Sporting Digest: Tennis
EUROCARD MEN'S OPEN (Stuttgart) Semi-finals: G Ivanisevic (Croa) bt B Becker (Ger) 3-6 6-3 6-3; S Edberg (Swe) bt S Bruguera (Sp) 4-6 6-3 6-2. Final: Edberg bt Ivanisevic 4-6 6-4 6-2 6-2.
US INDOOR MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Philadelphia) Quarter-finals: J Courier (US) bt A Chesnokov (Rus) 6-3 6-7 6-2; M Chang (US) bt J Stark (US) 6-2 6-3; J Yzaga (Peru) bt J Eltingh (Neth) 2-6 7-5 6-2; P Haarhuis (Neth) bt J Grabb (US) 7-6 5-7 6-3. Semi- final: Haarhuis bt Yzaga 6-3 6-3; Chang bt Courier (US) 7-6 6-2. Final: Chang bt Haarhuis 6-3 6-2.
WTA TOURNAMENT (Oklahoma City): Semi-final: M McGrath (US) bt A Frazier (US) 6-3 6-2; B Schultz (Neth) bt Z Garrison- Jackson (US) 6-7 6-3 6-4. Final: McGrath bt Schultz 7-6 7-6.
LTA MEN'S SATELLITE TOURNAMENT (Bramhall) Singles, semi-finals: T Henman (GB) bt F Cousin (Bel) 6-4 6-4; L Manta (Swit) bt M Barnard (SA) 6-3 6-4. Final: Henman bt Manta 6-4 6-7. Doubles final: Barnard and Henman bt B Cowan (GB) and A Richardson (GB) 6-7 7-5 6-2.
PARIS WOMEN'S OPEN Semi-finals: J Halard (Fr) bt K Maleeva (Bul) 6-7 6-4 6-3; M Navratilova (US) bt L Meskhi (Geor) 6-1 6-3. Final: Navratilova bt Halard 7-5 6-3.
PEKING WOMEN'S OPEN Singles Final: Y Basuki (Indon) bt K Nagatsuka (Japan) 6-4 6-2. Doubles final: Li Fang and Chen Li (Ch) bt K-A Guse (Aus) and V Lake (GB) 6-0 6-2.
LTA WOMEN'S CHALLENGER TOURNAMENT (Newcastle) Singles final: L Niemantsverdriet (Neth) bt M Maruska (Aut) 7-6 6-4.
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