Sporting Digest: Tennis
LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS (Key Biscayne, Fla) Men's singles third round: P Sampras (US) bt D Wheaton (US) 6-0 5-7 6-1; J Courier (US) bt A Cherkasov (Rus) 6-3 7-5; A Krickstein (US) bt W Ferreira (SA) 4-6 7-6 6-3. Fourth round: Sampras bt M Woodforde (Aus) 6-2 6-2; S Edberg (Swe) bt P Haarhuis (Neth) 7-6 6-1; G Ivanisevic (Croat) bt J Yzaga (Peru) 6-4 6-4; P Rafter (Aus) bt M Chang (US) 6-2 6-7 6-2; P Korda (Cz Rep) bt B Black (Zim) 6-1 6-4; Courier bt J Siemerink (Neth) 6- 4 6-1; J Grabb (US) bt Krickstein 5-7 6-4 7-5. Women's singles fourth round: G Sabatini (Arg) bt Z Garrison-Jackson (US) 6-4 6-2; N Zvereva (Bela) bt A Coetzer (SA) 7-6 6-4. Quarter-finals: L Davenport (US) bt Sabatini 6-2 6-1; B Schultz (Neth) bt A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) 1-6 7-6 6-3; Zvereva bt J Novotna (Cz Rep) 7-6 7-6.
CASABLANCA ATP MEN'S TOURNAMENT Singles, first round: T Carbonell (Sp) bt C Dosedel (Cz Rep) 6-3 6-1; M Filippini (Urug) bt F Santoro (Fr) 6-3 6-4; M Sinner (Ger) bt G Pozzi (It) 6-2 3-6 7-5; A Gaudenzi (It) bt D Orsanic (Arg) 6-3 6-3; K Alami (Mor) bt M Ridaoui (Mor) 6-4 6-2; L Jonsson (Swe) bt L Rehmann (Ger) 6-2 6-3; F Davin (Arg) bt H Skoff (Aut) 6-4 7-5; O Martinez (Sp) bt C-U Steeb (Ger) 3-6 6-1 7-5; T Nydahl (Swe) bt M Naewie (Ger) 6-1 6-2; Y El Aynaoui (Mor) bt D Prchlik (Cz Rep) 6-1 6-4.
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