Sporting Digest: Tennis
DIRECT LINE INSURANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS (Beckenham) Men's singles, first round: K Kinnear (US) bt R Koenig (SA) 7-6 6-4; W Arthurs (Aus) bt M Wyeth (GB) 6-7 6-1 6-2; B Cowan (GB) bt G Saffrey (GB) 6-3 7-5; D Sapsford (GB) bt N Oduor (Ken) 6-0 6-1; C Beecher (GB) bt T Hand (GB) 6-3 6-4; T Larkham (Aus) bt D Williams (GB) 5-7 6-3 7-5; B Talbot (SA) bt R Matheson (GB) 6-4 3-6 7-6; B Pearce (US) bt G Doyle (Aus) 7-5 7-6; G Forget (Fr) bt M Maclagan (GB) 7-6 6-4; P Hand (GB) bt N Baglin (GB) 3-6 6-2 6-2; N Gould (GB) bt A Kratzman (Aus) 7-6 7-6; P Martin (GB) bt L Warder (Aus) 6-4 7-5; E Ferreira (SA) bt M Zimmerman (US)
6-3 6-2; M Kratzman (Aus) bt J Davidson (GB) 6-3 6-3; A Richardson (GB) bt J Hunter (GB) 5-7 7-6 6-3; M Barnard (SA) bt M Lee (GB) 5-7 7-5 6-3.
Women's singles, first round: V Lake (GB) bt C Benjamin (US) 6-3 4-6 6-3; L Ahl (GB) bt E Bond (GB) 6-0 6-0; K Nugent (Irl) bt K Roubanova (GB) 7-6 6-2; S Schenck (US) bt C Stassen (Neth) 6-4 6-4; K Cross (GB) bt M Mair (GB) 6-0 6-1; J Pullin (GB) bt S Reece (US) 6-4 6-3; R Mawdsley (Aus) bt J McMahon (GB) 7-5 4-6 6- 4; Z Mellis (GB) bt J Dawson (GB) 1-6 6-4 6-2; J Moore (GB) bt E Nortje (Nam) 7-6 6-3; T Croson (GB) bt T Morton-Rodgers (Aus) 6-4 1-6 7-6; C Taylor (GB) bt F Hearn (GB) 6-1 6-2; D Jones (Aus) bt M Joubert (SA) 6-1 6-4; C Herbert (GB) bt K Warne-Holland (GB) 6-2 6-7 6-2; H Crook (GB) bt A De Lone (US) 7-5 6-0; S Parkhomenko (Rus) bt S Tse (GB) 6-2 6-3; S-A Siddall (GB) bt L Woodroffe (GB) 5-7 6-2 7-6.
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