FINAL SCORE
Published: Saturday | January 10, 2009
NEW YORK (AP): Results of National Basketball Association games played on Thursday night: Dallas 99 New York 94, San Antonio 106 L.A. Clippers 84.
GOLF
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP): Second round scores yesterday from the Joburg Open, a €1.1 million European and Sunshine Tour event on the par-71 7,590-yard East Course and 7,119-yard West Course at Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club: David Drysdale, Scotland 65-66 - 131, Oliver Bekker, South Africa 67-65 - 132, Michael Hoey, Northern Ireland 64-68 - 132, Danny Willett, England 67-66 - 133, Andrew McLardy, South Africa 65-68 - 133, Richard McEvoy, England 69-65 - 134, Tyrone van Aswegen, South Africa 69-65 - 134, Rafael Cabrera Bello, Spain 65-69 - 134, Charl Coetzee, South Africa 68-67 - 135, Jan Are Larsen, Norway 66-69 - 135, Carlos Del Moral, Spain 69-66 - 135, James Morrison, England 67-68 - 135, Wallie Coetsee, South Africa 72-64 - 136, Raphael Jacquelin, France 71-65 - 136, Anthony Snobeck, France 72-64 - 136, Alan McLean, South Africa 71-65 - 136, Antti Ahokas, Finalnd 72-64 - 136, Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 72-64 - 13, Edoardo Molinari, Italy 65-71 - 136, Alfredo Garcia-Heredia, Spain 65-71 - 136.
HOCKEY
NEW YORK (AP): Results of National Hockey League matches played on Thursday: Boston 6 Ottawa 4, Atlanta 4 New Jersey 0, Philadelphia 3 Minnesota 1, Detroit 6 Dallas 1, Montreal 6 Toronto 2, Florida 4 Carolina 2, Nashville 5 Pittsburgh 3, Colorado 2 Chicago 1, Phoenix 3 Tampa Bay 2, Calgary 5 N.Y. Islanders 2, Los Angeles 4 Anaheim 3.
TENNIS
DOHA, Qatar (AP): Semi-final results yesterday from the Qatar Open, a $1.2 million ATP World Tour event at the Khalifa Tennis & Squash Complex (seedings in parentheses): Andy Roddick (4) United States def. Gael Monfils (5), France, 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-4, Andy Murray (3) Britain, def. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-2.
PERTH, Australia (AP): Results yesterday from the Hopman Cup mixed teams tennis tournament finals on hardcourts at the Burswood Dome (women's singles, men's singles, mixed doubles): Slovakia 2 def. Russia 0, Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Dinara Safina, Russia, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-4, Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia, def. Marat Safin, Russia, 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (3).
BRISBANE, Australia (AP): Results yesterday at the Brisbane International, a joint ATP-WTA tournament on hard plexicushion courts at the Queensland Tennis Centre (seedings in parentheses):
Men
Singles Quarter-finals
Radek Stepanek (8), Czech Republic, def. Robin Soderling (4), Sweden, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, Richard Gasquet (7), def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2), France, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Women
Singles Semi-finals
Victoria Azarenka (2), Belarus, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 6-3, 6-1, Marion Bartoli (3), France, def. Amelie Mauresmo (5), France, 4-0, retired.
Doubles Semi-final
Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Germany, and Vania King, United States, def. Mervana Jugic-Salkic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Peng Shuai, China, walkover.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP): Results yesterday from the ASB Classic, a WTA tournament played on Supreme hardcourts (seeding in parentheses):
Singles Semi-finals
Elena Dementieva (1), Russia, def. Aravane Rezai, France, 6-2, 6-2, Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Anne Keothavong, Britain, 6-7 (3), 6-1, 7-5.
Doubles Semi-finals
Nathalie Dechy, France and Mara Santangelo, Italy, def. Julie Ditty and Carly Gullickson, United States, 6-2, 6-4.