Sport in Short: Tennis

VOLKSWAGEN is to sponsor the Eastbourne Women's Championship for the next three years.

SEIKO SUPER MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Tokyo) Singles, first round: T Martin (US) bt S Stolle (Aus) 7-6 6-4; G Prpic (Croa) bt B Black (Zim) 6-4 4-6 6-4; B Shelton (US) bt P Kuhnen (Ger) 7-6 6-2; N Kroon (Swe) bt A Antonitsch (Aut) 6-3 7-5; C Pridham (Can) bt L Wahlgren (Swe) 6-3 6-3; K Thorne (US) bt H Kaneko (Jap) 6-3 6-2; C Mezzadri (Swit) bt Y Yamamoto (Jap) 6-3 3-6 6-3; R Fromberg (Aus) bt P Baur (Ger) 4-6 6-2 6-2; A Olhovskiy (Rus) bt R Tsujino (Jap) 6-2 6-4; G Raoux (Fr) bt Kim Bong-Soo (S Kor) 6-2 6-3; M Woodforde (Aus) bt D Nargiso (It) 6-3 7-6.

ISRAEL CLASSIC (Tel Aviv) First round: T Muster (Aut) bt S Perkis (Isr) 6-4 6-4; B Gilbert (US) bt R Krishnan (Ind) 6-4 7-5; J Tarango (US) bt E Ran (Isr) 6-3 6-3; M Jaite (Arg) bt D Perez (Urug) 6-3 1-6 6-3; R Matuszewski (US) bt G Kovalski (Isr) 6-2 6-0.

BOLZANO MEN'S TOURNAMENT (It) First round: O Delaitre (Fr) bt M Strelba (Cz) 3-6 6-4 6-1; T Enqvist (Swe) bt B Wuyts (Bel) 6-4 6-2; H Skoff (Aut) bt A Radulescu (Rom) 6-3 4-6 6-4.

WOMEN'S GRAND PRIX TOURNAMENT (Filderstadt, Ger): First round: W Probst (Ger) bt C Porwik (Ger) 6-1 6-3; A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt P Paradis-Mangon (Fr) 7-5 6-4; R Zrubakova (Cz) bt B Rittner (Ger) 6-3 7-6; S Appelmans (Bel) bt S Rehe (US) 6-2 6-3; N Tauziat (Fr) bt L Gildemeister (Peru) 6-7 6-2 6-1.