Sporting Digest: Tennis

BORIS BECKER will miss the Monte Carlo Open starting on Monday because of a wrist injury. The former world No 1, who has dropped to 13th place in the ATP Tour rankings, will be out of action for 10 days.

HONG KONG OPEN: Second round: I Lendl (US) bt A Olhovskiy (Rus) 6-3 3-6 6-1. Quarter- finals: M Chang (US) bt M Tebbutt (Aus) 6-3 6-4; Lendl bt G Rusedski (Can) 3-6 7-5 6-3; B Gilbert (US) bt J Morgan (Aus) 6-2 7-6; P Rafter (Aus) bt M Damm (Cz Rep) 4-6 6-3 6-4.

NICE OPEN Quarter-finals: S Dosedel (Cz Rep) bt T Guardiola (Fr) 6-4 7-6; J Courier (US) bt W Ferreira (SA) 6-3 6-2.

ATP TOURNAMENT (Birmingham, Alabama) Second round: J-F Altur (Sp) bt G Stafford (SA) 6-3 1-6 6-2; M Filippini (Urug) bt B Shelton (US) 6-4 6-7 7-5; D Witt (US) bt M Wilander (Swe) 6-3 4-6 6-4; J Palmer (US) bt R Jabali (Bra) 6-2 6-0.