May 2013 in sports explained
See also: 2013 in sports.
Days of the month
May 31, 2013 (Friday)
May 30, 2013 (Thursday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference Finals
May 29, 2013 (Wednesday)
- Copa Libertadores Quarterfinals, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
- Slovenian Cup Final in Koper: Celje 0–1 Maribor
- Maribor won the title for the eighth time.
- International friendlies (only top 10 in FIFA World Rankings, ranking in brackets):
- French Open in Paris, France, day 4 (seeds in square brackets):
- Men's singles, first round:
- Men's singles, second round:
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6] def. Jarkko Nieminen 7–6 (6), 6–4, 6–3
- Milos Raonic [14] def. Michaël Llodra 7–5, 3–6, 7–6 (3), 6–2
- Roger Federer [2] def. Somdev Devvarman [Q] 6–2, 6–1, 6–1
- Julien Benneteau [30] def. Tobias Kamke 7–6 (9), 7–5, 5–7, 0–6, 6–4
- David Ferrer [4] def. Albert Montañés 6–2, 6–1, 6–3
- Gilles Simon [15] def. Pablo Cuevas [PR] 6–7 (2), 6–1, 6–1, 6–1
- Nicolás Almagro [11] def. Édouard Roger-Vasselin 6–2, 6–4, 6–3
- Tommy Robredo [32] def. Igor Sijsling 6–7 (2), 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–1
- Andreas Seppi [20] def. Blaž Kavčič 6–0, 7–6 (3), 6–7 (2), 4–6, 6–3
- Sam Querrey [18] def. Jan Hájek 6–4, 7–5, 6–4
- Marin Čilić [10] def. Nick Kyrgios 6–4, 6–2, 6–2
- Jérémy Chardy [25] def. Roberto Bautista Agut 6–1, 7–5, 6–4
- Kevin Anderson [23] def. Evgeny Donskoy 6–7 (8), 6–1, 7–5, 6–2
- Women's singles, first round:
- Women's singles, second round:
- Serena Williams [1] def. Caroline Garcia [WC] 6–1, 6–2
- Ana Ivanovic [14] def. Mathilde Johansson 6–2, 6–2
- Agnieszka Radwańska [4] def. Mallory Burdette 6–3, 6–2
- Sara Errani [5] def. Yulia Putintseva 6–1, 6–1
- Angelique Kerber [8] def. Jana Čepelová 6–2, 6–2
- Varvara Lepchenko [29] def. Elina Svitolina 7–6 (5), 6–1
- Roberta Vinci [15] def. Galina Voskoboeva [Q] 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
- Carla Suárez Navarro [20] def. Shelby Rogers [WC] 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
- Sorana Cîrstea [26] def. Johanna Larsson 6–1, 6–4
- Bojana Jovanovski def. Caroline Wozniacki [10] 7–6 (2), 6–3
- Petra Cetkovská def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [19] 7–5, 2–6, 6–4
- Sabine Lisicki [32] def. María Teresa Torró Flor 6–4, 6–0
May 28, 2013 (Tuesday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference Finals
- Copa Libertadores Quarterfinals, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Santa Fe 2–0 (3–1) Real Garcilaso. Santa Fe won on points 6–0.
- Azerbaijan Cup Final: Neftchi Baku 0–0 (5–3 on pen.) Khazar
- Neftchi Baku won the title for the fifth time.
- French Open in Paris, France, day 3 (seeds in square brackets):
- Men's singles, first round:
- Novak Djokovic [1] def. David Goffin 7–6 (5), 6–4, 7–5
- Tommy Haas [12] def. Guillaume Rufin 7–6 (4), 6–1, 6–3
- Stanislas Wawrinka [9] def. Thiemo de Bakker 7–5, 6–3, 6–7 (1), 7–5
- Philipp Kohlschreiber [16] def. Jiří Veselý 7–6 (3), 1–6, 7–5, 6–2
- Denis Istomin def. Florian Mayer [28] 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, ret.
- Dmitry Tursunov def. Alexandr Dolgopolov [22] 7–6 (7), 6–4, 7–6 (7)
- Grigor Dimitrov [26] def. Alejandro Falla 6–4, 1–0 ret.
