SPORTS DIGEST

BASEBALL

NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISIONAL SERIES: St Louis Cardinals 5 Atlanta Braves 4 (best-of-5 series tied 2-2), Washington Nationals 6 Los Angeles Dodgers 1 (2-2)

AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISIONAL SERIES: Minnesota Twins 1 NY Yankees 5 (New York win 3-0), Tampa Bay Rays 10 Houston Astros 3 (Houston lead 2-1).

GOLF

WOMEN’S WORLD RANKINGS: 1Jin Young Ko (Kor) 10.25pts ave, 2 Sung Hyun Park (Kor) 7.72, 3 Nasa Hataoka (Jpn) 6.26, 4 Jeongeun Lee (Kor) 6.19, 5 Lexi Thompson (USA) 6.04, 6 Brooke M. Henderson (Can) 5.85, 7 Minjee Lee (Aus) 5.72, 8 Nelly Korda (USA) 5.59, 9 Inbee Park (Kor) 5.57, 10 Ariya Jutanugarn (Tha) 5.44, 11 Hinako Shibuno (Jpn) 5.05, 12 Carlota Ciganda (Spa) 4.86, 13 Sei Young Kim (Kor) 4.72, 14 Hyo Joo Kim (Kor) 4.48, 15 So Yeon Ryu (Kor) 4.46, 16 Danielle Kang (USA) 4.24, 17 Lizette Salas (USA) 4.18, 18 Hannah Green (Aus) 4.03, 19 Jessica Korda (USA) 3.88, 20 Amy Yang (Kor) 3.78, 21 Shanshan Feng (Chn) 3.71, 22 Jiyai Shin (Kor) 3.45, 23 Mi Jung Hur (Kor) 3.41, 24 Bronte Law (Eng) 3.24, 25 Eun-hee Ji (Kor) 3.16. EUROPEAN TOUR RACE TO DUBAI: 1 Jon Rahm (Spa) 3898.30, 2 Shane Lowry (Irl) 3535.40, 3 Bernd Wiesberger (Aut) 3033.2ppts, 4 Matt Wallace (Eng) 2389.10, 5 Tommy Fleetwood (Eng) 2379.60, 6 Matthew Fitzpatrick (Eng) 2085.90, 7 Erik Van Rooyen (Rsa) 1857.00, 8 Danny Willett (Eng) 1845.40, 9 Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa) 1796.70, 10 Louis Oosthuizen (Rsa) 1792.60, 11 Rafael Cabrerabello (Spa) 1703.80, 12 Robert Macintyre (Sco) 1685.80, 13 Jorge Campillo (Spa) 1680.60, 14 Sergio Garcia (Spa) 1663.80, 15 Ian Poulter (Eng) 1638.40, 16 Benjamin Hebert (Fra) 1554.70, 17 Justin Harding (Rsa) 1511.20, 18 Paul Casey (Eng) 1503.30, 19 Victor Perez (Fra) 1465.50, 20 Francesco Molinari (Ita) 1462.90. USPGA TOUR MONEY LEADERS (USA unless stated, prize money in Dollars): 1 Sebastian Munoz (Col) 1,458,086, 2 Kevin Na 1,389,375 3 Joaquin Niemann (Chi) 1,365,312 4 Cameron Champ 1,230,364 5 Adam Hadwin (Can) 1,013,983, 6 Tom Hoge 844,230, 7 Sungjae Im (Kor) 828,581, 8 Patrick Cantlay 789,730, 9 Harris English 608,785, 10 Brian Harman 565,21, 11 Pat Perez 483,000, 12 Lanto Griffin 478,952, 13 Byeong-hun An (Kor) 474,435, 14 Marc Leishman (Aus) 455,400, 15 Richy Werenski 453,544, 16 Brian Stuard 427,697, 17 Bryson Dechambeau 419,983, 18 Dylan Frittelli (Rsa) 415,580, 19 Nate Lashley 381,704, 20 Cameron Percy (Aus) 377,225.

GRIDIRON

NFL: San Francisco 49ers 31 Cleveland Browns 3.

ICE HOCKEY

NHL: Columbus Blue Jackets 4 Buffalo Sabres 3 (OT), Toronto Maple Leafs 2 St Louis Blues 3.

