Sport in Short: Tennis

ATP HARD-COURT CHAMPIONSHIP (Mason, Ohio) First round: A Cherkasov (CIS) bt J Stoltenberg (Aus) 6-3 6-4; T Champion (Fr) bt W Ferreira (SA) 6-1 1-0 rtd; R Krajicek (Neth) bt A Olhovskiy (CIS) 6-3 6-2; A Volkov (CIS) bt W Masur (Aus) 6-4 7-5; G Pozzi (It) bt J Hlasek (Swit) 6-2 7-6; R Schmidt (US) bt J Tarango (US) 4-6 6-4 6-3; C Pioline (Fr) bt G Connell (Can) 6-2 3-6 6-3; D Rostagno (US) bt K Ullyett (SA) 3-6 6-1 7-6; M Woodforde (Aus) bt J Siemerink (Neth)

6-2 7-6; J Grabb (US) bt M Rosset (Swit) 6-3 6-4; S Stolle (Aus) bt C Van Rensburg (SA) 6-4 6-2; D Wheaton (US) bt T Witsken (US) 6-2 5-7 6-3; D Nainkin (SA) bt R Koenig (SA) 5-7 6-1 6-3; F Montana (US) bt L Lavalle (Mex) 6-2 7-6. Second round: S Edberg (Swe) bt C Bergstrom (Swe) 7-6 6-1; A Agassi (US) bt O Delaitre (Fr) 6-4 6-0.

VIRGINIA SLIMS OF LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT First round: R White (US) bt P Fendick (US) 6-0 6-7 6-4; A Frazier (US) bt L Raymond (US) 7-5 7-6; K Po (US) bt C Lindqvist (Swe) 6-1 6-2; S Rottier (Neth) bt B Nagelsen (US) 5-7 7-5 6-3. Second round: M Seles (Yug) bt K Habsudova (Cz) 6-2 6-2.

ATP MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Prague): J Arrese (Sp) bt M Zillner (Ger) 6-3 6-7 6-2; H Skoff (Aut) bt R Agenor (Hai) 7-6 6-3. Second round: R Fromberg (Aus) bt J Apell (Swe) 4-6 6-1 6-3; V Gabrichidze (CIS) bt R Furlan (It) 6-3 6-2; G Perez-Roldan (Arg) bt F Krumery (Ger) 2-6 7-6 6-2.