Sport in Short: Tennis
VAUXHALL INDOOR TROPHY Men's Third round: Barnard Castle School 1 Ashbrooke Sunderland 2; Tennis World Middlesbrough 0 Puma Sunderland 3; IFG Hallamshire Sheffield 1 Ilkley 2; Matchpoint Bramhall 2 Upper Armley Leeds 0; Boston 3 Lincoln Indoor 0; Long Road Cambridge 0 Nottingham West Bridgford 3; Clearview Brentwood 0 Welwyn Spin 3; Middlesex University 2 Chesham Three Star 1; Puma Welwyn 3 Batchwood St Albans 0; David Lloyd Chigwell 3 Walton Astros 0; Roehampton 2 Edward Alleyn's A 1; BBC 2 Edward Alleyn's B 1; David Lloyd Finchley 0 Riverside Chiswick 3; Carlton 1 Bourne Farnham 2; David Lloyd Heston 3 Ealing 0; Royal Berkshire 3 Queen's Club 0; Crawley 0 Surrey Country Club 3; David Lloyd Eastbourne 1 Maidstone Fitness 2; Chris Lane Woking 2 Pavilion and Avenue Hove 1; Lingsley 0 West Hants Bournemouth 3.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN (Melbourne): Men's singles, first round: M Chang (US) bt C Bailey (GB) 6-3 6-1 6-1; N Borwick (Aus) bt B Wuyts (Bel) 6-1 6-4 6-1; S Edberg (Swe) bt L Lavalle (Mex) 6-4 6-4 6-4; M Larsson (Swe) bt M Ondruska (SA) 6-2 7-5 6-4; J Stoltenberg (Aus) bt M Schapers (Neth) 6-4 6-3 6-4; A Boetsch (Fr) bt P McEnroe (US) 6-4 6-4 6-1; G Rodolphe (Fr) bt G Stafford (SA) 6-1 7-6 6-2; D Vacek (Cz Rep) bt M Nawie (Ger) 6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-3; D Wheaton (US) bt S Stolle (Aus) 7-6 6-3 2-6 6-2; J Eltingh (Neth) bt D Nargiso (It) 6-3 6-2 7-6; H Holm (Swe) bt B Garnett (US) 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-4; A Volkov (Rus) bt G Markus (Arg) 7-5 6-4 6-1; G Raoux (Fr) bt G Schaller (Aut) 6-1 6-4 6-2; M Gollner (Ger) bt L Herrera (Mex) 6-7 4-6 6-4 6-1 6-4; W Ferreira (SA) bt M Todd (US) 6-4 6-4 6-2; T Champion (Fr) bt A Naumann (Aut) 6-4 6-3 1-6 7-5; M Washington (US) bt F Montana (US) 7-5 6-2 6-3; S Simian (Fr) bt D Dilucia (US) 7-5 6-2 4-6 5-7 6-3; A Antonitsch (Aut) bt T Ho (US) 6-3 6-1 6-1; J Stark (US) bt O Delatre (Fr) 6-3 6-4 6-0; C Bergstrom (Swe) bt I Lendl (US) 6-4 6-4 2-6 6-4; B Black (Zim) bt B Shelton (US) 6-4 4-6 6-2 7-5; A Mansdorf (Isr) bt J Tarango (US) 4-6 3-6 7-6 6-3 6-3; C Pridham (Can) bt M Gustafsson (Swe) 6-3 7-6 4-6 6-2; T Carbonell (Sp) bt E Sanchez (Sp) 6-2 6-4 6-4; J Svensson (Swe) bt M Kaplan (US) 6-3 6-1 6-3; B Karbacher (Ger) bt J Apell (Swe) 6-1 3-6 6-4 7-6; T Muster (Aut) bt P Haarhuis (Neth) 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-1; C Pioline (Fr) bt P Kuhnen (Ger) 4-6 7-6 6-4 6-2; D Prinosil (Cz Rep) bt J Yzaga (Peru) 6-3 6-7 7-5 5-7 6-1; S Brett (NZ) bt D Randall (US) 4-6 6-1 6-3 6-4; P Sampras (US) bt C-U Steeb (Ger) 6-1 6-2 6-1.
Women's singles, first round: K Po (US) bt J Kruger (SA) 7-5 7-5; M Pierce (Fr) bt J Byrne (Aus) 6-2 6-2; M Javer (GB) bt C Cunningham (US) 6-3 6-1; E Reinach (SA) bt K Guse (Aus) 2-6 6-2 6-2; I Demongeot (Fr) bt F Bonsignori (It) 6-1 7-5; R White (US) bt K Godridge (Aus) 6-2 6-2; G Sabatini (Arg) bt C Rubin (US) 6-1 7-5; S Graf (Ger) bt N Herreman (Fr) 6-2 6-1; J Santrock (US) bt J Limmer (Aus) 6-2 6-4; M Babel (Ger) bt E Smylie (Aus) 6-2 6-3; L McNeil (US) bt M Jaggard-Lai (Aus) 6-2 6-3; F Labat (Arg) bt A Strnadova (Cz Rep) 6-3 6-1; A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt N Van Lottum (Fr) 6-2 6-3; T Price (US) bt K Nagatsuka (Japan) 6-3 7-5; J Capriati (US) bt L Harvey-Wild (US) 6-0 6-1; G Helgeson (US) bt C Benjamin (US) 6-3 6-1; D Monami (Fr) bt B Fulco-Villella (Arg) 6-2 6-0; N Zvereva (Bela) bt Y Basuki (Indon) 6-3 6-3; V Martinek (Ger) bt K Rinaldi (US) 6-4 6-2; A Huber (Ger) bt N Pratt (Aus) 6-3 6-1; M-J Fernandez (US) bt B Bowes (US) 6-3 6-1; D Graham (US) bt P Shriver (US) 6-4 1-6 6-3; A Temesvari-Trunkos (Hung) bt M Bollegraf (Neth) 6-1 4-6 6-3; B Rittner (Ger) bt C Wood (GB) 7-5 6-3; C Porwik (Ger) bt F Perfetti (It) 6-1 6-3; M Maleeva (Bul) bt N Muns- Jagerman-Muns (Neth) 6-2 6-0; P Langrova (Cz Rep) bt N Perez (Sp) 6-0 6-1; N Sawamatsu (Japan) bt E Maniokova (Rus) 7-5 7-5; S Hack (Ger) bt K Nowak (Pol) 6-4 2-6 7-5; I Gorrochategui (Arg) bt R Stubbs (Aus) 3-6 7-6 6-2; K Habsudova (Slovak) bt L Field (Aus) 6-2 6-2; K Maleeva (Bul) bt R McQuillan (Aus) 4-6 7-5 6-2.
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