TENNIS

ATP RANKINGS: 1 Novak Djokovic (Ser) 10365pts, 2 Rafael Nadal (Spa) 9225, 3 Roger Federer (Swi) 7130, 4 Daniil Medvedev (Rus) 4965, 5 Dominic Thiem (Aut) 4915, 6 Alexander Zverev (Ger) 4185, 7 Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) 3630, 8 Kei Nishikori (Jpn) 3040, 9 Karen Khachanov (Rus) 2945, 10 Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa) 2575, 11 Gael Monfils (Fra) 2375, 12 Fabio Fognini (Ita) 2280, 13 Matteo Berrettini (Ita) 2221, 14 David Goffin (Bel) 2190, 15 Borna Coric (Cro) 2130, 16 Diego Schwartzman (Arg) 1995, 17 John Isner (USA) 1895, 18 Kevin Anderson (Rsa) 1780, 19 Felix Auger Aliassime (Can) 1719, 20 Stan Wawrinka (Swi) 1670, 21 Guido Pella (Arg) 1655, 22 Lucas Pouille (Fra) 1600, 23 Benoit Paire (Fra) 1553, 24 Alex De Minaur (Aus) 1520, 25 Marin Cilic (Cro) 1455, 26 Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) 1440, 27 Grigor Dimitrov (Bul) 1432, 28 Nick Kyrgios (Aus) 1405, 29 Taylor Fritz (USA) 1385, 30 Milos Raonic (Can) 1360, 31 Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 1306, 32 Christian Garin (Chi) 1262, 33 Andrey Rublev (Rus) 1261, 34 Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) 1243, 35 Jo-wilfried Tsonga (Fra) 1230, 36 Denis Shapovalov (Can) 1220, 37 Pablo Carreno Busta (Spa) 1192, 38 Jan-lennard Struff (Ger) 1190, 39 Laslo Djere (Ser) 1181, 40 Reilly Opelka (USA) 1178, 41 Fernando Verdasco (Spa) 1170, 42 Kyle Edmund (Gbr) 1165, 43 Daniel Evans (Gbr) 1110, 44 Adrian Mannarino (Fra) 1101, 45 Sam Querrey (USA) 1100, 46 Albert Ramos-vinolas (Spa) 1095, 47 Radu Albot (Mol) 1092, 48 Pablo Cuevas (Uru) 1078, 49 Gilles Simon (Fra) 1035, 50 Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) 1033. Selected other: 64 Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 910. WTA RANKINGS: 1 Ashleigh Barty (Aus) 7096, 2 Karolina Pliskova (Cze) 6015, 3 Naomi Osaka (Jpn) 5621, 4 Elina Svitolina (Ukr) 5525, 5 Bianca Andreescu (Can) 5041, 6 Simona Halep (Rom) 4962, 7 Petra Kvitova (Cze) 4776, 8 Kiki Bertens (Ned) 4495, 9 Serena Williams (USA) 3935, 10 Belinda Bencic (Swi) 3848, 11 Johanna Konta (Gbr) 3063, 12 Sloane Stephens (USA) 2818, 13 Angelique Kerber (Ger) 2775, 14 Madison Keys (USA) 2767, 15 Sofia Kenin (USA) 2615, 16 Aryna Sabalenka (Blr) 2580, 17 Petra Martic (Cro) 2517, 18 Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) 2390, 19 Elise Mertens (Bel) 2290, 20 Alison Riske (USA) 2185, 21 Donna Vekic (Cro) 2185, 22 Qiang Wang (Chn) 2043, 23 Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) 1995, 24 Caroline Wozniacki (Den) 1883, 25 Anastasija Sevastova (Lat) 1877, 26 Anett Kontaveit (Est) 1850, 27 Julia Goerges (Ger) 1840, 28 Amanda Anisimova (USA) 1794, 29 Garbine Muguruza (Spa) 1760, 30 Maria Sakkari (Gre) 1741, 31 Caroline Garcia (Fra) 1615, 32 Su-wei Hsieh (Tai) 1560, 33 Danielle Collins (USA) 1558, 34 Barbora Strycova (Cze) 1550, 35 Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) 1473, 36 Yulia Putintseva (Kaz) 1455, 37 Karolina Muchova (Cze) 1449, 38 Saisai Zheng (Chn) 1435, 39 Daria Kasatkina (Rus) 1425, 40 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) 1385, 41 Shuai Zhang (Chn) 1325, 42 Magda Linette (Pol) 1290, 43 Elena Rybakina (Kaz) 1259, 44 Alison van Uytvanck (Bel) 1255, 45 Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) 1244, 46 Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) 1235, 47 Yafan Wang (Chn) 1185, 48 Polona Hercog (Slo) 1120, 49 Victoria Azarenka (Blr) 1115, 50 Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) 1115.

ATP SHANGHAI ROLEX MASTERS 1st rd: Reilly Opelka (USA) bt Dusan Lajovic (Ser) 6-3 6-4, (16) John Isner (USA) bt Alex De Minaur (Aus) 7-6 (7-1) 6-4, Andrey Rublev (Rus) bt (12) Borna Coric (Cro) 6-4 7-6 (7-4), Lucas Pouille (Fra) bt Zhe Li (Chn) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-4, (11) Matteo Berrettini (Ita) bt Jan-lennard Struff (Ger) 6-2 6-1, John Millman (Aus) bt Guido Pella (Arg) 6-3 7-5, Felix Auger-aliassime (Can) bt Alexander Bublik (Kaz) 7-6 (7-5) 4-0 ret, (13) David Goffin (Bel) bt Richard Gasquet (Fra) 6-2 6-3.

2nd rd: (15) Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) bt Benoit Paire (Fra) 6-4 1-6 6-1, Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) bt (9) Gael Monfils (Fra) 6-2 7-6 (7-1), (2) Roger Federer (Swi) bt Albert Ramos-vinolas (Spa) 6-2 7-6 (7-5), Vasek Pospisil (Can) bt Joao Sousa (Por) 6-3 7-5, (3) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) bt Cameron Norrie (Gbr) 6-3 6-1, (10) Fabio Fognini (Ita) bt Andy Murray (Gbr) 7-6 (7-4) 2-6 7-6 (7-2).

WTA TIANJIN OPEN

1st rd: (8) Magda Linette (Pol) bt Christina Mchale (USA) 6-3 6-1, (1) Xiyu Wang (Chn) bt Kristie Ahn (USA) 6-2 7-6 (7-2), Ons Jabeur (Tun) bt Jennifer Brady (USA) 6-4 6-2, (3) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr) bt Lin Zhu (Chn) 6-2 6-3, (7) Saisai Zheng (Chn) bt Ying-ying Duan (Chn) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2, (2) Qiang Wang (Chn) bt Arina Rodionova (Aus) 6-3 6-4, Kurumi Nara (Jpn) bt Harriet Dart (Gbr) 3-6 6-1 6-3.