- Mikhail Youzhny [29] def. Pablo Andújar 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, 6–3
- Women's singles, first round:
May 27, 2013 (Monday)
- Western Conference Finals
- French Open in Paris, France, day 2 (seeds in square brackets):
- Men's singles, first round:
- Rafael Nadal [3] def. Daniel Brands 4–6, 7–6 (4), 6–4, 6–3
- Gaël Monfils [WC] def. Tomáš Berdych [5] 7–6 (8), 6–4, 6–7 (3), 6–7 (4), 7–5
- Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [6] def. Aljaž Bedene 6–2, 6–3, 6–3
- Richard Gasquet [7] def. Serhiy Stakhovsky 6–1, 6–4, 6–3
- Julien Benneteau [30] def. Ričardas Berankis 7–6 (5), 6–3, 5–7, 7–6 (5)
- John Isner [19] def. Carlos Berlocq 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
- Nicolás Almagro [11] def. Andreas Haider-Maurer [LL] 4–6, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3
- Jerzy Janowicz [21] def. Albert Ramos 7–6 (3), 7–5, 6–3
- Kei Nishikori [13] def. Jesse Levine 6–3, 6–2, 6–0
- Feliciano López def. Marcel Granollers [31] 7–5, 2–6, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
- Marin Čilić [10] def. Philipp Petzschner 6–1, 6–2, 6–3
- Fabio Fognini [27] def. Andreas Beck [Q] 6–3, 7–5, 6–3
- Tommy Robredo [32] def. Jürgen Zopp [PR] 6–3, 6–2, 6–1
- Daniel Gimeno Traver def. Juan Mónaco [17] 4–6, 4–6, 7–6 (4), 6–4, 6–4
- Women's singles, first round:
- Li Na [6] def. Anabel Medina Garrigues 6–3, 6–4
- Agnieszka Radwańska [4] def. Shahar Pe'er 6–1, 6–1
- Caroline Wozniacki [10] def. Laura Robson 6–3, 6–2
- Maria Sharapova [2] def. Hsieh Su-wei 6–2, 6–1
- Roberta Vinci [15] def. Stéphanie Foretz Gacon [WC] 6–3, 6–0
- Angelique Kerber [8] def. Mona Barthel 7–6 (6), 6–2
- Zuzana Kučová [Q] def. Julia Görges [24] 7–6 (8), 6–0
- Carla Suárez Navarro [20] def. Simona Halep 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
- Varvara Lepchenko [3] def. Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 6–1, 6–2
- Svetlana Kuznetsova def. Ekaterina Makarova [22] 6–4, 6–2
- Sloane Stephens [17] def. Karin Knapp 6–2, 7–5
- Kirsten Flipkens [21] def. Flavia Pennetta [PR] 2–6, 6–4, 6–0
- Melanie Oudin def. Tamira Paszek [28] 6–4, 6–3
May 26, 2013 (Sunday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference Finals
- Pure Silk-Bahamas LPGA Classic in Bahamas:
- Winner: Ilhee Lee 126 (−93)
- Lee won his first LPGA Tour title.
- French Open in Paris, France, day 1 (seeds in square brackets):
- Men's singles, first round:
- Roger Federer [2] def. Pablo Carreño [Q] 6–2, 6–2, 6–3
- Gilles Simon [15] def. Lleyton Hewitt 3–6, 1–6, 6–4, 6–1, 7–5
- David Ferrer [4] def. Marinko Matosevic 6–4, 6–3, 6–4
- Milos Raonic [14] def. Xavier Malisse 6–2, 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
- Jérémy Chardy [25] def. Benjamin Becker 6–4, 6–2, 7–5
- Kevin Anderson [23] def. Illya Marchenko 6–3, 7–5, 6–4
- Andreas Seppi [20] def. Leonardo Mayer 6–7 (4), 6–4, 6–3, 6–7 (2), 6–4
- Sam Querrey [18] def. Lukáš Lacko 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
- Women's singles, first round:
- Ana Ivanovic [14] def. Petra Martić 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
- Serena Williams [1] def. Anna Tatishvili 6–0, 6–1
- Sara Errani [5] def. Arantxa Rus 6–1, 6–2
- Urszula Radwańska def. Venus Williams [30] 7–6 (5), 6–7 (4), 6–4
- Sabine Lisicki [32] def. Sofia Arvidsson 6–3, 6–4
- Monica Puig def. Nadia Petrova [11] 3–6, 7–5, 6–4
- Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [19] def. Andrea Hlaváčková 4–6, 7–6 (5), 6–4
- Sorana Cîrstea [23] def. Kiki Bertens 5–7, 7–5, 6–2
May 25, 2013 (Saturday)
- Western Conference Finals
Borussia Dortmund 1–2 Bayern Munich
- Bayern Munich won the title for the fifth time.
