Sport in Short: Tennis

US MEN'S CLAY CHAMPIONSHIPS (Coral Springs, Fla) Singles, quarter-finals: T Martin (US) bt B Shelton (US) 6-3 6-4; W Masur (Aus) bt P McEnroe (US) 6-3 6-2; D Wheaton (US) bt A O'Brien (US) 7-6 7-6. Doubles, quarter-finals: McEnroe and J Stark (US) bt Shelton and T Witsken (US) 7-5 6-2; O Fernandez (Mex) and J Garat (Arg) bt M Briggs and T Kronemann (US) 7-6 7-6; R Fromberg and T Woodbridge (Aus) bt J Morgan and S Stolle (Aus) 6-2 5-7 6-4.

FEDERATION CUP EURO/AFRICA QUALIFYING PLAY- OFFS (Nottingham): Latvia bt Hungary 2-1 (A Blumberga bt A Muzamel 6-1 6-3, L Neiland bt V Csurgo 6-2 6-2, Blumberga and U Bushevitsa lost to Muzamel and K Gyorke 6-0 6-0). Great Britain bt Turkey 3-0 (M Javer bt G Gultekin 6-4 6-2, C Wood bt I-D Aksit 6-2 6-3, J Salmon and A Grunfeld bt Aksit and Gultekin 6-2 7-5). Croatia bt Russia 2-1 (N Ercegovic bt E Maniokova 6-2 6-3, I Majoli lost to E Makarova 7-5 6-4, Majoli and M Muric bt Makarova and Maniokova 6-3 7-5).