SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Arizona Diamondbacks 9 Pittsburgh Pirates 5, Baltimore Orioles 0 Boston Red Sox 2(12),Chicago White Sox 0 Cleveland Indians 4, Miami Marlins 7 San Francisco Giants 5 ,Milwaukee Brewers 2 Chicago Cubs 7(11), Seattle Mariners 5 LA Angels 3, St Louis Cardinals 5 San Diego Padres 2, Tampa Bay Rays 8 Toronto Blue Jays 4

TENNIS

Heather Watson bounced back from her shock defeat at Surbiton last week to move into the second round of the Nottingham Open. The 26-year-old Watson needed only 73 minutes to claim a convincing 6-1 6-3 win over American world number 252 Danielle Lao. It was a welcome return to form for Watson, who had been stunned by fellow Briton Gabriella Taylor on her return to grass last week. Taylor suffered heartbreak in her Nottingham debut, losing a final-set tie-break to Donna Vekic, while British No 1 Johanna Konta swept aside Kurumi Nara 63, 6-4. ATP & WTA LIBEMA OPEN, ‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NETHERLANDS: Men’s 1st rd: Evgeny Donskoy (Rus) bt Franko Skugor (Cro) 6-3 6-2, Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Kevin King (USA) 6-4 6-2, Matthew Ebden (Aus) bt Tim Smyczek (USA) 6-2 6-3, Malek Jaziri (Tun) bt Max Purcell (Aus) 6-2 6-3, (5) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) bt John-patrick Smith (Aus) 3-6 6-3 6-4, Mackenzie Mcdonald (USA) bt (8) Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-4 6-2 Women’s 1st rd: (7) Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) bt Valentini Grammatikopoulou (Gre) 6-1 6-0, Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) bt Marina Melnikova (Rus) 6-2 6-2, Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) bt Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) 6-3 6-0, (8) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) bt Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) 0-6 7-5 6-3, Antonia Lottner (Ger) bt Anna Blinkova (Rus) 6-2 3-6 6-2, (3) Kiki Bertens (Ned) bt Natalia Vikhlyantseva (Rus) 5-7 6-3 7-6 (7-5), Alison Riske (USA) bt Tatjana Maria (Ger) 6-4 7-6 (7-2), Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) bt Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 4-6 7-6 (7-3) 6-2, (2) Elise Mertens (Bel) bt Polona Hercog (Slo) 6-2 6-4, Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Guillermo Garcia-lopez (Spa) 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-4) WTA NATURE VALLEY OPEN, NOTTINGHAM 1st rd: Heather Watson (Gbr) bt Danielle Lao (USA) 6-1 6-3, Samantha Stosur (Aus) bt (7) Zarina Diyas (Kaz) 2-1 ret, (5) Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) bt Veronica Cepede Royg (Par) 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7-5), Mona Barthel (Ger) bt Katie Swan (Gbr) 7-6 (7-5) 7-5, Ashleigh Barty (Aus) bt Stefanie Voegele (Swi) 6-3 6-3, (6) Donna Vekic (Cro) bt Gabriella Taylor (Gbr) 7-5 5-7 7-6 (7-3), (4) Johanna Konta (Gbr) bt Kurumi Nara (Jpn) 6-2 6-3, (1) Ashleigh Barty (Aus) bt Stefanie Voegele (Swi) 6-3 6-3, (6) Donna Vekic (Cro) bt Gabriella Taylor (Gbr) 7-5 5-7 7-6 (7-3), (4) Johanna Konta (Gbr) bt Kurumi Nara (Jpn) 6-2 6-3 ATP MERCEDES CUP, STUTTGART, GERMANY: 1st rd: Marton Fucsovics (Hun) bt Denis Kudla (USA) 6-3 6-4, Denis Istomin (Uzb) bt (5) Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-3), Gilles Simon (Fra) bt Matteo Viola (Ita) 6-0 6-3