Sporting Digest: Tennis

ATP CHAMPIONS CUP (Indian Wells, Calif) First round: A Agassi (US) bt R Reneberg (US) 6-3 6-3; W Ferreira (SA) bt K Braasch (Ger) 6-7 6-4 7-5; M Goellner (Ger) bt B Gilbert (US) 4-6 6-4 6-4; P Korda (Cz Rep) bt M Woodforde (Aus) 7-5 6-1; A Gaudenzi (It) bt G Rusedski (Can) 2-6 6-4 7-6; M Rosset (Swit) bt G Schaller (Aut) 3-6 6-2 6-2. Second round: T Martin (US) bt M Ondruska (SA) 6-0 4-6 6-1; P Sampras (US) bt E Sanchez (Sp) 6-1 6-1; M Washington (US) bt M Goellner (Ger) 6-4 7-6; T Muster (Aut) bt J Yzaga (Peru) 4-6 7-6 6-3; P McEnroe (US) bt W Ferreira (SA) 6-4 6-7 6-4; F Santoro (Fr) bt A Agassi (US) 6-4 7-6; S Edberg (Swe) bt B Black (Zim) 6-1 6-3; J Stark (US) bt A Chesnokov (Rus) 6-3 6-3.

DELRAY BEACH WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Miami) First round: M Oremans (Neth) bt R Tedjakusuma (Indon) 6-7 6-4 6-2; J Halard (Fr) bt R Simpson-Alter (Can) 1-6 6-2 7-6; D Van Rensburg (SA) bt R Nideffer (SA) 6-3 6- 3; A Vento (Ven) bt R Grande (It) 4-6 6-0 6-3; L Raymond (US) bt L Golarsa (It) 7-5 6-1. Second round: S Graf (Ger) bt M Werdel (US) 6-0 7-5; G Sabatini (Arg) bt E Savoldi (It) 6-4 6-2; J Wiesner (Aut) bt C Kuhlman (US) 6-2 ret; N Medvedeva (Ukr) bt S Farina (It) 6-3 6-3; E Likhovtseva (Kazak) bt Y Basuki (Indon) 6-3 6-1; C Rubin (US) bt I Majoli (Croa) 6-0 6-0.

COPENHAGEN OPEN First round: A Jarryd (Swe) bt J Svensson (Swe) 6-3 6-1. Second round: A Olhovskiy (Rus) bt P Moraing (Ger) 7-6 1-6 6-3; P Baur (Ger) bt G Raoux (Fr) 7-6 6-3; M Gustafsson (Swe) bt J Siemerinck (Neth) 6-3 7-6; J-P Fleurian (Fr) bt M Christensen (Den) 6-4 6-4.

LTA MEN'S INDOOR SATELLITE (Croydon) Quarter-finals: M Barnard (SA) bt S Herdoiza (US) 6-1 6-7 6-3; T Henman (GB) bt B Gyetko (Can) 6-3 6-7 7-5; E Ferreira (SA) bt J Kroslak (Slovak) 6-2 6-4; M Meneschincheri (It) bt L Manter (Swit) 6-3 7-6. Doubles semi-finals: H Joffee (SA) and M Shyjan (US) bt K Evernden (NZ) and E Ferreira (SA) 4-6 7-5 7-6; B Cowans and A Richardson (GB) bt P Hand and R Matheson (GB) 7-6 6-3.