Sport in Short: Tennis

MANDY WAINWRIGHT and Shirli-Ann Siddall produced fighting victories as Britain and the United States stood at 4-4 after the second day of the Maureen Connolly Trophy 21-and-under team competition in Memphis with three matches left to play. .

MAUREEN CONNOLLY TROPHY 21-and-under team competition, US v GB (Memphis, GB names first): M Wainwright bt A Farley 4-6 6-0 6-0; G Humphreys-Davies lost to L Raymond 3-6 1-6; J Pullin lost to L Spadea 1-6 6-3 4-6; S-A Siddall bt Keller 7-6 2-6 6-2. Match position: US 4 GB 4.

QUEENSLAND MEN'S OPEN (Brisbane) Semi-finals: G Raoux (Fr) bt D Nargiso (It) 6-3 6-4; K Carlsen (Den) bt T Hogstedt (Swe) 6-4 6-1. Doubles, semi-finals: S DeVries (US) and D MacPherson (Aus) bt J Eltingh (Neth) and M Kratzmann (Aus) 6-4 6-4; P McEnroe and J Stark (US) bt L Jensen (US) and L Warder (Aus) 7-5 4-6 6-1.

SWISS INDOOR TOURNAMENT (Basle) Semi-final: B Becker (Ger) bt M Rosset (Swit) 6-2 6-4; P Korda (Cz) bt I Lendl (US) 6-4 6-3.

BAYONNE WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT Semi-finals: M Maleeva-Fragniere (Swit) bt P Paradis (Fr) 6-2 6-1; N Tauziat (Fr) bt R McQuillan (Aus) 6-3 6-2.

LEIPZIG WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT: Semi-finals: J Novotna (Cz) bt H Sukova (Cz) 6-3 6-2; Graf (Ger) bt Maleeva (Bul) 6-1 6-1.

TAIWAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Taipei): Semi-finals: S Stafford (US) bt A Coetzer (SA) 6-1 6-3; A Grossman (US) bt N Miyagi (Jap) 6-2 3-0 ret. Doubles, semi-finals: Coetzer and C MacGregor (US) bt Stafford and M Werdel (US) 7-5 6-2; J Faull (Aus) and J Richardson (NZ) bt R Hiraki and Miyagi (Japan) 0-6 6-4 6-1.

SICILIAN MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP (Palermo, It) Singles, semi-final: E Sanchez (Sp) bt R Furlan (It) 6-3 2-6 6-4; S Bruguera (Sp) bt F Clavet (Sp) 6-1 6-4.