Sporting Digest: Tennis
CANADIAN OPEN (Toronto) First round: I Lendl (US) bt L Mattar (Bra) 6-4 6-1; R Reneberg (US) bt P McEnroe (US) 6-3 6-1; J Grabb (US) bt S Lareau (Can) 6-4 6-2; W Masur (Aus bt G Connell (Can) 6-4 6-2; D Wheaton (US) bt H Holm (Swe) 6-4 4-6 6-1; S Bryan (US) bt J Bjorkman (Swe) 6-4 6-1; B Steven (NZ) bt R Agenor (Haiti) 6-0 6-1; R Smith (Bah) bt M Hadad (Col) 7-6 7-5; J Hlasek (Swit) bt G Rusedski (Can) 6-4 3-6 7-6; J Stoltenberg (Aus bt B Black (Zim) 6-4 6-4; A O'Brien (US) bt A Chang (Can) 3-6 6-2 7-6.
DUTCH OPEN (Hilversum) Second round: A Berasatagui (Sp) bt A Olhovskiy (Rus)
4-6 6-3 6-4; R Fromberg (Aus) bt P Haarhuis (Neth) 6-4 6-4; G Forget (Fr) bt J Winnink (Neth) 6-4 6-4; S Dosedel (Cz Rep) bt T Carbonell (Sp) 3-6 7-5 7-6; M Rios (Chile) bt J Sanchez (Sp) 6-4 0-6 6-1; K Novacek (Cz Rep) bt M Filippini (Urug) 6-3 3-6 6-3; G Schaller (Aut) bt F Meligeni (Arg) 7-5 7-5; R Furlan (It) bt T Gollwitzer (Ger) 6-2 7-6.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Maria Lankowitz Austria): First round: A Huber (Ger) bt S Meier (Ger) 7-5 6-2; B Schett Aut bt L Ferrando (It) 6-4 6-4; M Sanchez- Lorenzo (Sp) bt E Wagner (Bulg) 6-4 3-6 7-5; R Bobkova (Cz Rep) bt J Briyukovets (Ukr) 6-4 4-6 7-6. Second Round: P Ritter (Aut) bt N van Lottum (Fr) 7-5 6-2; S Cecchini (It) bt A Fusai (Fr) 6-4 6-7 6-1; B Rittner (Ger) bt L Richterova (Cz Rep) 6-7 6-0 6-1; S Farina (It) bt J Kandarr (Ger) 6-2 2-0 ret.
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