Sport in Short: Tennis
VOLVO MEN'S TOURNAMENT (San Francisco; US unless stated): Quarter-finals: J Connors bt C Adams 6-3 4-6 6-4; A Agassi bt M Ondruska (SA) 6-0 6-4; B Gilbert bt R Reneberg 5-7 7-6 6-2; J Tarango (US) bt J Oncins (Bra) 6-3 6-0. Semi-finals Agassi bt Tarango 6-3 6-3; Gilbert bt Connors 6-1 1-4 ret.
MARSEILLES MEN'S OPEN Singles semi- finals: J Siemerink (Neth) bt H Holm (Swe) 7-6 7-6; M Rosset (Swit) bt J Hlasek (Swit) 6-2 6-4. Final: Rosset bt Siemerink 6-2 7-6.
DUBAI OPEN Quarter-finals: J Bates (GB) bt C- U Steeb (Ger) 7-5 6-1; F Santoro (Fr) bt A Volkov (Rus) 2-6 6-4 6-4. Semi-finals: Santoro bt Bates 6-2 6-2; K Novacek (Cz) bt T Muster (Aut) 7-5 6-4.
AMWAY WOMEN'S CLASSIC (Auckland, NZ): Singles Semi-finals: C Kuhlman (US) bt K Kschwendt (Ger) 4-6 7-5 6-4; E Reinach (SA) bt I Gorrochategui (Arg) 6-7 6-4 6-2. Final: Reinach bt Kuhlman 6-0 6-0.
TORAY PAN PACIFIC WOMEN'S OPEN (Yokohama, Japan) Singles Semi-finals: M Navratilova (US) bt S Graf (Ger) 4-6 6-3 6-3; L Savchenko- Neiland (Lat) bt J Novotna (Cz Rep) 7-5 6-3. Final: Navratilova bt Savchenko-Neiland 6-2 6-2.
LTA WOMEN'S SATELLITE TOURNAMENT (Newcastle): Singles final: G Coorengel (Neth) bt L Jelfs (Oxon) 6-1 6-2. Doubles final: N Bykova- Egorova and S Parhomenko (Rus) bt P Rajzlova and H Vildova (Cz Rep) 6-4 4-6 6-0.
DAVIS CUP American Zone Group One (Mexico City): Mexcio lead Canada 3-0; (Guayaquil): Ecuador lead Venezuela 2-0; (Santiago): Chile level with Bahamas 1-1. (Lima): Peru level with Colombia 1-1. Group Two (Guayaquil): Ecuador bt Venezuela 4-1. Asia-Oceania Zone Group One (Manila): Philippines bt Taiwan 4-1. Group Two (Bangkok): Thailand bt Kuwait 5-0; (Kuala Lumpur): Malaysia lost to China 4-1; (Lahore): Pakistan bt Sri Lanka 4-1; (Amman): Jordan lost to Iran 5-0.
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