihaela Nunu (Rom) 56.01
Heat 3: 1 Racheal Nachula (Zam) 52.65secs, 2 Susana A. Clement (Cub) 53.85, 3 Berenice Manimba (Fra) 54.16, 4 Aleksandra Zaytseva (Rus) 54.38, 5 Latoya McDermott (Jam) 54.62, 6 Alyssa Johnson (Can) 55.66, 7 Julia Muller-Foell (Ger) 55.99, 8 Francesca Xuereb (Mlt) 56.33
Heat 4: 1 Jessica Beard (USA) 53.65secs, 2 Olesea Cojuhari (Mda) 54.56, 3 Meliz Redif (Tur) 54.91, 4 Natalie Geiger (Can) 55.13, 5 Valeria Palacios (Mex) 56.07, 6 Benedicte Hauge (Nor) 56.08, 7 Tai-Ting Yen (Tpe) 57.52, 8 Poovamma Raju Machettira (Ind) 57.94
Heat 5: 1 Angeline Blackburn (Aus) 53.82secs, 2 Britany St.Louis (Tri) 54.67, 3 Liliya Gafiyatullina (Rus) 54.95, 4 Chantel Malone (Ivb) 55.38, 5 Floria Guei (Fra) 55.74, 6 Florina Rusu (Rom) 57.12, 7 Oslyn Collins (Guy) 1:01.20 DQ: Rania Alqebali (Jor)
3000m
Steeplechase: 1 Elizabeth Mueni (Ken) 10mins 07.47secs, 2 Korahubish Itaa (Eth) 10:08.15, 3 Polina Jelizarova (Lat) 10:10.39, 4 Aleksandra Kudryashova (Rus) 10:11.82, 5 Gulcan Mingir (Tur) 10:15.67, 6 Lucie Sekanova (Cze) 10:22.18, 7 Valeria Roffino (Ita) 10:23.72, 8 Jessica Furlan (Can) 10:23.88, 9 Rebecca Wade (USA) 10:24.14, 10 Julia Kick (Ger) 10:34.83, 11 Ecaterina Gheorghiu (Rom) 10:41.46, 12 Monika Korra (Nor) 10:42.94, 13 Sarah Hattab (Alg) 10:46.63, 14 Iris Anna Skuladottir (Isl) 10:50.45, 15 Tara Jameson (Irl) 10:57.47
Heat 2: 1 Christine Kambua Muyanga (Ken) 9mins 59.88secs, 2 Halima Hassen (Eth) 10:00.27, 3 Sandra Eriksson (Fin) 10:17.92, 4 Mariya Shatalova (Ukr) 10:19.20, 5 Martina Barinova (Cze) 10:30.61, 6 Elizabeth Graney (USA) 10:37.96, 7 Chantelle Groenewoud (Can) 10:38.68, 8 Klara Bodinsson (Swe) 10:41.62, 9 Renata Krasnova (Rus) 10:43.71, 10 Sarah Mcsweeney (Nzl) 10:44.07, 11 Carla Salome Rocha (Por) 10:49.19, 12 Diana Sujew (Ger) 10:50.87, 13 Liliana Wodkowska (Pol) 10:54.06, 14 Marina Podkorytova (Kaz) 11:04.56 DNF: Mathilde Carrez (Fra)
Hammer Throw - Qualification
Group A: 1 Ariannis Vichy (Cub) 62.23m, 2 Sophie Hitchon (Gbr) 59.57, 3 Barbara Spiler (Slo) 59.48, 4 Andriana Papadopoulou-Fatala (Gre) 59.42, 5 Carolin Paesler (Ger) 58.46, 6 Alina Kastrova (Blr) 58.32, 7 Katerina Safrankova (Cze) 58.07, 8 Eszter Nemeth (Hun) 57.79, 9 Trude Raad (Nor) 57.67, 10 Karina Frolova (Rus) 56.80, 11 Dagmara Stala (Pol) 54.45, 12 D'Ana McCarty (USA) 53.97, 13 Tatiana Massamba (Fra) 52.76, 14 Erica Ekholm (Fin) 52.06
Group B: 1 Bianca Perie (Rom) 61.10m, 2 Natallia Shayunova (Blr) 58.64, 3 Gabi Wolfarth (Ger) 58.50, 4 Jenny Ozorai (Hun) 57.95, 5 Tereza Kralova (Cze) 57.82, 6 Jessika Guehaseim (Fra) 57.53, 7 Jonna Miettinen (Fin) 54.68, 8 Joanna Fiodorow (Pol) 54.36, 9 Pasa Sehic (Bih) 54.29, 10 Jae-young Lee (Kor) 53.26, 11 Rana Taha Ibrahim (Egy) 53.02, 12 Galina Mityaeva (Tjk) 52.57, 13 Halyna Kaplun (Ukr) 52.22 NM: Lauren Chambers (USA)
CYCLING
Tour de France, Cholet, France
Leading final positions after stage 4 (Cholet - Cholet (ITT), 29.5km): 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35mins 44secs, 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at 0.18, 3 David Millar (Gbr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at same time, 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto at 0.27, 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 0.33, 6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at 0.34, 7 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 0.35, 8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at 0.37, 9 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia at 0.41, 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas at 0.47, 11 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Team Columbia at same time, 12 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 0.50, 13 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at 1.08, 14 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at 1.10, 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step at 1.18, 16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at 1.24, 17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at 1.26, 18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 1.28, 19 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner at 1.29, 20 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at same time Selected Others: 143 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team Columbia at 4.05
