RESULTS WORLDWIDE
GOLF
BARRACUDA CHAMPIONSHIP
Leading point totals after Thursday’s first round which uses a Modified Stableford scoring system that awards eight points for an albatross, five for an eagle, two for a birdie, zero for par, minus one for a bogey and minus three for any worse score; US unless noted): 17: Ollie Schniederjans; 14: Aaron Baddeley (Aus) Denny McCarthy; 13: Robert Streb; 12: Ryan Palmer, Hudson Swafford; 11: John Merrick, Tyrone Van Aswegen (Rsa), Ben Silverman (Can); 10: Michael Thompson, Alex Cejka (Ger), Stephan Jaeger (Ger), Tom Lovelady, Matt Jones (Aus), Shane Lowry (Irl), Sam Saunders, Charlie Beljan, Dylan Meyer.
BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL
Leading first round scores (US unless stated): 62:
Ian Poulter (Eng); 63: Kyle Stanley, Rickie Fowler; 64: Patrick Cantlay, Jon Rahm (Spa), Kim Si-woo (Kor); 65: Marc Leishman (Aus), Rory McIlroy (Nir), Luke List, Anirban Lahiri (Ind), Jason Day (Aus), Justin Thomas, Kevin Na; 66: Brooks Koepka, Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng), Tiger Woods, Li Haotong (Chn), Tommy Fleetwood (Eng), Patrick Reed, Phil Mickelson; 67: Daniel Berger, Aaron Wise, Russell Knox (Sco), Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn), Ross Fisher (Eng), Gary Woodland. WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN
Leading first round scores: 65: Lee Min-jee (Aus); 66: Mamiko Higa (Jpn); 67: Georgia Hall (Bri), Park Sung-hyun (Kor), Teresa Lu (Tpe), Lee Mi-hyang (Kor), Pornanong Phatlum (Tha); 68: Sandra Gal (Ger), Lydia Ko (Nzl), Mina Harigae (US); 69: Brooke Henderson (Can), Angel Yin (US), Moriya Jutanugarn (Tha), Liu Yu (Chn) , Florentyna Parker (Bri), Carlota Ciganda (Spa), Ryu So-yeon (Kor), Lydia Hall (Bri), Madelene Sagstrom (Swe); 70: Bronte Law (Bri), Ceine Herbin (Fra), Cloe Frankish (Bri), Choi Hye-jin (Kor), Brittany Altomare (US), Kim In-kyung (Kor), Wichanee Meechai (Tha), Hur Mi-jung (Kor).
TENNIS
AUSTRIAN OPEN
Quarter-finals: Martin Klizan (Svk) bt Dusn Lajovic (Srb) 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2; Jaume Munar (Spa) bt Taro Daniel (Jpn) 7-6 (73), 6-3; Nicolas Jarry (Chi) bt Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 7-5, 6-3; Denis Istomin (Uzb) bt Maximilian Marterer (Ger) 6-3, 6-3.
LOS CABOS OPEN
Quarter-finals: Juan Martn Del Potro (Arg) bt Egor Gerasimov (Blr) 6-1, 6-1; Damir Dzumhur (Bih) bt Michael Mmoh (US) 6-2, 6-3; Cameron Norrie (Bri) bt Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 6-4, 6-4; Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn) 6-2, 6-2.
SILICON VALLEY CLASSIC
Second round: Venus Williams (US) bt Heather Watson (Bri) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0; Maria Sakkari (Gre) bt Tmea Babos (Hun) 6-0, 6-1; Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) bt Amanda Anisimova (US) 7-5, 2-6, 6-1; Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) bt Magdalena Frech (Pol) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
WASHINGTON OPEN
Men Second round: Alex De Minaur (Aus) bt Steve Johnson (US) 6-4, 7-5; Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt Tommy Paul (US) 7-6 (75), 6-4; Noah Rubin (US) bt John Isner (US) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). Third round: Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) bt James Duckworth (Aus) 6-3, 6-4; Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger) 6-3, 7-5; David Goffin (Bel) bt Frances Tiafoe (US) 6-0, 6-3; Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt Noah Rubin (US) 6-3, 6-2; Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Denis Shapovalov (Can) 7-6 (7-1), 6-3; Alex De Minaur (Aus) bt Chung Hyeon (Kor) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Denis Kudla (US) bt Lucas Pouille (Fra) 7-5, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-5); Andy Murray (Bri) bt Marius Copil (Rom) 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).
Women
Second round: Belinda Bencic (Swi) w.o. Nao Hibino (Jpn); Zheng Saisai (Chn) bt Ysaline Bonaventure (Bel) 6-4, 6-4; Allie Kiick (US) bt Katie Boulter (Bri) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1; Donna Vekic (Cro) bt Fanny Stollar (Hun) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (15-13); Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt Ana Bogdan (Rom) 6-2, 6-1; Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) bt Jen Brady (US) 7-5, 6-2; Magda Linette (Pol) bt Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.