* At the $2.34-million Kremlin Cup tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia (through October 15):
Women's singles:
- Yelena Vesnina advanced to the second round, defeating Na Li (China) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6
- Yelena Likhovtseva trounced Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) 6-0, 6-1 to advance to the second round
- Anna Chakvetadze advanced to the second round, beating compatriot and No.7-seed Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-2
- Yekaterina Bychkova advanced to the second round, beating compatriot Anastasia Rodionova 6-3, 6-4
- Vera Zvonaryova beat compatriot Vera Dushevina 6-3, 6-2 in the first round
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova failed to advance to the second round, losing to No.8-seed Nicole Vaidisova (Czech Republic) 3-6, 3-6
- Yelena Bovina lost to Shahar Peer (Israel) 0-6, 2-6 in the first round
- No.2-seed Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova (3), and Yelena Dementyeva (4) will start in the second round after receiving first-round byes
Women's doubles:
- Alisa Kleybanova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova advanced to the second round, beating compatriot Alla Kudryavtseva and Tatiana Poutchek (Belarus) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
Men's singles:
- Top-seed Nikolai Davydenko trounced Jiri Vanek (Czech Republic) 6-0, 6-0 in the first round
- Teimuraz Gabashvili advanced to the second round, beating Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) 7-6, 6-3
- Igor Kunitsyn beat Rainer Schuettler (Germany) 6-3, 6-2 in the first round
Men's doubles:
- Igor Kunitsyn and Dmitry Tursunov advanced to the second round, beating compatriots Marat Safin and Mikhail Youznhy 6-3, 6-4
- Yevgeny Kirillov and Denis Matsukevitch lost to Kevin Kim (U.S.) and Hyung-Taik Lee (S. Korea) 3-6, 6-7 in the first round
* SuperLeague hockey results and standings (host teams listed first):
Traktor Chelyabinsk - Lada Tolyatty - 1:3
Severstal Cherepovets - Khimik Voskresensk - 2:1
Metallurg Novokuznetsk - Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 1:1
CSKA Moscow - Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 4:1
Vityaz Podolsk - Amur Khabarovsk - 3:2
Metallurg Magnitogorsk - Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 2:3
SKA St. Petersburg - Avangard Omsk - 5:2
HK MVD Tver - Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 3:2
Dinamo Moscow - Ak Bars Kazan - 1:4
1 Ak Bars Kazan - 14 games/35 points/goal difference +34
2 Sibir Novosibirsk - 12/26/+8
3 Khimik Voskresensk - 13/25/+13
4 HK MVD Tver - 13/23/+7
5 Avangard Omsk - 13/23/+6
6 Vityaz Podolsk - 13/22/-3
7 Lada Tolyatty - 12/19/+4
8 Salavat Yulayev Ufa - 12/19/+2
9 Dinamo Moscow - 13/18/-3
10 CSKA Moscow - 13/17/+2
11 SKA St. Petersburg - 13/16/-1
12 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk - 14/16/-7
13 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl - 12/16/-2
14 Severstal Cherepovets - 13/15/-12
15 Metallurg Magnitogorsk - 13/14/-1
16 Traktor Chelyabinsk - 13/14/-12
17 Metallurg Novokuznetsk - 12/11/-10
18 Krylya Sovietov Moscow - 12/9/-14
19 Amur Khabarovsk - 12/9/-11
