Sport in Short: Tennis
US OPEN (New York): Men's singles, fourth round: M CHANG (US) bt M WASHINGTON (US) 6-2 2-6 3- 6 6-3 6-1; I LENDL (US) bt B BECKER (Ger) 6-7 6-2 6-7 6-3 6-4. Quarter-finals: P SAMPRAS (US) bt A Volkov (Rus) 6-4 6-1 6-0. Women's singles, quarter-finals: A SANCHEZ VICARIO (Sp) bt S GRAF (Ger) 7-6 6-3; M MALEEVA-FRAGNIERE (Swit) bt M Maleeva (Bul) 6-2 5-3 ret. Men's doubles, quarter-finals: J GRABB and R RENEBERG (US) bt N Borwick and S Youl (Aus) 6-4 7-6 6-3. Semi-finals: K JONES and R LEACH (US) bt T WOODBRIDGE and M WOODFORDE (Aus) 7-6 7-6 6-2. Women's doubles, third round: P FENDICK (US) and A STRNADOVA (Cz) bt L MESKHI (US) and E REINACH (SA) 6-3 6-4; M J FERNANDEZ and Z GARRISON (US) bt E Burgin (US) and M de Swardt (SA) 6-2 4-6 7-6. Quarter-finals: G FERNANDEZ (US) and N ZVEREVA (CIS) bt L McNeil (US) and R Stubbs (Aus) 6-3 6-2; A SANCHEZ VICARIO (Sp) and H SUKOVA (Cz) bt R McQUILLAN (Aus) and C PORWIK (Ger) 6-4 1-6 6-4; J NOVOTNA (Cz) and L SAVCHENKO- NEILAND (Lat) bt M J FERNANDEZ and Z GARRISON (US) 1-6 6-4 7-6. Boys' singles, second round: A Richardson (GB) bt J Vissepo (PR) 6-3 6-3. Girls singles, second round: S Sureephong (US) bt S-A SIDDALL (GB) 4-6 7-5 6-2; L Woodroffe (GB) bt C CRISTEA (Rom) 6-2 6-7 6-4. Girls doubles, second round: S-A Siddall and A Wainwright (GB) bt G GUTIERREZ (Col) and L HORN (SA) 6-3 6-1.
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