Sporting Digest: Tennis

LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS (Key Biscayne, Fla) Men's singles quarter-final: P Rafter (Aus) bt J Grabb (US) 1-6 6-4 6-1. Semi-final: P Sampras (US) bt J Courier (US) 6-4 7-6. Women's singles semi-final: N Zvereva (Bela) bt B Schultz (Neth) 6-0 6-4.

CASABLANCA ATP TOURNAMENT Quarter-finals: Younes El Aynaoui (Mor) bt O Martinez (Sp) 6-3 6-3; R Furlan (It) bt T Carbonnel (Sp) 4-2 w/o; K Alami (Mor) bt D Poliakov (Rus) 6-2 6-4; G Schaller (Aut) bt M Sinner (Ger) 6-1 6-1.

LTA UNDER-18 INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Bisham Abbey) Boys' singles quarter-finals: J Varlet (Fr) bt S Pongriatz (Swe) 6-4 6-1; M Lee (GB) bt J Perlant (Fr) 7-6 4-6 6-3; A Andersson (Swe) bt C Reti (Rom) 6-2 6-3; L Milligan (GB) bt Y Mikheev (Bela) 6-1 6-2. Girls' singles quarter-finals: I Taesch (Fr) bt S Pestiaeu (Bel) 6-1 6-3; E Tikhankina (Rus) bt E Loit (Fr) 6-1 7-5; A Mauresmo (Fr) bt M Rasmussen (Den) 6-0 6-2; R Vidats (Hung) bt J Dawson (GB) 6-3 6-4.