Sporting Digest: Tennis
JAPAN OPEN (TOKYO) First round: K Jones (US) bt G Motomura (Japan) 6-4 6-1; H Kaneko (Japan) bt Y Yamamoto (Japan) 6-7 7-6 6-3; C Pridham (Can) bt P Kuhnen (Ger) 6-2 6-2; M Damm (Cz Rep) bt S Youl (Aus) 6-2 6-4; J Morgan (Aus) bt D Prinosil (Ger) 6-3 2-6 6-3; D Flach (US) bt L Koslowski (Ger) 7-5 6-1; G Raoux (Fr) bt J Bates (GB) 7-6 6-3; D Wheaton (US) bt R Tsujino (Japan) 6-4 6-3; J Siemerink (Neth) bt S Pescosolido (It)
2-6 7-6 7-5; C Bergstrom (Swe) bt K Thorne (US)
6-3 6-7 7-5; P McEnroe (US) bt C Adams (US) 0-6
6-2 6-2; B Steven (NZ) bt T Mo (US) 7-6 6-3; A O'Brien (US) bt T Shimada (Japan) 6-4 6-1.
GODO MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Barcelona) First round: A Corretja (Sp) bt H Davids (Neth) 7-6 6-1; O Delaitre (Fr) bt A Costa (Sp) 6-3 3-6 7-5; J Viloca (Sp) bt J Avila (Sp) 6-3 3-6 6-3; A Chesnokov (Rus) bt R Agenor (Haiti) 6-1 6-4; R Furlan (It) bt F Davin (Arg) 3-6 6-2 6-0; F de Wulf (Bel) bt N Kulti (Swe) 6-3 6-2; M Gorriz ( Sp) bt J Mas 6-2 6-4 (Sp); M Naewie (Ger) bt F Roig (Sp) 6-4 6-7 6-3; M Goellner (Ger) bt F Santoro (Fr) 7-6 6-4; G Prpic (Croat) bt R Azar (Arg) 6-7 7-6 6-3; J Svensson (Swe) bt F Sanchez (Sp) 6-1 6-3; B Wuyts (Bel) bt L Jonsson (Swe) 6-0 3-6 6-3; J F Altur (Sp) bt C Mezzadri (Swit) 5-7 6-3 6-4.
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Amelia Island, Florida) First round: L Davenport (US) bt B Bowes (US) 6-3 6-2; S Stafford (US) bt R Fairbank- Nideffer (US) 6-1 6-3; K Kschwendt (Swit) bt D Szabova (Cz Rep) 5-7 6-4 6-0; S Hack (Ger) bt J Santrock (US) 6-1 7-6; C Rubin (US) bt C Fauche (Fr) 6-1 6-3; J Kruger (US) bt L Ferrando (It) 6-1 4-6 7-6.
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