Sporting Digest: Tennis

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Beckenham) Men's singles, third round: J Morgan (Aus) bt P Rafter (Aus) 6-3 7-6); D Wheaton (US) bt N Pereira (Ven) 6-4 5-7 6-4; K Flach (US) bt J Morgan (Aus) 7-6 6-2; G Stafford (SA) bt R Renenerg (US) 4-6 6-3 7-6. Fourth round: Wheaton bt G Doyle (Aus) 6-4 6-3. Women's singles, fourth round: K Radford (Aus) bt M Endo (Japan) 6-4 6-1; L Harvey-Wild (US) bt N Pratt (Aus) 6-4 7-6; M Navratilova (US) bt M Miyauchi (Japan) 6-0 6-2; K Boogert (Neth) bt M Jaggard-Lai (Aus) 6-4 6-4.

BRENDA SCHULTZ, the defending champion, has withdrawn from next week's DFS Classic women's tournament at Edgbaston after injuring her shoulder during the French Open in Paris.