Sporting Digest: Tennis
HAMBURG MEN'S OPEN Singles, first round: G Raoux (Fr) bt P Kuhnen (Ger) 7-5 6-3; T Muster (Aut) bt H Dreekman (Ger) 3-6 6-3
6-2; M Gollner (Ger) bt O Delaitre (Fr) 6-1 6-4; R Gilbert (Fr) bt L Koslowski (Ger) 6-3 6-4; F Clavet (Sp) bt O Camporese (It) 6-2 6-4; H de la Pena (Arg) bt G Markus (Arg) 6-1 ret; D Dier (Ger) bt G Forget (Fr) 7-5 7-6; B Karbacher (Ger) bt A Thoms (Ger) 6-3 6-2; M Rosset (Swit) bt D Prinosil (Ger) 7-6 6-2; J Sanchez (Sp) bt T Engqvist (Swit) 6-1 7-6; J Oncins (Bra) bt M Vajda (Cz Rep) 7-6 6-4; J Arrese (Sp) bt R Agenor (Haiti) 6-3 4-6 7-6; J Renzenbrink (Ger) bt A Jarryd (Swe) 6-2 6-3; M Filippini (Uru) bt M Nawie (Ger) 1-6 6-3 7-6; R Furlan (It) bt L Mattar (Bra) 6-2 6-3.
ITALIAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Rome) Singles, first round: S Farina (It) b L McNeil (US) 5-7
6-2 6-2; N Sawamatsu (Japan) bt B Fulco- Villella (Arg) 6-3 6-4; K Kroupova (Cz Rep) bt I Demongeot (Fr) 6-2 6-3; K Adams (US) bt J Emmons (US) 6-3 6-0; N van Lottum (Fr) bt N Dahlman (Fin) 6-2 6-3; C Wegink (Neth) bt S Testud (Fr) 5-7 6-4 7-6; E Savoldi (It) bt F Perfetti (It) 6-3 6-2; I Gorrochategui (Arg) bt N Baudone (It) 6-2 6-2; J Kruger (SA) bt L Golarsa (It) 6-7 6-4 7-6; M Pierce (Fr) bt S Stafford (US) 6-4 7-5; F Bentivoglio (It) bt M Bollegraf (Neth) 6-2 6-4.
LEADING ATP RANKINGS: 1 P Sampras (US) 3,826pts; 2 J Courier (US) 3,517; 3 S Edberg (Swe) 3,259; 4 B Becker (Ger) 2,675; 5 P Korda (Cz Rep) 2,443; 6 G Ivanisevic (Croat) 2,294; 7 I Lendl (US) 2,229; 8 A Agassi (US) 2,050.
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