Sport in Short: Tennis
SEIKO SUPER MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Tokyo): Second round: A Volkov (Rus) bt R Fromberg (Aus) 6-3 6-1; W Masur (Aus) bt G Raoux (Fr) 5-7 7-6 6-4; P McEnroe (US) bt D Wheaton (US) 6-1 2- 6 6-4; K Thorne (US) bt J Sanchez (Sp) 6-3 6-2; S Edberg (Swe) bt J Grabb (US) 6-4 6-4; J Stark (US) bt T Woodbridge (Aus) 6-3 5-7 7-6; R Krajicek (Neth) bt M Woodforde (Aus) 6-4 6-2; G Ivanisevic (Croa) bt R Reneberg (US) 6-3 6-4; S Matsuoka (Japan) bt E Sanchez (Sp) 7-6 4-6 6-3; M Chang (US) bt A Olhovskiy (Rus) 6-2 6-3.
MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Tel Aviv): Second round: S Simian (Fr) bt B Gilbert (US) 7-5 6-2; J Tarango (US) bt M Jaite (Arg) 7-5 7-5; M Ondruska (SA) bt G Schaller (Aut) 6-3 6-0; T Muster (Aut) bt X Daufresne (Bel) 7-5 6-4; R Matuszewski (US) bt M Gorriz (Sp) 6-7 6-4 7-5; J Cunha-Silva (Por) bt M Koevermans (Neth) 5-7 7-6 6-3; A Mansdorf (Isr) bt L Jonsson (Swe) 6-3 6-2; G Bloom (Isr) bt J Connors (US) 6-4 4-6 7-5.
MEN'S ATP TOURNAMENT (Bolzano, Italy) Second round: A Cherkasov (Rus) bt J F Altur (Sp) 6-1 7-5; O Delaitre (Fr) bt H Skoff (Aut) 6-4 7-6; A Boetsch (Fr) bt A Jarryd (Swe) 7-6 7-5.
WOMEN'S GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT (Filderstadt, Ger): First round: L Meskhi (Ukr) bt C Dahlman (Fin) 6-4 6-1; M Navratilova (US) bt P Hy (Can) 7-6 6-1. Second round: V Martinek (Ger) bt D Van Rensburg (SA) 4-6 6-2 6-3; A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt S Appelmans (Bel) 7-6 6-2; W Probst (Ger) bt A Temesvari (Hung) 7-5 6-7 6-1; G Sabatini (Arg) bt N Medvedeva (Rus) 6-4 6-4.
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