General classification after stage 4: 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14hrs 04mins 41secs, 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia at 0.12, 3 David Millar (Gbr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at same time, 4 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto at 0.21, 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 0.33, 6 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 at 0.37, 7 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia at 0.41, 8 Thomas Lovkvist (Swe) Team Columbia at 0.47, 9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas at 0.58, 10 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 1.01, 11 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at 1.12, 12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 1.13, 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step at 1.18, 14 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 1.22, 15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone at 1.24, 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre at 1.26, 17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne at 1.27, 18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank at 1.29, 19 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi at 1.31, 20 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner at 1.40 Selected Others: 98 Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team Columbia at 5.58
TENNIS
WTA Tour Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
1st rd: (4) Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spa) bt Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova (Cze) 7-5 7-6 (7-2), Julia Vakulenko (Ukr) bt Mara Santangelo (Ita) 6-4 1-6 6-1, (5) Sara Errani (Ita) bt Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) 6-1 6-0, (1) Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Sandra Kloesol (Ger) 6-2 6-2
WTA Budapest Grand Prix, Budapest, Hungary
1st rd: Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk) bt Viktoria Kutuzova (Ukr) 6-2 6-1, Andreja Klepac (Slo) bt Natasa Zoric (Ser) 6-4 6-4, Karolina Sprem (Cro) bt (6) Pauline Parmentier (Fra) 7-5 6-2, Katalin Marosi (Hun) bt Anna Lapushchenkova (Rus) 6-3 6-1, (7) Klara Zakopalova (Cze) bt Stephanie Cohen Aloro (Fra) 6-3 6-2, Zuzana Kucova (Svk) bt Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) 6-3 6-4, Martina Muller (Ger) bt Veronika Chvojkova (Cze) 3-6 6-4 6-1, Greta Arn (Ger) bt (4) Iveta Benesova (Cze) 6-4 6-4, Mathilde Johansson (Fra) bt Lucie Hradecka (Cze) 4-6 6-4 7-6 (7-5), Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt (8) Sorana-Mihaela Cirstea (Rom) 6-2 6-4
ATP Catella Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden
1st rd: Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Marc Gicquel (Fra) 6-3 6-4, (8) Robin Soderling (Swe) bt Fabic Fognini (Ita) 6-1 6-7 (4-7) 7-5, Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Marcel Granollers-Pujol (Spa) 6-3 6-1, Steve Darcis (Bel) bt Daniel Koellerer (Aut) 7-6 (7-4) 6-0, (7) Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Sergio Roitman (Arg) 6-4 6-2, Potito Starace (Ita) bt (5) Carlos Moya (Spa) 6-7 (4-7) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4, Marat Safin (Rus) bt Marc Lopez (Spa) 7-6 (8-6) 7-5, Thomas Johansson (Swe) bt Filip Prpic (Swe) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3, Michael Ryderstedt (Swe) bt (6) Tim Goransson (Swe) 6-1 6-2, Ervin Eleskovic (Swe) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 6-4 6-4
ATP Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland
1st rd: Stephane Bohli (Swi) bt Robin Roschardt (Swi) 6-2 4-6 6-4, Victor Hanescu (Rom) bt Olivier Patience (Fra) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2, Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Luis Horna (Per) 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (6-8) 7-5, Dominik Meffert (Ger) bt (5) Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-2 5-7 6-4, (6) Nicolas Kiefer (Ger) bt Gianluca Naso (Ita) 6-3 6-2, Flavio Cipolla (Ita) bt Jiri Vanek (Cze) 5-7 6-4 6-4
ATP Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany
1st rd: Lukas Rosol (Cze) bt Martin Fischer (Aut) 6-2 6-4, (6) Agustin Calleri (Arg) bt Jurgen Melzer (Aut) 7-6 (7-3) 6-4, Yuri Schukin (Rus) bt Carlos Berlocq (Arg) 4-6 7-5 6-3, (8) Eduardo Schwank (Arg) bt Guillermo Coria (Arg) 0-6 6-1 6-2
ATP Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, Rhode Island, United States of America
1st rd: Prakash Amritraj (Ind) bt Joseph Sirianni (Aus) 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-4, Jesse Levine (USA) bt (5) John Isner (USA) 6-3 6-1, (7) Frank Dancevic (Can) bt Taylor Dent (USA) 3-6 7-5 6-1, (8) Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Gilles Muller (Lux) 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 6-3, Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureschi (Pak) bt Benjamin Becker (Ger) 7-5 7-6 (7-5)
WTA Internazionali femminili di tennis di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
1st rd: Lourdes Dominguez Lino (Spa) bt Katie O'Brien (Gbr) 5-7 6-3 6-0, Corinna Dentoni (Ita) bt Alberta Brianti (Ita) 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 7-5, Margalita Chaknashvili (Geo) bt (6) Yanina Wickmayer (Bel) 4-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, Galina Voskoboeva (Rus) bt Emilie Loit (Fra) 4-6 6-3 0-1 ret, (7) Mariya Koryttseva (Ukr) bt Renata Voracova (Cze) 6-4 3-6 6-3, Han Xinyun (Chn) bt Angelique Kerber (Ger) 6-4 6-0, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 7-5 6-3, Rossana De Los Rios (Par) bt (3) Aravane Rezai (Fra) 6-4 6-1, Olivia Sanchez (Fra) bt Ekaterina Bychkova (Rus) 7-6 (7-1) 4-0 ret