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Baseball
MLB (home team in bold) Monday's result
American League Cleveland 14 Baltimore 0 National League Chicago Cubs 7 Houston 2 Philadelphia 10 Cincinnati 7
Tennis
Nottingham Open ATP Results of first round matches on Monday (x denotes seeding)
Alex Bogdanovic (Gbr) bt Joachim Johansson (Swe) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4; Hicham Arazi (Mor x7) bt Lee Childs (Gbr) 6-3 6-3; Jan-Michael Gambill (USA) bt Wesley Moodie (Rsa) 6-4 6-2; Robin Soderling (Swe) bt David Ferrer (Spa) 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-2; 3-Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak) 7-6 6-3; 5-Vincent Spadea (USA) beat Gregory Carraz (Fra) 6-3 7-5
S-Hertogenbosh ATP and WTA Results from the ATP and WTA tournaments on Monday (x denotes seeding)
Men's first round Mikhail Youzhny (Rus x6) bt Anthony Dupuis (Fra) 6-4, 6-0; Jan Vacek (Cze) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Svk x5) 6-4, 6-4; John Van Lottum (Ned) bt Thierry Ascione (Fra) 6-2, 6-0; Igor Andreev (Rus) bt Peter Wessels (Ned) 6-1, 6-3; Michael Kohlmann (Ger) bt George Bastl (Swi) 7-6 (9/7), 6-4; Dennis Van Scheppingen (Ned) bt Jose Acasuso (Arg) 6-3, 6-2; Martin Verkerk (Ned) bt Kristof Vliegen (Bel) 7-6 (7/2), 6-4; Fernando Verdasco (Spa x8) bt Jean Claude Scherrer (Swi) 3-6, 7-6 (9/7), 6-4
Women's first round Anca Barna (Ger) bt elena Kostanic (Cro x6) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Claudine Schaul (Lux x7) bt Michaella Krajicek (Ned) 6-4, 3-1 retired; Akiko Morigami (Jpn) bt Carly Gullickson (Usa) 6-1, 7-5; Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Arantxa Parra Santonja (Spa) 6-3, 7-6, (7/5); Anne Kremer (Lux) bt Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) 6-1, 6-3; Jelena Jankovic (Sem) bt Gisela Dulko (Arg) 6-1, 6-1; Denisa Chladkova (Cze) bt Martina Sucha (Svk) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Lina Krasnoroutskaya (Rus x8) bt Melinda Czink (Hun) 6-2, 6-1
Leading positions in the ATP Tour This week's positions (previous positions in brackets): 1. (1) Roger Federer (Swi) 5,610 2. (2) Andy Roddick (USA) 4,695 3. (3) Guillermo Coria (Arg) 3,740 4. (4) David Nalbandian (Arg) 2,625 5. (6) Juan Carlos Ferrero (Spa) 2,510 6. (5) Tim Henman (Gbr) 2,505 7. (7) Carlos Moya (Spa) 2,460 8. (8) Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 2,265 9. (9) Andre Agassi (USA) 2,055 10. (11) Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) 1,745 11. (10) Gaston Gaudio (Arg) 1,705 12. (12) Nicolas Massu (Chi) 1,673 13. (13) Sebastien Grosjean (Fra) 1,665 14. (14) Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha) 1,535 15. (15) Marat Safin (Rus) 1,420 16. (19) Jiri Novak (Cze) 1,355 17. (16) Sjeng Schalken (Ned) 1,340 18. (23) Mardy Fish (USA) 1,335 19. (17) Mark Philippoussis (Aus) 1,320 20. (18) Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 1,320
