Sporting Digest: Tennis
VOLVO MEN'S INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (New Haven, Connecticut) Quarter- finals: M Stich (Ger) bt P Rafter (Aus) 6-2 5-7 6-1; M Rosset (Swit) bt A Medvedev (Ukr) 6-3 3-6 7-6; B Becker (Ger) bt M Washington (US) 6-2 6-4; Y Kafelnikov (Rus) bt M Goellner (Ger) 7-6 5-7 6-4. Semi-finals: Becker bt Stich 6-2
7-5; Rosset bt Kafelnikov 7-6 6-3. Final: Becker bt Rosset 6-3 7-5.
RCA MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS (Indianapolis) Quarter-finals: W Ferreira (SA) bt T Enqvist (Swe) 6-2 6-2; O Delaitre (Fr) bt J Stark (US) 6-4 7-6; A Corretja (Sp) bt S Edberg (Swe) 1-6 6-2 6-4; B Karbacher (Ger) bt R Reneberg (US) 7-5 6-4. Semi-finals: Ferreira bt Corretja 6-1 6-2; Delaitre bt Karbacher 7-5 6-4. Final: Ferreira bt Delaitre 6-2 6-1. Doubles final: J Grabb and R Reneberg (US) bt O Delaitre (Fr) and W Masur (Aus) 6-2 6-0.
ATP TOURNAMENT (Graz, Aut) Quarter- finals: F Clavet (Sp) bt D Polyakov (Ukr) 6-4 6- 1; G Schaller (Aut) bt F Roig (Sp) 7-5 7-5; D Nargiso (It) bt H Skoff (Aut) 6-4 6-1; F Santoro (Fr) bt J Arrese (Sp) 6-1 4-6 6-3. Semi-finals: Clavet bt Nargiso 6-1 6-0; Schaller bt Santoro 6-4 7-6. Final: Clavet bt Schaller 6-2 2-6 6-4. Doubles final: G Connell (Can) and P Galbraith (US) bt J Eltingh and P Haarhuis (Neth) 6-4 7-6.
CANADIAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Montreal) Quarter-finals: S Graf (Ger) bt G Sabatini (Arg) 7-5 6-0; A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt K Maleeva (Bul) 6-2 6-1; K Date (Japan) bt N Baudone (It) 4-6 6-2 6-0; M Pierce (Fr) bt J Wiesner (Aut) 6-1 6-1. Semi-finals: Graf bt Pierce 6-3 6-4; Sanchez Vicario bt Date 2-6 6-1 6-2.
CHAMPIONS SENIOR TOUR (Mashpee, Mass): Singles final: J Connors (US) bt B Borg (Monte Carlo) 3-6 6-3 7-5. Doubles final: J Connors and D Stockton (US) bt J-L Clerc (Arg) and B Lutz (US) 6-4 6-3.
MIDLAND BANK NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Nottingham) Singles finals: Boys: 18-and-under: L Milligan (Middlesex) bt M Lee (Sussex) 7-5 6-1 6-3. 14-and-under: S Dickson (Cheshire) bt D Kiernan (Durham and Cleveland) 6-7 6-4 6-4. Girls: 18-and-under: L Jelfs (Oxon) bt K Roubanova (Berks) 5-7 6-0
6-0. 14-and-under: L Cartwright (Warwickshire) bt C Aldridge (Hampshire and Isle of Wight) 6-3 6-3.
REEBOK TOUR (Havant) Finals: Men: N Fulwood (Derbys) bt B Cowan (Lancs) 7-6 4-6 6-3. Women: L Ahl (Devon) bt K Cross (Devon) 6-3 3-6 6-3.
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