Juan Mónaco def. Jarkko Nieminen 6–4, 6–3
Albert Montañés def. Gaël Monfils 6–0, 7–6(3).
- Montañés won the sixth title of his career.
- WTA Tour
Kaia Kanepi def. Peng Shuai 6–2, 7–5
Alizé Cornet def. Lucie Hradecká 7–6(4), 6–0
- Cornet won the third title of her career.
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- Western Conference Semifinals
May 24, 2013 (Friday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference Finals
- Giro d'Italia, Stage 19: Stage cancelled due to weather conditions.
May 23, 2013 (Thursday)
Wolfsburg 1–0 Lyon
- Wolfsburg won the title for the first time.
- Copa Libertadores Quarterfinals, first leg:
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- Western Conference Semifinals
May 22, 2013 (Wednesday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference Finals
May 21, 2013 (Tuesday)
- Western Conference Finals
- AFC Champions League Round of 16, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
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- Western Conference Semifinals
May 20, 2013 (Monday)
May 19, 2013 (Sunday)
- Western Conference Finals
Waitakere United 1–2 Auckland City
- Auckland City won the title for the third time in a row and fifth overall and qualified for the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup.
2–3 (GWS)
1–5
- Sweden won the Championship for the ninth time.
- Stanley Cup playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference Semifinals
Rafael Nadal def. Roger Federer 6–1, 6–3.
- Nadal won his sixth title of the year, seventh Italian Open title, 24th Masters 1000 title and 56th title overall.
- WTA Tour
Serena Williams def. Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–3.
- Williams won her fifth title of the year, second Italian Open title, 15th Premier title and her 51st title overall.
May 18, 2013 (Saturday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference semifinals
- World Championship Semifinals
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- Western Conference Semifinals
May 17, 2013 (Friday)
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Final
0–0 (4–5 in pen.)
May 16, 2013 (Thursday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference semifinals
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- Western Conference semifinals
- Copa Libertadores Round of 16, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
- Santa Fe 1–0 (1–2) Grêmio. Tied on points 3–3, Santa Fe won on away goals.
- Olimpia 2–0 (1–2) Tigre. Tied on points 3–3, Olimpia won on goal difference.
- World Championship Quarter-finals
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- Western Conference Semifinals
May 15, 2013 (Wednesday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference semifinals
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- Western Conference semifinals
Benfica 1–2 Chelsea
- Chelsea won the title for the first time.
- Copa Libertadores Round of 16, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
- AFC Champions League Round of 16, first leg:
- AFC Cup Round of 16 (teams in bold advance to the quarter-finals):
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Cup Final, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Široki Brijeg – (1–1) Željezničar
- Bulgarian Cup Final in Lovech: Beroe Stara Zagora 3–3 (3–1 on pen.) Levski Sofia
- Beroe Stara Zagora won their second Cup title.
May 14, 2013 (Tuesday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference semifinals
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- Western Conference semifinals
- Copa Libertadores Round of 16, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Palmeiras 1–2 (0–0) Tijuana. Tijuana won on points 4–1.
- AFC Champions League Round of 16, first leg:
- AFC Cup Round of 16 (teams in bold advance to the quarter-finals):
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Semi-finals in Slovakia:
- World Championship, Preliminary round, final matchday (teams in bold advance to the quarter-finals):
- Group H in Helsinki:
- 4–1
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- Final standings: Finland 16 points, Russia, United States 15, Slovakia 10, Germany 9, Latvia, France 7, Austria 5.
- Group S in Stockholm:
- 1–4
- 7–0
- 2–4
- Final standings: Switzerland 20 points, Canada 18, Sweden 15, Czech Republic 11, Norway 9, Denmark 6, Belarus 3, Slovenia 2.
- Stanley Cup playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference Semifinals
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- Western Conference Semifinals
May 13, 2013 (Monday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference semifinals
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- Western Conference semifinals
May 12, 2013 (Sunday)
- OFC Champions League Semi-finals, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Waitakere United 2–1 (2–0) Amicale. Waitakere United won 4–1 on aggregate.
- Waitakere reach the final for the fourth time.
- AFC President's Cup group stage, final matchday (teams in bold advance to the final stage):
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals
Rafael Nadal def. Stanislas Wawrinka 6–2, 6–4.
