Sport in Short: Tennis

Tuesday 09 March 1993 00:02 GMT
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JIMMY CONNORS has changed his mind and decided to play in the Lipton Championships in Key Biscayne which start on Friday. The 40-year-old American will accept a wild card for the tournament, which includes 19 of the top 20 men's players.

BJORN BORG makes another attempt today to win a match on the ATP tour when he plays Portugal's Joao Cunha- Silva in the first round of the Zaragoza Open. The 36-year-old Swede has been given a wild card for the new event which features 62 players.

ZARAGOZA OPEN MEN'S INDOOR TOURNAMENT First round: A Jarryd (Swe) bt U Riglewski (Ger) 6-1 6-7 7-5; B Wuyts (Bel) bt T Anda (Sp) 7-6 7-5; M Zoecke (Ger) bt G Schaller (Aut) 7-5 7-5; J F Altur (Sp) bt L Paes (Ind) 7-5 0-6 6-4; J Svensson (Swe) bt H Dreekmann (Ger) 6-4 5-7 7-5; C Saceanu (Ger) bt C Pridham (Can) 7-6 7-5.

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