Sport in Short: Tennis
BRITAIN'S Mark Petchey meets France's Fabien Cousin in today's final at the LTA men's satellite tournament in Manchester.
LTA MEN'S SATELLITE TOURNAMENT (Matchpoint Bramhall, Manchester) Semi- finals: M Petchey (GB) bt L Barthez (Fr) 2-6 7-6 6-4; F Cousin (Fr) bt A Foster (GB) 6-4 6-4.
STUTTGART MEN'S TOURNAMENT Semi- finals: R Krajicek (Neth) w/o B Becker (Ger) scr; Stich (Ger) bt W Masur (Aus) 6-7 6-2 6-2.
PHILADELPHIA MEN'S TOURNAMENT Quarter-finals: M Woodforde (Aus) bt M Chang (US) 6-3 6-4; P Sampras (US) bt R Reneberg (US) 4-6 6-4 7-6; D Rostagno (US) bt A Mansdorf (Isr) 6-4 6-3; I Lendl (US) bt M Washington (US) 7-5 6-2. Semi-final: Woodforde bt Rostagno 7-5 7-5.
PARIS WOMEN'S INDOOR OPEN Semi- finals: M Navratilova (US) bt J Novotna (Cz Rep) 6-1 6-2; M Seles (Yug) bt C Martinez (Sp) 6-1 6-1.
OKLAHOMA WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT Quarter-finals: N Provis (Aus) bt L Harvey- Wild (US) 7-5 7-5; T Whitlinger (US) bt L Ferrando (It) 6-3 7-6; P Fendick (US) bt A Gavaldon (Mex) 2-6 7-6 6-4; Z Garrison Jackson (US) bt M McGrath (US) 7-6 6-3.
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