Sporting Digest: Tennis

DIRECT LINE INSURANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Beckenham): Men's singles third round: R Smith (Baham) bt G Rusedski (Can) 6-4 7-6; G Doyle (Aus) bt M Knowles (Bah) 6-2 6-4; N Broad (GB) bt T Ho (US) 6-7 6-3 6-4; K Flach (US) bt A O'Brien (US) 6-4 6-3; C Bailey (GB) bt D Sapsford (GB) 6-3 6-4; D Wheaton (US) leads N Pereira (Ven) 6-4 4-5; J Morgan (Aus) leads P Rafter (Aus) 6-3 4-5. Women's singles third round: M Jaggard-Lai (Aus) bt K Godridge (Aus) 6-4 6-4; K Boogert (Neth) bt J Richardson (NZ) 7-6 6-3; K Radford (Aus) bt S McCarthy (US) 6-2 5-7 7-6; M Miyauchi (Japan) bt C Dahlman (Swe) 7-6 6-0; L Harvey-Wild (US) bt L Field (Aus) 7-5 6-2; M Navratilova (US) bt A Henricksson (US) 6-1 6-3; M Endo (Japan) bt T Price (SA) 6-0 4-6 6-4; N Pratt (Aus) bt J Kruger (SA) 6-4 3-6 6-2.