Tennis: Sporting Digest

The ladies Wimbledon qualifying has been transferred from Roehampton to the Civil Service Sports ground because of the bad weather. The men's draw remains at Roehampton.

Cedric Pioline was fined $3,500 (pounds 2,200) yesterday after being defaulted in the second round of the Nottingham Open for verbal abuse on Wednesday. He has also lost his prize money and will be docked any ranking points.

Continuous rain washed out any chance of play at the Heineken Trophy grass-court tournament in Rosmalen, Netherlands, yesterday. The men's second round and women's quarter-final matches are now scheduled to be played today.