* At the $3.45-million Nasdaq 100 Open tennis tournament in Miami, Florida (March 22-April 2):
- Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova, seeded 4 for the tournament, advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles by defeating compatriot Maria Kirilenko (20), 3:6, 6:4, 6:1
- Nadezhda Petrova (5) beat Eleni Daniilidou of Greece, 6:2, 6:0, to take on world No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo of France in the quarterfinals of the women's singles
- Svetlana Kuznetsova (12) automatically advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles after Patty Schnyder (7) of Switzerland retired from the tournament due to a right ankle injury
- Anastasia Myskina (10) advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles by defeating compatriot Anna Chakvetadze, 6:3, 6:2. Myskina will face Sharapova in the quarterfinals.
- Dmitry Tursunov beat compatriot Igor Andreyev (24), 6:3, 1:6, 6:4 to advance to the fourth round of the men's singles, where he will face world No.1 Roger Federer of Switzerland
- Elena Dementyeva (6) failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the women's singles losing to Tatiana Golovin (22) of France, 2:6, 1:6
- Svetlana Kuznetsova and France's Amelie Mauresmo, world No. 1, advanced to the third round of women's doubles by defeating international duo Krajicek (Netherlands)/ Morariu (USA), 6:3, 3:6, 62
* Russian grandmaster Alexei Dreyev lost to Spanish grandmaster Aleksei Shirov, surrendering the title on the last day of the VII Anatoly Karpov international chess tournament, which is being held in Russia's Siberian Khanty-Mansiisk region and features the world's leading players.
Final standings:
1- Aleksei Shirov (Spain) - 6 points
2-5 Ruslan Ponomaryov (Ukraine), Alexei Dreyev, Yevgeny Bareyev, Vadim Zvyagintsev (all Russia) - 5 points
6-7 Ivan Sokolov (Netherlands), Yevgeny Nayer (Russia) - 4.5 points
8 Sergei Rublevsky (Russia), - 4 points
9- Alexander Onishchuk (United States) - 3.5 points
10 - Viorel Bologan (Moldova) - 2.5 points
Day 8 results:
Shirov - Dreyev - 1:0
Bologan - Onishchuk - 0.5:0.5
Rublevsky - Bareyev - 0.5:0.5
Zvyagintsev - Sokolov - 0.5:0.5
Nayer - Ponomaryov - 0.5:0.5
* Krylya Sovietov Samara tied with Rubin Kazan, 0:0 at home, in the last match of Russia's soccer Premier League Week 2
Team standings after Week 2:
1- CSKA Moscow - 6 points/goal difference 6-1
2 Tom Tomsk - 6/3-1/
3 Zenit St. Petersburg - 4/4-2
4-5 Rubin Kazan - 4/1-0
4-5 Krylya Sovietov Samara - 4/1-0
6 FC Rostov - 3/5-2
7 FC Moscow - 3/1-4
8 Spartak Moscow - 2/3-3
9 Luch-Energia Vladivostok - 2/2-2
10 Saturn Ramenskoye - 2/1-1
11 Spartak Nalchik - 1/2-3
12-14 Dinamo Moscow - 1/1-2
12-14 Lokomotiv Moscow - 1/1-2
12-14 Torpedo Moscow - 0/1-2
15 Shinnik Yaroslavl - 1/2-6
16 Amkar Perm - 0/1-4
* Russian women's basketball SuperLeague Division A regular season final standings:
1 VBM SGAU Samara - 44 points
2 UGMK Yekaterinburg - 40
3 Dinamo Moscow - 40
4 Spartak Moscow Region - 34
5 Dinamo Kursk - 32
6 Nadezhda Orenburg - 32
7 Shelen Krasnoyarsk - 31
8 Vologda-Chevakata Vologda - 31
9 Dinamo-Energia Novosibirsk - 30
10 Dinamo Moscow Region - 29
11 Zvezda St. Petersburg - 29
12 Enzhe Kazan - 24
Quarterfinals draw (teams listed first start the best-of-three series at home):
VBM SGAU Samara - Shelen Krasnoyarsk
UGMK Yekaterinburg - Vologda-Chevakata Vologda
Dinamo Moscow - Dinamo Kursk
Spartak Moscow Region - Nadezhda Orenburg
Quarterfinals legs are set for March 7, 10 (13 if necessary)
* Dinamo Moscow Region beat Ural-Great Perm, the CEV Challenge Cup holder, 109:99, in an away game of the Russian men's basketball national championships regular season.
Russian men's basketball SuperLeague Division A standings:
1 CSKA Moscow - 42 points (after 22 games)
2 Khimky Moscow Region - 39 (22)
3 Dinamo St. Petersburg - 38 (21)
4 UNICS Kazan - 36 (20)
5 Dinamo Moscow - 35 (21)
6 Dinamo Moscow Region - 35 (22)
7 Ural-Great Perm - 33 (21)
8 Lokomotiv-Rostov Rostov-on-Don - 30 (22)
9 Spartak VGUES Primorye - 29 (23)
10 CSK VVS Samara - 26 (21)
11 Sibirtelekom-Lokomotiv Novosibirsk - 26 (21)
12 Spartak St. Petersburg - 26 (22)
13 Universitet-Ugra Surgut - 24 (21)
* Russian basketball team Dynamo Moscow needs a draw today in its second leg of the two-way semifinals series with Hapoel Migdal of Israel to advance to the finals of the ULEB Cup tournament. Last week Dinamo edged Hapoel in Jerusalem, 84-83, with a crucial steal and free throw by Dmitry Domani 2.4 seconds before the end of the game. The match is set for 2 p.m. GMT in Moscow.
