Petrova overcame the problem

At the tennis tournament in the American Amelie Island, Russian Nadezhda Petrova reached the third round of the competition, defeating Czech Katerina Bokhmova - 6:1, 6:7 (6), 6:3. After the match, Petrova admitted that she unexpectedly lost concentration in the second set. “This has never happened to me before,” said the Russian woman. - Only in the third set did my strength begin to return, and I felt the game. We will certainly discuss this problem with the coach.” Two more Russians, Vera Zvonareva and Elena Vesnina, made a successful start to the tournament. Zvonareva easily defeated Argentina's Marianna Diaz-Oliva - 6:3, 6:0, and Vesnina defeated France's Virginia Razzano - 7:5, 3:6, 6:3. Olga ERMOLINA

The ULEB Euroleague playoffs began without sensations

All the first matches of the ULEB Euroleague quarterfinals ended in favor of the teams playing on their home court. As we already reported, CSKA in Moscow prevailed over the Turkish Efes Pilsen - 66:57. The winner of this pair will meet on the first day of the Prague Final Four with the team that wins the Spanish confrontation between Barcelona and Real Madrid. So far, Barça is in the lead in the best-of-two series, having upset the royal club in Catalonia - 72:58.

The 2004/05 Euroleague champion Israeli Maccabi defeated the Greek Olympiacos in Tel Aviv - 87:78. As part of the strongest team on the continent, the most productive was Croatian center Nikola Vujicic - 23 points. American veteran Tyes Edney, who won the Euroleague with Zalgiris back in 1999, scored 20 points for the guests from Piraeus. Another Greek club “Panathinaikos” turned out to be stronger than the Spanish “Taugres” - 84:72. The return matches in all four pairs will take place today in Istanbul, Madrid, Athens and Vitoria. Ilya TRISVIATSKY

Detroit lost Datsyuk

Hockey. NHL. Regular season. "Rangers" -- "Philadelphia" -- 3:2, "Montreal" -- "Boston" -- 5:3 - - A. Markov "M" (0+2), "Minnesota" -- "St. Louis" " -- 5:4, "Anaheim" -- "Los Angeles" -- 6:2 -- Frolov "L" (0+1).

Another participant in the final round - the playoffs - has become known. It became the Atlantic Division club New York Rangers. The last time Jaromir Jagr's team achieved such success was in 1997. This season, Rangers completely changed their style of play, focusing on team tactics, which has become the club's main trump card.

Detroit forward, Russian Pavel Datsyuk, will not be able to enter the court for a week. The reason for this was a groin injury received by the player in the match with Calgary. Olesya KOMAROVA

Utah lost at home

Basketball. NBA. Regular season. "Cleveland" - "Philadelphia" - 124:91, "Washington" - "New York" - 105:90, "Toronto" - "Boston" - 120:124, "Detroit" - " New Orleans - 101:93, New Jersey - Atlanta - 96:94, Charlotte - Minnesota - 97:92, Miami - Milwaukee - 115:89, “Memphis” – “Golden State” – 100:75, “Dallas” – “Sacramento” – 127:101, “Utah” – “San Antonio” – 86:95, “ Seattle - Houston - 104:87, Clippers - Denver - 111:109.

The match between the Jazzmen and the leader of the Western Conference, San Antonio, was of fundamental importance for the hosts. To maintain their chances of making the playoffs, Utah needed a victory, although few believed in it. The outcome of the game was largely determined by the first quarter, which ended with a score of 21:37 in favor of the guests. Subsequently, despite all the efforts of the Utah basketball players, they failed to turn the tide of the match. Russian Andrei Kirilenko did not have his best match, earning 13 points and collecting eight rebounds. At the same time, in the game with the champions, Kirilenko was unable to make a single blocked shot for the first time in ten matches. Currently, Utah is in tenth place in its conference, and to reach the final round, the Jazzmen need to beat at least two clubs, which is very problematic. Olesya KOMAROVA

The selection of Russians for the European Championship has been completed

Five Russians will perform at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, which will be held April 23 - May 1 in Greece. The composition of the team was determined based on the results of test competitions that took place at the Dynamo sports complex. According to the head coach of the national team, Andrei Rodionenko, the team included young athletes Anna Grudko, Irina Isaeva, Polina Miller, Yulia Lozhechko and Tatyana Kazantseva. The first two gymnasts secured their places on the team ahead of schedule thanks to their previously shown results. Grudko became the all-around champion at the recent Russian Championships in Novosibirsk, and Isaeva performed successfully at the World Cup in Germany, winning two gold medals. Olga ERMOLINA

26 hockey players arrived in Novogorsk

A month before the World Hockey Championship, which will be held in Riga on May 5-21, 26 hockey players of the Russian national team arrived for a training camp in Novogorsk: goalkeepers Maxim Sokolov (SKA), Alexander Fomichev (CSKA), Konstantin Barulin (Spartak) ), Sergey Zvyagin (Dynamo), Vasily Koshechkin (Lada); defenders - Denis Kulyash, Dmitry Bykov (both Dynamo), Alexander Titov, Vadim Khomitsky, Georgy Misharin (all CSKA), Alexey Emelin, Andrey Kruchinin (both Lada), Andrey Kuteikin (" Salavat Yulaev"); forwards - Maxim Sushinsky, Alexander Kharitonov (both Dynamo), Ilya Zubov (Spartak), Igor Grigorenko, Yuri Trubachev (both Severstal), Sergei Mozyakin, Alexander Nikulin (both CSKA) , Alexander Semin, Alexey Shkotov, Ilya Krikunov, Denis Arkhipov (all “Khimik”), Igor Emeleev (SKA), Alexey Simakov (“Neftekhimik”). Olesya KOMAROVA