The Scotsman

SPORTS DIGEST

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BASKETBALL

The Milwaukee Bucks had the perfect response to their loss against the Denver Nuggets on Friday, disposing of the Phoenix Suns 129-108. Giannis Antetokoun­mpo was already in all-star form as he posted 30 points and 19 rebounds in the dominant victory. Although Devin Booker did his best to try to keep Phoenix in the game with a 32-point haul, it was never going to be enough to overcome a rampant Milwaukee team.

Meanwhile, the Toronto Raptors showed why the were the second-best team in the Easter Conference with a 129-102 victory over the Chicago Bulls. Terence Davis scored 31 off the bench to help keep the Raptors in touch with the first-placed Bucks.

James Harden fended off strong efforts from Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson to lift the Houston Rockets to an eightpoint win over the New Orleans Pelicans. Harden finished with 40 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists as the Rockets won 117-109.

GOLF

OFFICIAL WORLD RANKINGS: 1 Brooks Koepka (USA) 9.35pts ave, 2 Rory Mcilroy (Nirl) 9.16, 3 Jon Rahm (Spa) 8.60, 4 Justin Thomas (USA) 7.77, 5 Dustin Johnson (USA) 7.02, 6 Tiger Woods (USA) 6.18, 7 Webb Simpson (USA) 6.17, 8 Patrick Cantlay (USA) 6.12, 9 Xander Schauffele (USA) 5.84, 10 Justin Rose (Eng) 5.79, 11 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 5.69, 12 Tony Finau (USA) 5.12, 13 Patrick Reed (USA) 4.86, 14 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 4.52, 15 Adam Scott (Aus) 4.49, 16 Shane Lowry (Irl) 4.39, 17 Gary Woodland (USA) 4.36, 18 Bryson Dechambeau (USA) 4.29, 19 Marc Leishman (Aus) 4.26, 20 Paul Casey (Eng) 4.19, 21 Matt Kuchar (USA) 4.16, 22 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 4.02, 23 Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) 4.02, 24 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 4.01, 25 Matthew Fitzpatric­k (Eng) 3.88, 26 Rickie Fowler (USA) 3.81, 27 Henrik Stenson (Swe) 3.32, 28 Kevin Na (USA) 3.18, 29

Abraham Ancer (Mex) 3.18, 30 Lee Westwood (Eng) 3.08, 31 Danny Willett (Eng) 3.01, 32 Kevin Kisner (USA) 2.92, 33 Sungjae Im (Kor) 2.91, 34 Tyrrell Hatton (Eng) 2.91, 35 Cameron Smith (Aus) 2.87, 36 Shugo Imahira (Jpn) 2.86, 37 Billy Horschel (USA) 2.80, 38 Matt Wallace (Eng) 2.78, 39 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 2.76, 40 Jazz Janewattan­anond (Tha) 2.75, 41 Chez Reavie (USA) 2.68, 42 Victor Perez (Fra) 2.66, 43 Brandt Snedeker (USA) 2.57, 44 Bubba Watson (USA) 2.52, 45 Rafael Cabrera-bello (Spa) 2.52, 46 Jason Day (Aus) 2.50, 47 Graeme Mcdowell (Nirl) 2.36, 48 Byeong-hun An (Kor) 2.36, 49 Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa) 2.32, 50 Ian Poulter (Eng) 2.31.

GRIDIRON

SUPER BOWL: Kansas City Chiefs 31 San Francisco 49ers 20.

TENNIS

ATP RANKINGS: 1 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 9720pts, 2 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 9395, 3 Roger Federer (Swi) 7130, 4 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 7045, 5 Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 5960, 6 Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 4745, 7 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 3885, 8 Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 2905, 9 Gael Monfils (Fra) 2700, 10 David Goffin (Bel) 2555, 11 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 2400, 12 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 2360, 13 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 2360, 14 Diego Schwartzma­n (Arg) 2220, 15 Andrey Rublev (Rus) 2174, 16 Denis Shapovalov (Can) 2120, 17 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 1995, 18 John Isner (USA) 1940, 19 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1738, 20 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 1690, 21 Felix Auger Aliassime (Can) 1666, 22 Guido Pella (Arg) 1665, 23 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 1637, 24 Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 1596, 25 Alex de Minaur (Aus) 1575, 26 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 1570, 27 Nikoloz Basilashvi­li (Geo) 1440, 28 Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 1433, 29 Pablo Carreno Busta (Spa) 1332, 30 Borna Coric (Cro) 1320, 31 Cristian Garin (Chi) 1320, 32 Milos Raonic (Can) 1305, 33 Jo-wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 1305, 34 Daniel Evans (Gbr) 1296, 35 Jan-lennard Struff (Ger) 1270, 36 Taylor Fritz (USA) 1255, 37 Marin Cilic (Cro) 1205, 38 Reilly Opelka (USA) 1192, 39 Laslo Djere (Ser) 1185, 40

Sam Querrey (USA) 1180, 41 John Millman (Aus) 1141, 42 Albert Ramos-vinolas (Spa) 1130, 43 Ugo Humbert (Fra) 1121, 44 Filip Krajinovic (Ser) 1113, 45 Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 1111, 46 Casper Ruud (Nor) 1079, 47 Radu Albot (Mol) 1067, 48 Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 1062, 49 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1050, 50 Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg) 1012, 51 Aljaz Bedene (Slo) 985. Selected others: 61 Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 885, 64 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 845

WTA RANKINGS: 1 Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 8367pts, 2 Simona Halep (Rom) 6101, 3 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 5290, 4 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 4775, 5 Belinda Bencic (Swi) 4675, 6 Bianca Andreescu (Can) 4665, 7 Sofia Kenin (USA) 4495, 8 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 3965, 9 Serena Williams (USA) 3915, 10 Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 3626, 11 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 3466, 12 Madison Keys (USA) 2962, 13 Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 2820, 14 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 2753, 15 Petra Martic (Cro) 2586, 16 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 2527, 17 Marketa Vondrousov­a (Cze) 2430, 18 Alison Riske (USA) 2360, 19 Elise Mertens (Bel) 2360, 20 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 2175, 21 Maria Sakkari (Gre) 1955, 22 Anett Kontaveit (Est) 1935, 23 Donna Vekic (Cro) 1935, 24 Karolina Muchova (Cze) 1877, 25 Elena Rybakina (Kaz) 1866, 26 Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) 1785, 27 Qiang Wang (Chn) 1703, 28 Ekaterina Alexandrov­a (Rus) 1700, 29 Amanda Anisimova (USA) 1613, 30 Barbora Strycova (Cze) 1516, 31 Julia Goerges (Ger) 1510, 32 Shuai Zhang (Chn) 1505, 33 Anastasia Pavlyuchen­kova (Rus) 1486, 34 Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 1475, 35 Sloane Stephens (USA) 1453, 36 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 1463, 36 Saisai Zheng (Chn) 1380, 37 Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 1360, 38 Veronika Kudermetov­a (Rus) 1353, 39 Su-wei Hsieh (Tai) 1330, 40 Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) 1310, 41 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 1288, 42 Magda Linette (Pol) 1212, 43 Polona Hercog (Slo) 1205, 44 Rebecca Peterson (Swe) 1195, 45 Ons Jabeur (Tun) 1190, 46 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 1175, 47 Alison van Uytvanck (Bel) 1150, 48 Iga Swiatek (Pol) 1127, 49 Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 1123, 50 Danielle Collins (USA) 1115. Selected other: 74 Heather Watson (Gbr) 844.

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