Sport in Short: Tennis

MIDLAND BANK WOMEN'S INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Brighton) Doubles Semi-finals: J Novotna (Cz) and L Savchenko-Neiland (Lat) bt P Fendick (US) and A Strnadova (Cz) 6-2 6-3; C Martinez (Sp) and R Zrubakova (Cz) bt M J Fernandez (US) and N Zvereva (CIS) 6-2 6-4.

ATP MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Lyons): Semi-finals: C Pioline (Fr) bt R Reneberg (US) 6-2 6-7 7-5; P Sampras (US) bt M Washington (US) 6-0 6-2.

ATP MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Vienna) Semi-finals: P Korda (Cz) bt J Siemerink (Neth) 7-5 6-7 6-3; G Pozzi (It) bt A Chesnokov (Rus) 6-2 6-7 6-4.

MARLBORO MEN'S OPEN (Hong Kong) Semi- finals: I Lendl (US) bt R Krajicek (Neth) 7-6 6-3; M Chang (US) bt G Prpic (Croa) 7-6 4-6 6-3.

TAIWAN MEN'S OPEN (Taipei) Semi-finals: J Grabb (US) bt P Kuhnen (Ger) 6-1 6-3; J Morgan (Aus) bt A Olhovskiy (Rus) 6-7 7-5 7-5.

TATE AND LYLE WOMEN'S INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Wimbledon): Quarter-finals: C Wood (Sussex) bt C Hunt (Dorset) 6-2 6-1; S Bentley (Surrey) bt A Wainwright (Essex) 6-3 6-2; K Cross (Devon) bt M Hughes (North Wales) 6-3 3-6 6-3; V Lake (Devon) bt E Jelfs (Oxfordshire) 3-6 6-2 6-2. Semi-finals: Wood bt Bentley 6-0 3-6 6-3; Cross bt Lake 6-2 0-6 6-4.