SportsMarch 24, 2012

BASKETBALL

COLLEGE MEN

NCAA Tournament

All Times PDT

EAST REGIONAL

Regional Semifinals

At TD Garden

Boston

Thursday

Syracuse 64, Wisconsin 63

Ohio State 81, Cincinnati 66

Regional Championship

Saturday

Syracuse (34-2) vs. Ohio State (30-7), 4:05 p.m.

SOUTH REGIONAL

Regional Semifinals

At The Georgia Dome

Atlanta

Today

Baylor (29-7) vs. Xavier (23-12), 4:15 p.m.

Kentucky (34-2) vs. Indiana (27-8), 6:45 p.m.

MIDWEST REGIONAL

Regional Semifinals

At Edward Jones Dome

St. Louis

Today

North Carolina (31-5) vs. Ohio (29-7), 4:47 p.m.

N.C. State (24-12) vs. Kansas (29-6), 7:17 p.m.

WEST REGIONAL

Regional Semifinals

At US Airways Center

Phoenix

Thursday

Louisville 57, Michigan State 44

Florida 68, Marquette 58

Regional Championship

Saturday

Louisville (29-9) vs. Florida (26-10), 1:30 p.m.

National Invitation Tournament

All times PDT

Semifinals

At Madison Square Garden

New York

Tuesday

UMass (24-10) vs. Stanford (24-11), 4 p.m.

Washington (24-10) vs. Minnesota (22-14), 6 p.m.

Championship

Thursday

Semifinal winners, 4 p.m.

College Basketball Invitational

All times PDT

Championship Series

(Best-of-3)

Monday

Pittsburgh (20-16) at Washington State (18-16), 7 p.m.

Wednesday

Washington State at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Friday, March 30

Washington State at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m., if necessary

CollegeInsider.com Tournament

All times PDT

Semifinals

Saturday

Mercer (25-11) at Fairfield (22-14), 4 p.m.

Sunday

Oakland (20-15) at Utah State (20-15), 3 p.m.

Championship

Wednesday

Semifinal winners, TBA

NCAA Men's Div. II Basketball Tournament

All Times PDT

At Highland Heights, Ky.

Semifinals

Thursday

Western Washington 71, Stonehill 66

Montevallo 79, Bellarmine 72

Championship

Saturday

Western Washington vs. Montevallo, 10 a.m.

COLLEGE WOMEN

NCAA Women's Tournament

All times PDT

Des Moines Regional

Regional Semifinals

At Wells Fargo Arena

Des Moines, Iowa

Saturday

Kansas (21-12) vs. Tennessee (26-8), 9:04 a.m.

Baylor (36-0) vs. Georgia Tech (26-8), 11 a.m.

Regional Championship

Monday

Semifinal winners, TBA

Fresno Regional

Regional Semifinals

At Save Mart Center

Fresno, Calif.

Saturday

St. John's (24-9) vs. Duke (26-5), 6:04 p.m.

Stanford (33-1) vs. South Carolina (25-9), 8:32 p.m.

Regional Championship

Monday

Semifinal winners, TBA

Raleigh Regional

Regional Semifinals

At PNC Arena

Raleigh, N.C.

Sunday

Texas A&M (24-10) vs. Maryland (30-4), 9 a.m.

Notre Dame (32-3) vs. St. Bonaventure (31-3), 11:30 a.m.

Tuesday

Regional Championship

Semifinal winners, TBA

Kingston Regional

Regional Semifinals

At The Ryan Center

Kingston, R.I.

Sunday

UConn (31-4) vs. Penn State (26-6), 1:34 p.m.

Gonzaga (28-5) vs. Kentucky (27-6), 4 p.m.

Regional Championship

Tuesday

Semifinal winners, TBA

Women's Basketball Invitational

All times PDT

Semifinals

Today

Manhattan (18-15) at Minnesota (17-17), 5 p.m.

Championship

Saturday, March 24 or Sunday, March 25

Northern Iowa (19-14) vs. Manhattan-Minnesota winner, TBA

NCAA Women's Div. II Tournament

All times PDT

At San Antonio

Today

Championship

Ashland vs. Shaw, 4 p.m.

