Golf

World rankings

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

1. (1) Tiger Woods 13.03 average points

2. (2) Adam Scott (AUS) 9.38

3. (3) Phil Mickelson 8.60

4. (4) Henrik Stenson (SWE) 8.19

5. (5) Justin Rose (ENG) 7.66

6. (6) Rory McIlroy (NIR) 7.33

7. (7) Steve Stricker 6.80

8. (8) Matt Kuchar 6.67

9. (9) Brandt Snedeker 6.30

10. (10) Jason Dufner 6.00

11. (12) Zach Johnson 5.46

12. (11) Graeme McDowell (NIR) 5.43

13. (13) Jim Furyk 5.15

14. (15) Luke Donald (ENG) 5.09

15. (14) Keegan Bradley 5.04

16. (16) Jason Day (AUS) 4.95

17. (17) Sergio Garcia (ESP) 4.57

18. (18) Lee Westwood (ENG) 4.53

19. (19) Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 4.50

20. (20) Ian Poulter (ENG) 4.40

Money winners on 2013 PGA Tour

As of Monday (US unless stated):

1. Tiger Woods $8,553,439

2. Henrik Stenson (SWE) $6,388,230

3. Matt Kuchar $5,616,808

4. Phil Mickelson $5,495,793

5. Brandt Snedeker $5,318,087

6. Adam Scott (AUS) $4,892,611

7. Steve Stricker $4,440,532

8. Justin Rose (ENG) $4,146,148

9. Zach Johnson $4,044,509

10. Jordan Spieth $3,879,820

11. Keegan Bradley $3,636,813

12. Jason Day (AUS) $3,625,030

13. Billy Horschel $3,501,703

14. Bill Haas $3,475,563

15. Jim Furyk $3,204,779

16. Jason Dufner $3,132,268

17. Kevin Streelman $3,088,284

18. Hunter Mahan $3,036,164

19. Dustin Johnson $2,963,214

20. Webb Simpson $2,957,582

2013 European Tour Race to Dubai

As of Monday:

1. Henrik Stenson (SWE) 2,118,961 euros

2. Graeme McDowell (NIR) 1,693,388

3. Justin Rose (ENG) 1,661,271

4. Richard Sterne (RSA) 1,314,557

5. Matteo Manassero (ITA) 1,270,028

6. Ernie Els (RSA) 1,082,366

7. Branden Grace (RSA) 1,079,550

8. Brett Rumford (AUS) 1,067,099

9. Thomas Bjorn (DEN) 1,058,313

10. Peter Uihlein (USA) 1,057,810

11. Joost Luiten (NED) 1,047,387

12. David Howell (ENG) 1,027,606

13. Sergio Garcia (ESP) 1,016,700

14. Ian Poulter (ENG) 973,716

15. Charl Schwartzel (RSA) 964,246

16. Lee Westwood (ENG) 943,639

17. Miguel Angel Jimenez (ESP) 939,218

18. Mikko Ilonen (FIN) 915,331

19. Stephen Gallacher (SCO) 905,863

20. Jamie Donaldson (WAL) 858,616

NFL

Result from the NFL game on Monday (home team in CAPS):

NEW ORLEANS 38 Miami 17

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 4 0 0 1.000 89 57

Miami 3 1 0 .750 91 91

NY Jets 2 2 0 .500 68 88

Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 88 93

South

Indianapolis 3 1 0 .750 105 51

Tennessee 3 1 0 .750 98 69

Houston 2 2 0 .500 90 105

Jacksonville 0 4 0 .000 31 129

North

Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 91 87

Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 64 70

Cincinnati 2 2 0 .500 81 81

Pittsburgh 0 4 0 .000 69 110

West

Denver 4 0 0 1.000 179 91

Kansas City 4 0 0 1.000 102 41

San Diego 2 2 0 .500 108 102

Oakland 1 3 0 .250 71 91

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

Dallas 2 2 0 .500 104 85

Philadelphia 1 3 0 .250 99 138

Washington 1 3 0 .250 91 112

NY Giants 0 4 0 .000 61 146

South

New Orleans 4 0 0 1.000 108 55

Carolina 1 2 0 .333 68 36

Atlanta 1 3 0 .250 94 104

Tampa Bay 0 4 0 .000 44 70

North

Detroit 3 1 0 .750 122 101

Chicago 3 1 0 .750 127 114

Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 96 88

Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 115 123

West

Seattle 4 0 0 1.000 109 47

San Francisco 2 2 0 .500 79 95

Arizona 2 2 0 .500 69 89

St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 69 121

Soccer

English Premier League

Result on Monday:

Everton 3 (Lukaku 5, 37, Barkley 25) Newcastle 2 (Cabaye 51, Remy 89)

W D L Gf Ga Pts

Arsenal 5 0 1 13 7 15

Liverpool 4 1 1 8 4 13

Tottenham 4 1 1 6 2 13

Everton 3 3 0 9 6 12

Chelsea 3 2 1 7 3 11

Southampton 3 2 1 5 2 11

Man City 3 1 2 14 7 10

Hull 3 1 2 6 7 10

Aston Villa 3 0 3 9 8 9

West Brom 2 2 2 6 5 8

Cardiff 2 2 2 6 7 8

Man Utd 2 1 3 8 8 7

Swansea 2 1 3 8 9 7

Norwich 2 1 3 4 6 7

Stoke 2 1 3 4 6 7

Newcastle 2 1 3 7 11 7

West Ham 1 2 3 4 5 5

Fulham 1 1 4 4 9 4

Crystal Palace 1 0 5 4 10 3

Sunderland 0 1 5 4 14 1

Italian Serie A

Result on Monday:

Fiorentina 2 (Gonzalo 64, Vargas 78) Parma 2 (Gargano 45+1, Gobbi 90+2)

Scottish Premier League

Result on Monday:

St Mirren 1 (Thompson 54) Aberdeen 1 (Pawlett 85)

Spanish La Liga

Result on Monday:

Granada 2 (El Arabi 53-pen, 61) Athletic Bilbao 0

Tennis

ATP Japan Open

Results on Monday (x-denotes seedings):

1st round

Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Juan Monaco (ARG) 7-6 (4), 6-1; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x2) bt Gael Monfils (FRA) 6-3, 7-6, (8); Nicolas Almagro (ESP x6) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3); Alexandr Dolgopolov (UKR) bt Daniel Brands (GER) 6-3, 6-1.

Early results on Tuesday:

Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Tatsuma Ito (JPN) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Carlos Berlocq (ARG) bt Pablo Cuevas (URU) 7-6 (4), 6-2; Horacio Zeballos (ARG) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG x1) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; Lukas Lacko (SVK) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA x7) 6-4, 7-6 (2); Ivan Dodig (CRO) bt Yuichi Sugita (JPN) 6-3, 6-1.

China Open

Complete results on Monday:

Men's 1st round

Bernard Tomic (AUS) bt Zhang Ze (CHN) 7-6 (4), 6-4; Fabio Fognini (ITA) bt Tommy Robredo (ESP) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) bt Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) 6-4, 6-2; Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) bt Albert Montanes (ESP) 7-5, 1-6, 7-6 (4); Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) bt Tommy Haas (GER x7) 7-6 (6), 6-3.

Women's 1st round

Ana Ivanovic (SRB x14) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 7-6 (9), 6-1; Jelana Jankovic (SRB x8) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 1-6, 6-4, 6-0; Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) bt Sorana Cirstea (ROM) 6-3, 6-2; Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) bt Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) 6-4, 6-1; Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ) bt Sharon Fichman (CAN) 6-4, 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) bt Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 6-1, 6-1; Zhang Shuai (CHN) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 6-3, 6-3; Andrea Petkovic (GER) bt Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Monica Puig (PUR) 6-1, 6-4.

Women's 2nd round

Sara Errani (ITA x5) bt Misaki Doi (JPN) 6-3, 6-2; Lucie Safarova (CZE) bt Kaia Kanepi (EST) 6-3, 6-3.

Early results on Tuesday:

Men's 1st rd

Novak Djokovic (SRB x1) bt Lukas Rosol (CZE) 6-0, 6-3; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x6) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Richard Gasquet (FRA x5) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 6-3, 7-6 (2); Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt Somdev Devvarman (IND) 7-6 (6), 6-3; Sam Querrey (USA) bt Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 7-6 (3), 6-3; 8-John Isner (USA) bt Wu Di (CHN) 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3; Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Julien Benneteau (FRA) 7-6 (5), 6-3.

Women's 2nd rd

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP x12) bt Lauren Davis (USA) 6-4, 6-2; Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 6-4, 7-5; Sabine Lisicki (GER x13) bt Venus Williams (USA) 6-1, 6-2.

ATP Tour rankings

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

1. (1) Novak Djokovic (SRB) 11,120pts

2. (2) Rafa Nadal (ESP) 10,860

3. (3) Andy Murray (GBR) 7,075

4. (4) David Ferrer (ESP) 6,710

5. (6) Tomas Berdych (CZE) 4,520

6. (5) Roger Federer (SUI) 4,515

7. (7) Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG) 4,425

8. (8) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 3,325

9. (10) Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 3,150

10. (9) Richard Gasquet (FRA) 3,005

11. (11) Milos Raonic (CAN) 2,815

12. (13) Tommy Haas (GER) 2,265

13. (12) Kei Nishikori (JPN) 2,250

14. (14) Gilles Simon (FRA) 2,095

15. (15) Jerzy Janowicz (POL) 2,085

16. (16) John Isner (USA) 2,025

17. (17) Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 1,940

18. (18) Tommy Robredo (ESP) 1,855

19. (19) Fabio Fognini (ITA) 1,840

20. (20) Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 1,780

WTA rankings

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

1. (1) Serena Williams (USA) 12,260

2. (2) Victoria Azarenka (BLR) 9,480

3. (3) Maria Sharapova (RUS) 7,641

4. (4) Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) 5,995

5. (5) Li Na (CHN) 5,565

6. (6) Sara Errani (ITA) 4,300

7. (11) Petra Kvitova (CZE) 3,945

8. (8) Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 3,735

9. (9) Angelique Kerber (GER) 3,645

10. (7) Marion Bartoli (FRA) 3,622

11. (10) Jelena Jankovic (SRB) 3,300

12 (12) Roberta Vinci (ITA) 3,060

13. (13) Sloane Stephens (USA) 3,045

14. (16) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2,775

15. (14) Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) 2,775

16. (15) Sabine Lisicki (GER) 2,770

17. (18) Simona Halep (ROM) 2,685

18. (19) Maria Kirilenko (RUS) 2,620

19. (20) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 2,596

20. (17) Samantha Stosur (AUS) 2,445

China Daily

(China Daily 10/02/2013 page11)