Sporting Digest: Tennis
VOLVO MEN'S INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (New Haven, Conn) Second round: A Medvedev (Ukr) bt G Stafford (SA) 6-1 6-3. Third round: M Rosset (Swit) bt I Lendl (US) 6-7 6-4 6-4; Y Kafelnikov (Rus) bt W Black (Zim) 6-4 4-6 6-4; M Stich (Ger) bt D Vacek (Cz Rep) 6-2 6-2; Medvedev bt S Pescosolido (It) 6-2 7-6; Goellner bt J Siemerink (Neth) 3-6 7-6 6-4; B Becker (Ger) bt Chesnokov 6-3 6-4. Quarter-finals: Stich bt Rafter 6-2 5-7 6-1.
RCA MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS (Indianapolis) Quarter-finals: W Ferreira (SA) bt T Enqvist (Swe) 6-2 6-2; O Delaitre (Fr) bt J Stark (US) 6-4 7-6; A Corretja (Sp) bt S Edberg (Swe) 1-6 6-2 6-4.
ATP TOURNAMENT (Graz, Aut) Quarter- finals: F Clavet (Sp) bt D Polyakov (Ukr) 6-4 6-1; G Schaller (Aut) bt F Roig (Sp) 7-5 7-5; D Nargiso (It) bt H Skoff (Aut) 6-4 6-1; F Santoro (Fr) bt J Arrese (Sp) 6-1 4-6 6-3.
CANADIAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Montreal) Third round: J Wiesner (Aut) bt M Oremans (Neth) 2-6 7-5 6-1; N Baudone (It) bt L McNeil (US) 6-7 6-2 6-4; K Date (Jap) bt A Smashnova (Isr) 4-6 6-2 6-1. Quarter-final: S Graf (Ger) bt G Sabatini (Arg) 7-5 6-0.
REEBOK TOUR (Havant): Men's semi- finals: B Cowan (Lancs) bt N Weal (Hants)
6-4 6-3; N Fulwood (Derbys) bt J Delgado (Warwicks) 3-2 ret. Women's semi-finals: K Cross (Devon) bt R Maudsley (Aus) 6-3 7-5; L Ahl (Devon) bt C Hunt (Dorset) 6-3 7-6.
MIDLAND BANK NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Nottingham): Boys' 18 and under singles, semi-finals: L Milligan (Middlesex) bt C Bennett (Hereford and Worcester) 6-4 6-3; M Lee (Sussex) bt N Jones (Hereford and Worcester) 6-0 6-2. Doubles final: P Martin (Avon) and J Williams (Middlesex) bt N Jones (Hereford and Worcester) and L Milligan (Middlesex) 7-6
6-2. 14 and under singles, semi-finals: D Kiernan (Durham and Cleveland) bt D Sherwood (Yorkshire) 6-3 6-3; S Dickson (Cheshire) bt M Hilton (Cheshire) 6-1 6-1. Doubles final: Kiernan and Sherwood bt T Greenland (Oxfordshire) and A Mule (Herts) 6-2 6-1. Girls 18 and under, doubles final: L Fletcher (Durham and Cleveland) and L Gelfs (Oxfordshire) bt J Dawson (Sussex) and K Roubanova (Berks) 6-3 6-2. 14 and under singles, semi-finals: L Cartwright (Warwicks) bt S Lydon (Somerset) 6-4 6-4; C Aldridge (Hampshire and IOW) bt L Davison (Durham and Cleveland) 3-6 6-2 6-1.
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