* At the FIBA World Basketball Women's Championship in Brazil (through September 23):
- Russia advanced to the final, beating defending champions United States 75:68, and will contest the title with Australia, who beat Brazil 88:76 in the other semifinal. The final will kick off September 23 at 5 p.m. GMT (9 p.m. Moscow time)
* At the Davis Cup tennis world group Russia-U.S. semifinal in Moscow (through September 24):
- Russia leads 1-0 after Marat Safin beat world.No.6 Andy Roddick 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 in the first rubber of the five-rubber match
* At the $600,000 China Open WTA tennis tournament in Beijing (through September 24):
Singles:
- No.2-seed Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the semifinals, beating Na LI (China) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
- No.3-seed Nadazhda Petrova failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to sixth-seeded Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 4-6, 6-4, 2-6
Doubles:
- Anna Chakvetadze and Yelena Vesnina advanced to the semifinals with a win on walkover over Vera Zvonaryova and Shuai Peng (China) due to Zvonaryova's injury
* At the $175,000 Sunfeast Open WTA tennis tournament in Kolkata, India (through September 24):
Singles:
- Olga Puchkova advanced to the semifinals, beating Alberta Brianti (Italy) 7-5, 6-3
- Alla Kudryavtseva lost to Iroda Tulyaganova (Uzbekistan) 6-4, 2-5, 2-6 in the quarterfinals
Doubles:
- No.2-seed duo Anastasia Rodionova and Nicole Pratt (Australia) failed to advance to the semifinals, losing to unseeded pair Melinda Czink (Hungary) and Shikha Uberoi (India) 6-7, 6-3, 4-6
- Alla Kudryavtseva and Tatiana Poutchek (Belarus) lost to No.4-seed pair Hana Sromova (Czech Republic) and Angelique Widjaja (Indonesia) 1-6, 5-7 in the quarterfinals
