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BASEBALL
and flicked it past Stars goaltender Ben Bishop to seal the victory with 1:38 left in the third period. The goal – his second of the play-offs – capped a flurry of activity in the closing moments which saw both teams score twice in five minutes.
NHL
Western Conference play-off semi-finals: Dallas Stars 3 St Louis Blues 4 (St.louis lead series 2-1).
SPEEDWAY
FIXTURES (all 7:30)
Friday: Championship Shield: Edinburgh v Berwick, Glasgow v Newcastle, Redcar v Scunthorpe.
SNOOKER
BETFRED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Crucible Theatre, Sheffield) Quarter-finals: Judd Trump (Eng) leads Stephen Maguire (Sco) 7-1 – Frame scores (Trump first): 131-0 (131) 73-23 (67) 137-0 (106) 78-1 (78) 1050 (101) 67-47 43-71 64-13. John Higgins (Sco) is tied with Neil Robertson (Aus) 4-4 – Frame scores (Higgins first): 55-59 (Higgins 55, Robertson 58) 30-92 (91) 69-24 4-85 83-49 (56) 37-73 63-49 73-18 (73).
TENNIS
ATP BMW OPEN BY FWU (Munich, Germany) 1st rd: Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg) bt Maximilian Marterer (Ger) 6-2 4-6 6-2, (6) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) bt Benoit Paire (Fra) 6-4 1-6 6-1, Thiago Moura Monteiro (Bra) bt Jan-lennard Struff (Ger) 6-1 6-1, Christian Garin (Chi) bt Yannick Maden (Ger) 6-4 6-2, Martin Klizan (Svk) bt Ernests Gulbis (Lat) 6-3 7-5, Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger) bt Andreas Seppi (Ita) 6-2 7-5, (7) Guido Pella (Arg) bt Mischa Zverev (Ger) 6-2 6-1, Matteo Berrettini (Ita) bt Denis Istomin (Uzb) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, Denis Kudla (USA) bt (5) Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 6-4 6-3, Rudolf Molleker (Ger) bt Marius Copil (Rom) 7-6 (7-5) 4-6 6-4.
WTA J&T BANKA PRAGUE OPEN
1st rd: Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk) bt (7) Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) 6-3 6-3, (6) Katerina Siniakova (Cze) bt Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) 6-0 6-2, Jana Cepelova (Svk) bt Stefanie Voegele (Swi) 6-1 6-2, (3) Qiang Wang (Chn) bt Margarita Gasparyan (Rus) 6-3 3-6 6-2, Mandy Minella (Lux) bt Jasmine Paolini (Ita) 6-3 6-1, (9) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) bt Mona Barthel (Ger) 6-4 6-2, Jessica Pegula (USA) bt Andrea Petkovic (Ger) 6-4 6-7 (7-9) 6-3, Jennifer Brady (USA) bt (5) Danielle Collins (USA) 5-7 6-3 6-0, Tamara Korpatsch (Ger) bt Aleksandra Krunic (Ser) 6-3 6-2, Bernarda Pera (USA) bt Barbara Haas (Aut) 6-4 6-2, Anastasia Potapova (Rus) bt (2) Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 2-6 6-3 6-2, Karolina Muchova (Cze) bt Iga Swiatek (Pol) 4-6 6-1 6-4, Antonia Lottner (Ger) bt Marie Bouzkova (Cze) 6-1 6-4, Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi) bt Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) 6-3 6-4, Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) bt (4) Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) 6-4 6-2, Natalia Vikhlyantseva (Rus) bt Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) 6-3 6-4.