Sport in Short: Tennis
LTA MEN'S INDOOR TOURNAMENT (Matchpoint Bramhall, Manchester): Singles first round: F Cousin (Fr) bt T Veindorfer (Aut) 6-7 6-4 7-6; P Hand (GB) bt T Grin (Fr) 7-6 6-3, A Beust (Fr) bt H Priller (Aut) 6-7 6-1 6-4; J Pino (Cuba) bt J Baily (GB) 6-4 7-5; M Maclagan (GB) bt W Arthurs (Aus) 6-7 7-6 7-6; A Foster (GB) bt T Henman (GB) 6-2 6-4; R Eriksson (Swe) bt S Hette (Fr) 6-2 3-6 6-3; M Barnard (SA) bt C Wilkinson (GB) 7-6 6-2; F Silberberg (Bra) bt D Sapsford (GB) 7-6 6-4; L Barthez (Fr) bt K Gyorgy (Hun) 6-3
3-6 6-3; R Wawra (Aut) bt D Lomicky (US) 6-4 6-4; P Pambianco (It) bt H K-Song (S Kor) 6-2 6-4; R Kraus (Ger) bt C Geyer (Ger) 6-4 6-1; P Bouteyre (Fr) bt D Musa (It) 6-2 6-3; A Richardson (GB) bt B Madsen (Hai) 6-4 5-7 6-4.
OKLAHOMA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT First round: N Provis (Aus) bt L McNeil 7-5 7-5; Z Garrison-Jackson (US) bt J Byrne (Aus) 6-1 6-3; P Fendick (US) bt R Hiraki (Japan) 6-1 6-2; S Amiach (Fr) bt T Price (SA) 6-3 6-3; L Ferrando (It) bt A Henricksson (US) 7-6 6-3; H Kelesi (Can) bt M Javer (GB) 6-3 6-3; M-L Daniels (US) bt M Paz (Arg) 6-2 6-3; A Gavaldon (Mex) bt A Frazier (US) 7-6 6-4. Second round: M McGrath (US) bt Amiach 6-4 6-2; Ferrando bt S Appelmans (Bel) 7-5
6-4.
STUTTGART MEN'S TOURNAMENT First round: R Krajicek (Neth) bt S Bruguera (Sp) 6-2 6-3; W Masur (Aus) bt B Karbacher (Ger) 4-6 7-5 6-3; K Carlsson (Den) bt J Sanchez (Sp) 6-4 6-0; B Becker (Ger) bt H Leconte (Fr) 6-4 6-7 6-3. Second round: P Korda (Cz Rep) bt A Volkov (Rus) 4-6 6-2 6-3; A Medvedev (Ukr) w/o M Larsson (Swe) scr.
PHILADELPHIA MEN'S TOURNAMENT First round: P Sampras (US) bt S Youl (Aus) 6-2 6-7 6-3; T Enqvist (Swe) bt D DiLucia (US) 6-2 6-7 6-3;I Lendl (US) bt M Ondruska (SA) 3-6 6-3 6-2. Second round: R Reneberg (US) bt R Fromberg (Aus) 6-2 6-3; A Mansdorf (Isr) bt R Furlan (It) 7-6 7-5.
PARIS WOMEN'S INDOOR OPEN First round: J Novotna (Cz Rep) bt S Testud (Fr) 6-2 6-2; M Navratilova (US) bt K Oeljeklaus (Ger) 6-1 6-3; P Paradis-Mangon (Fr) bt L Meskhi (Geor) 6-3 6-1. Second round: M Pierce (Fr) bt N Muns-Jagerman (Neth) 6-3 6-4; M Seles (Yug) bt J Wiesner (Aut) 6-3 6-4; N Tauziat (Fr) bt D Monami (Bel) 6-0 6-2.
REMINGTON FAMILY CHAMPIONSHIPS (Eastbourne): Semi-finals: Fathers & sons: D and S Lloyd (Surrey) bt K and O Bull (S Wales) 5-7 7-5 7-5; P and M Siviter (Worcs) bt J and B Howarth (Yorks) 6-4 6-3. Mothers & daughters: Y and S Durham (Sussex) bt B and N Entract (Dorset) 6-4 2-6 8-6; E and A Joy (Avon) bt L and L Paterson (Sussex) 6-4 6-1.
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