Sporting Digest: Tennis
VOLVO MEN'S INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (New Haven, Conn) First round: M Washington (US) bt S Matsuoka (Japan) 6-3 5-7 6-2; A Chesnokov (Rus) bt B Black (Zim) 6-4 6-0; A Olhovskiy (Rus) bt M Tebbutt (Aus) 6-2 4-6 6-3; R Weiss (US) bt M Damm (Cz Rep) 7-6 7-5; S Pescosolido (It) bt T Henman (GB) 6-3 6-2; G Stafford (Rus) bt J-L Noriega (Peru) 7-6 6-2; M Goellner (Ger) bt R Fromberg (Aus) 7-6 6-2; C Adams (US) bt J Eltingh (Neth) 7-6 4-6 6-1; L Roux (Fr) bt C Van Rensburg (SA) 5-7 6-3 6-0; J Siemerink (Neth) bt C Caratti (It) 6-3 7-6; I Lendl (US) bt D Rikl (Cz Rep) 6-4 6-2; M Rios (Chile) bt D Nainkin (SA) 6-4 3-6 6-1; V Spadea (US) bt P Haaruis (Neth) 6-3 6-2; D Adams (Aus) bt L Jonsson (Swe) 6-4 6-3; J Burillo (Sp) bt P
Arnold (Arg) 1-6 6-3 6-4.
CANADIAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Montreal) First round: M Maleeva (Bul) bt J Kruger (SA) 6-4 6-1; I Majoli (Croa) bt S Frankl (Ger) 7-6 6-0; N Sowamtsu (Japan) bt N Herreman (Fr) 7-5 6-1; D Graham (US) bt Shi-Ting Wang (Tai) 6-4 3-6 6-4; M Oremans (Neth) bt E Smylie (Aus) 6-2 6-1; E Reinach (SA) bt K Radford (Aus) 7-5 6-4; B Rittner (Ger) bt A Temesvari (Hung) 6-1 6-3; S Testud (Fre) bt M Werdel (US) 6-4 6-0; S Cacic (US) bt I Demongeot (Fr) 7-6 7-6; A Smashnova (Isr) bt J Steven (US) 6-3 6-3; K Boogert (Neth) bt A Keller (US) 6-3 6-1; A Carlsson (Swe) bt S Farina (It) 6-3 6-2; A Dechaume-Ballerat (Fr) bt N Medvedev (Ukr) 6-0 3-6 6-4; S Stafford (US) bt I Spirlea (Rom) 6-1 4-6 6-4; R McQuillan (Aus) bt E Makarova (Rus) 6-2 7-6; N Baudone (Fr) bt S Jeyaseelan (Can) 7-6 6-0; Y Basuki (Indon) bt P Hy (Can) 7-5 6-4; L Meshki (Geor) bt J Nejedley (Can) 6-2 6-4.
RCA US HARDCOURT TOURNAMENT (Indianapolis) First round: A Volkov (Rus) bt N Kulti (Swe) 4-6 6-3 6-3; K Kinnear (US) bt K Novacek (Cz Rep) 7-6 7-5; A Krickstein (US) bt M Merklein (US) 6-3 6-3; J Grabb (US) bt K Alami (Mor) 7-5 6-0; B Shelton (US) bt J Carlsson (Swe) 6-1 7-5; J Stark (US) bt D Engel (Swe) 6-3 7-6; A Corretja (Sp) bt A Atonitsch (Aut) 6-34-6 6-2; W Masur (Aus) bt K Braasch (Ger) 6-2 6-1; R Reneberg (US) bt A Mronz (Ger) 6-2 3-6 6-3; M Ondruska (Rus) bt S Bryan (US) 6-4 0-6 6-3; T Enquist (Swe) bt C Marsh (SA) 6-3 6-1; J Bates (GB) bt J Yzaga (Peru) 6-4 6-3; M Hadad (Col) bt P Kilderry (Aus) 7-6 7-5; R Krajicek (Neth) bt H Holm (Swe) 5-7 6-4 6-4.
MIDLAND BANK NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (Nottingham): Boys Under 18 singles, second round: J Trotman (Suff) bt C Edmondson (Lancs) 6-2 6-4; A Osterrieth (Kent) bt I Bates (Hants & IoW) 7-6 7-5; P Martin (Avon) bt J Monk (Suss) 6-3 6-1; S Clark (Warks) bt M Stocks (Norf) 6-2 6-4; N Jones (Hereford and Worcs) bt N Crowther (Yorks) 6-2 6-3; M Ingham (Lancs) bt S Amey (Derbys) 6-0 7-6; G Jones (Kent) bt S Pender (Corn) 6-7 6-4 6-3; B Webber (Cambs) bt T Marcus-Russ (Middx) 6-1 6-1; L Milligan (Middx) bt M Woolley (Warks) 6-3 6-3; B Haran (Hants & IoW) bt C Anders (Lancs) 6-4
6-3; W Sawyer (Norf) bt P Delgado (Berks)
6-3 6-0; C Bennett (Hereford and Worcs) bt J Bartlett (Devon) 2-6 6-0 6-3; J Williams (Middx) bt R Paul (Middx) 6-2 6-2; B O'Connor (Durham and Cleve) bt M Airey (Durham and Cleve) 6-1 6-2; S Crabtree (Dorset) bt V Sundaram (Lancs) 6-4 6-4; M Lee (Suss) bt D Nzekwu (Middx) 6-2 6-3.
Girls Under 18, singles second round: L Jelfs (Oxon) bt C Lyte (Warks) 6-3 6-0; A Janes (Essex) bt H Corcut (Suss) 6-4 6-2; F Hearn (Middx) bt E Langley (Salop) 5-7 6-2
6-4; L Ogan (Warks) bt C Sewell (Yorks) 6-1
6-2; H Richardson (Northants) bt F Lishman (Northumb) 1-6 7-5 7-5; Z Mellis (Essex) bt S Turner (Suss) 6-2 6-2; E Smith (Wilts) bt L Powell (Northants) 6-1 6-1; K Roubanova (Berks) bt L Austin (Suss) 7-5 6-4; J Osman (Suss) bt K Martin (Suff) 6-1 6-1; J Choudhury (Cambs) bt S Durham (Suss) 6-4 6-3; J Dawson (Suss) bt L Jones (Somerset) 6-4 6-2; L Latimer (Warks) bt J Welch (Lancs) 6-3 6-2; R Dunbar (Dorset) bt A Buggins (Wilts) w/o; L Fletcher (Durham and Cleve) bt L Naqushbandi (Essex) 6-0 6-1; T Callow (Middx) bt A Tordoff (Kent) 6-4 6-1; J Duncan (North of Sco) bt L Reilly (East of Sco) 7-5 6-1.
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