Sport in Short: Tennis
LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS (Key Biscayne, Fla) Men's singles, second round: A Chesnokov (Rus) bt H Holm (Swe) 1-6 6-1 6-3; N Kulti (Swe) bt D Engel (Swe) 7-5 6-4; K Thorne (US) bt W Ferreira (SA) 6-1 6-1; S Edberg (Swe) bt L Lavalle (Mex) 6-4 6-3; M Rosset (Swit) bt O Delaitre (Fr) 6-4 6-4; S Cortes (Chile) bt M Larsson (Swe) 7-6 6-2; J Frana (Arg) bt J Oncins (Bra) 5-7 6-2 7-6; M Ondruska (SA) bt M Chang (US) 7-5 6-1; J Stoltenberg (Aut) bt E Sanchez (Sp) 6-7 6-4 6-3; R Krajicek (Neth) bt B Karbacher (Ger) 7-5 3-6 6-3; P Haarhuis (Neth) bt A Volkov (Rus) 4-6 6-3 6-3; M Pernfors (Swe) bt J Sanchez (Sp) 1-6 7-6 7-5; F Santoro (Fr) bt D Nainkin (SA) 6-3 6-3; M Washington (US) bt R Furlan (It) 4- 6 6-1 6-1; A Medvedev (Rus) bt R Leach (US) 4-6 6-1 6-1; P Korda (Cz Rep) bt G Stafford (SA) 6-4 6-1; J Hlasek (Swit) bt M Naewie (Ger) 6-3 7-6; C-U Steeb (Ger) bt C Adams (US) 7-5 3-6 7-5; R Krishnan (Ind) bt B Steven (NZ) 6-4 1-0 abandoned; M Stich (Ger) bt R Gilbert (Fr) 4-6 6-3 6-4. Third round: G Raoux (Fr) bt T Muster (Aut) 6-3 6-2; M Ondruska (SA) bt S Cortes (Ch) 6-2 6-3; P McEnroe (US) bt B Shelton (US) 6-3 6-2; A Agassi (US) bt Stoltenberg 6-0 6-1; Krajicek bt Steeb 6-3 6-3; Korda bt Hlasek 6-2 6-2; Rosset bt K Thorne (US) 6-3 6-2; Edberg bt Frana 4- 6 6-3 6-3; M Woodforde (Aus) bt Chesnokov 6-3 6-4.
Women's singles, third round: S Graf (Ger) bt N Arendt (US) 6-1 6-0; M Oremans (Neth) bt A Huber (Ger) 7-5 5-7 6-2; G Sabatini (Arg) bt D Van Rensburg (SA) 6-2 7-5; Z Garrison Jackson (US) bt J Durie (GB) 6-1 3-6 6-0; N Tauziat (Fr) bt G Fernandez (US) 6-1 6-4; K Date (Japan) bt R Zrubakova (Cz Rep) 5-7 6-1 6-1; A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt A Grossman (US) 6-0 6-2; S Rottier (Neth) bt L Savchenko-Neiland (Lat) 6-2 7-6; J Wiesner (Aut) bt J Capriati (US) 3-6 7-5 6-4; P Fendick (US) bt S Farina (It) 7-6 6-2; A Coetzer (SA) bt F Labat (Arg) 7-6 6-3; J Novotna (Cz Rep) bt P Hy (Can) 3-6 7-5 6-2; L Meskhi (Geo) bt H Kelesi (Can) 6-1 7-5; N Zvereva (Rus) bt D Graham (US) 6-3 6-1; L McNeil (US) bt R McQuillan (Aus) 2-6 6-3 6-3; M J Fernandez (US) bt B Rittner (Ger) 6-7 6-3 7-6. Fourth round: Graf bt Fendick 6-1 6-4; Novotna bt Rottier 6- 2 6-4; Date bt J Wiesner (Aut) 6-3 6-3; Meskhi bt Oremans 3-6 7-5 6-0; Sabatini bt Coetzer 1-6 6-2 6-1.
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