January 2007 in Sports - 20 January 2007 (Saturday)

20 January 2007 (Saturday)

• Tennis – 2007 Australian Open:
  • Men's singles – third round:
    • Rafael Nadal def Stanislas Wawrinka 6–2 6–2 6–2
    • Nikolay Davydenko def Fabrice Santoro 7–6(1) 6–2 6–2
    • James Blake def Robby Ginepri 7–6(7) 7–5 6–2
    • David Nalbandian def Sébastien Grosjean 5–7 4–6 7–6(4) 6–4 6–1
    • Fernando González def Lleyton Hewitt 6–2 6–2 5–7 6–4
    • Andy Murray def Juan Ignacio Chela 6–3 6–2 6–4
  • Women's singles – third round:
    • Maria Sharapova def Tathiana Garbin 6–3 6–1
    • Kim Clijsters def Alona Bondarenko 6–3 6–3
    • Martina Hingis def Aiko Nakamura 6–2 6–1
    • Patty Schnyder def Alicia Molik 3–6 6–2 6–0
    • Vera Zvonareva def Ana Ivanović 6–1 6–2

• Cricket:
  • Pakistan in South Africa, second Test in Port Elizabeth, day 2:
    • South Africa 124 & 115/3 (52.0 overs; Jacques Kallis 50 not out), Pakistan 265 (Inzamam-ul-Haq 92 not out). South Africa trail by 26 runs with 7 wickets remaining. Makhaya Ntini becomes the 22nd bowler, and third South African, to reach 300 Test wickets.
  • ICC Tri-series in Mombasa, Kenya:
    • Kenya win by walkover without a ball being bowled, after Canada forfeited the match due to player illness.

• Football (soccer):
  • 2007 Gulf Cup of Nations in United Arab Emirates:
    • Oman 2 Kuwait 1. Oman qualify to the semifinals.
    • United Arab Emirates 2 Yemen 1.
  • Caribbean Nations Cup 2007 in Trinidad and Tobago, semifinals:
    • Trinidad and Tobago 3 Cuba 1.
    • Haiti 3 Guadeloupe 1.

• Team handball:
  • 2007 World Men's Handball Championship in Germany:
    • Slovenia 35 Greenland 21.
    • Tunisia 34 Kuwait 23.
    • Iceland 45 Australia 20.
    • France 32 Ukraine 21.
    • Poland 29 Argentina 15.
    • Czech Republic 37 Qatar 23.
    • Spain 33 Egypt 29.
    • Norway 41 Angola 13.
    • Hungary 30 Denmark 29.
    • Croatia 35 Morocco 22.
    • Russia 32 South Korea 32.

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

• Rugby union – Heineken Cup:
  • In a showdown for first place in Pool 1, London Wasps secure a home quarterfinal with a 16–13 away win over Castres .
  • In Pool 3, Stade Français crush Calvisano 47–6 at home to win the pool.
  • Also in Pool 3, Ospreys defeat Sale Sharks 18–7 away. However, Ospreys' failure to earn a bonus point left their hopes of a quarterfinal berth hanging by a thread, and also assured Northampton Saints a quarterfinal berth.
  • Leicester Tigers win Pool 4 and a home quarterfinal by defeating Munster (Ireland) 13–6. This result eliminates Ospreys from further contention, as Munster now takes one of the two quarterfinal berths for second-place teams in pool play. The Tigers become the first visiting team ever to win at Munster's Thomond Park in Heineken Cup play.

• Men's college basketball:
  • (1) Florida 79, Ole Miss 70
  • (2) Wisconsin 71, Illinois 64
  • (3) UCLA 73, (11) Arizona 69
  • (4) North Carolina 77, Georgia Tech 61
  • Texas Tech 69, (5) Kansas 64
  • (7) Ohio State 82, Iowa 63
  • (8) Texas A&M 67, (12) Oklahoma 49
  • (9) Oregon 92, California 84
  • (10) Alabama 78, Georgia 76
  • New Mexico State 80, (15) Nevada 73
  • Arkansas 72, (16) LSU 52
  • Villanova 76, (21) Texas 69
  • Vanderbilt 72, (25) Kentucky 67