Sporting Digest: Tennis

THE men's Grand Slam champions of 1994 - Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi and Sergi Bruguera - have accepted invitations to play in the dollars 6m ( pounds 3.8m) Grand Slam Cup in Munich on 6 to 11 December.

LYON MEN'S INDOOR TOURNAMENT First round: D Vacek (Cz Rep) bt M Damm (Cz Rep) 7-6 5-7 7-6; M Rosset (Swit) bt F Santoro (Fr) 7- 6 6-1; H Dreekmann (Ger) bt J Sanchez (Sp) 6-2 6-3; M Washington (US) bt J Bates (GB) 6-7 (5- 7) 6-2 6-4.

BRIGHTON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS First round: Y Basuki (Indo) bt K Radford (Aus) 6-3 6-1; P Fendick (US) bt M J Fernandez (US) 4-6 6-3 6-2; P Ritter (Aut) bt S Frankl (Ger) 6-3 6-1; T Whitlinger-Jones (US) bt C Rubin (US) 6-1 6-4; J Halard (Fr) bt C Wood (GB) 6-3 6-2; C Martinez (Sp) bt W Probst (Ger) 7-6 6-0; L Neiland (Lat) bt S Appelmans (Bel) 6- 0 7-6; N Tauziat (Fr) bt A Carlsson (Swe) 7-6 7- 5; G Fernandez (US) bt A Smashnova (Isr) 6-4 6- 2; M Babel (Ger) bt B Schett (Aut) 6-3 6-2; H Sukova (Cz Rep) bt S Dopfer (Aus) 6-2 6-1; P Hy (Can) bt E Reinach (SA) 6-3 6-3.

CA TROPHY TOURNAMENT (Vienna) First round: K Kucera (Slo) bt B Karbacher (Ger) 6-4, 6-2; M-K Goellner (Ger) bt R Vasek (Cz Rep) 7-6 6-3; A Thoms (Ger) bt W Masur (Aus) 7-6 7-6; K Braasch (Ger) bt J Apell (Swe) 6-3, 6-2; M Stich (Ger) bt A Volkov (Rus) 6-2, 6-4; J Siemerink (Neth) bt S Dosedel (Cz Rep) 7-6 6-2; T Muster (Aut) bt A Mansdorf (Isr) 6-2, 6-2; M Woodforde (Aus) bt C Arriens (Ger) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6; T Enqvist (Swe) bt Youness El Aynaoui (Morocco) 4-6, 7-6 6-4.

SECOND SALEM OPEN TOURNAMENT (Beijing) First round: S Matsuoka (Japan) bt T Ho (US) 3-6 6-3 7-6; B Steven (NZ) bt D Poliakov (Ukr) 6-3 6-4; T Nydahl (Swe) bt A O'Brien (US) 7-5 3-6 6-3; D Adams (Aus) bt J Morgan (Aus) 7-6 6-4; J Grabb (US) bt T Woodbridge (Aus) 3- 6 6-2 6-3. D Wheaton (US) bt S Bryan (US) 6-3, 6-2; M Petchey (GB) bt R Matuszewski (US) 6-3, 6-0: A Olhovskiy (Rus) bt M Sinner (US) 6-4, 6-4; N Pereira (Ven) bt M Tebbutt (Aus) 2-6, 7-6, 7- 6; A Jarryd (Swe) bt R Weiss (US) 6-0, 6-1; R Leach (US) bt N Borwick (Aus) 6-4, 6-2; C Van Rensburg (SA) bt H Holm (Swe) 6-7, 6-7; M Chang (US) bt M Ruah (Ven) 6-4 4-6 6-3; T Nydahl (Swe) bt A O'Brien (US) 7-5 3-6 6-3; A Chang (Can) bt Xia Jiaping (Ch) 6-2 6-1; A Mronz (Ger) bt Pang Bing (Ch) 7-6 2-6 6-4; D Adams (Aus) bt J Morgan (Aus) 7-6 6-4; B Steven (NZ) bt D Poliakov (Ukr) 6-4 6-3; D Wheaton (US) bt S Bryan (US) 6-3 6-2.

LTA AUTUMN SATELLITE (Sheffield) Men's First round: R Wassen (Neth) bt A Pretzsch (Ger) 6-4 6-2; M Wyeth (GB) bt P Martin (GB) 6-2 6-4; N Gould (GB) bt N Weal (GB) 6-3 6-2; C Schaffkes (Ger) bt D Ward (GB) 6-2 6-3; G Henderson (GB) bt J Fox (GB) 7-6 7-5; J Delgado (GB) bt A Fontaine (Bel) 2-6 6-3 6-2; N Baglin (GB) bt J Davidson (GB) 6-3 6-3; B Cowan (GB) bt T Spinks (GB) 4-6 6-3 6-2; G Bastl (Swit) bt M Lee (GB) 3-6 6-2 6-2; C Bennett (GB) bt G Oresic (Cro) 6-4 2-6 6-4; H Capell (Ger) bt D Draper (GB) 6-4 6-2; D Skoch (Cz Rep) bt O Morel (Fr) 6-4 6-1.