Sport in Short: Tennis
MARSEILLE MEN'S OPEN Second round: J Siemerink (Neth) bt C Pridham (Can) 6-2 7-5; S Bruguera (Sp) bt G Raoux (Fr) 6-4 5-7 6-4; G Pozzi (It) bt I Lendl (US) 6-4 5-7 6-4; A Boetsch (Fr) bt A Thom (Ger) 7-6 6-1; J Hlasek (Swit) bt G Prpic (Croa) 3-6 6-4 6-1; R Gilbert (Fr) bt A Mansdorf (Isr) 6-3 6-0; M Rosset (Swit) bt H Leconte (Fr) 6-4 6-4.
DUBAI MEN'S OPEN Third round: A Volkov (Rus) bt L Jonsson (Swe) 7-5 6-1; J Bates (GB) bt J Cunha- Silva (Por) 3-6 6-3 6-3; F Santoro (Fr) bt K Braasch (Ger) 6-2 6-1; C-U Steeb (Ger) bt C Mezzadri (Swit) 7-5 6-3.
VOLVO MEN'S TOURNAMENT (San Francisco): First round: C Adams (US) bt R Furlan (It) 6-3 6-4; A O'Brien (US) bt D Witt (US) 5-7 6-3 7-6. Second round: A Agassi (US) bt P McEnroe (US) 6-0 6-2; J Tarango (US) bt R Weiss (US) 6-2 7-5; M Ondruska (SA) bt J Morgan (Aus) 6-3 2-6 6-4; J Oncins (Bra) bt G Muller (SA) 2-6 6-4 4-2 ret; C Adams (US) bt A O'Brien (US) 7-6 6-2; R Reneberg (US) bt D Randall (US) 6-7 6-2 6-2.
TORAY PAN-PACIFIC WOMEN'S OPEN (Yokohama, Japan) Second round: S Graf (Ger) bt N Zvereva (Belar) 6-2 6-0; Y Kamio (Japan) bt G Fernandez (US) 6-4 6-3; N Tauziat (Fr) bt M Maleeva- Fragniere (Swit) 7-6 6-3; M Navratilova (US) bt Y Basuki (Indon) 6-2 6-1; J Novotna (Cz Rep) bt M Endo (Japan) 6-4 6-2; L Savchenko-Neiland (Lat) bt A Temesvari-Trunkos (Hung) 6-2 7-5; P Shriver (US) bt M Maleeva (Bulg) 6-4 6-3; R Hiraki (Japan) bt K Boogert (Neth) 7-6 4-6 6-2.
AMWAY CLASSIC WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Auckland, NZ) Second round: A Kerek (Ger) bt J Richardson (NZ) 4-6 6-2 6-1; I Gorrochategui (Arg) bt N Arendt (US) 6-4 3-6 6-2; C Kuhlman (US) bt N Ercegovic (Croa) 6-4 7-5; C Wood (GB) bt N Herreman (Fr) 6-2 6-1.
LTA WOMEN'S SATELLITE TOURNAMENT (Newcastle) Quarter finals: G Coorengel (Neth) bt J Dubcova (Cz Rep) 6-2 6-0; L Ahl (Devon) bt L Zaltz (Isr) 6-3 6-2; S Plischke (Aut) bt A Sidot (Fr) 6-2 6-0, L Jelfs (Oxford) bt P Piorkowski (US) 6-1 6-4.
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