Sport in Short: Tennis
SWISS INDOOR MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Basle) Singles, quarter-finals: B Becker (Ger) bt A Mansdorf (Isr) 7-6 6-7 6-3; M Rosset (Swit) bt P Lundgren (Swe) 6-4 6-2; P Korda (Cz) bt C Pioline (Fr) 2-6 6-3 6-2; I Lendl (US) bt A Chesnokov (CIS) 6-1 6-2.
QUEENSLAND OPEN (Brisbane) Singles, quarter-finals: G Raoux (Fr) bt L Wahlgren (Swe) 6-1 6-2; T Hogstedt (Swe) bt J Stark (US) 7-6 1-6 6-4; D Nargiso (It) bt N Borwick (Aus) 6-4 6-1; K Carlsen (Den) bt J Grabb (US) 3-6 6-1 6-4.
PALERMO MEN'S TOURNAMENT Quarter- finals: F Clavet (Sp) bt H Skoff (Aut) 6-1 6-1; S Bruguera (Sp) bt F Fontang (Fr) 6-1 6-2; E Sanchez (Sp) bt T Carbonell (Sp) 6-2 6-3; R Furlan (It) bt G Perez-Roldan (Arg) 6-4 6-4.
LEIPZIG WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT Singles, quarter-finals: H Sukova (Cz) bt C Martinez (Sp) 3-6 6-2 6-2; K Maleeva (Bul) bt A Huber (Ger) 1-6 7-6 6-1; S Graf (Ger) bt M Maleeva (Bul) 6-2 6-2; J Novotna (Cz) bt S Appelmans (Bel) 3-6 6-1 6-0.
BAYONNE WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT: Second round: Quarter-finals: M Maleeva-Fragniere (Swit) bt D Monami (Bel) 5-7 6-0 6-1; R McQuillan (Aus) bt N Van Lottum (Fr) 6-3 7-5; N Tauziat (Fr) bt S Rehe (US) 6-4 7-6.
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