Women's National Invitation Tournament

All Times PDT

First Round

Third Round

Tuesday

Washington 55, Oregon State 49

Thursday, March 22

Syracuse 82, Temple 68

Virginia 74, Appalachian State 58

Toledo 81, VCU 64

San Diego 60, Texas Tech 51

Oklahoma State 70, Missouri State 57

Colorado 48, Villanova 47

Today

South Florida (19-15) at James Madison (26-7), 4 p.m.

Quarterfinals

Saturday

Syracuse (21-14) at Toledo (24-9), 11 a.m.

Sunday

Virginia (25-10) vs. South Florida-James Madison winner, TBA

San Diego (25-8) at Washington (20-13), noon

Colorado (21-13) at Oklahoma St. (19-12), 10:30 a.m.

National Basketball Association

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 26 21 .553 -

Boston 25 21 .543 1/2

New York 23 24 .489 3

Toronto 15 32 .319 11

New Jersey 15 33 .313 111/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 34 11 .756 -

Orlando 30 18 .625 51/2

Atlanta 27 20 .574 8

Washington 11 35 .239 231/2

Charlotte 7 37 .159 261/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 39 10 .796 -

Indiana 27 18 .600 10

Milwaukee 21 25 .457 161/2

Cleveland 17 27 .386 191/2

Detroit 16 30 .348 211/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 30 14 .682 -

Dallas 27 21 .563 5

Memphis 25 20 .556 51/2

Houston 26 22 .542 6

New Orleans 12 35 .255 191/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 35 12 .745 -

Denver 26 21 .553 9

Utah 25 22 .532 10

Minnesota 23 25 .479 121/2

Portland 22 25 .468 13

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Lakers 29 18 .617 -

L.A. Clippers 26 21 .553 3

Phoenix 23 24 .489 6

Golden State 19 26 .422 9

Sacramento 17 30 .362 12

Thursday's Games

Indiana 85, Washington 83

Houston 109, Golden State 83

New Orleans 97, L.A. Clippers 90

Boston 100, Milwaukee 91

Utah 103, Sacramento 102

Portland 97, Memphis 93

Today's Games

Milwaukee at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Phoenix at Indiana, 4 p.m.

New York at Toronto, 4 p.m.

Cleveland at Orlando, 4 p.m.

New Jersey at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.

Miami at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.

Boston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Dallas at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.

Portland at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 7:30 p.m.

hockey

National Hockey League

All Times Pacific

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-N.Y. Rangers 73 46 20 7 99 201 161

x-Pittsburgh 73 46 21 6 98 244 185

Philadelphia 74 43 23 8 94 234 207

New Jersey 74 42 27 5 89 201 191

N.Y. Islanders 73 30 32 11 71 174 218

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 73 42 28 3 87 237 180

Ottawa 74 37 27 10 84 221 214

Buffalo 74 35 29 10 80 190 207

Toronto 74 32 34 8 72 210 232

Montreal 74 28 33 13 69 191 206

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 73 36 24 13 85 183 201

Washington 74 37 30 7 81 199 210

Winnipeg 73 34 31 8 76 196 211

Carolina 74 30 29 15 75 197 218

Tampa Bay 73 33 33 7 73 205 249

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

x-St. Louis 75 46 20 9 101 192 147

Detroit 74 44 25 5 93 225 181

Nashville 74 42 24 8 92 210 197

Chicago 75 42 25 8 92 229 214

Columbus 73 23 43 7 53 167 236

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 74 44 21 9 97 226 185

Colorado 76 40 31 5 85 198 199

Calgary 75 34 26 15 83 185 204

Minnesota 73 31 32 10 72 158 201

Edmonton 74 29 36 9 67 198 219

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 74 37 25 12 86 173 160

Phoenix 75 37 26 12 86 197 194

Dallas 74 40 29 5 85 194 197

San Jose 74 37 27 10 84 201 192

Anaheim 75 32 32 11 75 189 209

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

x-clinched playoff spot

Thursday's Games

Philadelphia 2, Washington 1, SO

Tampa Bay 3, Edmonton 2, SO

Minnesota 3, Calgary 2, SO

Los Angeles 1, St. Louis 0, SO

Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 1

Vancouver 2, Dallas 1

Phoenix 3, Colorado 2

San Jose 2, Boston 1

Today's Games

Toronto at New Jersey, 4 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.

