Athletics

Diamond League London

First day results on Friday: Men

100m:

(wind: +0.2 m/s)

1. Usain Bolt (JAM) 9.85

2. Michael Rodgers (USA) 9.98

3. Nesta Carter (JAM) 9.99

200 m (wind: +0.2 m/s):

1. Warren Weir (JAM) 19.89

2. Jason Young (JAM) 19.99

3. Wallace Spearmon (USA) 20.18

400m:

1. Kirani James (GRN) 44.65

2. Tony McQuay (USA) 45.09

3. Jonathan Borlee (BEL) 45.14

800m:

1. Nick Symmonds (USA) 1:43.67

2. Duane Solomon (USA) 1:44.12

3. Brandon Johnson (USA) 1:44.19

High Jump:

1. Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) 2.38m

2. Erik Kynard (USA) 2.36

3. Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) 2.24

Discus:

1. Piotr Malachowski (POL) 67.35m

2. Martin Wierig (GER) 66.60

3. Gerd Kanter (EST) 66.29

Women

800m:

1. Brenda Martinez (USA) 1:58.19

2. Elena Mirela Lavric (ROM) 1:59.79

3. Ajee Wilson (USA) 2:00.20

1,500m:

1. Mary Kuria (KEN) 4:08.77

2. Btissam Lakhouad (MAR) 4:08.91

3. Katie Follett (USA) 4:09.02

3,000m:

1. Shannon Rowbury (USA) 8:41.46

2. Gabrielle Anderson (USA) 8:42.64

3. Molly Huddle (USA) 8:42.99

400m hurdles:

1. Zuzana Hejnova (CZE) 53.07

2. Perri Shakes-Drayton (GBR) 53.67

3. Georganne Moline (USA) 54.32

4x100m relay:

1. Britain I 42.69

2. All-Stars team 43.16

3. France 43.46

Triple jump:

1. Yekaterina Koneva (RUS) 14.52m

2. Kimberly Williams (JAM) 14.38

3. Hanna Knyazyeva (ISR) 14.29

Polevault:

1. Yarisley Silva (CUB) 4.83m

2. Jennifer Suhr (USA) 4.73

3. Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.63

Baseball

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

NY Mets 11 WASHINGTON 0

BALTIMORE 6 Boston 0

CLEVELAND 11 Texas 8 (11 innings)

Tampa Bay 10 NY YANKEES 6

WASHINGTON 2 NY Mets 1

TORONTO 12 Houston 6

DETROIT 2 Philadelphia 1

MIAMI 2 Pittsburgh 0

ATLANTA 4 St. Louis 1

Kansas City 5 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 1

COLORADO 8 Milwaukee 3

ARIZONA 10 San Diego 0

LA DODGERS 2 Cincinnati 1

OAKLAND 6 LA Angels 4

Minnesota 3 SEATTLE 2 (13 innings)

Chicago Cubs 3 SAN FRANCISCO 2

Cricket

Zimbabwe v India ODI

India beat Zimbabwe by 58 runs in the second one-day international at Harare Sports Club on Friday.

Scores: India 294 for eight in 50 overs (Shikhar Dhawan 116, Dinesh Karthik 69; Brian Vitori 2-27) v Zimbabwe 236 for nine in 50 overs (Vusi Sibanda 55, Prosper Utseya 52 not out; Jaydev Unadkat 4-41)

Sri Lanka v South Africa ODI

KANDY - South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 56 runs in the third one-day international at Pallekele on Friday.

Scores: South Africa 223 for seven in 50 overs (D Miller 85 not out, AB de Villiers 47; A Mendis 3-35); Sri Lanka 167 all out in 43.2 overs (T Perera 65, L Tsotsobe 4-22).

