January 2007 in Sports - 15 January 2007 (Monday)

15 January 2007 (Monday)

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – first round:
    • Roger Federer def Björn Phau 7–5 6–0 6–4
    • Mardy Fish def Ivan Ljubičić 4–6 7–6(2) 6–4 6–4
    • Andy Roddick def Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6–7(18) 7–6(2) 6–3 6–3: The first-set tiebreak, which Tsonga won 20–18, was the longest in Australian Open history.
    • Tommy Robredo def Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–4 6–4 6–0
    • Mario Ančić def Go Soeda 6–4 6–3 6–2
    • Marcos Baghdatis def Rainer Schüttler 6–4 2–6 6–3 6–2
    • Novak Djokovic def Nicolás Massú 6–1 6–1 6–0
    • David Ferrer def Kristian Pless 7–5 6–4 6–3
    • Richard Gasquet def Filippo Volandri 6–4 6–4 6–2
    • Radek Štěpánek def Michaël Llodra 6–2 6–4 6–0
    • Dominik Hrbatý def Jiří Vaněk 6–7(7) 7–6(1) 6–1 6–3
    • Juan Carlos Ferrero def Jan Hájek 3–0 Ret.
    • Mikhail Youzhny def Jan Hernych 7–6(6) 6–2 6–0
    • Marat Safin def Benjamin Becker 5–7 7–6(2) 3–6 6–3 6–4
    • Sam Querrey def José Acasuso 6–7(2) 6–4 6–1 6–3
    • Zack Fleishman def Agustín Calleri 7–5 4–6 6–3 6–4
  • Women's singles – first round:
    • Amélie Mauresmo def Shenay Perry 6–3 6–4
    • Svetlana Kuznetsova def Jessica Moore 6–2 6–0
    • Nadia Petrova def Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–3 6–2
    • Elena Dementieva def Stéphanie Foretz 6–1 6–2
    • Nicole Vaidišová def Jill Craybas 6–4 5–7 6–1
    • Jelena Janković def Aleksandra Wozniak 6–3 6–3
    • Francesca Schiavone def Sandra Kloesel 6–4 6–4
    • Shahar Pe'er def Romina Oprandi 6–1 6–3
    • Marion Bartoli def Vera Dushevina 6–0 6–3
    • Tatiana Golovin def Anna Smashnova 6–3 6–1
    • Katarina Srebotnik def Casey Dellacqua 4–6 6–2 7–5
    • Ai Sugiyama def Sofia Arvidsson 6–3 6–4
    • Elena Vesnina def Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–7(7) 6–1 6–1
    • Maria Kirilenko def Karolina Šprem 3–6 6–3 6–1
    • Serena Williams def Mara Santangelo 6–2 6–1
    • Julia Schruff def Jie Zheng 4–6 7–6(1) 6–4

• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, first Test in Centurion, day 5:
    Pakistan 313 & 302, South Africa 417 & 199/3 (60.5 overs). South Africa win by 7 wickets. Player of the match: Hashim Amla, South Africa.

• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group B in Singapore:
    • Indonesia 1 Vietnam 1.
    • Singapore 11 Laos 0. Noh Alam Shah scores 7 goals as Singapore nets 6 goals in the last 20 minutes.
  • Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
    • Haiti 2 Barbados 0. Haiti qualify to semifinals.
    • Trinidad and Tobago 5 Martinique 1.

• College basketball:
  • Men's:
    • (6) Kansas 70, Missouri 67
  • Women's:
    • (2) North Carolina 82, (7) UConn 76