Sporting Digest: Tennis

STOCKHOLM OPEN Men's singles, quarter-finals: B Becker (Ger) bt M Stich (Ger) 7-6 6-3; P Sampras (US) bt M Larsson (Swe) 6-1 6-4; Y Kafelnikov (Rus) bt S Bruguera (Sp) 6-7 6-4 6-2; G Ivanisevic (Croa) bt A Agassi (US) 6-1 3-6 7-6.

NOKIA GRAND PRIX (Essen, Ger) Women's singles quarter-finals: J Novotna (Cz Rep) bt S Appelmans (Bel) 6-4 6-3; K Habsudova (Slovak) bt M Hingis (Swit) 6-3 2-6 6-2; I Majoli (Croa) bt A Huber (Ger) 2-6 6-3 6-1; N Medvedeva (Ukr) bt B Schultz (Neth) 6-3 7-5.

HELLMANN'S CUP TOURNAMENT (Santiago): Men's singles second round: J Frana (Arg) bt T Carbonell (Sp) 5-7 6-2 6-4; F Meligeni (Bra) bt K Novacek (Cz Rep) 4-6 6-4 6-2; F Clavet (Sp) bt G Markus (Arg) 6-4 6-3; A Berasategui (Sp) bt J Burillo (Sp) 6-2 6-1. Doubles, first round (selected): K Novacek (Cz Rep) and M Wilander (Swe) bt S Casal and E Sanchez (Sp) 3-6 7-6 7-6.