Thursday, February 17, 2005
TENNIS
WTA TOUR PROXIMUS DIAMOND
Wednesday's results
Singles First Round
Claudine Schaul, Luxembourg, def. Els Callens, Belgium, 6-3, 6-4; Tatiana Golovin, France, def. Dinara Safina, Russia, 6-4, 6-7 (10), 6-3;
Second Round
Patty Schnyder (7), Switzerland, def. Camille Pin, France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Venus Williams (3), United States, def. Virginie Razzano, France, 6-3, 6-0; Kim Clijsters, Belgium, def. Nadia Petrova (5), Russia, 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-1.
Doubles
First Round
Iveta Benesova and Kveta Peschke, Czech Republic, def. Martina Muller and Julia Schruff, Germany, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; Caroline Dhenin, France, and Gabriela Navratilova (3), Czech Republic, def. Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian, Switzerland, and Mary Pierce, France, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4); Denisa Chladkova, Czech Republic, and Tina Krizan, Slovenia, def. Virginie Razzano, France, and Magui Serna, Spain, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1.
AUTO RACING
IROC CROWN ROYAL LINEUP
Race Friday
At Daytona International Speedway
1. (2) Sebastien Bourdais, Champ Car World Series; 2. (97) Kurt Busch, NASCAR Nextel Cup; 3. (16) Max Papis, Grand American Road Racing; 4. (8) Martin Truex Jr., NASCAR Busch Series; 5. (15) Buddy Rice, IRL IndyCar Series; 6. (03) Helio Castroneves, IRL IndyCar Series; 7. (01) Scott Pruett, Grand American Road Racing; 8. (4) Bobby Hamilton, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series; 9. (20) Danny Lasoski, World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series; 10. (17) Matt Kenseth, NASCAR Nextel Cup; 11. (6) Mark Martin, NASCAR Nextel Cup; 12. (11) Steve Kinser, World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series.