Sporting Digest: Tennis
SWISS MEN'S OPEN (Gstaad) Quarter-finals: M Gollner (Ger) bt G Solves (Fr) 6-2 6-2; T Muster (Aut) bt J Stoltenberg (Aus) 6-4 7-6; K Novacek (Cz Rep) bt M Nawie (Ger) 6-2 7-5; S Bruguera (Sp) bt A Corretja (Sp) 6-1 6-2.
SWEDISH MEN'S OPEN (Bastad) Quarter- finals: C Bergstrom (Swe) bt M Aurelio Gorriz (Sp) 6-4 6-7 6-4; H Skoff (Aut) bt N Kulti (Swe) 6-3 6-4; M Larsson (Swe) bt T Carbonell (Sp) 3-6 6-2 7-5; R Agenor (Hai) bt R Fromberg (Aus) 6-7 7-5 6-2.
MEN'S CHALLENGER TROPHY (Bristol) Quarter-finals: C Bailey (GB) bt T Henman (GB) 6-2 6-1; C Wilkinson (GB) bt N Gould (GB) 6-3 6-2; M Knowles (Bah) bt A Reichel (US) 6-2 6-3; J Bates (GB) bt M Petchey (GB) 7-6 7-5.
GUNZE INDOOR TOURNAMENT (Osaka, Japan): Men's singles first round: W Ferreira (SA) bt M Damm (Cz Rep) 6-4 3-6 6-4.
HALL OF FAME MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Newport, Rhode Island) Quarter-finals: A Antonitsch (Aut) bt G Stafford (SA) 6-4 4-6 6-1; G Rusedski (Can) bt S Matsuoka (Japan) 6-7 6-4 6-4.
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Palermo, It) Quarter-finals: S Cecchini (It) bt M Grossi (It) 6-0 6-3; R Bobkova (Cz Rep) bt I Spirlea (Rom) 6-3 7-5.
CELLNET EAST OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS (Felixstowe) Men's semi-finals: M Schofield (Lancs) bt A Richardson (Lincs) 6-3 6-4; C Beecher (Kent) bt P Robinson (Northants) 7-6 6-4. Women's semi-final: L Ahl (Devon) bt C Taylor (Oxon) 6-4 7-5.
MIDLAND BANK NATIONAL SCHOOLS' CHAMPIONSHIPS (Queenswood School, Hatfield): Aberdare Cup Final: Queenswood bt Millfield 5-1. Glanvill Cup Final: Sevenoaks bt Repton 4-2.
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