- Nadal won his third Mutua Madrid Open title, his 23rd Masters 1000 title and his 55th title overall.
- WTA Tour
Serena Williams def. Maria Sharapova 6–1, 6–4.
- Williams won her second Mutua Madrid Open title, her third Premier Mandatory title and her 50th title overall.
May 11, 2013 (Saturday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference semifinals
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- Western Conference semifinals
- OFC Champions League Semi-finals, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Ba 0–1 (1–6) Auckland City. Auckland City won 7–1 on aggregate.
- Auckland City reach the final for the third time in a row and the fifth time overall.
- AFC President's Cup group stage, final matchday (teams in bold advance to the final stage):
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Group stage in Slovakia, final matchday (teams in bold advance to the semi-finals, teams in italics qualify for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup):
- 0–0
- 2–1
- Final standings: Slovakia, Sweden 5 points, Austria 4, Switzerland 1.
- Group B
May 10, 2013 (Friday)
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- Western Conference semifinals
- AFC President's Cup group stage
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals
May 9, 2013 (Thursday)
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals
May 8, 2013 (Wednesday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference semifinals
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- Western Conference semifinals
- Copa Libertadores Round of 16, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
- AFC President's Cup Group stage (teams in bold advance to the final stage):
- UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Group stage in Slovakia, matchday 2:
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals
May 7, 2013 (Tuesday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference semifinals
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- Western Conference semifinals
- AFC President's Cup group stage, matchday 1:
- Armenian Cup Final in Yerevan: Pyunik 1–0 Shirak
- Pyunik won the Cup for the fifth time.
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals
May 6, 2013 (Monday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference semifinals
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- Western Conference semifinals
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals
May 5, 2013 (Sunday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference semifinals
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- Western Conference semifinals
- UEFA European Under-17 Championship Group stage in Slovakia, matchday 1:
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- CAF Champions League second qualifying round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses, teams in bold qualify for the group stage, teams in italics enter the Confederation Cup play-off round):
- CAF Confederations Cup second round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses, teams in bold qualify for the next round):
- OFC Champions League Semi-finals, first leg: Auckland City 6–1 Ba
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals
Tommy Haas def. Philipp Kohlschreiber 6–3, 7–6(3)
Stanislas Wawrinka def. David Ferrer 6–1, 6–4
- Wawrinka won the 4th title of his career.
- WTA Tour
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova def. Carla Suárez Navarro 7–5, 6–2
- Pavlyuchenkova won her second title of the year and the fifth of her career.
May 4, 2013 (Saturday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference first round
- CAF Champions League second qualifying round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses, teams in bold qualify for the group stage, teams in italics enter the Confederation Cup play-off round):
- CAF Confederations Cup second round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses, teams in bold qualify for the next round):
- OFC Champions League Semi-finals, first leg: Amicale 0–2 Waitakere United
- Irish Cup Final in Belfast: Cliftonville 1–3 (a.e.t.) Glentoran
- Glentoran won the Cup for the 21st time.
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals
May 3, 2013 (Friday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference first round
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- Western Conference first round
- CAF Champions League second round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): ES Sétif 3–1 (1–3) AC Léopards. 4–4 on aggregate. AC Léopards won on penalties.
- AC Léopards advance to the group stage. ES Sétif entered the Confederation Cup play-off round.
- CAF Confederations Cup second round, second leg (first leg score in parentheses): Ismaily 0–0 (0–0) Al-Ahly Shendi. 0–0 on aggregate. Ismaily won on penalties.
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals
May 2, 2013 (Thursday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference first round
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- Western Conference first round
- UEFA Europa League Semi-finals, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
- Copa Libertadores Round of 16, first leg:
- Polish Cup Final, first leg: Śląsk Wrocław 0–2 Legia Warsaw
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals
May 1, 2013 (Wednesday)
- NBA Playoffs (all series best-of-7; seeds in parentheses):
- Eastern Conference first round
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- Western Conference first round
- UEFA Champions League Semi-finals, second leg (first leg score in parentheses):
- FC Barcelona 0–3 (0–4) Bayern Munich. Bayern Munich won 7–0 on aggregate.
- Bayern Munich reach the final for the second time in a row, the third in four years, and tenth time overall
- Copa Libertadores Round of 16, first leg:
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- Western Conference Quarterfinals