Sporting Digest: Tennis

JIM COURIER, of the United States, marked his return to his ranking as the world's No 1 by beating Boris Becker in the final of the US Hardcourt Championships in Indianapolis yesterday. Pete Sampras was knocked out in the quarter-finals.

US HARDCOURT CHAMPIONSHIPS (Indianapolis, Ind) Men's singles, quarter- finals: P Rafter (Aus) bt P Sampras (US) 7-6 6-7 7-6; L Mattar (Bra) bt J Arias (US) 6-2 6-2; J Courier (US) bt C Pioline (Fr) 6-3 6-4; B Becker (Ger) bt Reneberg 6-4 6-3. Semi-finals: Becker bt Rafter 6-4 3-6 6-4; J Courier (US) bt L Mattar (Bra) 6-3 6-2. Final: Courier bt Becker 7-5 6-3.

VOLVO INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (New Haven, Conneticut) Men's singles, quarter finals: P Korda (Czech Rep) bt S Pescosolido (It) 6-3 6-3; A Agassi (US) bt I Lendl (US) 6-3 6-4; B Black (Zim) bt M Woodforde (Aus) 6-3 6-3; A Medvedev (Ukr) bt J Svensson (Swe) 7-6 1-6 6-4. Semi-finals: Korda bt Black 6-3 6-1; Medvedev bt Agassi 7-6 3-6 6-4. Final: Medvedev bt Korda 7-5 6-4.

CANADIAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Toronto) Quarter-finals: S Graf (Ger) bt N Tauziat (Fr) 6-2 7-5; A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt A Huber (Ger) 5-7 6-2 6-1; M Maleeva- Fragniere (Swit) bt M-J Fernadez (US) 6-4 6-4; J Capriati (US) bt J Halard (Fr) w/o. Semi-finals: Graf bt Maleeva-Fragniere 6-2 6-1; Capriati bt Sanchez Vicario 7-6 6-2. Final: Graf bt Capriati 6-1 0-6 6-3.

REEBOK BRITISH TOUR (Havant) Men's final: D Sapsford (Surrey) bt P Hand (Berks) 6-2 6-2. Women's final: V Humphreys-Davies (Cambs) bt D Huber (US) 7-5 4-6 6-2.

MIDLAND BANK NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Nottingham) Finals: Girls' 18 and under singles: C Taylor (Oxon) bt L Jelfs (Oxon) 6-3 6-7 6-1. Boys' 14 and under singles: J Trotman (Suffolk) bt J Monk (Sussex) 6-2 7-6. Boys' 18 and under singles: J Fox (Lincs) bt T Spinks (Norfolk) 6-1 6-4 6-2. Girls' 14 and under singles: F Lishman (Northumberland) bt A Tordoff (Kent) 6-3 4-6 6-4. Girls' 18 and under doubles: L Jelfs (Oxon) and I Wyatt (Oxon) bt T Croson (Derbys) and H Matthews (Berks) 6-3 6-3. Boys' 14 and under doubles: A Barnes (Cambs) and J Monk (Sussex) bt I Bates (Hants & IOW) and J Trotman (Suffolk) 6-2 6-3.