Athletics

World championships

MOSCOW - Results of the finals only on Tuesday:

Men

400m:

1. LaShawn Merritt (USA) 43.74

2. Tony McQuay (USA) 44.40

3. Luguelin Santos (DOM) 44.52

4. Jonathan Borlee (BEL) 44.54

5. Pavel Maslak (CZE) 44.91

6. Yousef Ahmed Masrahi (KSA) 44.97

7. Kirani James (GRN) 44.99

8. Anderson Henriques (BRA) 45.03

800m

1. Mohammed Aman (ETH) 1:43.31

2. Nick Symmonds (USA) 1:43.55

3. Ayanleh Souleiman (DJI) 1:43.76

4. Marcin Lewandowski (POL) 1:44.08

5. Andrew Osagie (GBR) 1:44.36

6. Duane Solomon (USA) 1:44.42

7. Pierre-Ambroise Bosse (FRA) 1:44.79

8. Abdulaziz Mohammed (KSA) 1:46.57

Discus:

1. Robert Harting (GER) 69.11

2. Piotr Malachowski (POL) 68.36

3. Gerd Kanter (EST) 65.19

4. Martin Wierig (GER) 65.02

5. Victor Hogan (RSA) 64.35

6. Robert Urbanek (POL) 64.32

7. Vikas Gowda (IND) 64.03

8. Victor Butenko (RUS) 63.38

50km race walk (Wednesday):

1. Robert Heffernan (IRE) 3:37: 56

2. Mikhail Ryzhov (RUS) 3:38:58

3. Jared Tallent (AUS) 3:40:03

4. Ihor Hlavan (UKR) 3:40:39

5. Matej Toth (SVK) 3:41:07

6. Grzegorz Sudol (POL) 3:41:20

7. Ivan Noskov (RUS) 3:41:36

8. Lukasz Nowak (POL) 3:43:38

Women

Pole vault:

1. Yelena Isinbayeva (RUS) 4.89

2. Jennifer Suhr (USA) 4.82

3. Yarisley Silva (CUB) 4.82

4. Silke Spiegelburg (GER) 4.75

5. Fabiana Murer (BRA) 4.65

5. Anastasia Savchenko (RUS) 4.65

7. Angelina Zhuk-Krasnova (RUS) 4.65

8. Jirina Ptacnikova-Svobodova (CZE) 4.55

8. Lisa Ryzih (GER) 4.55

20km walk:

1. Elena Lashmanova (RUS) 1:27:08

2. Anisya Kirdyapkina (RUS) 1:27:11

3. Liu Hong (CHN) 1:28:10

4. Sun Huanhuan (CHN) 1:28:32

5. Elisa Rigaudo (ITA) 1:28:41

6. Beatriz Pascual (ESP) 1:29:00

7. Anezka Drahotov (CZE) 1:29:05

8. Ana Cabecinha (POR) 1:29:17

3000m steeplechase:

1. Milcah Chemos Cheywa (KEN) 9:11.65

2. Lydia Chepkurui (KEN) 9:12.55

3. Sofia Assefa (ETH) 9:12.84

4. Hiwot Ayalew (ETH) 9:15.25

5. Etenesh Diro (ETH) 9:16.97

6. Hyvin Kiyeng Jepkemoi (KEN) 9:22.05

7. Valentyna Zhudina (UKR) 9:33.73

8. Antje Mldner-Schmidt (GER) 9:34.06

Heptathlon

1. Ganna Melnychenko (UKR) 6586 pts

2. Brianne Theisen (CAN) 6530

3. Dafne Schippers (NED) 6477

4. Claudia Rath (GER) 6462

5. Katarina Thompson (GBR) 6449

6. Sharon Day (USA) 6407

7. Eliska Klucinova (CZE) 6332

8. Antoinette Djimou (FRA) 6326

Baseball

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

ATLANTA 3 Philadelphia 1

Seattle 5 TAMPA BAY 4

NY YANKEES 14 LA Angels 7

WASHINGTON 4 San Francisco 2

Boston 4 TORONTO 2 (11 innings)

Cincinnati 6 CHICAGO CUBS 4 (11 innings)

Milwaukee 5 TEXAS 1

CHI WHITE SOX 4 Detroit 3 (11 innings)