Winnipeg at Washington, 4 p.m.

Carolina at Columbus, 4 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

baseball

Major League Baseball

Spring Training

All Times Pacific

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pct

Detroit 13 3 .813

Toronto 16 4 .800

Oakland 14 5 .737

Seattle 12 8 .600

Minnesota 12 9 .571

Boston 9 7 .563

Los Angeles 10 8 .556

Kansas City 11 9 .550

New York 10 9 .526

Baltimore 7 9 .438

Chicago 7 11 .389

Cleveland 6 11 .353

Tampa Bay 6 11 .353

Texas 5 14 .263

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W L Pct

St. Louis 11 6 .647

San Francisco 12 7 .632

Los Angeles 9 6 .600

San Diego 12 9 .571

Colorado 10 9 .526

Houston 9 9 .500

Philadelphia 9 10 .474

Miami 7 8 .467

Cincinnati 9 11 .450

Chicago 9 12 .429

Arizona 8 11 .421

Milwaukee 7 10 .412

Pittsburgh 7 11 .389

Atlanta 6 13 .316

Washington 5 11 .313

New York 5 12 .294

NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings, games against non-major league teams do not.

Thursday's Games

Tampa Bay 8, Pittsburgh 6

Toronto 2, Philadelphia 0

St. Louis 9, Washington 0

Atlanta 5, Miami 5, tie, 10 innings

Baltimore 11, Minnesota 1

N.Y. Mets 8, Houston 2

Chicago White Sox 16, Kansas City (ss) 4

San Diego 11, Colorado 6

L.A. Angels 7, Kansas City (ss) 4

Chicago Cubs 11, Texas (ss) 4

Cleveland 9, San Diego 4

Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 4, tie

Cincinnati 6, Texas (ss) 2

Colorado 7, San Francisco 0

Today's Games

Minnesota vs. N.Y. Yankees (ss) at Tampa, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Boston vs. Baltimore at Sarasota, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. Miami at Jupiter, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees (ss) vs. Philadelphia at Clearwater, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. Pittsburgh at Bradenton, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

Washington vs. Houston at Kissimmee, Fla., 10:05 a.m.

L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Chicago White Sox (ss) at Tucson, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Milwaukee at Phoenix, 1:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (ss) vs. Kansas City at Surprise, Ariz., 1:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado at Scottsdale, Ariz., 1:10 p.m.

Toronto vs. Tampa Bay at Port Charlotte, Fla., 4:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Chicago White Sox (ss) at Glendale, Ariz., 7:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. San Diego at Peoria, Ariz., 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (ss) vs. Cleveland at Goodyear, Ariz., 7:05 p.m.

Texas vs. San Francisco at Scottsdale, Ariz., 7:05 p.m.

golf

PGA-Bay Hill

Thursday

At Bay Hill Club and Lodge Course

Orlando, Fla.

Purse: $6 million

Yardage: 7,419; Par: 72 (36-36)

(a-amateur)

