Sporting Digest: Tennis

ATP TOURNAMENT (Ostrava, Cz Rep) Quarter-finals: M Damm (Cz Rep) bt J Bates (GB)

6-2 6-3; M Washington (US) bt K Carlsen (Den)

7-6 7-6; A Boetsch (Fr) bt J Svensson (Swe) 2-6

6-2 6-3; D Nargiso (It) bt J Siemerink (Neth) 6-0

7-6.

TEL AVIV ATP TOURNAMENT Quarter-finals: A Mansdorf (Isr) bt A Cherkasov (Rus) 6-1 6-4; F Santoro (Fr) bt M Ondruska (SA) 6-4 5-7 6-4.

SEIKO SUPER TOURNAMENT (Tokyo) Quarter-finals: J Eltingh (Neth) bt J Stark (US) 6-2

7-6; S Edberg (Swe) bt B Steven (NZ) 6-4 6-3; G Ivanisevic (Croa) bt R Krajicek (Neth) 7-6 7-6; M Chang (US) bt T Martin (US) 6-3 7-6.

FILDERSTADT WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT Quarter-finals: M Werdel (US) bt M Hingis (Swit) 0-6 6-2 7-6; A Huber (Ger) bt M Navratilova (US) 6-3 3-6 6-4; M Pierce (Fr) bt G Fernandez (US) 6-0 6-1; K Habsudova (Slovak) bt C Martinez (Sp) 6-4 6-1.

LTA AUTUMN SATELLITE (Telford) Men's semi-finals: G Henderson (GB) bt P Pala (Cz Rep) 3-6 7-6 6-3; R Wassen (Neth) bt G Bastl (Swit) 7-6 6-4.