Sport in Short: Tennis
GORAN IVANISEVIC, of Croatia, won his third tournament of the year, beating Stefan Edberg in the final of the Australian Indoor Championships.
AUSTRALIAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Sydney) Singles, semi-finals: S Edberg (Swe) bt H Holm (Swe) 6-2 3-6 6-3; G Ivanisevic (Croa) bt R Krajicek (Neth) 6-3 1-0 ret. Final: Ivanisevic bt Edberg 6-4 6-2 6-4. Doubles, semi-finals: J Grabb and R Reneberg (US) bt L Warder (Aus) and L Jensen (US) 5-7 6-3 6-3; P McEnroe and J Stark (US) bt P Haarhuis (Neth) and G Ivanisevic (Croa) 6-2 4-6 7-5. Final: Grabb and Reneberg bt McEnroe and Stark 6-2 6-3.
EUROPEAN WOMEN'S INDOOR TOURNAMENT (Zurich) Semi-finals: S Graf (Ger) bt J Novotna (Cz) 6-2 4-6 7-6; M Navratilova (US) beat P Fendick (US) 6-3 4-1 ret. Final: Graf bt Navratilova 2-6 7-5 7-5.
TOULOUSE MEN'S OPEN Semi-finals: G Forget (Fr) bt A Boetsch (Fr) 6-3 6-4; P Korda (Cz) bt J Siemerink (Neth) 7-6 6-3. Final: Forget bt Korda 6-3 6-2.
ATHENS MEN'S INTERNATIONAL Final: J Arrese (Sp) bt S Bruguera (Sp) 7-5 3-0 ret.
LTA UNDER-18 TOURNAMENT (Coventry) Girls: Semi-finals: S Donovan (Herts) bt C Reid (Surrey) 6-1 6-2; F Hearn (Middx) bt Z Mellis (Essex) 6-2 6-3. Final: Donovan bt Hearn 6-2 7-6. Boys: Semi- finals: J Delgado (Warwicks) bt M Coombs (Essex) 7-6 3-6 6-4; T Spinks (Norfolk) bt J Hind (Kent) 6-1 7-6. Final: Spinks bt Delgado ret 1-0.
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