First Round

Charlie Wi 34-32 - 66

Jason Dufner 34-32 - 66

Nick Watney 35-33 - 68

Jimmy Walker 36-33 - 69

Tiger Woods 35-34 - 69

K.J. Choi 35-34 - 69

Justin Rose 33-36 - 69

Anthony Kim 37-32 - 69

Sean O'Hair 34-35 - 69

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Bubba Watson 33-36 - 69

Chris Stroud 34-36 - 70

Bud Cauley 34-36 - 70

Davis Love III 35-35 - 70

Brian Davis 35-35 - 70

Marc Leishman 37-33 - 70

John Rollins 35-36 - 71

Ernie Els 35-36 - 71

Zach Johnson 35-36 - 71

Chad Campbell 36-35 - 71

Skip Kendall 36-35 - 71

Kris Blanks 34-37 - 71

Ryan Moore 35-36 - 71

Ian Poulter 35-36 - 71

Johnson Wagner 36-35 - 71

Vijay Singh 36-35 - 71

J.B. Holmes 36-35 - 71

Pat Perez 33-39 - 72

Hunter Mahan 37-35 - 72

Robert Allenby 36-36 - 72

Brian Gay 37-35 - 72

Daniel Summerhays 37-35 - 72

Jeff Maggert 36-36 - 72

Jim Furyk 36-36 - 72

Martin Laird 35-37 - 72

Sergio Garcia 36-36 - 72

Graeme McDowell 36-36 - 72

Henrik Stenson 36-36 - 72

Chez Reavie 35-38 - 73

Greg Owen 35-38 - 73

Ryo Ishikawa 38-35 - 73

Robert Garrigus 36-37 - 73

George McNeill 39-34 - 73

Phil Mickelson 36-37 - 73

Webb Simpson 35-38 - 73

Camilo Villegas 37-36 - 73

Trevor Immelman 36-37 - 73

Kevin Chappell 37-36 - 73

Andres Romero 41-32 - 73

Bill Haas 38-35 - 73

Brandt Snedeker 34-39 - 73

Kevin Na 36-37 - 73

Charles Howell III 36-37 - 73

Ryan Palmer 38-35 - 73

William McGirt 34-39 - 73

Matt Every 37-36 - 73

Seung-Yul Noh 41-32 - 73

John Mallinger 38-36 - 74

Scott Stallings 37-37 - 74

David Toms 36-38 - 74

Harrison Frazar 38-36 - 74

Bobby Gates 36-38 - 74

Lee Janzen 36-38 - 74

Dicky Pride 39-35 - 74

Josh Teater 35-39 - 74

Michael Thompson 36-38 - 74

David Duval 36-38 - 74

Sang-Moon Bae 37-37 - 74

Boo Weekley 38-36 - 74

Tim Herron 38-36 - 74

Martin Flores 37-37 - 74

Gary Christian 35-39 - 74

Greg Chalmers 37-38 - 75

Brendon de Jonge 37-38 - 75

Rod Pampling 36-39 - 75

Brandt Jobe 36-39 - 75

D.A. Points 38-37 - 75

Rory Sabbatini 40-35 - 75

Gary Woodland 35-40 - 75

Justin Leonard 39-36 - 75

Scott Piercy 37-38 - 75

Billy Hurley III 38-37 - 75

Robert Gamez 38-38 - 76

Robert Damron 39-37 - 76

Tommy Gainey 41-35 - 76

Jhonattan Vegas 38-38 - 76

Charley Hoffman 38-38 - 76

Ted Potter, Jr. 39-37 - 76

Rocco Mediate 38-38 - 76

Harris English 36-40 - 76

Colt Knost 37-39 - 76

D.J. Trahan 38-38 - 76

Jeff Overton 35-41 - 76

Scott McCarron 38-38 - 76

Jonathan Byrd 41-35 - 76

Stewart Cink 41-35 - 76

Kyle Reifers 37-39 - 76

Sam Saunders 36-40 - 76

John Huh 37-40 - 77

Mark Wilson 38-39 - 77

Mike Weir 40-37 - 77

a-Kelly Kraft 38-39 - 77

Ken Duke 37-40 - 77

Daniel Chopra 38-39 - 77

Andrew Magee 37-40 - 77

Fredrik Jacobson 36-41 - 77

Brian Harman 37-40 - 77

Jason Kokrak 41-36 - 77

Carl Pettersson 38-40 - 78

Ben Crane 42-36 - 78

Brendon Todd 42-36 - 78

Tom Gillis 42-37 - 79

Cameron Tringale 39-40 - 79

Jerry Kelly 41-38 - 79

J.J. Killeen 38-41 - 79

Erik Compton 39-41 - 80

Spencer Levin 40-41 - 81

Brendan Steele 40-41 - 81

Ricky Barnes 42-40 - 82

David Damesworth 41-41 - 82

Tim Clark DQ

LPGA-Kia Classic

Thursday

At La Costa Resort and Spa, Legends Course

Carlsbad, Calif.

