Sporting Digest: Tennis
LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS (Key Biscayne, Fla) Men's singles semi-finals: A Agassi (US) bt P Rafter (Aus) 6-2 6-4. Final: Sampras bt Agassi 5-7 6-3 6-3. Women's singles final: S Graf (Ger) bt N Zvereva (Bela) 4-6 6-1 6-2.
CASABLANCA ATP TOURNAMENT Semi- finals: R Furlan (It) bt G Schaller (Aut) 6-3 3-6 6-1; K Alami (Mor) bt Y El-Aynaoui (Mor) 6-4 6-4. Final: Furlan bt Alami 6-2 6-2.
LTA UNDER-18 INTERNATIONAL (Bisham Abbey) Boys' singles semi-finals: M Lee (GB) bt J Varlet (Fr) 3-6 6-1 7-5; H Andersson (Swe) bt L Milligan (GB) 7-6 3-6 7-6. Final: Andersson bt Lee 6-0 4-6 6-4. Doubles final: P Martin and J Williams (GB) bt I Lukacs and P Pakay (Hung) 6-3 7-5. Girls' singles semi-finals: E Tikhankina (Rus) bt I Taesch (Fr) 4-6 6-4 7-5; A Mauresmo (Fr) bt R Vidats (Hung) 6-2 3-6 6-0. Final: Mauresmo bt Tikhankina 1-6 6-1 6-3. Doubles final: N Dechy and I Taesch (Fr) bt M Pape and M Raspmussen (Den) 6-4 3-6 7-6.
EXHIBITION TOURNAMENT (St Petersburg, Russia): Semi-final: J McEnroe (US) bt B Borg (Swe) 6-1 6-3. Final: McEnroe (US) bt J Connors (US) 6-1 6-3.
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