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BASKETBALL

NBA: Philadelphia 99 Phoenix 94, Miami 92 Washington 83, Boston 102 New York 94, Toronto 106 Houston 90, Utah 104 Memphis 88, Chicago 113 Golden State 83, New Orleans 107 Atlanta 100, Denver 111 Orlando 101, Sacramento 135 Charlotte 120, LA Clippers 96 Seattle 91.

ICE HOCKEY

NHL: Ottawa 2 Carolina 0, Calgary 2 Minnesota 1 (o.p.), Nashville 4 San Jose 3 (o.p.).

SOCCER

Dutch Cup, q-finals: Utrecht 1 AZ Alkmaar 2, RKC Waalwijk 1 Roda JC Kerkrade 0, NAC Breda 3 PSV Eindhoven 0, Willem II Tilburg 0 Ajax Amsterdam 2.

English FA, 5th rd replay: Blackburn 1 Arsenal 0.

French Cup, q-finals: Sochaux 2 Paris St Germain 1, FC Montceau Bourgogne 1 Racing Lens 0.

German Cup, q-finals: Nuremberg 0 Hannover 0 (Nuremberg win 4-2 on penalties), Wolfsburg 2 Alemannia Aachen 0, Kickers Offenbach 0 Eintracht Frankfurt 3, Stuttgart 2 Hertha Berlin 0.

Scottish Cup, 5th rd: Motherwell 1 St Johnstone 2.

Spanish King's Cup q-finals, 2nd leg: Real Zaragoza 1 Barcelona 2 (2-2 on aggregate. Barcelona win on away goal rule), Osasuna 1 Getafe 0 (Getafe win 3-1 on aggregate), Real Valladolid (II) 1 Deportivo La Coruna 1 (Deportivo win 5-2), Real Betis 0 Sevilla 1 (match abandoned after 56 minutes).

TENNIS

Acapulco International - Men, 1st rd: Gaston Gaudio (Arg) bt Juan Pablo Guzman (Arg) 1-6 6-3 6-2, Nicolas Almagro (Esp) bt Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (Esp) 6-1 4-6 7-6 (7-2), Jose Acasuso (Arg) bt Jiri Vanek (Cze) 6-1 6-2, Juan Carlos Ferrero (Esp) bt Lukas Dlouhy (Cze) 6-3 7-6(2). Women, 1st rd: Tathiana Garbin (Ita) bt Zsofia Gubacsi (Hun) 6-4 3-0 (ret), Gisela Dulko (Arg) bt Laura Pous (Esp) 7-6(2) 7-6(7), Julia Schruff (Ger) bt Marion Bartoli (Fra) 6-0 6-4, Melissa Torres (Mex) bt Eva Birnerova (Cze) 6-4 6-2, Alize Cornet (Fra) bt Severine Bremond (Fra) 7-6(3) 6-2, Sara Errani (Ita) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 1-6 6-3 6-4, Emilie Loit (Fra) bt Martina Mueller (Ger) 6-2 6-2, Flavia Pennetta (Ita) bt Roberta Vinci (Ita) 6-0 6-2.

ATP Dubai Open, 2nd rd: Rafael Nadal (Esp) bt Igor Andreev (Rus) 6-2 3-6 7-6(2), Roger Federer (Sui) bt Daniele Bracciali (Ita) 7-5 6-3, Olivier Rochus (Bel) bt Nikolay Davydenko (Rus) 4-6 6-4 6-2, Novak Djokovic (Scg) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 7-6(5) 6-3, Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Tomas Berdych (Cze) 7-6 (6) 6-3, Tommy Haas (Ger) bt Florent Serra (Fra) 7-6 (5) 6-3, Robin Soederling (Swe) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Svk) 6-3 7-5, Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Gilles Simon (Fra) 6-4 6-2.

ATP Las Vegas Open - Group 2: Sam Querrey (USA) bt Julien Benneteau (Fra) 6-2 7-6(3). Gp 3: Juergen Melzer (Aut) bt Michael Llodra (Fra) 6-4 2-6 7-5. Gp 4: Benjamin Becker (Ger) bt Gustavo Kuerten (Bra) 6-4 6-3. Gp 5: Fernando Verdasco (Esp) bt Danai Udomchoke (Tha) 6-1 5-7 6-2. Gp 6: Igor Kunitsyn (Rus) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-2 6-2. Gp 7: Feliciano Lopez (Esp) bt Nicolas Mahut (Fra) 3-6 6-3 7-6(3).

WTA Qatar Open, 2nd rd: Daniela Hantuchova (Svk) bt Eleni Daniilidou (Gre) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-3, Jelena Jankovic (Ser) bt Maria Elena Camerin (Ita) 6-0 6-1, Martina Hingis (Sui) bt Maria Kirilenko (Rus) 6-2 6-2, Katerina Bondarenko (Ukr) w/o Sania Mirza (Ind), Justine Henin (Bel) bt Alicia Molik (Aus) 6-2 7-6(9), Francesca Schiavone (Ita) bt Mara Santangelo (Ita) 4-6 7-6(6) 1-0 (ret), Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Julia Goerges (Ger) 7-5 6-1, Patty Schnyder (Sui) bt Anabel Medina Garrigues (Esp) 6-3 6-4.