Purse: $1.7 million

Yardage: 6,490; Par: 72 (36-36)

First Round

Caroline Hedwall 32-35 - 67

Ji Young Oh 35-32 - 67

Yani Tseng 33-34 - 67

Jennifer Johnson 34-34 - 68

Brittany Lincicome 33-35 - 68

Suzann Pettersen 33-35 - 68

Jiyai Shin 34-34 - 68

Stephanie Sherlock 33-36 - 69

Amy Yang 33-36 - 69

Sun Young Yoo 32-37 - 69

Jodi Ewart 35-35 - 70

Seon Hwa Lee 36-34 - 70

Belen Mozo 35-35 - 70

Hee Young Park 33-37 - 70

Sandra Changkija 33-38 - 71

Chella Choi 35-36 - 71

Numa Gulyanamitta 36-35 - 71

Hee-Won Han 35-36 - 71

Mina Harigae 33-38 - 71

Haeji Kang 34-37 - 71

Azahara Munoz 33-38 - 71

Se Ri Pak 33-38 - 71

So Yeon Ryu 35-36 - 71

Lizette Salas 35-36 - 71

Kris Tamulis 33-38 - 71

Minea Blomqvist 35-37 - 72

Christel Boeljon 37-35 - 72

Paula Creamer 36-36 - 72

Shanshan Feng 32-40 - 72

Sandra Gal 35-37 - 72

Natalie Gulbis 36-36 - 72

Sophie Gustafson 36-36 - 72

Pat Hurst 36-36 - 72

Cristie Kerr 36-36 - 72

Stacy Lewis 38-34 - 72

Sydnee Michaels 34-38 - 72

Ai Miyazato 37-35 - 72

Jin Young Pak 37-35 - 72

Inbee Park 35-37 - 72

Morgan Pressel 37-35 - 72

Dewi Claire Schreefel 36-36 - 72

Hee Kyung Seo 36-36 - 72

Angela Stanford 35-37 - 72

Lindsey Wright 36-36 - 72

Nicole Castrale 36-37 - 73

Na Yeon Choi 35-38 - 73

Wendy Doolan 38-35 - 73

Katie Futcher 37-36 - 73

Vicky Hurst 35-38 - 73

Cindy LaCrosse 33-40 - 73

Brittany Lang 36-37 - 73

Meena Lee 37-36 - 73

Mo Martin 35-38 - 73

Anna Nordqvist 37-36 - 73

Stacy Prammanasudh 33-40 - 73

Jenny Shin 35-38 - 73

Mariajo Uribe 37-36 - 73

Alison Walshe 37-36 - 73

Karrie Webb 38-35 - 73

Taylor Coutu 37-37 - 74

Julieta Granada 36-38 - 74

Ha-Neul Kim 36-38 - 74

I.K. Kim 35-39 - 74

Candie Kung 36-38 - 74

Stephanie Louden 37-37 - 74

Mika Miyazato 36-38 - 74

Becky Morgan 37-37 - 74

Jane Park 37-37 - 74

Gerina Piller 35-39 - 74

Beatriz Recari 35-39 - 74

Alena Sharp 36-38 - 74

Sarah Jane Smith 36-38 - 74

Lexi Thompson 38-36 - 74

Hannah Yun 37-37 - 74

Silvia Cavalleri 35-40 - 75

Jennifer Gleason 35-40 - 75

M.J. Hur 36-39 - 75

Ayaka Kaneko 38-37 - 75

Taylore Karle 41-34 - 75

Sarah Kemp 36-39 - 75

Mindy Kim 37-38 - 75

Maude-Aimee Leblanc 35-40 - 75

Pernilla Lindberg 38-37 - 75

Leta Lindley 38-37 - 75

Na On Min 39-36 - 75

Gwladys Nocera 36-39 - 75

Pornanong Phatlum 37-38 - 75

Christine Song 39-36 - 75

Eunjung Yi 36-39 - 75

Ashli Bunch 35-41 - 76

Tanya Dergal 38-38 - 76

Meredith Duncan 37-39 - 76

Maria Hjorth 38-38 - 76

Katherine Hull 36-40 - 76

Eun-Hee Ji 38-38 - 76

Ilhee Lee 38-38 - 76

Janice Moodie 37-39 - 76

Angela Oh 36-40 - 76

Ryann O'Toole 37-39 - 76

Jane Rah 35-41 - 76

Melissa Reid 37-39 - 76

Elisa Serramia 38-38 - 76

Victoria Tanco 39-37 - 76

Wendy Ward 39-37 - 76

Kyeong Bae 39-38 - 77

Amanda Blumenherst 39-38 - 77

Heather Bowie Young 39-38 - 77

Irene Cho 39-38 - 77

Moira Dunn 36-41 - 77

Lisa Ferrero 38-39 - 77

Maria Hernandez 38-39 - 77

Lorie Kane 37-40 - 77

Song-Hee Kim 39-38 - 77

Stephanie Kono 39-38 - 77

Giulia Sergas 39-38 - 77

Jennifer Song 39-38 - 77

Sherri Steinhauer 38-39 - 77

Michelle Wie 39-38 - 77

Marcy Hart 41-37 - 78

Amy Hung 37-41 - 78

Jimin Kang 39-39 - 78

Jessica Korda 39-39 - 78

Paige Mackenzie 39-39 - 78

Grace Park 39-39 - 78

Karin Sjodin 39-39 - 78

Cydney Clanton 40-39 - 79

Laura Davies 40-39 - 79

Jeong Jang 37-42 - 79

Jee Young Lee 39-40 - 79

Catriona Matthew 38-41 - 79

Kristy McPherson 39-40 - 79

Reilley Rankin 35-44 - 79

Karen Stupples 38-41 - 79

Karlin Beck 41-39 - 80

Dori Carter 36-44 - 80

Anna Grzebien 38-42 - 80

Karine Icher 39-41 - 80

Christina Kim 39-41 - 80

Laura Diaz 40-41 - 81

Tiffany Joh 37-44 - 81

Rebecca Lee-Bentham 40-41 - 81

