Sport in Short: Tennis
LTA MEN'S INDOOR MASTERS (Coventry): Quarter-finals: M Petchey (Essex) bt C Wilkinson (Hants) 6-7 7-6 6-2; A Foster (Staffs) bt P Pambianco (It) 6-3 6-3; S Hette (Fr) bt T Kempers (Neth) 7-6 7-6; F Cousin (Fr) bt M Barnard (SA) 6-4 3-6 6-2.
MEN'S HARDCOURT TOURNAMENT (Indian Wells, California) First round: J Stoltenberg (Aus) bt H Leconte (Fr) 1-6 7-5 6-2; M Rosset (Swit) bt M Woodforde (Aus) 3-6 6-2 6-0; B Karbaher (Ger) bt C Costa (Sp) 4-6 7-6 6-2; A Mancini (Arg) bt J Sanchez (Sp) 6-2 2-6 7-6; E Sanchez (Sp) bt G Rusedski (Can) 6-4 6-4; J Palmer (US) bt R Furlan (It) 6-3 6-4. Second round: J Courier (US) bt D Wheaton (US) 6-3 7-6; R Reneberg (US) bt S Edberg (Swe) 6-3 4-6 6-4; M Chang (US) bt J Stark (US) 6-4 6-4; M Washington (US) bt J Hlasek (Swit) 6-2 6-2; T Martin (US) bt A Boetsch (Fr) 6-4 5-7 7-6; P Korda (Cz Rep) bt F Clavet (Sp) 6-3 7-6; Rosset bt A Agassi (US) 3-6 7-6 6-4; T Muster (Aut) bt G Stafford (SA) 6-4 6-4; J Grabb (US) bt Stoltenberg 6-3 6-4.
MEN'S INDOOR TOURNAMENT (Copenhagen) First round: G Raoux (Fr) bt K Carlsen (Den) 6-3 6-4; H Holm (Swe) bt G Pozzi (It) 6-3 6-4; A Jarryd (Swe) bt O Delatre (Fr) 4-6 6-1 6-1; A Olhovskiy (Rus) bt C Bergstrom (Swe) 3-3 retired; G Prpic (Croa) bt J Svensson (Swe) 6-3 7-6. Second round: A Mansdorf (Isr) bt F Roig (Sp) 6-3 6-0; M Larsson (Swe) bt M Gollner (Ger) 6-1 6-2; J Bjorkman (Swe) bt C Camradt (Den) 6-3 6-2.
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Delray Beach, Florida): Second round: N Zvereva (Belarus) bt M Werdel (US) 7-5 6-3; A Sanchez-Vicario (Sp) bt H Kelesi (Can) 7-6 7-5; S Rehe (US) bt R Zrubakova (Slovak) 6-3 6-0; S Graf (Ger) bt Y Basuki (Indon)
6-2 6-1.
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