Sport in Short: Tennis

ITALIAN OPEN (Rome) Men's singles, first round: G Ivanisevic (Croa) bt J Oncins (Bra) 6-3 6-7 6-3; T Muster (Aut) bt J Hlasek (Swit) 6-3 3-6 7-5; L Mattar (Bra) bt A Mansdorf (Isr) 7-6 7-6; A Boetsch (Fr) bt P Kuhnen (Ger) 7-6 6-3; P Sampras (US) bt R Furlan (It) 6-1 7-6; J Siemerink (Neth) bt M Washington (US) 6-4 7-6; F Clavet (Sp) bt M Larsson (Swe) 7-6 3-6 7-5; C Bergstrom (Swe) bt F Davin (Arg) 4-6 7-6 6-4; F Santoro (Fr) bt J Sanchez (Sp) 6-4 3-1 ret; C Pioline (Fr) bt M Cierro (It) 6-1 6-2; C Costa (Sp) bt D Nargiso (It) 3-6 6-2 7-6; K Carlsen (Den) bt A Olhovskiy (Rus) 3-6 6-1 6-2; S Bruguera (Sp) bt S Pescosolido (It) 6-4 6-2.

GERMAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Berlin) Singles, first round: N Zvereva (Bela) bt A Strnadova (Cz) 6-4 6-3; S Hack (Ger) bt P Hy (Can) 6-2 6-0; N Provis (Aus) bt S Frankl (Ger) 6-2 6-3; A Grossman (US) bt S Rottier (Neth) 6-4 6-4; J Wiesner (Aut) bt P Thoren (Fin) 6-2 6-1; F Labat (Arg) bt E Reinach (SA) 6-0 7-6; M Kochta (Ger) bt N Medvedeva (Ukr) 6-1 6-3; K Adams (US) bt M Zivec-Skulj (Ger) 2-6 6-3 6-3; L Meskhi (Geo) bt S Meier (Ger) 6-4 6-4; H Rusch (Ger) bt F Bonsignori (Italy) 6-3 6-4; M Oremans (Neth) bt J Halard (Fr) 6-2 6-2; S Stafford (US) bt B Fulco- Vilella (Arg) 6-4 4-6 6-4.

LTA SATELLITE TOURNAMENT (Basingstoke) Men's singles, first round: J Baily (Hants) bt M Roberts (US) 3-6 6-4 6-3; J Hunter (Surrey) bt J Delgado (Berks) 6-4 2-6 6-3; B Larkham (Aus) bt S Hette 4-6 6-4 6-3; T Kempers (Nethl) bt S Scaiola (It) 4-6 6-3 6-0; V Calvelli (It) bt C Ferreira (SA) 6-3 3-6 6-4; C Beecher (Eng) bt P Hand (Eng) 6-7 6-4 6-2; R Matheson (Sco) bt M Gould (Eng) 7-5 7-6. Women's singles, first round: V Lake (Devon) bt C Hunt (Dorset) 6-3 7-5; P Pirorkowski (US) bt I Kurta (US) 6-1 6-1; K Warne-Holland (Cheshire) bt S Tse (IOM) 6-2 6-0; K Cross (Devon) bt J Kamp (Neth) 6-1 6-0; L Woodroffe (Surrey) bt Z Csapo (Hungary) 6-3 6-3; R Sorova (Cz Rep) bt E Nortje (Nam) 6-4

6-4; M Vallin (Swe) bt R Pelikanova (Cz Rep) 6-4 6-4; V Humphreys-Davies (Camb) bt S Boulding (Yorks) 6-3 6-1; C Taylor (Oxford) bt H Matthews (Hants) 6-4 6-2; L Ahl (Devon) bt R Mawdsley 7-6 6-3; N Egorova (Rus) bt J Humphreys (SA) 6-1 2-6 7-5; J Pullin (Sussex) bt H Hogh (Ger) 6-0 6-1; C Billingham (Oxford) bt A Henningson (Swe) 6-2 6-4; A Zhidkova (Rus) bt C Herbert (Herts) 6-3 7-5; S Hass (Ger) bt S Pifferi (It) 6-2 6-3; A Woolcock (Aus) bt Z Mellis (Essex) 6-1 6-2.

FEDERATION CUP EURO-AFRICA QUALIFYING (Nottingham) Pool C: Great Britain bt Luxembourg 3-0 (M Javer bt A Kremer 6-4 6-4; C Wood bt C Goy 6-2 6-1; Wood and J Salmon bt Kremer and Goy 6-1 6-3. Russia bt Ukraine 3-0. Pool D: Romania bt Portugal 2-1. Pool E: Slovenia bt Zimbabwe 3-0; Israel bt Tunisia 3-0.