Sporting Digest: Tennis

VOLVO MEN'S CLASSIC (Los Angeles) Singles, quarter-finals: P Sampras (US) bt P McEnroe (US) 7-5 6-2; M Chang (US) bt A Krickstein (US) 4-6 6-3 6-2; R Krajicek (Neth) bt A Volkov (Rus) 6-1 6-4; C Adams (US) bt M Stich (Ger) 5-7 6-4 6-4. Semi-finals: Krajicek bt Sampras 6-4 3-6 7-6; Chang bt Adams 6-3 6-2.

ATP TOURNAMENT (Kitzbuhel) Semi- finals: T Muster (Aut) bt A Medvedev (Ukr)

6-3 6-4; J Sanchez (Sp) bt B Karbacher (Ger) 6-2 6-2. Final: Muster leads Sanchez 6-3 2-2. Rain delayed play.

CZECH MEN'S OPEN (Prague) Semi-finals: A Chesnokov (Rus) bt M Gustafsson (Swe) 7- 5 2-0 ret; S Bruguera (Sp) bt A Cherkasov (Rus) 6-3 6-1. Final: Bruguera bt Chesnokov 7-5 6-4.

MEN'S ATP CHALLENGER TOURNAMENT (Istanbul, selected): Doubles final: J-P Fleurian (Fr) and R Smith (Bah) bt M Maclagan (GB) and D Pescariu (Rom) 7-6 6-3.

MAZDA WOMEN'S CLASSIC (Carlsbad, California) Singles, quarter-finals: C Martinez (Sp) bt M Maleeva (Bul) 6-3 6-2; S Graf (Ger) bt M Pierce (Fr) 6-3 6-4; M Kochta (Ger) bt E Likhovtseva (Kaz) 6-1 6-2; A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt A Grossman (US) 6-0 6-0. Semi-finals: Graf bt Martinez 7-5 6-2; Sanchez Vicario bt Kochta 6-2 6-1. Final: Graf bt Sanchez Vicario 6-4 4-6 6-1.

SCOTTISH GRASS COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS (Craiglockhart, Edinburgh): Men's final: B Cowan (Lancs) bt D Sweeney (Zam) 7-6 7-5. Women's final: S Smith (Essex) bt A Simpkin (Leics) 6-1 6-3.