Sporting Digest: Tennis
SALEM MEN'S OPEN (Osaka, Japan) Second round: L Roux (Fr) bt I Lendl (US) 6-3
6-3; A Krickstein (US) bt A Antonitsch (Aut) 7-5 6-4; P Sampras (US) bt J Tarango (US) 7-6 7-6; D Wheaton (US) bt R Weiss (US) 6-3 6-2; A Agassi (US) bt C Adams (US) 6-3 6-3; G Raoux (Fr) bt K Carlsen (Den) 6-2 6-7 6-4.
ESTORIL MEN'S OPEN Second round: A Costa (Sp) bt E Couto (Por) 6-1 6-2; S Bruguera (Sp) bt F Davin (Arg) 1-6 6-1 6-0; C Costa (Sp) bt J Golmard (Fr) 3-6 7-5 6-4.
SOUTH AFRICAN MEN'S OPEN (Sun City) First round: H Dreekman (Ger) bt A Mansdorf (Isr) 7-5 6-3. Second round: J Hlasek (Swit) bt W Ferreira (SA) 7-6 5-7 6-2; C Bergstrom (Swe) bt A Mronz (Ger) 6-1 6-4; M Zoecke (Ger) bt L Jonsson (Swe) 4-6 6-1 6-4.
FAMILY CIRCLE CUP WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Hilton Head, South Carolina) Second round: I Majoli (Croa) bt G Sabatini (Arg) 6-2 2-6 6-2; L Davenport (US) bt S Stafford (US) 6-0 6-2; N Zvereva (Bela) bt L Raymond (US) 6-3 3-6 6-4; M Pierce (Fr) bt N Avila (Sp) 6-2 6-1; M Bollegraf (Neth) bt Z Garrison Jackson (US) 4-6 6-1 6-3; A Coetzer (SA) bt T Austin (US) 6-4 7-5; S Hack (Ger) bt R Bobkova (Cz Rep) 7-6 6-3; B Schultz (Neth) bt M Babel (Ger) 6-3 6-4; L Meskhi (Geor) bt W Probst (Ger) 6-1 6-2; G Helgeson (US) bt J Watanabe (US) 7-5 2-6 6-1; B Rittner (Ger) bt L Neiland (Lat) 6-3 6-7 6-1; S Cecchini (It) bt C Kuhlman (US) 2-6 6-0 6-0; E Zardo (Swit) bt S Farina (It) 6-2 6-4. Third round: A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt Coetzer 7-6 6-2; Cecchini bt I Gorrochategui (Arg) 7-5 7-6.
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