Sport in Short: Tennis

PAUL MARTIN, of Avon, beat his fellow Briton Lee Sabin 6-2, 6-3 to reach the final of the LTA International Junior Tournament at Bisham Abbey yesterday.

LTA INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR TOURNAMENT (Bisham Abbey): Boys' semi-finals: T Larsen (Den) bt T Spinks (Norfolk) 7-6 3-6 6-4; P Martin (Avon) bt L Sabin (Dorset) 6-2 6-2. Girls' semi-finals: Z Mellis (Essex) bt I Wyatt (Oxfordshire) 6-0 4-6 7-6; E Roubanova (GB/unatt) bt L Fletcher (Durham & Cleveland) 6-2 6-1.

LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS (Key Biscayne, Fla): Men's singles, quarter-finals: P Korda (Cz Rep) bt S Edberg (Swe) 7-6 7-6; M Ondruska (SA) bt M Woodforde (Aus) 6-4 6-2; P Sampras (US) bt R Krajicek (Neth) 6-3 7-6; M Washington (US) bt P McEnroe (US) 6-1 7-6. Women's singles, semi-finals: S Graf (Ger) bt G Sabatini (Arg) 6-0 6-2; A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt K Date (Japan) 6-2 6-1. Final: Sanchez Vicario bt Graf 6-4 3-6 6-3.

CASABLANCA OPEN Men's singles, semi-finals: Y El Aynaoui (Mor) bt H Skoff (Aut) 7-5 6-4; G Perez- Roldan (Arg) bt G Schaller (Aut) 7-6 0-6 7-6.