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At the beginning of the week, the BTA and ATP published new tennis player ratings. Russians Alla Kudryavtseva and Ksenia Pervak entered the first hundred of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The top twenty of the women's ranking has not undergone any changes: the American Serena Williams is still in the lead, followed by the Danish Caroline Wozniacki, and the eldest Williams - Venus - closes the top three. Russians Vera Zvonareva (4th place) and Elena Dementieva (10th) also retained their positions.
Reaching the finals of the tournament in Szczecin, Poland, allowed Russian Igor Andreev to rise 16 positions in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings and return to the top hundred players. At the moment, Andreev is in 99th position on the list. There is only one castling in the men's top twenty: Andy Roddick (USA) and David Ferrer (Spain) swapped places on 10th and 11th lines. The men's ranking is headed by Spaniard Rafael Nadal, followed by Serbian Novak Djokovic, and Swiss Roger Federer closes the top three. In ninth place on this list is Russian Mikhail Youzhny, Teimuraz Gabashvili is 92nd, and Andreev is 99th.
Messi will miss the next two matches
Spanish Championship. 3rd round. Malaga - Sevilla - 1:2, Atlético - Barcelona - 1:2, Racing - Zaragoza - 2:0, Levante - Villarreal -- 1:2, "Hercules" -- "Valencia" -- 1:2, "Real Sociedad" -- "Real" -- 1:2, "Sporting" -- "Athletic" -- 2:2, " Espanyol - Almeria - 1:0. The leaders are: Valencia - 9 points, Sevilla, Real Madrid - 7 points each.
Barcelona forward Leonel Messi will miss the upcoming games of the Spanish Championship due to an injury received in yesterday's meeting with Atlético Madrid. After a medical examination, it was revealed that the Argentine had ligament damage in his right ankle, which would keep him out of action for at least a week.
English Championship. 5th round. Chelsea -- Blackpool -- 4:0, Wigan -- Manchester City -- 0:2, Manchester United -- Liverpool -- 3:2, Sunderdland -- Arsenal - 1:1, West Bromwich - Birmingham - 3:1, Tottenham - Wolverhampton - 3:1, Everton - Newcastle - 0: 1, Blackburn - Fulham - 1:1, Aston Villa - Bolton - 1:1, Stoke City - West Ham - 1:1. Leading: Chelsea - 15, Arsenal, Manchester United - 11 each.
Arsenal midfielder Denilson, after the match of the 5th round of the English Championship with Sunderland, expressed confidence that the season would end successfully for the team: Arsenal is the best team. We have footballers and inspiration. Chelsea has very strong players, but they are old. It's just one match, we're still in a good place and playing like Barcelona. "Arsenal are aiming to win the title this season."
Italian Championship. 3rd round. “Sampdoria” – “Napoli” – 1:2, “Udinese” – “Juventus” – 0:4, “Roma” – “Bologna” – 2:2, “Parma” – “Genoa” -- 1:1, "Palermo" -- "Inter" -- 1:2, "Chievo" -- "Brescia" -- 0:1, "Cesena" -- "Lecce" -- 1:0, "Bari" "- "Cagliari" - 0:0, "Milan" - "Catania" - 1:1, "Fiorentina" - "Lazio" - 1:2. The leaders are: Cesena, Inter - 7 each, Brescia, Lazio, Chievo - 6 each.
After the game, ex-CSKA footballer and now Juventus midfielder Milos Krasic, who scored two assists in the match with Udinese, said that his adaptation to Italian football was going well: “I will constantly improve in Italy. For now, I’m happy with the local style of football and my performance.”
Former general manager of Juventus Luciano Moggi praised the newcomer’s play and also advised the Turin residents to take a closer look at one of the Cesena players. “In the match against Udinese, Krasic once again proved that he is Juventus’ best acquisition. But he is not able to single-handedly determine the outcome of the meeting. I was very impressed by Ezequiel Schelotto from Cesena. This is a real winner that Juventus should buy immediately,” Football Italia quotes Moggi as saying.
French Championship. 6th round. “Bordeaux” – “Lyon” – 2:0, “PSG” – “Rennes” – 0:0, “Lille” – “Auxerre” – 1:0, “Arles” – “Marseille” -- 0:3, "Valanienne" -- "Lens" -- 1:1, "Sochaux" -- "Nice" -- 4:0, "Saint-Etienne" -- "Montpellier" -- 3:0, "Nancy" - "Brest" - 0:2, "Monaco" - "Toulouse" - 0:0, "Lorient" - "Caen" - 0:1. The leaders are: Saint-Etienne, Toulouse - 13 each, Rennes -12.
Lyon midfielder Yoann Gourcuff, after the meeting with Bordeaux, spoke about the reasons for his team’s defeat: “The game turned out to be very closed, two teams met that needed points and more confident actions in defense. It was not the most outstanding match, but it was quite tense, the players showed good dedication and left little space for the opponents. We had chances, but we didn't convert them. From all points of view it was a bad evening. I tried not to react to the whistle and was focused on the game. In the first half we created enough chances. It’s a shame that we didn’t manage to score, because in the second it became much more difficult,” French media quoted Gourcuff as saying.
Chernova won the final tournament
Bronze medalist of the Olympic Games and Winter World Championships, Russian Tatyana Chernova, won the final all-around tournament of the year, which ended in Talence, France.
Tatyana took the lead after the first day of competition and then did not miss the chance. In total, the Russian athlete scored 6453 points, winning a landslide victory. In the long jump, Chernova showed a result of 6 m 23 cm, threw the javelin at 47.96 m, and ran 800 meters in 2:15.69.
As a result, the Russian woman was 144 points ahead of the Olympic champion Ukrainian Natalya Dobrynskaya, and Jessica Zelinska from Canada was third. In the men's tournament, Cuban Leonel Suarez excelled - 8328 points, Russian Alexey Drozdov took ninth place out of 18 participants.