Sporting Digest: Tennis

OTB INTERNATIONAL OPEN (Schenectady, New York): Men: First round: J Renzenbrink (Ger) bt T Hogstedt (Swe) 6-1 6-4; A Chesnokov (Rus) bt J Arias (US) 6-4 7-6; J Apell (Swe) bt N Kulti (Swe) 5-7 6-2 6-3; I Lendl (US) bt R Gilbert (Fr) 0-6 6-2 6-3; C Adams (US) bt B Karbacher (Ger) 6-3 6-2; S Bryan (US) bt J Bates (GB) 6-3 6-1; A Antonitsch (Aut) bt P Haaruis (Neth) 6-3 6-1; J Eltingh (Neth) bt J-P Fleurian (Fr) 7-6 7-6. Women: First round: S Stafford (US) bt L Meskhi (Geor) 6-4 6-4; N Tauziat (Fr) bt L Harvey-Wild (US) 6-1 6-4; B Rittner (Ger) bt S Hack (Ger) 6-4 7-5; S Rottier (Bel) bt K Boogert (Neth) 4-6 6-4 6-2; J Wiesner (Ger) bt K Habsudova (Slovak) 6-3 6-1.

ATP TOURNAMENT (Long Island, NY): First round: C Pioline (Fr) bt M Damm (Cz) 4-6 7-5 6-3; R Furlan (It) bt S Pescosolido (It) 6-4 6-1; M Hadad (Col) bt M Larsson (Swe) 6-4 4-6

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