Meaghan Francella 40-42 - 82

Kathleen Ekey 42-41 - 83

Jennie Lee 47-41 - 88

tennis

Sony Ericsson Open

Thursday

At The Tennis Center at Crandon Park

Key Biscayne, Fla.

Purse: Men, $4.83 million (Masters 1000); Women, $4.83 million (Premier)

Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Singles

Men

First Round

Ryan Harrison, United States, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4.

Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, def. Jesse Levine, United States, 7-6 (8), 7-6 (3).

Albert Ramos, Spain, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 6-3, 6-1.

Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 7-6 (2).

Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, def. Flavio Cipolla, Italy, 6-3, 7-5.

Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 6-1, 6-4.

Sergei Bubka, Ukraine, def. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 6-4, 6-4.

Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

Bjorn Phau, Germany, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 6-4, 6-2.

Frank Dancevic, Canada, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 7-5, 7-6 (0).

David Goffin, Belgium, def. Donald Young, United States, 7-5, 6-4.

Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Alex Bogomolov, Jr., Russia, 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (6).

Lu Yen-Hsun, Taiwan, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-4, 6-3.

Women

Second Round

Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Jelena Jankovic (13), Serbia, 6-0, 6-3

Sabine Lisiscki (12), Germany, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-2.

Roberta Vinci (21), Italy, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 7-5, 6-1.

Yanina Wickmayer (23), Belgium, def. Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, 6-3, 6-4.

Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (25), Spain, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0.

Kim Clijsters, Belgium, def. Julia Georges (14), Germany, 6-2, 7-5.

Serena Williams (10), United States, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-2, 6-3.

Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (19), Russia, 6-1, 6-2.

Peng Shuai (17), China, def. Stephanie Foretz Gacon, France, 6-1, 6-2.

Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (26), Russia, 1-6, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (7).

Samantha Stosur (6), Australia, def. Valeria Savinykh, Russia, 6-4, 6-0.

Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Shahar Peer, Israel, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Sloane Stephens, United States, def. Sara Errani (30), Italy, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Li Na (8), China, def. Melinda Czink, Hungary, 7-5, 6-2.

Doubles

Men

First Round

Kevin Anderson, South Africa, and Milos Raonic, Canada, def. Nicolas Mahut and Gilles Simon, France, 4-6, 6-2, 10-7 tiebreak.

Michael Llodra, France, and Nenad Zimonjic (3), Serbia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, and Xavier Malisse, Belgium, 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Marcel Granollers and Rafael Nadal, Spain, def. Marin Cilic and Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 6-1, 6-3.

Oliver Marach and Alexander Peya, Austria, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, and Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5).

Women

First Round

Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, and Agnieszka Radawanska (8), Poland, def. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, and Nina Bratchikova, Russia, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-3 tiebreak.

