Sporting Digest: Tennis

VOLVO MEN'S CLASSIC (Los Angeles) Final: R Krajicek (Neth) bt M Chang (US) 0-6

7-6 7-6.

AUSTRIAN OPEN (Kitzbuhel) Final: T Muster (Aut) bt J Sanchez (Sp) 6-3 7-5 6-4.

CINCINNATI TOURNAMENT First round: B Shelton (US) bt G Raoux (Fr) 7-6 4-6 6-1; H Holm (Swe) bt J Eltingh (Neth) 7-5 6-4; B Steve (US) bt J Stark (US) 7-6 7-6; J Hlasek (Swit) bt R Weiss (US) 6-4 4-6 6-0; A Volkov (Rus) bt J Yzaga (Peru) 6-1 6-7 7-5; J Stoltenberg (Aus) bt D Wheaton (US) 6-2 7-6.

SAN MARINO TOURNAMENT First round: C Dosedel (Cz Rep) bt M Filippini (Uru) 6-4 6-4; Y El Aynaoui (Mor) bt R Azar (Arg) 6-3 6-4; C Mezzadri (Swit) bt M Jaite (Arg) 6-4 6-2; J Altur (Sp) bt M Strelba (Cz Rep) 6-0 6-3; F Davin (Arg) bt J Cuhnha Silva (Port) 7-5 6-1; H Skoff (Aut) bt S Cortes (Chile) 6-3 6-2; M El Annaoui (Mor) bt R Azar (Arg) 6-3 6-4.

LOS ANGELES WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT First round: C Wood (GB) bt T Ignatieva (Bela) 6-7 6-4 6-3; L Golarsa (It) bt C Kuhlman (US) 7-5 6-3; D Scott (US) bt J Durie (GB) 7-6 7-6; R Hiraki (Japan) bt K Phebus (US) 6-2 6-0; E Brioukhovets (Ukr) bt C Papadaki (Gre) 6-2 6-1.