* At the LEN European Water Polo Championship in Belgrade, Serbia (through September 10)
Women:
- Russia advanced to the semifinals, beating Germany 18:11 in qualifying Group B on Day 3.
Group B results:
Germany - Russia - 11:18
Italy - Greece - 8:7
Group B final standings:
1 Italy - 3 games/9 points/goal difference +12
2 Russia - 3/6/+14
3 Greece - 3/3/-6
4 Germany - 3/0/-20
Group A final standings:
1 Hungary - 3/7/+23
2 Spain - 3/7/+14
3 Netherlands - 3/3/+4
4 Serbia - 3/0/-41
Men:
- Russia failed to advance to the quarterfinals, even with a victory over Slovakia 12-9 in its last match in qualifying Group A, and will now play in a qualifying group for 7-12 places. Europe's top nine teams will secure a berth in the next year's World Championship.
Group A results:
Serbia - Spain - 16:11
Slovakia - Russia - 9-12
Netherlands - Spain - 4-2
Current standings:
Group A
1 Serbia - 4/12/+36
2 Spain - 5/9/+4
3 Romania - 4/7/+1
4 Russia - 5/6/-4
5 Netherlands - 5/5/-11
6 Slovakia - 5/1/-26
Group B
1 Hungary - 4/12/+31
2 Greece - 4/7/+14
3 Germany - 4/7/+8
4 Italy - 4/6/+4
5 Croatia - 5/5/+5
6 Slovenia - 5/0/-62
* 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 quarterfinals, trouncing No.6-seed Tommy Robredo (Spain) 6-2, 6-0, 6-1
- Marat Safin advanced to the fourth round, beating No.26-seed Olivier Rochus (Belgium) 6-3, 6-2, 6-3
Women's singles:
- No.3-seed Maria Sharapova advanced to the quarterfinals, beating No.24-seed Li Na (China) 6-4, 6-2
- Yelena Dementyeva (4) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Aravane Rezai (France) 7-5, 6-4
- Dinara Safina (12) advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Virginie Razzano (France) 6-0, 7-5
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (6) failed to advance to the quarterfinals, losing to No.19-seed Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 7-6, 3-6, 2-6
- Anna Chakvetadze (23) lost to No.27-seed Tatiana Golovin (France) 3-6, 2-6 in the 4th round
Quarterfinal line-ups:
- Dinara Safina (12) - Amelie Mauresmo (1, France)
- Maria Sharapova (3) - Tatiana Golovin (27, France)
- Yelena Dementyeva (4) - Jelena Jankovic (19, Serbia)
- Justine Henin-Hardenne (2, Belgium) - Lindsay Davenport (10, U.S.)
Women's doubles 3rd round:
- Anna Chakvetadze and Yelena Vesnina lost to No.7-seed pair Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) and Paola Suarez (Argentina) 6-4, 4-6, 4-6
- Galina Voskoboyeva and Ashley Harkleroad (U.S.) lost to No.2-seed Chinese duo Yan Zi and Zheng Jie 3-6, 4-6
Women's doubles 2nd round:
- No.8-seed pair Dinara Safina and Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) beat Eva Birnerova (Czech Republic) and Anastasiya Yakimova (Belarus) 6-3, 6-4
- No.15-seed duo Yelena Likhovtseva and Janette Husarova (Slovakia) beat Anastasia Rodionova and Andreea Vanc (Romania) 6-3, 6-1
- Vera Zvonaryova and Nathalie Dechy (France) beat No.4-seed pair Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) and Ai Sugiyama (Japan) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Maria Kirilenko and Ana Ivanovic (Serbia) beat No.5-seed duo Anna-Lena Groenefeld (Germany) and Meghann Shaughnessy (U.S.) 6-3, 6-7, 7-5
