Sporting Digest: Tennis
MARSEILLES MEN'S OPEN Singles, semi- finals: M Rosset (Swit) bt M Stich (Ger) 6-2 2-6 6-4; A Boetsch (Fr) bt D Nargiso (It) 7-6 6-3. Final: Rosset bt Boetsch 7-6 7-6.
DUBAI MEN'S OPEN Singles, semi-finals: M Gustafsson (Swe) bt A Volkov (Rus) 6-2 6-2; S Bruguera (Sp) bt W Ferreira (SA) 6-2 6-1. Final: Gustafsson bt Bruguera 6-4 6-2.
SAN JOSE MEN'S OPEN (San Jose, Calif) Singles, quarter-finals: M Chang (US) bt J-P Fleurian (Fr) 6-7 6-1 6-3; R Reneberg (US) bt B MacPhie (US) 3-6 6-4 6-2; K Braasch (Ger) bt B Shelton (US) 6-4 6-4; R Furlan (It) bt J Tarango (US) 1-6 6-1 7-5. Semi-finals: Furlan bt Reneberg 6-4 6-4; Chang bt Braasch 7-5 4-6 6-3.
EXHIBITION MATCHES (Lexington, Ky): J McEnroe (US) bt J Courier (US) 7-5 7-6. (Lund, Swe): B Borg (Swe) bt M Wilander (Swe) 6-3 3-6 6-4. (Vaxjo, Swe): Wilander bt Borg 7-6 6-4 (Wilander wins three-match series 2-1).
DAVIS CUP Euro/African zone: Group one: (Harare): Zimbabwe bt Luxembourg 4-1. Asia-Oceania zone: Group one: (Peking): Japan bt China 5-0. Group two (Singapore): Pakistan bt Singapore 4-0. (Bangkok): Thailand bt Sri Lanka 5-0. (Taiwan) Taiwan bt Malaysia3-2. (Riyadh): Iran lead Saudi Arabia 2-1. American Zone Group one: (Lima): Peru lead Mexico 3-0. (Montevideo): Uruguay lead Cuba 3-O. Group two: (Ottawa): Canada lead Jamaica 3-0. (Guatemala City): Colombia lead Guatemala 3-0. (Asuncion, Par): Venezuela lead Paraguay 3-0. (San Juan, PR): Ecuador lead Puerto Rico 2-0.
TORAY PAN PACIFIC WOMEN'S OPEN (Tokyo) Singles, semi-finals: S Graf (Ger) bt Ke Boogert (Neth) 6-2 6-2; M Navratilova (US) bt M Maleeva-Fragniere (Swit) 6-2 6-3. Final: Graf bt Navratilova 6-2 6-4.
AMWAY WOMEN'S CLASSIC (Wellington, NZ) Singles, semi-finals: G Helgeson (US) bt P Hy (Can) 6-4 6-2; I Gorrochategui (Arg) bt J Halard (Fr) 4-6 6-2 6-4. Final: Helgeson bt Gorrochategui 7-6 6-3.
LTA WOMEN'S SATELLITE TOURNAMENT (Telford) Singles, final: C Taylor (Oxon) bt K Roubanova (Bucks) 6-3 6-0.
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