January 2007 in Sports - 16 January 2007 (Tuesday)

16 January 2007 (Tuesday)

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – first round:
    • Rafael Nadal def Robert Kendrick 7–6(6) 6–3 6–2
    • Nikolay Davydenko def Sergio Roitman 6–2 7–5 6–2
    • James Blake def Carlos Moyà 7–6(8) 6–2 6–4
    • David Nalbandian def Janko Tipsarević 6–7(5) 4–6 7–6(2) 6–0 2–1 Ret.
    • Fernando González def Evgeny Korolev 6–7(4) 7–6(6) 6–3 6–2
    • Tommy Haas def Álbert Montañés 7–5 6–1 7–6(3)
    • Tomáš Berdych def Hyung-Taik Lee 6–1 6–2 6–2
    • Andy Murray def Alberto Martín 6–0 6–0 6–1
    • Jarkko Nieminen def Paul Goldstein 5–7 6–2 7–6(4) 6–4
    • Lleyton Hewitt def Michael Russell 3–6 2–6 6–3 6–3 6–3
    • Dmitry Tursunov def Alexander Waske 5–7 6–4 6–3 6–4
    • Florian Mayer def Robin Söderling 3–6 6–4 3–6 6–4 6–0
    • Sébastien Grosjean def Christophe Rochus 6–2 4–1 Ret.
    • Arnaud Clément def Xavier Malisse 6–3 3–6 7–5 6–4
    • Stanislas Wawrinka def Kevin Kim 6–1 2–6 6–4 6–2
    • Robby Ginepri def Nicolás Almagro 4–6 6–2 4–6 7–5 6–3
  • Women's singles – first round:
    • Maria Sharapova def Camille Pin 6–3 4–6 9–7
    • Kim Clijsters def Vasilisa Bardina 6–0 6–0
    • Martina Hingis def Nathalie Dechy 6–0 6–2
    • Anna Chakvetadze def Sybille Bammer 6–4 7–5
    • Ana Ivanović def Vania King 6–2 6–0
    • Samantha Stosur def Klára Zakopalová 6–3 6–1
    • Kaia Kanepi def Flavia Pennetta 7–5 7–6(3)
    • Alona Bondarenko def Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro 6–1 7–6(6)
    • Tathiana Garbin def Emmanuelle Gagliardi 3–6 6–2 6–1
    • Aiko Nakamura def Eleni Daniilidou 6–4 6–0
• Cricket:
  • 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series in Hobart:
    • New Zealand 205/9 (50 overs), England 206/7 (49.5 overs). England won by 3 wickets (with 1 ball remaining).

• American football:
  • Former Denver Broncos tight end coach Tim Brewster signs as the head coach of the Minnesota Golden Gophers football team.

• Auto racing:
  • NASCAR
    • Benny Parsons former NASCAR Winston Cup Champion dies of lung cancer at the age of 65.

• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 ASEAN Football Championship, group A in Bangkok:
    • Philippines 0 Myanmar 0.
    • Thailand 1 Malaysia 0. Thailand and Malaysia qualify to semifinals.
  • Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
    • Guyana 4 Guadeloupe 3.
    • Cuba 3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.

• Field hockey:
  • 2007 Women's Champions Trophy in Quilmes, Argentina:
    • Spain 2 Australia 2.
    • Germany 1 Japan 0.
    • Netherlands 3 Argentina 0.

• Men's college basketball:
  • (6) Pittsburgh 63, UConn 54
  • (11) Oklahoma State 105, (21) Texas 103 (3 OT)
  • Utah 85, (13) Air Force 79