January 2007 in Sports - 18 January 2007 (Thursday)

18 January 2007 (Thursday)

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – second round:
    • Rafael Nadal def Philipp Kohlschreiber 7–5 6–3 4–6 6–2
    • Nikolay Davydenko def Gilles Müller 6–4 6–0 6–3
    • James Blake def Alex Kuznetsov 6–4 6–1 6–2
    • David Nalbandian def Nicolás Lapentti 6–4 6–4 6–4
    • Fernando González def Juan Martín del Potro 7–6(7) 4–6 6–7(3) 6–4 4–0 ret.
    • Tommy Haas def Ilija Bozoljac 7–6(3) 6–1 6–3
    • Tomáš Berdych def Robert Smeets 6–3 6–2 6–4
    • Andy Murray def Fernando Verdasco 7–6(4) 7–5 6–4
    • Juan Ignacio Chela def Jarkko Nieminen 6–3 2–6 6–4 6–4
    • Lleyton Hewitt def Frank Dancevic 6–4 6–4 3–6 6–4
    • Dmitry Tursunov def Max Mirnyi 6–2 6–3 7–6(4)
    • Sébastien Grosjean def Olivier Rochus 4–6 6–1 6–3 4–6 6–4
    • Stanislas Wawrinka def Paul Capdeville 6–4 6–3 6–2
    • Fabrice Santoro def Arnaud Clément 6–2 6–4 6–4
    • Robby Ginepri def Mischa Zverev 6–4 7–5 6–1
    • Florian Mayer def Andreas Seppi 5–7 7–5 6–2 6–2
  • Women's singles – second round:
    • Maria Sharapova def Anastassia Rodionova 6–0 6–3
    • Kim Clijsters def Akiko Morigami 6–3 6–0
    • Martina Hingis def Alla Kudryavtseva 6–2 6–2
    • Patty Schnyder def Shuai Peng 7–5 6–3
    • Dinara Safina def Youlia Fedossova 6–3 6–2
    • Anna Chakvetadze def Laura Granville 6–2 5–7 6–1
    • Ana Ivanović def Agnieszka Radwańska 6–2 3–6 6–2
    • Daniela Hantuchová def Émilie Loit 4–6 6–3 6–4
    • Ashley Harkleroad def Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–2 6–2
    • Na Li def Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–0 6–2
    • Vera Zvonareva def Tamira Paszek 6–1 6–3
    • Jelena Kostanić Tošić def Samantha Stosur 6–4 2–6 6–2
    • Alona Bondarenko def Virginie Razzano 6–3 6–4
    • Tathiana Garbin def Renata Voráčová 6–1 7–5
    • Alicia Molik def Kaia Kanepi 1–6 6–3 6–2
    • Aiko Nakamura def Sania Mirza 6–3 6–2

• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations in United Arab Emirates:
    • Saudi Arabia 2 Bahrain 1.
    • Iraq 1 Qatar 0.
  • Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago:
    • Cuba 0 Guyana 0.
    • Guadeloupe 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0. Guadeloupe and Cuba qualify to SF and to 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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

• Basketball:
  • Euroleague
    • Maccabi Tel Aviv secure a place in the Top 16 with a 91–83 home win over Cibona . (Euroleague)
    • RheinEnergie Köln are mathematically eliminated from Top 16 contention after losing 72–61 to Prokom Trefl Sopot . (Euroleague)
    • Le Mans are also mathematically eliminated from the Top 16 thanks to a 70–69 loss to Dynamo Moscow, Le Mans' sixth straight in the Euroleague. (Euroleague)
  • Men's college basketball:
    • (3) UCLA 60, Arizona State 50
    • (9) Oregon 66, Stanford 59
    • Southern California 80, (11) Arizona 73

• Cricket:
  • ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
    • Canada 292/5 (50 overs), Scotland 293/8 (49.5 overs). Scotland win by 2 wickets with 1 ball remaining.