Sporting Digest: Tennis
BOLOGNA MEN'S OPEN Semi-final: A Berasategui (Sp) bt S Dosedel (Cz Rep) 7-5 6-2.
EXHIBITION TOURNAMENT (Rouen) Final: J Eltingh (Neth) bt I Lendl (US) 6-2 5-7 6-2.
EUROCARD WOMEN'S OPEN (Lucerne) Semi-finals: L Davenport (US) bt C Rubin (US) 6-2 3-0 ret; L Raymond (US) bt A Frazier (US) 6-1 6-3. Final: Davenport bt Raymond 7-6 6-4.
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Strasbourg) Singles, semi-finals: M J Fernandez (US) bt K Date (Japan) 3-6 6-4 6-1; G Sabatini (Arg) bt J Wiesner (Aut) 6-4 4-6 6-3. Final: Fernandez bt Sabatini 4-6 6-4 6-0.
WORLD TEAM CUP (Dusseldorf) Final: Germany bt Spain 2-1 (M Stich bt S Bruguera 2-6 6-4 6-3; B Karbacher lost to C Costa 2-6 6-4 0-6; Stich and P Kuhnen bt Costa and T Carbonell 7-5 4-6 6-4).
DAVIS CUP Euro-African Zone Group Three (Bratislava) Round robin: Slovakia 3 Tunisia 0; Lithuania 2 Malta 1; Turkey 3 Congo 0; Cyprus 3 Sudan 0. Seventh place play-off: Sudan bt Congo 2-1. Fifth place play-off: Turkey bt Cyprus 2-1. Third place play-off: Tunisia bt Malta 2-1. Final: Slovakia bt Lithuania 3-0.
EVEREST NATIONAL CLUB LEAGUE Premier Division: Men: A: Castle Farm 6 Holcombe Brook 0; Banbury West End 5 David Lloyd Bushey 1; Newlands 3 Edgbaston Priory 3 (Newlands win 67-59 on games); Newlands 1 Banbury West End 5; David Lloyd Bushey 1 Castle Farm 5; Holcombe Brook 3 Edgbaston Priory 3 (Holcombe Brook win 8-7 sets). B: David Lloyd Heston 1 David Lloyd Raynes Park 5; West Hants 3 Clearview 3 (Clearview win 65- 55 on games); Royal Berkshire 5 Winchester 1; David Lloyd Raynes Park 4 Clearview 2; West Hants 1 Royal Berkshire 5; Winchester 4 David Lloyd Heston 2. Raynes Park meet Castle Farm in final. Women: A: Gosling 5 Huddersfield 1; Holcombe Brook 1 Bramhall Park 5; Edgbaston Priory 6 Banbury West End 0; Huddersfield 5 Banbury West End 1; Edgbaston Priory 1 Holcombe Brook 5; Bramhall Park 5 Gosling 1. B: Winchester 5 Globe 1; Clearview 4 Queen's 2; STCC 1 Caversham 5; STCC 0 Clearview 6; Globe 3 Caversham 3 (Globe win 69-60 games); Queens Club 2 Winchester 4. Clearview meet Bramhall Park in final.
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