Eva Birnerova, Czech Republic, and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik, Poland, def. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (4), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5.

Alla Kudryavtseva and Alexandra Panova, Russia, def. Andreja Klepac, Slovenia, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, 6-3, 6-4.

transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS-Optioned RHP Zach McAllister and INF Cord Phelps to Columbus (IL). Reassigned RHP Chen-Chang Lee and OF Trevor Crowe to their minor league camp.

MINNESOTA TWINS-Reassigned RHP Sam Deduno, LHP Phil Dumatrait, C Danny Lehmann, INF Ray Chang and OF Matt Carson to their minor league camp.

SEATTLE MARINERS-Sent LHP Cesar Jimenez outright to Tacoma (PCL).

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES-Announced the retirement of 3B Chipper Jones, after the season.

CHICAGO CUBS-Assigned RHP Andy Sonnanstine outright to Iowa (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS-Designated RHP Ramon Troncoso for assignment. Reinstated RHP Ronald Belisario from the restricted list.

NEW YORK METS-Reassigned LHP Chuck James to their minor league camp.

SAN DIEGO PADRES-Announced Jeff Moorad has stepped down as the CEO and will remain as vice chairman of the club and president and COO Tom Garfinkel will assume the CEO duties on an interim basis.

American Association

GRAND PRAIRIE AIR HOGS-Signed RHP Nick DeBarr and OF David Thomas.

LAREDO LEMURS-Acquired LHP Logan Williamson from San Angelo (NAL) for future considerations.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS-Released OF Jon Nelson.

ST. PAUL SAINTS-Signed OF Willie Cabrera. Released LHP Donald Brandt and RHP Jake Schmidt

SIOUX FALLS PHEASANTS-Signed C Al Quintana.

Atlantic League

LONG ISLAND DUCKS-Signed INF Ryan Garko, INF Wilberto Ortiz and INF Bryant Nelson.

Frontier League

EVANSVILLE OTTERS-Signed RHP Bryce Morrow. Released RHP Joey Satriano.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES-Released OF Kent Gerst and RHP Sean Toler.

WASHINGTON WILD THINGS-Placed OF Chris Sidick on the retired list. Signed OF Luis Rivera to a contract extension.

North American League

SAN ANGELO COLTS-Signed C Brandon Fowler.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS-Signed C Mickell Gladness to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CAROLINA PANTHERS-Signed G Mike Pollak to a one-year contract. Announced DB R.J. Stanford signed his one-year exclusive rights contract.

CHICAGO BEARS-Agreed to terms with RB Michael Bush on a four-year contract.

CINCINNATI BENGALS-Signed RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis to a three-year contract.

DENVER BRONCOS-Signed WR Andre Caldwell.

NEW YORK GIANTS-Re-signed QB David Carr.

OAKLAND RAIDERS-Agreed to terms with OL Khalif Barnes on a one-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS-Signed WR Mario Manningham to a two-year contract and WR Ted Ginn Jr. to a one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS-Signed OT Jamon Meredith to a two-year contract. Released DE Tim Crowder and DE Nick Reed.

Canadian Football League

B.C. LIONS-Signed SB Geroy Simon to a contract extension.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS-Acquired a 2012 second- and fourth-round draft picks and a 2013 conditional draft pick to Saskatchewan for DE Odell Willis and a conditional 2013 fifth round draft pick.

Arena Football League

ORLANDO PREDATORS-Signed QB Dan Whalen.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

DETROIT RED WINGS-Assigned D Doug Janik to Grand Rapids.

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS-Called up F Nazem Kadri and F Ryan Hamilton from Toronto (AHL).

American Hockey League

CONNECTICUT WHALE-Announced D Blake Parlett was reassigned to Greenville (ECHL).

NORFOLK ADMIRALS-Signed F Bryan Brutlag.

LACROSSE

National Lacrosse League

EDMONTON RUSH-Released D Tory Gardner. Signed D Steve Toll.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

COLORADO RAPIDS-Released MF Steven Emory.

SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC-Bought out the contract of F O'Brian White.

COLLEGE

CHARLOTTE-Announced junior G Jamar Briscoe has left the men's basketball program.

WESTERN KENTUCKY-Named Michelle Clark-Heard women's basketball coach.

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