Sporting Digest: Tennis
KREMLIN CUP (Moscow) Second round: D Poliakov (Ukr) bt B Black (Zim) 6-0 6-3; M Damm (Cz Rep) bt J Hlasek (Swit) 7-6 6-3; M Rosset (Swit) bt J Bjorkman (Swe) 6-3 6-3; K Braasch (Ger) bt J Tarango (US) 3-6 6-2 6-2.
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY CHAMPIONSHIP (Antwerp) First round: B Steven (NZ) bt I Lendl (US) 6-3 1-6 6-1; M Larsson (Swe) bt P Korda (Cz Rep) 6-4 7-6. Second round: N Kulti (Swe) bt G Raoux (Fr) 2-6 7-5 6-3; G Ivanisevic (Croa) bt R Reneberg (US) 6-4 6-4; M Stich (Ger) bt A Jarryd (Swe) 6-2 3-6 6-4; P Sampras (US) bt J Sanchez (Sp) 6-4 7-5 .
BUENOS AIRES MEN'S OPEN Second round: E Sanchez (Sp) bt F Santoro (Fr) 5-7 6-3 6-2; C Costa (Sp) bt F Roig (Sp) 6-2 6-2; G Schaller (Aut) bt J Burillo (Sp) 6-0 6-1; Y El Aynaoui (Mor) bt A Corretja (Sp) 6-4 6-2; D Orsanic (Arg) bt J Oncins (Bra) 6-2 2-6 6-3.
PHILADELPHIA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT Singles, first round: Z Garrison Jackson (US) bt M J Fernandez (US) 6-4 6-1; G Sabatini (Arg) bt A Gavaldon (US) 6-2 6-1; M Pierce (Fr) bt I Majoli (Croa) 6-0 7-5; A Grossman (US) bt T Austin (US) 4-6 6-1 6-4; L McNeil (US) bt L Neiland (Lat) 6-4 6-4.
LTA WOMEN'S SATELLITE TOURNAMENT (Swindon) Second round: J Dubcova (Cz Rep) bt V Massart (Fr) 6-4 6-2; S Boucard (Fr) bt V le Droff (Fr) 7-5 6-3; E Bond (Gloucs) bt J Ward (Durham and Cleveland) 6-2 6-4.
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