Sport in Short: Tennis
LTA CHALLENGER TROPHY (Bristol): Men's singles quarter-finals: P Baur (Ger) bt L Paes (Ind) 6-4 6-4; J Morgan (Aus) bt B Larkham (Aus) 7-6 6-2; D Vacek (Cz) bt M Petchey (GB) 6-3 6-7 6-3; S Sansoni (Fr) bt K Kinnear (US) 6-3 7-6.
SWEDISH MEN'S OPEN (Bastad): Quarter-finals: T Carbonell (Sp) bt A Boetsch (Fr) 3-6 6-2 7-6; G Perez- Roldan (Arg) bt M Larsson (Swe) 3-6 6-0 6-1; M Gustafsson (Swe) bt T Enqvist (Swe) 2-6 6-3 6-3; J Arrese (Sp) leads Christian Bergstrom 2-1 (Swe) rain stopped play.
SWISS MEN'S OPEN (Gstaad): Quarter-finals: G Markus (Arg) bt M Chang (US) 7-6 7-6; S Bruguera (Sp) bt G Ivanisevic (Croa) 6-3 6-2; F Santoro (Fr) bt K Novacek (Cz) 6-4 5-7 6-4; F Clavet (Sp) bt E Sanchez (Sp) 7-5 7-5.
GUNZE TOURNAMENT (Osaka, Jap) Quarter-final: S Matsuoka (Jap) bt P McEnroe (US) 7-6 6-4.
HALL OF FAME MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP (Newport, Rhode Island) Second round: B Shelton (US) bt A Thoms (Ger) 4-6 7-6 6-2; J Frana (Arg) bt S Youl (Aus) 3-6 6-4 7-5; S Stolle (Aus) bt G Pozzi (It) 6-1 4-6 6-3; J Stark (US) bt G Bloom (Isr) 6-2 6-3.
WOMEN'S AUSTRIAN OPEN (Kitzbuhel): Quarter-finals: M Maleeva-Fragniere (Swit) bt S Cecchini (It) 6-2 6-3; C Martinez (Sp) bt A Dechaume (Fr) 6-2 6-2; F Labat (Arg) bt J Wiesner (Aut) 6-2 6-1; A Coetzer (SA) bt W Probst (Ger).
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Palermo, It): Quarter- finals: M Pierce (Fr) bt P Langrova (Cz) 6-1 7-6; S Farina (It) bt C Motthes (Fr) 6-1 6-1.
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