Tennis
Britain's Tim Henman moved into the quarter-finals of the men's ATP Challenger in Peking yesterday. The top seed made light of the wintry conditions to beat Benny Wijaya, of Indonesia, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3.
STOCKHOLM MEN'S OPEN Singles, first round: A Boetsch (Fr) bt P McEnroe (US) 7-5 2-6 7-6; T Enqvist (Swe) bt H Dreekmann (Ger) 7-6 3-6 7-5. Second round: D Prinosil (Ger) bt O Delaitre (Fr) 6-4 6-3; R Reneberg (US) bt T Martin (US) 6-3 7-6; S Edberg (Swe) bt M Washington (US) 6-3 6-7 6-0.
KREMLIN CUP (Moscow) Second round: Y Kafelnikov (Rus) bt C Pioline (Fr) 7-5 6-1; D Vacek (Cz Rep) bt A Chesnokov (Rus) 7-6 6-4; B Black (Zim) bt J Hlasek (Swit) 3-6 6-3 6-4; A Volkov (Rus) bt S Groen (Neth) 5-7 6- 2 6-3.
ADVANTA CHAMPIONSHIPS (Philadelphia) First round: Z Garrison Jackson (US) bt F Zuluaga (Col) 6-0 6-2; B Schultz-McCarthy (Neth) bt C Vis (Neth) 1-6 6-3 6-4; N Tauziat (Fr) bt J Halard-Decugis (Fr) 6-4 6-4; M McGrath (US) bt P Shriver (US) 6-3 6-0; L Raymond (US) bt H Sukova (Cz Rep) 1- 6 6-4 7-6. Second round: S Graf (Ger) bt A Frazier (US) 2-6 6-4 6-2.
SOUTH AMERICAN OPEN (Buenos Aires) First round: A Corretja (Sp) bt S Dosedel(Cz Rep) 6-4 6-0; A Berasategui (Sp) bt J Arrese (Sp) 6-2 6-4.
MEN'S ATP CHALLENGER (Peking) Second round: T Henman (GB) bt B Wijaya (Indon) 6-7 7-5 6-3.
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