Sporting Digest: Tennis
LIPTON CHAMPIONSHIPS (Key Biscayne, Fla): Men's singles, third round: M Stich (Ger) bt R Krishnan (Ind) 6-3 3-6 6-4; G Forget (Fr) bt A Boetsch (Fr) 7-5 6-2; N Kulti (Swe) bt B Becker (Ger) w/o; J Courier (US) bt M Pernfors (Swe) 6-0 6-3. Fourth round: S Edberg (Swe) bt G Forget (Fr) 6-2 6-4; P Korda (Cz Rep) bt G Raoux (Fr) 6-4 6-4; Washington bt Kulti 7-5 7-6; P McEnroe (US) bt M Rosset (Swit) 4-6 7-6 6-0; R Krajicek (Neth) bt A Agassi (US) 6-2 7-5; M Ondruska (SA) bt M Stich (Ger) 7-6, 6-3. Women's singles quarter-finals: G Sabatini (Arg) bt J Novotna (cz Rep) 6-2 6-3.
LTA JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT (Bisham Abbey): Boys' first round: J-N Grinda (Fr) bt J Williams (Middlesex) 4-6 6-3 6-4; L Sabin (Dorset) bt M Lubiak (Pol) 6-2 6-1; M Ingham (Lancs) bt A Settimi (It) 6-1 6-4. Second round: M Coombes (Essex) bt K Flygt (Swe) 7-5 6-4; P Martin (Avon) bt M Ratt (Aut) 7-6 7-6; J Hind (Kent) bt M Lee (Sussex) 6-3 6-2; T Spinks (Norfolk) bt G Keymolen (Bel) 6-4 6-3; T Larsen (Den) bt H-B Nordstrom (Swe) 7-6 4-6 6-3; L Sabin (Dorset) bt N Jones (Hereford and Worcs) 6-2 7-6; M Ingham (Lancs) bt J Fox (Lincs) 2-3 ret; L Milligan (Middx) bt Grinda 5-7 6-4 6-2. Girls' singles first round: I Wyatt (Oxfordshire) bt A Tordoff (Kent) 4-6 6-2 7-6; L Fletcher (Durham and Cleveland) bt K Harkins (Surrey) 6-1 6-2; J Fitzgerald (Cheshire) bt S Olsen (Den) 7-6 5-7 6-4; I Wyatt (Oxon) bt J Taylor (Cheshire) 6-4 6-1; Z Mellis (Essex) bt K Nugent (Irl) 6-3 1-6 6-4; E Roubanova (Unatt) bt A Buggins (Wilts) 6-1 6-1; Second round: T Croson (Derbys) bt R Nielsen (Den) 6-4 6-1; M Motte (Bel) bt M Pape (Den) 7-5 6-4; K Webster (Derbys) bt A Wilmart (Bel) 3- 6 6-4 7-6.
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