Sporting Digest: Tennis

US OPEN (Flushing Meadow, NY): Women's singles final: A SANCHEZ VICARIO (Sp) bt S GRAF (Ger) 1-6 7-6 6-4.

Men's singles semi-finals: M STICH (Ger) bt K Novacek (Cz Rep) 7-5 6-3 7-6; A Agassi (US) bt T MARTIN (US) 6-3 4-6 6-2 6-3. Final: Agassi bt STICH 6-1 7-6 7-5.

Women's doubles semi-finals: J NOVOTNA (Cz Rep)) and A SANCHEZ VICARIO (Sp) bt L NEILAND (Lat) and G SABATINI (Arg) 7-6 6-2. Final: NOVOTNA and SANCHEZ VICARIO bt K Maleeva (Bul) and R White (US) 6-3 6-3.

Boy's singles semi-finals: M Tahiri (Mor) bt N Lapentti (Ecu) 6-4 6-0; S Schalken (Neth) bt F Browne (Arg) 6-4 7-5.

Boy's doubles final: B Ellwood (Aus) and N Lapentti (Ecu) bt P Goldstein and S Humphries (US) 6-0 6-2.

Girl's singles semi-finals: M Hingis (Swit) bt Y Basting (Neth) 4-6 6-3 6-3; M Tu (US) bt K de Weille (Neth) 7-5 6-4. Final: Tu bt Hingis 6-2

6-4.

Girl's doubles final: S de Beer (SA) and C Reuter (Neth) bt N de Villiers (SA) and E Jelfs (GB) 4-6 6-4 6-2.

Men's Over-35 doubles final: G Mayer and H Pfister (US) bt Tim Gullikson and Tom Gullikson (US) 6-3 7-5.

Men's Over-45 doubles final: M Riessen and S Stewart (US) bt C Drysdale (SA) and F Stolle (Aus) 6-4 6-2.