Sport in Short: Tennis
INDONESIAN OPEN (Jakarta): Singles, quarter-finals: M Chang (US) bt R Gilbert (Fr) 6-2 2-1 retired; J Eltingh (Neth) bt F Santoro (Fr) 7-6 6-4; P Haarhuis (Neth) bt R Reneberg (US) 6-4 6-3; C- U Steeb (Ger) bt D Prinosil (Ger) 6-2 6-4. Doubles, quarter finals: D Nargiso (It) and G Raoux (Fr) bt O Delatre (Fr) and C Van Rensburg (SA) 6-4 6-3; T Kempers and M Oosting (Neth) bt D Perez (Urug) and F Roig (Sp) 7-6 1-6 6-3; Elthingh and Haarhuis (Neth) bt S Cannon and S Melville (US) 7-5 6-2; B Pearce (US) and B Talbot (SA) bt S Groen (Neth) and D Prinosil (Ger) 6-2 6-3.
NEW SOUTH WALES OPEN (Sydney) Men's singles, quarter-finals: P Sampras (US) bt N Kulti (Swe) 6-4 6-2; T Muster (Aut) bt J Svensson (Swe) 7-6 7-6; O Camporese (It) bt W Ferreira (SA) 4-6 6-3 6-4; A Mansdorf (Isr) bt D Wheaton (US) 7-6 6-1. Women's singles, second round: J Capriati (US) bt R Fairbank-Nideffer (SA) 6-7 7-5 7-5; A Frazier (US) bt D Monami (Bel) 7-6 6-3; A Huber (Ger) bt J Wiesner (Aut) 6-4 6-2; A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt S Rottier (Neth) 6-4 4-6 6-2.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN (Melbourne) Men's singles, first qualifying round: N Broad (GB) bt A Belobrajdic (Aus) 6-3 6-3; C Bailey (GB) bt D Kass (US) 7-5 6-4; B Dyke (Aus) bt M Petchey (GB) 6-0 1-6 6-0.
NEW ZEALAND OPEN (Auckland) Men's singles, second round: A Volkov (Rus) bt M Gollner (Ger) 6-2 6-3; B Steven (NZ) bt T Carbonell (Sp) 6-2 6-3; L Mattar (Bra) bt A Antonitsch (Aut) 6-2 6-3; C Adams (US) bt M Naewie (Ger) 6-3 6-3.
VICTORIAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Melbourne) Singles, quarter-finals: A Coetzer (SA) bt A Fusai (Fr) 6-4 6-3; L Field (Aus) bt L Neiland (Lat) 6-1 3-6 6-3; L Harvey-Wild (US) bt D Graham (US) 4-6 6-1 6-0; N Sawamatsu (Japan) bt N Provis (Aus) 7-6 6-1.
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