Sporting Digest: Tennis
ATP TOURNAMENT (Scottsdale, Ariz) First round: J Burillo (Sp) bt S Edberg (Swe) 6-2 6-3. Second round: A Agassi (US) bt L Nemecek (Cz Rep) 6-4 6-3; L Mattar (Bra) bt G Stafford (SA) 4-6 6-3 6-2; C Adams (US) B Black (Zim) 6-1 6-4.
ATP TOURNAMENT (Rotterdam) Singles second round: J Svensson (Swe) bt J Bjorkman (Swe) 5-7 6-3 6-4; W Ferreira (SA) bt J Hlasek (Swit) 6-4 7-6; Y Kafelnikov (Rus) bt M Gustafsson (Swe) 6-1 6-3; P Haarhuis (Neth) bt R Agenor (Hai) 6-1 6-4; M Stich (Ger) bt D Vacek (Cz Rep) 3-6 6-3 6-4; G Ivanisevic (Croa) bt K Carlsen (Den) 6-1 6-2. Doubles second round: J Bates (Eng) and J Bjorkman (Swe) bt J Eagle and A Florent (Aus) 6-0 7-5; B Becker (Ger) and J McEnroe (US) bt H Holm and A Jarryd (Swe) 7-6 6-4.
ATP TOURNAMENT (Mexico City) Second round: A Corretja (Sp) bt J F Altur (Sp) 6-1 7-5; B Shelton (US) bt A Gaudenci (It) 6-3 7-5; R Jabali bt M Hadad (Colom) 7-6 6-4.
EVERT CUP (Indian Wells, Calif) Second round: I Majoli (Croa) bt L Raymond (US) 6-3 2-6 6-1; N Zvereva (Bela) bt L Harvey-Wild (US) 6-3 6-3; G Helgeson (US) bt E Likhovtseva (Kaz) 6-0 6-2; M J Fernandez (US) bt A Mall (US) 6-4 7-6; A Coetzer (SA) bt R White (US) 6-2 6-1; J Wiesner (Aut) bt T Whitlinger (US) 6-3 7-6.
MEN'S SATELLITE TOURNAMENT (Eastbourne) Second round (Selected): M Barnard (SA) bt A Richardson (GB) 6-4 6-4; A Beust (Fr) bt D Sapsford (GB) 2-6 5-0 ret; J Kroslak (Slovak) bt L Matthews (GB) 3-6 6-3 6-3; R Matheson (GB) bt T Henman (GB) 7-6 6-4.
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