Sporting Digest: Tennis
MILAN MEN'S TOURNAMENT Second round: W Masur (Aus) bt N Kulti (Swe) 6-3
6-2; S Bruguera (Sp) bt J Siemerink (Neth) 6-4 6-4; K Novacek (Cz Rep) bt H Leconte (Fr) 5-7 6-3 7-6; R Agenor (Hai) bt M Stich (Ger) 2-6 7-6 6-3.
MEMPHIS MEN'S TOURNAMENT Second round: J Courier (US) bt K Carlsen (Den) 7-5 5-7 6-3; T Martin (US) bt J Eltingh (Neth) 6-7 6-3 6-2; M Chang (US) bt S Bryan (US) 6-7 6-4 6-3; M Washington (US) bt B Black (Zim) 6-1 6-1; A Chesnokov (Rus) bt P Lundgren (Swe) 6-3 6-4, P Haarhuis (Neth) bt D Nainkin (SA) 4-6 6-2 6-0; J Stark (US) bt D Flach (US) 7-6 6-7 6-0; C Adams (US) bt A Krickstein (US) 6-4 1-6 6-3; A O'Brien (US) bt G Stafford (SA) 7-6 6-0; K Braasch (Ger) bt B MacPhie (US) 3-6 6-3 6-4; T Enqvist (Swe) bt J Palmer (US) 6-3 6-4; D Randall (US) bt D Rikl (Cz Rep) 1-6 6-0 6-1.
LTA MEN'S SATELLITE TOURNAMENT (Coventry) Second round: F Cousin (Bel) bt P Hand (GB) 6-4 6-3; M Barnard (SA) bt T Henman (GB) 6-2 6-2; B Gyetko (Can) bt B Cowan (GB) 7-6 6-0; S Herdoiza (US) bt T Krupa (Cz Rep) 6-1 4-6 6-3; A Lesch (Ger) bt B Galik (Cz Rep) 7-5 6-3; J Kroslak (Slovak) bt A Beust (Fr) 6-3 6-3; E Ferreira (SA) bt J Pelikan (Cz Rep) 6-2 3-6 6-2; A Vysand (Est) bt C Geyer (Ger) 6-2 3-0 rtd.
ASIA WOMEN'S OPEN (Osaka, Jap) Second round: M Maleeva-Fragniere (Swit) bt R Stubbs (Aus) 6-1 6-2; Y Kamio (Jap) bt K Nagatsuka (Jap) 6-4 6-3; M Endo (Jap) bt A Henricksson (US) 6-0 6-1; M Miyauchi (Jap) bt M Zivec-Skulj (Ger) 6-0 6-0; K Boogert (Neth) bt E Smylie (Aus) 6-3 6-0; A Sugiyama (Japan) bt Li Fang (Ch) 5-7 6-4 6-1; I Majoli (Croa) bt C Bakkum (Neth) 6-3 6-1; Park Sung Hee (S Kor) bt Y Yoshida (Jap) 2-6 6-2 6-3.
CHICAGO WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT Second round: S Cacic (US) bt H Sukova (Cz Rep) 4-6 7-6 6-4; L Davenport (US) bt A Frazier (US) 6-3 7-5; L McNeil (US) bt L Harvey-Wild (US) 6-3 5-7 6-2; M Maleeva (Bul) bt M Werdel (US) 6-4 6-4; M Navratilova (US) bt A Keller (US) 6-2 6-4; N Zvereva (Bela) bt B Schult (Neth) 6-3 3-6 6-1.
LINZ WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Austria) Second round: S Appelmans (Bel) bt J Lichosteva (Kaz) 1-6 6-2 6-2. Quarter-finals: J Makarova (Rus) bt B Reinstadler (Aut) 6-4 6-3; L Meskhi (Geor) bt E Callens (Bel) 7-5 6-3; S Cecchini (It) bt L Richterova (Cz Rep) 6-4 5-7 6-4; A Huber (Ger) bt C Singer (Ger) 6-3 6-2.
LTA WOMEN'S SATELLITE TOURNAMENT (Sunderland) Quarter-finals: G Coorengel (Neth) bt A-S Bittighoffer (Fr) 6-2 2-6 6-0; S Schmidle (Ger) bt C Stassen (Neth) 6-4 6-3; A Franken (Ger) bt S Attili (It) 6-2 6-2; M Maruska (Aut) bt E Bond (Gloucs) 6-3 4-6 6-4.
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