Golf

EPGA Russian Open

MOSCOW - Leading and selected second round scores in the European Tour Russian Open at the Tseleevo Golf and Polo Club on Friday (GBR/IRL unless stated, par 72):

135 - Rikard Karlberg (SWE) 67 68

137 - Matthew Baldwin 68 69, Alexandre Kaleka (FRA) 70 67, Michael Hoey 70 67, Liang Wen-Chong (CHN) 67 70

138 - Mark Foster 69 69 139 - Scott Hend (AUS) 70 69, Matthew Nixon 69 70, Mikko Korhonen (FIN) 69 70, James Morrison 68 71

140 - James Kingston (RSA) 71 69

141 - Jean-Baptiste Gonnet (FRA) 70 71, Alessandro Tadini (ITA) 68 73, Jake Roos (RSA) 70 71, Andreas Harto (DEN) 70 71, Simon Dyson 67 74, Sam Little 69 72, Simon Wakefield 73 68

USPGA Canadian Open

OAKVILLE, Canada - Leading second-round scores on Friday in the US PGA Tour $5.6 million Canadian Open (USA unless noted, a-denotes amateur, par-72)

131 - Hunter Mahan 67-64

133 - John Merrick 71-62

135 - Bubba Watson 68-67

136 - Patrick Reed 68-68, Aaron Baddeley (AUS) 68-68

137 - Tommy Gainey 73-64, Chris Kirk 68-69, James Hahn 69-68

138 - Jason Bohn 70-68, Charley Hoffman 69-69, James Driscoll 69-69, Greg Owen (ENG) 70-68, David Lingmerth (SWE) 67-71, Scott Brown 66-72, Hideki Matsuyama (JPN) 69-69

139 - Andres Romero (ARG) 69-70, Cameron Tringale 72-67, Roberto Castro 69-70, Jim Furyk 72-67, Mark Wilson 70-69, Camilo Villegas (COL) 74-65, Alistair Presnell (AUS) 72-67, Jeff Maggert 72-67, Brandt Snedeker 70-69, Kyle Stanley 68-71

Tennis

ATP Swiss Open

GSTAAD, Switzerland - Results on on Friday (x denotes seeding):

Quarterfinals

Victor Hanescu (ROM) bt Daniel Brands (GER) 6-3, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x6) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x4) 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7); Robin Haase (NED) bt Marcel Granollers (ESP) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (5); Feliciano Lopez (ESP x5) bt Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x2) 6-4, 2-6, 4-3 - retired.

ATP Croatia Open

Quarterfinals results on Friday:

Gael Monfils (FRA) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 6-2, 5-7, 7-5; Fabio Fognini (ITA x3) bt Martin Klizan (SVK x6) 6-4, 6-2; Andreas Seppi (ITA x2) bt Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 6-5 - retired; Tommy Robredo (ESP x5) bt Aljaz Bedene (SLO) 6-1, 6-4.

WTA Baku tournament

Quarterfinals results on Friday:

Magda Linette (POL) bt Ons Jabeur (TUN) 3-6, 1-4 abandon; Shahar Peer (ISR) bt Tadeja Majeric (SLO) 6-0, 6-4; Elina Svitolina (UKR x7) bt Donna Vekic (CRO x2) 6-2, 6-3; Alexandra Cadantu (ROM x4) bt Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3.

Bank of the West Classic

Quarterfinals results on Friday:

Sorana Cirstea (ROM x5) bt Olga Govortsova (BLR) 6-3, 6-2; Dominika Cibulkova (SVK x3) bt Urszula Radwanska (POL x7) 7-5, 6-3; Jamie Hampton (USA x4) bt Vera Dushevina (RUS) 6-4, 6-3; Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x1) bt Varvara Lepchenko (USA X6) 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3.

Atlanta Open

Quarterfinals results on Friday:

John Isner (USA x1) bt James Blake (USA) 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5); Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x7) bt Ivan Dodig (CRO x3) 1-6, 6-3, 6-0; Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Santiago Giraldo (COL) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (2); Kevin Anderson (RSA x2) bt Denis Istomin (UZB) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

(China Daily 07/28/2013 page7)