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Petrova was unable to defend the title
Chronicle of sporting events
In the final of the women's tennis tournament of the second category of the BTA with a prize fund of 600 thousand dollars, Tatyana Golovin (France) convincingly prevailed over last year's winner of these competitions, Nadezhda Petrova - 6:2, 6:1.Moscow-born Golovin, whose family left for France when Tatyana was less than a year old, won the first title of her career. The 19-year-old athlete’s professional career is already in its fifth season, and before competing on the green clay of Amelia Island, Golovin’s best results were reaching the finals at tournaments in Birmingham (2004), Tokyo (2005) and Stuttgart (2006). For Petrova, the representative of France is one of the most inconvenient rivals. After Sunday’s match, the personal score increased to 5:1 in Golovin’s favor.
Yesterday, a tournament with a total bonus amount of $1.34 million started in Charleston (USA), where fights also take place on green clay. Dinara Safina, the fourth seed, was exempt from participation in the first round matches. The European elite ignored these competitions - our Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Belgians Justine Henin-Hardenne and Kim Clijsters, and Frenchwoman Amelie Mauresmo are absent. Safina's company in the main draw included Alina Zhidkova, Vera Zvonareva, Vasilisa Bardina, Elena Vesnina, Vera Dushevina and Anastasia Rodionova.
Wade and McGrady return from injury
Basketball. NBA. Regular season. Detroit - Cleveland - 87:82, Miami - Charlotte - 103:111 (OT), Philadelphia - Atlanta - 109:104 (OT), Lakers "- "Phoenix" - 107:115, "Toronto" - "Chicago" - 103:89, "Sacramento" - "Houston" - 106:112.
The top scorer of the next game day was Tracy McGrady (Houston), who missed the previous game due to a back injury. He scored 40 points and had ten assists. The most valuable player of last year's final series, Dwyane Wade, who had not played since February 22, returned to the Miami lineup and was recovering from a dislocated shoulder. His return did not bring any luck to the Heat, and the leader of the Southeast Division broke their three-game winning streak. Phoenix shooting guard Raja Bell, who was born in the Virgin Islands, made all six of his shots from behind the 3-point arc. Philadelphia was able to overcome a 17-point deficit during the match - at the beginning of the third period, the Sixers were losing 45:62. Only in the last minute of regular time did the hosts equalize the score, and already in overtime they proved their superiority. Ilya TRISVIATSKY
CSKA is one step away from winning the regular season
Basketball. Super League. Men. "Spartak" St. Petersburg - "Lokomotiv-Rostov" - 61:83, "Lokomotiv" NS - UNICS - 58:95, "Dynamo" MO - "CSK VVS-Samara" - 92:61, "Ural" -Great" - "Dynamo" M - 65:89, CSKA - "University" - 99:50. The leaders are: CSKA, UNICS - 20 wins - 3 losses, Khimki - 19--4, Dynamo M - 17--6, Lokomotiv-Rostov - 16--6.
If on April 18, CSKA in a meeting with Dynamo Moscow Region and UNICS in a home game with Standard (Tolyatti) do not allow misfires, then the army team will become the winners of the regular season. In personal meetings, they are minimally ahead of the Kazan team - 83:101 on the banks of the Volga and 94:75 in Moscow. This coming Saturday, the capital's Dynamo team in Rostov-on-Don will have a match virtually for the right to gain home-court advantage in the opening round of the playoffs. At the end of last year, the railway workers won a somewhat sensational victory on the road over the “blue and white” - 84:79. In order to become fourth in the standings, Lokomotiv must defeat the team of Serbian coach Dusan Ivkovic with any score. Ilya TRISVIATSKY
Sevilla missed the chance to take first place
Football. Spanish Championship. 29th round. Zaragoza - Barcelona - 1:0, Athletic - Valencia - 1:0, Deportivo - Gimnastic - 1:0, Espanyol - Real Sociedad " -- 1:0, "Recreativo" -- "Celta" -- 4:2, "Sevilla" -- "Racing" -- 0:0, "Levante" -- "Betis" -- 1:1, " Mallorca - Getafe - 2:0, Real Madrid - Osasuna - 2:0, Villarreal - Atlético Madrid - 0:1. Leading: Barcelona - 56, Sevilla - 55, Real Madrid - 54.
Sevilla failed to take full advantage of Barcelona's misfire and come out on top. Having an overwhelming territorial advantage, Alexander Kerzhakov's team, Sevilla, did not translate it into goals scored. The Russian national team forward came on as a substitute in the 60th minute and had a chance to score towards the end of the match, but after a long lob pass he shot inaccurately from a tight angle.
German Championship. 28th round. "Hannover" - "Bayern" - 1:2, "Alemannia" - "Borussia" D - 1:4, "Hamburg" - "Stuttgart" - 2:4, "Schalke" - "Borussia" M -- 2:0, Wolfsburg -- Mainz -- 3:2, Hertha -- Arminia -- 1:1, Eintracht -- Energi -- 1:3, " Werder - Nuremberg - 1:0, Bayer - Bochum - 1:4. Leading: Schalke - 56, Werder - 54, Stuttgart - 52.
The hosts performed worse only in the 11th round, when they lost six matches. Now the guests have won one less victory, but in four meetings they scored three or more goals. Former CSKA player Croatian Ivica Olic scored for Hamburg, Greek forward Theofanis Gekas from Bochum scored a double and will continue to lead the list of scorers with 16 goals.
Italian Championship. 31st round . "Regina" - "Inter" - 0:0, "Fiorentina" - "Ascoli" - 4:0, "Lazio" - "Messina" - 1:0, "Catania" - "Roma" -- 0:2, Parma -- Livorno -- 1:0, Palermo -- Cagliari -- 1:3, Siena -- Udinese -- 2:2, Atalanta "- Chievo - 1:0, Sampdoria - Torino - 1:0, Milan - Empoli - 3:1. They are in the lead (30 matches played): Inter - 80 points, Roma - 62, Lazio - 55.
Inter's unbeaten streak in Serie A, including last season, extended to 32 matches.
French Championship. 31st round. Valenciennes - Lyon - 0:0, Monaco - Troyes - 0:0, Nancy - Lorient - 0:1, PSG - Le Mans " -- 2:1, "Rennes" -- "Lens" -- 1:0, "Saint-Etienne" -- "Nantes" -- 2:1, "Auxerre" -- "Bordeaux" -- 0:0 , Sochaux - Nice - 1:1, Sedan - Toulouse - 0:2, Marseille - Lille - 4:1. Leading: Lyon - 66 (30 matches), Toulouse, Lens - 49. Vladimir ILYIN