Baseball

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

Pittsburgh 6 WASHINGTON 5

TEXAS 3 NY Yankees 0

LA Dodgers 14 TORONTO 5

Tampa Bay 3 BOSTON 0

Atlanta 2 NY METS 1

Detroit 7 CHICAGO WHITE SOX 3

San Diego 5 MILWAUKEE 3

Oakland 4 HOUSTON 3

Baltimore 9 KANSAS CITY 2

Miami 3 COLORADO 1

Chicago Cubs 4 ARIZONA 2

Minnesota 4 LA ANGELS 3

SEATTLE 2 Cleveland 1

Cincinnati 11 SAN FRANCISCO 0

Golf

World rankings

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

1. (1) Tiger Woods 12.64 average points

2. (5) Phil Mickelson 8.63

3. (2) Rory McIlroy (NIR) 8.61

4. (4) Adam Scott (AUS) 7.72

5. (3) Justin Rose (ENG) 7.71

6. (6) Matt Kuchar 6.54

7. (8) Brandt Snedeker 6.08

8. (7) Graeme McDowell (NIR) 6.07

9. (9) Luke Donald (ENG) 5.55

10. (12) Lee Westwood (ENG) 5.21

11. (10) Steve Stricker 4.88

12. (11) Louis Oosthuizen (RSA) 4.84

13. (14) Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 4.75

14. (20) Ian Poulter (ENG) 4.74

15. (13) Ernie Els (RSA) 4.70

16. (15) Sergio garcia (ESP) 4.70

17. (18) Keegan Bradley 4.51

18. (16) Bubba Watson 4.45

19. (17) Jason Day (AUS) 4.45

20. (30) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 4.44

Money winners on 2013 PGA Tour

As of Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $6,159,119

2. Phil Mickelson $4,860,810

3. Matt Kuchar $4,488,308

4. Brandt Snedeker $3,821,911

5. Billy Horschel $3,048,787

6. Justin Rose (ENG) $3,032,310

7. Bill Haas $2,902,296

8. Adam Scott (AUS) $2,799,847

9. Jason Day (AUS) $2,668,138

10. Kevin Streelman $2,605,882

11. Boo Weekley $2,360,936

12. Keegan Bradley $2,350,946

13. Hunter Mahan $2,339,697

14. Steve Stricker $2,306,746

15. Henrik Stenson (SWE) $2,203,503

16. D.A. Points $2,165,537

17. Webb Simpson $2,077,267

18. Jordan Spieth $2,058,820

19. Harris English $2,009,390

20. Graeme McDowell (NIR) $1,930,731

2013 European Tour Race to Dubai

As of Monday:

1. Justin Rose (ENG) 1,561,385 euros

2. Graeme McDowell (NIR) 1,545,988

3. Matteo Manassero (ITA) 1,179,880

4. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 1,179,710

5. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,152,912

6. Branden Grace (RSA) 1,035,064

7. Ernie Els (RSA) 994,464

8. Sergio Garcia (ESP) 958,082

9. Brett Rumford (AUS) 912,673

10. Ian Poulter (ENG) 894,211

11. Lee Westwood (ENG) 867,678

12. Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 843,122

13. Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 818,774

14. Angel Cabrera (ARG) 772,753

15. Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 755,433

16. Thongchai Jaidee (THA) 735,237

17. Thorbjorn Olesen (DEN) 695,210

18. Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 683,795

19. Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 663,807

20. Scott Jamieson (SCO) 647,430

Tennis

ATP World Tour rankings

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

1. (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 12310 pts

2. (2) Andy Murray (SCO) 9360

3. (3) David Ferrer (ESP) 7120

4. (4) Rafa Nadal (ESP) 6860

5. (5) Roger Federer (SUI) 5875

6. (6) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4865

7. (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 4500

8. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3480

9. (9) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 3045

10. (10) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 2915

11. (12) Kei Nishikori (JPN) 2495

12. (11) Tommy Haas (GER) 2395

13. (13) Milos Raonic (CAN) 2225

14. (15) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 2135

15. (14) Marin Cilic (CRO) 2075

16. (18) Gilles Simon (FRA) 2055

17. (17) Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 2029

18. (16) Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 2025

19. (25) Fabio Fognini (ITA) 1970

20. (19) Sam Querrey (USA) 1730

WTA rankings

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

1. (1) Serena Williams (USA) 11705pts

2. (2) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 9235

3. (3) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 8825

4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 5965

5. (5) Li Na (CHN) 5555

6. (6) Sara Errani (ITA) 5100

7. (8) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 4435

8. (7) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 4365

9. (9) Angelique Kerber (GER) 3970

10. (10) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 3660

11. (11) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 3220

12. (12) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 2976

13. (13) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 2965

14. (15) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 2886

15. (16) Sloane Stephens (USA) 2870

16. (14) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 2865

17. (17) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2740

18. (18) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2650

19. (20) Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 2430

20. (19) Nadia Petrova (RUS) 2306

ATP Swiss Open

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

First round

Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) bt Sergiy Stakhovsky (UKR) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Marcel Granollers (ESP) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE x7) 6-2, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (ESP x5) bt Jan Hernych (CZE) 7-6 (2), 6-3; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS x6) bt Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

ATP Umag Open

First-round results on Monday:

Leonardo Mayer (ARG) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 6-1, 6-3; Thiemo De Bakker (NED) bt Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) 6-3, 6-3;

WTA Baku tournament

First-round results on Monday:

Ons Jabeur (TUN) bt Daria Gavrilova (RUS) 6-4, 6-0; Tadeja Majeric (SLO) bt Karolina Pliskova (CZE x5) 7-5, 6-4; Alexandra Cadantu (ROM x4) bt Michaella Krajicek (NED) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3; Donna Vekic (CRO x2) bt Nazrin Jafarova (AZE) 6-1, 6-0.

Bank of the West Classic

First-round results on Monday:

Olga Govortsova (BLR) bt Julia Gorges (GER) 7-6 (2), 6-2; Francesca Schiavone (ITA) bt Mallory Burdette (USA) 7-5, 6-3; Madison Keys (USA) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK x8) 6-2, 6-2; Stefanie Voegele (SUI) bt Ajla Tomljanovic (CRO) 6-4, 6-0; Sorana Cirstea (ROM x5) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-2, 6-2.

Atlanta Open

Results on Monday:

Rhyne Williams (USA) bt Denis Kudla (USA) 7-5, 6-4; Ryan Harrison (USA) bt Marinko Matosevic (AUS) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

(China Daily 07/24/2013 page23)