Sporting digest: Tennis
MONTE CARLO OPEN Third round: J Svensson (Sweden) beat Ulf Stenlund (Swe) 6-0 6-1; T Muster (Aut) bt M Larsson (Swe) 6-2 3-6 6-0; S Bruguera (Sp) bt I Lendl (US) 6-1
6-2; A Corretja (Sp) bt M Rosset (Swit) 4-6 6-3
7-6; C Pioline (Fr) bt P Korda (Cz Rep) 6-3 6-0; C Costa (Sp) bt A Cherkasov (Rus) 6-1 6-0.
KAL MEN'S CUP (Seoul) Singles, quarter-final: T Woodbridge (Aus) bt S Matsuoka (Japan) 6-4 7-6; M Zoecke (Ger) bt A Antonitsch (Aut) 6-4 7-6.
BARCELONA WOMEN'S OPEN Singles, third round: A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt R Zrubakova (Slov) 6-1 6-0; M Pierce (Fr) bt S Frankl (Ger) 6-0 6-1; A Coetzer (SA) bt C Mothe (Fr) 7-5 7-6; M Maleeva (Bul) bt L Ferrando (It) 7-5 6-0; S Hack (Ger) bt E Zardo (Swit) 6-1 6-3; F Bonsignori (It) bt N Van Lottum (Fr) 4-6 7-5 7-5; L Golarza (It) bt A Vieira (Bra) 6-3 2-6 6-1; C Martinez (Sp) bt C Wegink (Neth) 6-1 6-1.
MALAYSIAN OPEN (Kuala Lumpur) Men's singles, second round: D Susety (Indon) bt C Tambue (Ger) 7-6 3-3 (ret); A Florent (Aus) bt D Cohen (US) 7-6 6-2; A Finnberg (Ger) bt Lien Yu Hui (Tai) 6-3 6-3; R Ruppenthal (Ger) bt D Van Scheppingen (Neth) 6-1 6-1; B Hanson-Dent (US) bt T Blondeel (Bel) 6-3 6-4; C N'Goran (Slovak) bt B Galik (Slovak) 6-3 6-2; B Behrens (US) bt F Kascap (Slovak) 6-4 0-6 6-4; D Norman (Bel) bt P Wekesa (Ken) 6-3 6-4. Women's singles, second round: P Fendick (US) bt N Feber (Bel) 6-3 6-2; P Paradis-Mangon (Fr) bt M McGrath (US) 7-5 6-1; R Tedjukusuma (Indon) bt M Oremans (Neth) 6-3 6-2; S Rottier (Neth) bt S Wasserman (Bel) 6-2 2-6 7-6.
LTA SATELLITE (Nottingham): Men's singles, second round: P Kilderry (Aus) bt J Hunter (Surrey) 6-3 6-4; B Larkham (Aus) bt J Baily (Hants) 6-2 6-4; J Delgado (Warwicks) bt S Hette (Fr) 7-6 6-2; C Ferreira (SA) bt S Scailoa (It) 6-2 6-4; A Beust (Fr) bt C Beecher (Kent) 6-1 7-6; W Arthurs (Aus) bt L Matthews (Hants) 6-3 6-4; T Henman (Oxford) bt J Holmes (Aus) 5-7 6-3 6-3; M Tebbutt (Aus) bt D Sapsford (Surrey) 6-3 7-5.
Women's singles, second round: S Siddall (Dorset) bt C Grumes (Ger) 6-4 6-3, L Richterova (Cz Rep) bt A Castera (Fr) 6-4 6-4; P Piorkowski (US) bt S Pifferi (It) 6-1 6-2; J Salmon (Sussex) bt E Bond (Gloucs) 6-1 6-3; V Lake (Devon) bt M C Garcia (Sp) 6-4 6-2; R Mawdsley (Aus) bt C Hunt (Dorset) 3-6 6-2 6-0; L Bois (Fr) bt A Wainwright (Essex) 6-2 1-6 6-4; N Egorova (CIS) bt N Chasovaya (CIS) 6-4 6-4.
DAVIS CUP Asia-Oceana: Lebanon bt Qatar
3-0; Singapore bt Bahrain 2-0; Bangladesh bt Syria 2-0; Saudi Arabia bt United Arab Emirates 2-1.
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