Baseball

Results from the MLB games on Monday (home team in CAPS):

BOSTON 9 Oakland 6

TAMPA BAY 5 NY Yankees 1

BALTIMORE 2 Toronto 1

PHILADELPHIA 3 Pittsburgh 2

St. Louis 3 WASHINGTON 2

CINCINNATI 5 Chicago Cubs 4 (13 innings)

Cleveland 3 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2

Seattle 7 HOUSTON 1

Texas 7 LA ANGELS 6

Milwaukee 7 SAN DIEGO 1

SAN FRANCISCO 5 Arizona 4

Miami at Minnesota, ppd

Atlanta at Colorado, ppd

Basketball

NBA playoff results on Monday (home teams in CAPS)

1 2 3 4 T

BROOKLYN 17 29 11 25 82

Chicago 20 27 22 21 90

(Best-of-seven series is level at 1-1)

1 2 3 4 T

Memphis 26 18 27 20 91

LA CLIPPERS 26 24 25 18 93

(Clippers lead best-of-seven series 2-0)

Golf

World rankings

As of Monday (US unless stated, last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Tiger Woods 12.06 average points

2. (2) Rory McIlroy (NIR) 10.91

3. (3) Adam Scott (AUS) 8.01

4. (4) Justin Rose (ENG) 6.81

5. (6) Luke Donald (ENG) 6.64

6. (5) Brandt Snedeker 6.38

7. (7) Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 5.79

8. (18) Graeme McDowell (NIR) 5.57

9. (8) Steve Stricker 5.54

10. (9) Matt Kuchar 5.33

11. (10) Phil Mickelson 5.16; 12. (11) Lee Westwood (ENG) 5.07; 13. (12) Keegan Bradley 5.02; 14. (13) Sergio Garcia (ESP) 4.86; 15. (16) Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 4.86; 16. (14) Bubba Watson 4.86; 17. (15) Ian Poulter (ENG) 4.86; 18. (20) Webb Simpson 4.78; 19. (17) Dustin Johnson 4.57; 20. (19) Jason Dufner 4.54

Leading money winners on 2013 PGA Tour

As of Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $4,139,600

2. Brandt Snedeker $3,150,564

3. Matt Kuchar $2,469,773

4. Adam Scott (AUS) $2,100,469

5. Steve Stricker $1,935,340

6. Graeme McDowell $1,910,654

7. Phil Mickelson $1,764,680

8. Dustin Johnson $1,748,907

9. Jason Day $1,695,583

10. Kevin Streelman $1,646,743

11. Webb Simpson $1,565,192; 12. Hunter Mahan $1,563,129; 13. Russell Henley $1,525,734; 14. Keegan Bradley $1,430,347; 15. Charles Howell III $1,393,806

2013 European Tour Race to Dubai

As of Monday:

1. Sergio Garcia (ESP) 774,010 euros

2. Angel Cabrera (ARG) 662,628

3. Richard Sterne (RSA) 650,782

4. Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 647,125

5. Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 635,994

6. Graeme McDowell (NIR) 529,187

7. Scott Jamieson (SCO) 525,497

8. Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 497,315

9. Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 462,737

10. Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA) 440,411

11. Justin Rose (ENG) 437,978; 12. Ian Poulter (ENG) 436,191; 13. Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 418,988; 14. Thomas Aiken (RSA) 410,920; 15. Chris Wood (ENG) 409,665

Ice hockey

Results from the NHL games on Monday (home team in CAPS)

Winnipeg 2 BUFFALO 1

DETROIT 4 Phoenix 0

Pittsburgh 3 OTTAWA 1

Anaheim 3 EDMONTON 0

VANCOUVER 3 Chicago 1

Soccer

English Premier league

Result on Monday:

Manchester United 3 Aston Villa 0

Spanish league

Result on Monday:

Celta Vigo 2 (Lopez 36, Bermejo 90+2) Real Zaragoza 1 (Sapunaru 26)

Tennis

ATP Tour world rankings

As of Monday (last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 12900pts

2. (3) Roger Federer (SUI) 8670

3. (2) Andy Murray (SCO) 8660

4. (4) David Ferrer (ESP) 6970

5. (5) Rafa Nadal (ESP) 5985

6. (6) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4760

7. (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 4750

8. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3875

9. (9) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 3365

10. (10) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 3000

11. (11) Marin Cilic (CRO) 2675; 12. (12) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 2450; 13. (15) Milos Raonic (CAN) 2225; 14. (14) Tommy Haas (GER) 2215; 15. (16) Kei Nishikori (JPN) 2135; 16. (13) Gilles Simon (FRA) 2100; 17. (17) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 2005; 18. (18) Andreas Seppi (ITA) 1895; 19. (19) Sam Querrey (USA) 1870; 20. (20) Juan Monaco (ARG) 1785

WTA world rankings

As of Monday (last week's positions in brackets):

1. (1) Serena Williams (USA) 11115pts

2. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 10240

3. (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 9325

4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 6845

5. (5) Li Na (CHN) 5880

6. (6) Angelique Kerber (GER) 5395

7. (7) Sara Errani (ITA) 5350

8. (8) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 5225

9. (9) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 3790

10. (10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 3760

11. (11) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 3075; 12. (12) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 2925; 13. (13) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 2911; 14. (14) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 2710; 15. (15) Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 2615; 16. (16) Sloane Stephens (USA) 2520; 17. (17) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2495; 18. (18) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 2305; 19. (19) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 1875; 20. (20) Klara Zakopalova (CZE) 1860

ATP Barcelona Open

Results on Monday (x denotes seeding):

First round

Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-2; Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) bt Igor Sijsling (NED) 6-1, 6-3; Paolo Lorenzi (ITA) bt Guillaume Rufin (FRA) 6-4, 6-2; Pablo Carreno-Busta (ESP) bt Robin Haase (NED) 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (5); Albert Montanes (ESP) bt Rikardus Berankis (LTU) 6-4, 6-3; Ernests Gulbis (LAT) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 7-6 (4), 6-2; Guillermo Olaso (ESO) bt Gerard Granollers (ESP) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4; Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-3, 6-4; Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) bt Roberto Carballs (ESP) 6-1, 6-4; Pablo Andujar (ESP) bt Grega Zemlja (SLO) 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3), 6-2.

ATP Bucharest

First-round results on Monday:

Viktor Troicki (SRB x8) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 7-6 (5), 6-3; David Goffin (BEL) bt Adrian Ungur (ROM) 6-3, 6-1; Daniel Brands (GER) bt Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 6-3, 6-4.

WTA Marrakech Grand Prix

First-round results on Monday:

Chanelle Scheepers (RSA) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM x2) 6-3, 6-1; Mara Teresa Torro (ESP) bt Arantxa Rus (NED) 6-1, 6-1.

Fed Cup

Results World Group semifinal on Monday:

At Palermo:

Italy 3 Czech Republic 1

Roberta Vinci (ITA) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3

Saturday

Sara Errani (ITA) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-4 6-2; Roberta Vinci (ITA) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE) 6-4 6-1

Sunday

Petra Kvitova (CZE) bt Sara Errani (ITA) 2-6, 6-2, 6-0

China Daily

(China Daily 04/24/2013 page23)