Sport in Short: Tennis

SWEDEN yesterday named the US Open champion, Stefan Edberg, in their team for the Davis Cup semi-final against the United States in Minneapolis from 25-27 September. .

PARIS WOMEN'S OPEN First round: S Frankl (Ger) bt B Meike (Ger) 6-4 1-1 w/o; F Bonsignori (It) bt A M Foldenyi (Hung) 6-1 6-3; M Paz (Arg) bt N Van Lottum (Fr) 6-2 6-3; V Ruano (Sp) bt C Wuillot (Bel) 6-2 7-5; S Meier (Ger) bt E Sviglerova (Cz) 6-4 6-0; B Paulus (Aut) bt P O'Reilly (US) 6-4 6-2; V Martinek (Ger) S Bottini (Sp) 6-1 6-4; N Ercegovic (Croatia) bt E Bes (Sp) 6-3 6-4; C Mothes (Fr) bt R McQuillan (Aus) 6-7 6-3 7-6; S Cecchini (It) bt D Monami (Bel) 6-4 6-4; S Hack (Ger) bt K Godridge (Aus) 6-2 6-3.

ATP MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Bordeaux): First Round: C Pioline (Fr) bt R Agenor (Hai) 2-6 6-3 7-5; S Bruguera (Sp) bt B Wuyts (Bel) 6-3 7-5; A Chesnokov (CIS) bt E Sanchez (Sp) 7-6 7-5; M Gorriz (Sp) bt T Van den Daele (Fr) 6-4 6-4; F Santoro (Fr) bt R Alvarez (Arg) 6-2 7-6; R Gilbert (Fr) bt J Arrese (Sp) 7-6 6-3; G Forget (Fr) bt T Champion (Fr) 6-3 7-6; A Medvedev (Ukr) bt B Borg (Swe) 6-2 6-2; I Lendl (US) bt C Limberger (Aus) 6-0 6-0.

ATP MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Cologne) First round: T Muster (Aut) bt A Mronz (Ger) 7-6 6-0; K Braasch (Ger) bt K Novacek (Cz) 6-4 6-4; R Furlan (It) bt P Kuehnen (Ger) 6-2 6-2; B Karbacher (Ger) bt M Damm (Cz) 6-4 6-4; D Prinosil (Ger) bt H de la Pena (Arg) 6-1 6-0; A Olchovsky (Russia) bt M-K Goellner (Ger) 7-5 2-6 7-5; M Filippini (Urug) bt R Viver (Ecu) 6-4 6-4; M Ondruska (SA) bt G Prpic (Croatia) 7-5 6-4; J-A Conde (Sp) bt H Leconte (Fr) 6-4 3-1 ret; J Gisbert (Sp) bt J Cunha-Silva (Por) 6-1 6-1; M Jaite (Arg) bt D Nargiso (It) 7-5 6-4; M Strelba (Cz) bt D Poliakov (Russia) 6-4 6-2.