Sport in Short: Tennis

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA and Zina Garrison-Jackson have confirmed their participation in the Direct Line Insurance championships at Beckenham from 31 May to 6 June.

DUBAI MEN'S OPEN Singles final: K Novacek (Cz Rep) bt F Santoro (Fr) 6-4 7-5. Doubles final: J Fitzgerald (Aus) and A Jarryd (Swe) bt G Connell (Can) and P Galbraith (US) 6-2 6-1.

VOLVO MEN'S TOURNAMENT (San Francisco): Singles final: A Agassi (US) bt B Gilbert (US) 6-2 6-7 6-2. Doubles final: S Davis (US) and J Eltingh (Neth) bt P McEnroe and J Stark (US) 6-1 4-6 7-5.

MILAN MEN'S INDOOR TOURNAMENT First round: W Masur (Aus) bt G Prpic (Croa) 3-6 7-6 6-1; W Ferreira (SA) bt C Pioline (Fr) 7-6 4-6 6-3; S Pescosolido (It) bt C Costa (Sp) 4-6 6-4 6-0; R Krajicek (Neth) bt J Hlasek (Swit) 4-6 6-4 6-1.

DAVIS CUP American Zone (Group One): Santiago: Bahamas bt Chile 3-2. Mexico City: Mexico bt Canada 4-1. (Group Two): Lima: Peru bt Colombia 3-2. Santo Domingo: Paraguay bt Dominican Republic 3-2. Port-au-Prince: Puerto Rico bt Haiti 5-0.

VAUXHALL INDOOR TROPHY Men's fourth round: Puma Sunderland 3 Ashbrooke Sunderland 0; Topspin Darlington 0 Tennis World Middlesbrough 3; Ilkley 2 Matchpoint Bramhall 1; Watchorn Afreton 0 IFG Hallamshire Sheffield 3; Edgbaston Priory 2 Boston 1; Lincoln Indoor 0 Nottingham West Bridgford 3; Batchwood St Albans 3 Middlesex University 0; Clearview Brentwood 1 Puma Welwyn 2; Connaught Club 3 Roehampton 0; Walton Astros 1 Edward Alleyn's Dulwich A 2; Ealing 0 Royal Berkshire 3; Carlton 0 David Lloyd Heston 3; Crawley 2 David Lloyd Eastbourne 1; Maidstone Fitness 3 Pavilion and Avenue Hove 0; Centrecourt Basingstoke 3 Kingsley Pack A Punchers 0; Match Point Southampton 3 Alverstoke Gosport 0.