RESULTS WORLDWIDE

CYCLING

GIRO D’ITALIA

Sixth Stage (164km): 1. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 4’16:11, 2. Simon Yates (Bri) Mitchelton-Scott same time, 3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 26 seconds behind, 4. George Bennett (Nzl) LottoNL-Jumbo, 5. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida, 6. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team, 7. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) Movistar Team, 8. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb, 9. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates, 10. Chris Froome (Bri) all same time.

Leading overall standings: 1. Simon Yates (Bri) Mitchelton-Scott 22’46:03, 2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 16 seconds behind, 3. Esteban Chaves (Col) Mitchelton-Scott 26, 4. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 43, 5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 45, 6. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 53, 7. Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team 1:03, 8. Chris Froome (Bri) Team Sky 1:10, 9. George Bennett (Nzl) LottoNL-Jumbo 1:11, 10. Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 1:12.

GOLF

THE PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

Leading first round scores (United States unless stated)

66: Webb Simpson, Dustin Johnson, Alex Noren (Swe), Chesson Hadley, Matt Kuchar, Patrick Cantlay; 67: Steve Stricker, Jhonattan Vegas (Ven), Kim Si-woo (Kor), Keith Mitchell, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa), Andrew Landry; 68: Sergio Garcia (Spa), Lucas Glover, Danny Lee (Nzl), Charles Howell, Justin Rose (Eng), Bubba Watson, Cody Gribble, C.T. Pan (Tpe), Ollie Schniederjans, Billy Horschel, Charl Schwartzel (Rsa), Jon Rahm (Spa), Henrik Stenson (Swe), Xander Schauffele.

TENNIS

MADRID OPEN

Men’s singles

Third round: Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Diego Schwartzman (Arg) 6-3, 6-4; Dominic Thiem (Aut) bt Borna Coric (Cro) 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Dusan Lajovic (Srb) bt Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6); Kevin Anderson (Rsa) bt Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 6-3, 7-6 (9-7); Kyle Edmund (Bri) bt David Goffin (Bel) 6-3, 6-3; Denis Shapovalov (Can) bt Milos Raonic (Can) 6-4, 6-4; John Isner (US) bt Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 6-7 (9-11), 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4); Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt Leonardo Mayer (Arg) 6-4, 6-2.

Women’s singles

Quarter-finals: Karolna Pliskova (Cze) bt Simona Halep (Rom) 6-4, 6-3; Petra Kvitova (Cze) bt Darya Kasatkina (Rus) 6-4, 6-0; Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) 6-2, 6-3; Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Maria Sharapova (Rus) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.