Sporting Digest: Tennis

AUSTRALIAN OPEN (Melbourne) Women's singles semi-finals: S GRAF (Ger) bt K DATE (Japan) 6-3 6-3; A SANCHEZ VICARIO (Sp) bt G SABATINI (Arg) 6-1 6-2. Men's doubles semi-finals: J ELTINGH and P HAARHUIS (Neth) bt M Damm and K Novacek (Cz Rep) 6-1 6-4 6-2; B BLACK (Zim) and J STARK (US) bt J Apell and J Bjorkman (Swe) 6-1 6-4 6-4. Mixed doubles quarter-final: A OLHOVSKIY (Rus) and L NEILAND (Lat) bt C SUK (Cz Rep) and G FERNANDEZ (US) 6-2 2-6 6-2. Semi-final: T WOODBRIDGE (Aus) and H SUKOVA (Cz Rep) bt E SANCHEZ and A SANCHEZ VICARIO (Sp) 6-3 6-4. (Seeds in capitals).