Leading 2004 WTA Tour (previous ranking in brackets): 1. (1) Justine Henin (Bel) 5,791 2. (2) Kim Clijsters (Bel) 5,069 3. (3) Anastasia Myskina (Rus) 3,816 4. (4) Amelie Mauresmo (Fra) 3,502 5. (5) Lindsay Davenport (USA) 3,080 6. (6) Elena Dementieva (Rus) 3,038 7. (7) Jennifer Capriati (USA) 2,887 8. (8) Venus Williams (USA) 2,406 9. (10) Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 2,069 10. (11) Serena Williams (USA) 2,055 11. (9) Paola Suarez (Arg) 1,907 12. (12) Nadia Petrova (Rus) 1,906 13. (13) Ai Sugiyama (Jap) 1,842 14. (14) Vera Zvonareva (Rus) 1,658 15. (15) Maria Sharapova (Rus) 1,654 16. (16) Silvia Farina Elia (Ita) 1,582 17. (20) Patty Schnyder (Swi) 1,574 18. (17) Anna Smashnova-Pistolesi (Isr) 1,540 19. (18) Chanda Rubin (USA) 1,522 20. (19) Francesca Schiavone (Ita) 1,514
Golf
World Rankings Leading world golf rankings (USA unless stated, previous ranking in brackets): 1. (1) Tiger Woods 12.66 pts 2. (2) Ernie Els (Rsa) 10.75 3. (3) Vijay Singh (Fij) 10.62 4. (4) Davis Love III 8.01 5. (5) Phil Mickelson 7.52 6. (6) Mike Weir (Can) 6.42 7. (8) Padraig Harrington (Ire) 6.27 8. (7) Jim Furyk 5.61 9. (9) Retief Goosen (Rsa) 5.15 10. (17) Sergio Garcia (Spa) 5.13 11. (10) Chad Campbell 4.95 12. (12) Kenny Perry 4.94 13. (11) Stuart Appleby (Aus) 4.93 14. (13) Darren Clarke (Gbr) 4.65 15. (14) Adam Scott (Aus) 4.57 16. (15) David Toms 4.11 17. (19) Fred Couples 4.10 18. (16) Scott Verplank 3.86 19. (18) K.J.Choi (Kor) 3.81 20. (21) Jay Haas 3.57
Leading prize-money winners on the 2004 US PGA Tour (USA unless stated previous week's position in brackets)
1. (1) Vijay Singh (Fij ) US$4,665,861 2. (2) Phil Mickelson 4,233,323 3. (5) Ernie Els (Rsa) 3,144,775 4. (4) Tiger Woods 2,851,583 5. (12) Sergio Garcia (Spa) 2,647,438 6. (5) Stuart Appleby (Aus) 2,234,975 7. (6) Davis Love III 2,204,313 8. (8) Adam Scott (Aus) 2,051,670 9. (7) Chad Campbell 2,028,188 10. (9) Steve Flesch 1,975,416 11. (10) Stewart Cink 1,808,524 12. (11) Stephen Ames (Tri) 1,740,397 13. (13) John Daly 1,613,271 14. (14) Jonathan Kaye 1,564,372 15. (15) Mike Weir (Can) 1,537,611 16. (16) K.J. Choi (Kor) 1,433,744 17. (17) Zach Johnson 1,431,372 18. (18) Scott Verplank 1,378,725 19. (22) Chris DiMarco 1,369,167 20. (41) Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 1,360.381
Leading 2004 U.S. Ryder Cup points standings Leading U.S. Ryder Cup points standings after Sunday's Buick Classic (previous week's position in brackets): 1. (1) Tiger Woods 1,726.667 2. (2) Phil Mickelson 1,415.250 3. (3) Davis Love III 979.107 4. (4) Jim Furyk 789.479 5. (5) Kenny Perry 750.107 6. (6) David Toms 695.125 7. (7) Chad Campbell 680.000 8. (8) Jerry Kelly 498.625 9. (9) Steve Flesch 460.937 10. (10) Jay Haas 450.917 11. (11) Chris Riley 446.786 12. (12) Jonathan Kaye 446.750 13. (14) Chris DiMarco 428.048 14. (13) Scott Verplank 426.250 15. (15) Fred Funk 411.959 16. (16) Tim Herron 395.833 17. (17) Stewart Cink 386.846 18. (18) Scott Hoch 345.875 19. (19) Jeff Maggert 344.143 20. (20) Kirk Triplett 334.249
Leading 2004 European Ryder Cup standings (Britain unless stated): World points list 1. Padraig Harrington (Irl) 214.89 2. Sergio Garcia (Spa) 212.77 3. Darren Clarke 162.51 4. Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spa) 154.33 5. Fredrik Jacobson (Swe) 126.79 6. Paul Casey 101.76 7. Joakim Haeggman (Swe) 91.94 8. Lee Westwood 86.64 9. Thomas Bjorn (Den) 85.24 10. Ian Poulter 84.23 11. Brian Davis 84.00 12. Justin Rose 73.74 13. David Howell 71.89 14. Raphael Jacquelin (Fra) 71.53 15. Scott Drummond 71.49 16. Anders Hansen (Den) 65.24 17. Bernhard Langer (Ger) 63.30 18. Thomas Levet (Fra) 62.40 19. Paul McGinley (Ire) 61.67 20. Colin Montgomerie 61.23