Miami 1 KANSAS CITY 0 (10 innings)

Cleveland 5 MINNESOTA 2

ST. LOUIS 4 Pittsburgh 3 (14 innings)

San Diego 7 COLORADO 5

ARIZONA 4 Baltimore 3 (11 innings)

Houston 5 OAKLAND 4

LA DODGERS 4 NY Mets 2

AMERICAN LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

W L PCT GB

1. Boston 72 49 .595 -

2. Tampa Bay 66 51 .564 4

3. Baltimore 65 54 .546 6

4. NY Yankees 61 57 .517 9 1/2

5. Toronto 54 65 .454 17

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Detroit 69 49 .585 -

2. Cleveland 64 56 .533 6

3. Kansas City 62 55 .530 6 1/2

4. Minnesota 53 64 .453 15 1/2

5. Chi White Sox 46 72 .390 23

WESTERN DIVISION

1. Texas 69 51 .575 -

2. Oakland 67 51 .568 1

3. Seattle 55 63 .466 13

4. LA Angels 53 65 .449 15

5. Houston 38 80 .322 30

NATIONAL LEAGUE

EASTERN DIVISION

1. Atlanta 73 47 .608 -

2. Washington 58 60 .492 14

3. NY Mets 54 63 .462 17 1/2

4. Philadelphia 53 66 .445 19 1/2

5. Miami 45 73 .381 27

CENTRAL DIVISION

1. Pittsburgh 70 48 .593 -

2. St. Louis 68 50 .576 3

3. Cincinnati 67 52 .563 3 1/2

4. Chicago Cubs 52 67 .437 18 1/2

5. Milwaukee 52 67 .437 18 1/2

WESTERN DIVISION

1. LA Dodgers 69 50 .580 -

2. Arizona 61 57 .517 7 1/2

3. Colorado 56 65 .463 14

4. San Diego 54 65 .454 15

5. San Francisco 52 66 .441 16 1/2

Tennis

ATP/ WTA Cincinnati

Results on Tuesday from the ATP and WTA Western and Southern Open (x denotes seed):

Men's 1st rd

Vasek Pospisil (CAN) bt Gilles Simon (FRA x15) 6-3, 1-1 ret (hip); John Isner (USA) bt Florian Mayer (GER) 6-3, 6-4; Feliciano Lopez (ESP) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x10) 6-4, 7-6 (4); Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) bt Benot Paire (FRA) 7-6 (8), 6-3; Tommy Haas (GER x11) bt Kevin Anderson (RSA) 6-4, 6-4; Benjamin Becker (GER) bt Pablo Andujar (ESP) 6-1, 6-4; Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) 6-3, 6-4; Tommy Robredo (ESP) bt Thomaz Bellucci (BRA) 6-7 (6), 7-6 (7), 6-2; Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI x9) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA) 6-3, 6-4; Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) bt Ernests Gulbis (LAT) 7-5, 6-3; Milos Raonic (CAN x12) bt Jack Sock (USA) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Men's 2nd rd

Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) bt Bryan Baker (USA) 6-3, 6-2; David Ferrer (ESP x3) bt Ryan Harrison (USA) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4; Julien Benneteau (FRA) bt Radek Stepanek (CZE) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (4); Roger Federer (SUI x5) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-3 7-6 (7).

Women's 1st rd

Mona Barthel (GER) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 6-3, 6-4; Varvara Lepchenko (USA) bt Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Jamie Hampton (USA) bt Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Andrea Petkovic (GER) bt Daniela Hantuchova (SVK) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Elena Vesnina (RUS) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL x13) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; Polona Hercog (SLO) bt Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) 6-2, 6-4; Magdalena Rybarikova (SVK) bt Julia Goerges (GER) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) bt Annika Beck (GER) 6-3, 6-2; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x10) bt Peng Shuai (CHN) 6-1, 6-1; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB x15) 2-6, 7-6 (10/8), 6-4; Monica Niculescu (ROM) bt Yanina Wickmayer (BEL) 6-1, 6-2; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x14) bt Sabine Lisicki (GER) 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-2.

Women's 2nd rd

Victoria Azarenka (BLR x2) bt Vania King (USA) 6-1, 7-6 (6); Sloane Stephens (USA) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x3) 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3.

China Daily

(China Daily 08/15/2013 page23)