Sporting Digest: Tennis

WIMBLEDON QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (Roehampton) Men's singles second round: B Shelton (US) bt T Kempers (Neth) 4-6 6-4 8-6; W McGuire (US) bt L Rehmann (Ger) 6-2 7-6; D Flach (US) bt L Manta (Swit) 6-3 6-3; D Witt (US) bt M Lucena (US) 6-3 6-3; G Connell (Can) bt M Wyeth (GB) 6-7 6-4 6-1; A Voinea (Sp) bt A Lopez-Moron (Sp) 6-4 2-6 16-14; M Tebbutt (Aus) bt A Portas (Sp) 6-2 6-1; P Pech (Fr) bt P Wekesa (Ken) 6-3 7-5; N Borwick (Aus) bt G Henderson (GB) 6-4

6-3; K Thorne (US) bt M Geserer (Ger) 6-1 3-6 6-3; S Sigerseth (US) bt M Caplan (US) 6-3 7-5; L Tieleman (It) bt B Behrens (US) 6-3 6-7 6-4; A Thoms (Ger) bt C Pistolesi (It) 7-6 6-3; J Szymanski (Ven) bt R Tsujino (Japan) 5-7 7-6 7-5. Women's singles third round (winners qualify for main event): A Dechaume-Balleret (Fr) bt K Godgridge (Aus) 6-0 7-6; L Field (Aus) bt C Wegink (Neth) 6-4 1-6 7-5; N Feber (Bel) bt T Price (SA) 1-6 6-3 6-4; I Demongeot (Fr) bt K Sharpe (Aus) 6-0 6-4; N Miyagi (Japan) bt A Strnadova (Cz Rep) 4-6 6-2 7-5; E Smylie (Aus) bt G Pizzichini (It) 2-6 6-2 6-4; M Paz (Arg) bt M Deswardt (SA) 4-6 6-2 6-0; K Adams (US) bt A Sugiyama (Japan) 6-4 3-6 7-5.

MANCHESTER MEN'S OPEN (Didsbury) Singles second round: J Stoltenberg (Aus) bt K Carlsen (Den) 6-1 7-6; G Rusedski (Can) bt G Raoux (Fr) 7-6 6-4; W Ferreira (SA) bt J Bjorkman (Swe) 7-5 3-6 6-3; A O'Brien (US) bt M Ruah (Ven) 6-4 4-6 7-6; J Eltingh (Neth) bt M Dam (Cz Rep) 6-4 6-4; M Petchey (GB) bt S Bryan (US) 6-3 6-4; P Rafter (Aus) bt O Camporese (It) 6-1 7-6; K Novacek (Cz Rep) bt M Washington (US) 3-6 6-3 6-1.

VOLKSWAGEN CUP WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Eastbourne) Singles third round: K Radford (Aus) bt L McNeil (US) 1-6 7-5 6-3; N Zvereva (Bela) bt I Gorrochategui (Arg) 6-3 6-1; L Raymond (US) bt N Arendt (US) 6-4 6-4; M Navratilova (US) bt L Golarsa (It) 2-6 6-1 6-2; M McGrath (US) bt N Tauziat (Fr) 6-4 3-6 6-3; L Harvey-Wild (US) bt M Oremans (Neth) 6-3 6-3; S Farina (It) bt P Fendick (US) 6-4 6-4; Y Basuki (Indon) bt H Sukova (Cz Rep) 6-2 7-6.

OTV-RAIFEISEN MEN'S TOURNAMENT (St Polten, Aut) First round: S Dosedel (Cz Rep) bt F Meligeni (Bra) 4-6 6-4 7-5. Second round: T Muster (Aut) bt M Filippini (Urug) 7-6 6-1; W Schranz (Aut) bt D Pescariu (Rom) 6-4 6-3; K Kucera (Slovak) bt H de la Pena (Arg) 6-1 6-4; F Roig (Sp) bt G Markus (Arg) 7-5 6-3.

MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Halle, Ger) Second round: H Leconte (Fr) bt A Volkov (Rus) 6-0 6-1; M Stich (Ger) bt H Holm (Swe) 6-3 6-4; W Masur (Aus) bt M Rosset (Swit) 7-5 7-5; J Hlasek (Swit) bt C Pioline (Fr) 6-3 6-1.

MIDLAND BANK BRITISH STUDENT CHAMPIONSHIPS (Sheffield) Men's second round: N Adams (Imperial College) bt A Blackman (Stirling Univ) 6-3 6-2; J Entract (Oxford Univ) bt G Henderson (Warrington Coll) 6-1 6-1; P Robinson (Sheffield Univ) bt N Johns (Middlesex Univ) 6-0 6-1; P Cliff (Loughborough Univ) bt R Mayers (Nottingham Univ) 6-2 6-2; S Jackson (Oxford Univ) bt M Bernard (Loughborough Univ) 5-7 6-3 6-4; M Haward (London Univ) bt R Bernard (Loughborough Univ) 6-3 6-1; R Holden (Univ of Wales) bt N Simmonds (Nottingham Univ) 6-3 6-2; S Lardhani (Univ of Tennessee) bt T Smith (Stirling Univ) 6-2 6-7 6-1. Women's second round: A Simpkin (Loughborough Univ) bt V Williams (Hertfordshire Univ) 6-0 6-1; T Wainwright (Oklahoma State Univ) bt C Evers (Birmingham Univ) 6-2 6-4; A Driver (Loughborough Univ) bt P McCarthy (Loughborough Univ) 6-2 6-1; J Bowden (Loughborough Univ) bt R Mercer (Birmingham Univ) 6-2 6-0; G Card (Cambridge Univ) bt E Nichols (North Western State Univ) 6-1 3-6 6-3; S Smith (Exeter Univ) bt A Mycock (Denver Univ) 6-2 6-0.