Sporting Digest: Tennis

THE Lawn Tennis Association said yesterday that it would consider Greg Rusedski for international teams if the Canadian, who has a British passport, chooses to live in Britain. Rusedski, 20, ranked No 77 in the world, beat Michael Chang on his way to a place in the semi-finals of last week's event in Tokyo.

PEKING OPEN Men's singles, second round: C Bergstrom (Swe) bt A Mronz (Ger) 6-3 6-2; M Gustafsson (Swe) bt C Van Rensburg (SA) 6-4 6-4; B Gilbert (US) bt P Rafter (Aus) 7-6 4-6 6-2; M Chang (US) bt S Matsuoka (Japan) 6-4 6-7 7-5.