Sport in Short: Tennis

RIO MEN'S CHALLENGE (Adelaide): Final: J Courier (US) bt P Korda (Cz Rep) 1-6 6-4 6-3. Third Place: S Edberg (Swe) bt T Woodbridge (Aus) 6-2 6-1.

NEW SOUTH WALES OPEN (Sydney): Men's singles final: P Sampras (US) bt T Muster (Aut) 7-6 6-1. Women's singles semi-finals: J Capriati (Us) bt G Sabatini (Arg) 6-4 6-2; A Huber (Ger) bt A Frazier (US) 6-4 6-3. Men's doubles semi- final: S Stolle and J Stoltenberg (Aus) bt T Nijssen (Neth) and C Suk (Cz Rep) 7-6 6-3. Women's doubles semi-final: P Shriver (US) and L Smylie (Aus) bt I Demongeot (Fr) and E Reinach (SA) 6-4 7-5.

VICTORIAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Melbourne): Singles final: A Coetzer (SA) bt N Sawamatsu (Japan) 6-2 6-3. Doubles final: N Provis (Aus) and N Tauziat (Fr) bt C MacGregor and S Stafford (US) 1-6 6-3 6-3.

NEW ZEALAND MEN'S OPEN (Auckland): Semi-finals: A Volkov (Rus) bt J Yzaga (Peru) 6-4 7-6; M Washington (US) bt L Mattar (Bra) 6-2 6-3.