* At the $19-million U.S. Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in New York (through September 10)
Men's singles:
- Mikhail Yuzhny advanced to the second round, beating No.19-seed Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) 7-5, 6-1, 6-3
Women's singles 1st round:
- No.4-seed Yelena Dementieva beat Laura Granville (U.S.) 6-1, 6-4
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (6) beat Sandra Kloesel (Germany) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
- Maria Kirilenko (20) beat Julia Schruff (Germany) 6-3, 6-4
- Vera Zvonaryova (33) beat Marta Domachowska (Poland) 7-6, 6-3
- Anastasia Rodionova beat Hana Sromova (Czech Republic) 7-5, 7-5
- Alina Jidkova beat Jessica Kirkland (U.S.) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
- Yekaterina Bychkova beat compatriot Lyudmila Skavronskaya 7-6, 7-6
- Vasilisa Bardina lost to No.21-seed Shahar Peer (Israel) 2-6, 2-6
- Olga Puchkova lost to No.26-seed Marion Bartoli (France) 4-6, 0-6
* At the European Volleyball Junior Women's Championship in France (through September 3)
- Russia lost to Ukraine 2-3 in preliminary Group 2.
Results and standings:
Group 2:
Ukraine - Russia - 3:2 (21-25, 25-21, 20-25, 25-19, 15-10)
Serbia & Montenegro - Netherlands - 3:1 (25-16, 17-25, 25-13, 25-16)
Turkey - Poland - 3:0 (25-21, 25-19, 25-22)
1 Serbia & Montenegro - 3 games/6 points
2 Russia - 3/5
3 Turkey - 3/5
4 Ukraine - 3/5
5 Netherlands - 3/3
6 Poland - 3/3
Group 1:
Italy - Czech Republic - 3:1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-19, 25-19)
Croatia - Belgium - 3:0 (25-10, 25-22, 25-20)
France - Belarus - 3:0 (26-24, 26-24, 25-19)
1 Italy - 3/6
2 Croatia - 3/5
3 France - 3/5
4 Belarus - 3/4
5 Belgium - 3/4
6 Czech Republic - 3/3
* Premier League soccer results (host teams listed first):
Zenit St. Petersburg - Amkar Perm - 2:0
Rubin Kazan - Krylya Sovietov Samara - 2:1
Team standings:
1 CSKA Moscow - 18 games/37 points/ goal difference +14
2 Spartak Moscow - 18/34/+15
3 Lokomotiv Moscow - 18/33/+13
4 Spartak Nalchik - 18/28/+5
5 Rubin Kazan - 18/27/-1
6 Zenit St. Petersburg - 18/27/+3
7 FC Moscow - 18/26/+3
8 Tom Tomsk - 18/25/+3
9 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 18/24/-1
10 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 18/24/+4
11 Saturn Ramenskoye - 18/23/+5
12 FC Rostov - 18/19/-10
13 Dinamo Moscow - 18/16/-8
14 Torpedo Moscow - 18/15/-9
15 Amkar Perm - 18/14/-16
16 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 18/8/-20
