RESULTS WORLDWIDE
BASKETBALL
NBA PLAYOFFS
Western Conference final: Houston 127 Golden State 105 (Series tied 1-1).
CYCLING
GIRO D’ITALIA
Stage 11 (156km): 1. Simon Yates (Bri) MIT 3’25:53, 2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) SUN 2 seconds behind, 3. Davide Formolo (Ita) BOR 5, 4. Alexandre Geniez (Fra) ALM 8, 5. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) BAH 8, 6. Patrick Konrad (Aut) BOR 8, 7. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ s.t., 8. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) QST 11. 9. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC 18, 10. Fabio Aru (Ita) EAU 21.
Leading overall standings: 1. Simon Yates (Bri) MIT 47’08:21, 2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) SUN 47 seconds behind, 3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 1:04, 4. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) BAH 1:18, 5. Richard Carapaz (Ecu) MOV 1:56, 6. George Bennett (Nzl) LNL 2:09, 7. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC 2:36, 8. Peio Bilbao (Spa) AST 2:54, 9. Patrick Konrad (Aut) BOR 2:55, 10. Fabio Aru (Ita) EAU 3:10.
TOUR OF CALIFORNIA
Stage 4 (34.7km): 1. Tejay Van Garderen (US) BMC 40:47, 2. Patrick Bevin (Nzl) BMC 7 seconds behind, 3. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Bri) TeamSky 32, 4. Lawson Craddock (US) EF-Drapac 46, 5. Filippo Ganna (Ita) TeamEmirates 49, 6. Mikkel Bjerg (Den) Hagens-Berman 53, 7. Jack Bauer (Nzl) Mitchelton 55, 8. Neilson Powless (US) LottoNL 56, 9. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Bora 57, 10. Daniel Martnez (Col) EF-Drapac s.t.
Leading overall standings: 1. Tejay Van Garderen (US) BMC 12’50:55, 2. Egan Bernal (Col) TeamSky 23 seconds behind, 3. Daniel Martnez (Col) EF-Drapac 37, 4. Tao Geoghegan Hart (Bri) TeamSky 52, 5. Adam Yates (Bri) Mitchelton 1:07, 6. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora 1:29, 7. Brandon McNulty (US) Rally 2:08, 8. Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step 2:13, 9. Kristijan Durasek (Cro) TeamEmirates 2:15, 10. Brent Bookwalter (US) BMC 2:34.
TENNIS
ITALIAN OPEN
Second round
Men’s singles: Rafael Nadal (Spa) bt Damir Dzumhur (Bih) 6-1, 6-0; Denis Shapovalov (Can) bt Robin Haase (Ned) 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (5-7), 6-3; Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Dominic Thiem (Aut) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3; Kei Nishikori (Jpn) bt Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-4; Novak Djokovic (Srb) bt Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 6-4, 6-2; Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa) bt John Isner (US) 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-5); Aljaz Bedene (Slo) bt Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 6-4, 0-0 rtd; Pablo Carreno Busta (Spa) bt Steve Johnson (US) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Benoit Paire (Fra) bt Diego Schwartzman (Arg) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Marin Cilic (Cro) bt Ryan Harrison (US) 6-7 (3-7), 6-1, 7-6 (7-1); Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg) bt Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 7-5, 6-3; Kyle Edmund (Bri) bt Lucas Pouille (Fra) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3); Alexander Zverev (Ger) bt Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 7-5, 6-2.
Women’s singles: Simona Halep (Rom) bt Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 6-1, 6-0; Madison Keys (US) bt Donna Vekic (Cro) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-0); Sloane Stephens (US) bt Kaia Kanepi (Est) 6-0, 5-7, 6-4; Caroline Garcia (Fra) bt Timea Babos (Hun) 6-3, 6-4; Maria Sharapova (Rus) bt Dominika Cibulkova (Svk) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Johanna Konta (Bri) bt Hsieh Su-wei (Tpe) 6-0, 6-4; Maria Sakkari (Gre) bt Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Angelique Kerber (Ger) bt Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) 3-6, 7-5, 7-5; Daria Kasatkina (Rus) bt Danielle Collins (US) 6-2, 6-3; Venus Williams (US) bt Elena Vesnina (Rus) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; Anett Kontaveit (Est) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) 7-5, 7-5; Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) bt Aleksandra Krunic (Srb) 6-4, 6-4; Caroline Wozniacki (Den) bt Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) 6-1, 6-4; Daria Gavrilova (Aus) bt Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6).