|Purse: $638,050 (WT250) |
|Surface: Hard-Indoor |
|Singles |
|Semifinals |
Benoit Paire (8), France, def. Michael Llodra, France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.
Richard Gasquet (3), France, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. |
|Doubles |
|Semifinal |
Marc Gicquel and Michael Llodra, France, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers, Australia, 7-6 (9), 3-6, 10-6.
|TRANSACTIONS|
Baseball
|AMERICAN LEAGUE|
BOSTON RED SOX--Agreed to terms with RHP Anthony Carter, INF Jonathan Diaz, INF-OF Mark Hamilton, INF Lyle Overbay and OF Ryan Sweeney to minor league contracts.
CLEVELAND INDIANS--Named Steve Lubratich director of pro scouting and Dave Miller, Michael Calitri and Bryan Corey pro scouts. Promoted Victor Wang to assistant director of pro scouting and Trey Hendricks to pro scout. Named Bo Hughes a national crosschecker and Carlos Muniz and John Heuerman area scouts. Promoted Scott Barnsby to a national crosschecker, Paul Cogan to scouting advisor/crosschecker and Jason Smith to west coast srosschecker. Promoted Jason Lynn to assistant director, international scouting, Antonio Caballero to Venezuelan scouting supervisor and Allen Lin to Pacific Rim scouting supervisor. Named Clinton Matsuzawa area scout in Japan, Luis Camacho and Rafael Cariel area scouts in Venezuela, Arnold Elles area scout in Colombia and Daniel Kim area scout in South Korea.|
|NATIONAL LEAGUE|
CINCINNATI REDS--Agreed to terms with RHP Armando Galarraga on a minor league contract.|
Football
|NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE|
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS--Named Rob Ryan defensive coordinator and Stan Kwan assistant special teams coach.|
Hockey
|NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE|
ANAHEIM DUCKS--Reassigned D Jordan Hendry and D Sami Vatanen to Norfolk (AHL). Recalled G Jeff Deslauriers from Norfolk. Reassigned G Marco Cousineau to Norfolk from Fort Wayne (ECHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS--Assigned D David Savard to Springfield (AHL).
DALLAS STARS--Assigned F Antoine Roussel to Texas (AHL).
SAN JOSE SHARKS--Reassigned D Matt Irwin to Worcester (AHL).|
College
MISSISSIPPI STATE--Suspended junior basketball G Jalen Steele indefinitely for violating team rules.
