Sporting Digest: Tennis

GORAN IVANISEVIC and Goran Prpic, of Croatia, have been accused of wrecking a changing room after losing their doubles match to the brothers, Byron and Wayne Black, during last weekend's Davis Cup tie against Zimbabwe in Harare. Croatia eventually won the Euro-African Zone Group One second-round tie 3-2.

JIM GRABB, of the United States, has pulled out of the French Open from 24 May to 6 June because of a shoulder injury. Grabb, who won the men's doubles title at Roland Garros in 1989 with Patrick McEnroe, has been replaced in the singles draw by Ctislav Dosedel, of the Czech Republic.

MICHAEL CHANG, the world No 9, was beaten by the 22-year-old German Marc Gollner, who won his first tournament in Nice last month, in the second round of the German Open men's clay-court championship in Hamburg yesterday.

GERMAN MEN'S OPEN (Hamburg) Singles, first round: A Olhovskiy (Rus) bt F Davin (Arg) 6-4 6-1; M Gustafsson (Swe) bt G Perez-Roldan (Argentina) 6-1 6-2; J Svensson (Swe) bt W Ferreira (SA) 6-3 6-4; A Mancini (Arg) bt K Carlsen (Den) 6-1 6-2; M Ondruska (SA) bt B Wuyts (Bel) 4-6 6-3 7-6; E Sanchez (Sp) bt J Gisbert (Sp) 6-4 4-6 7-5; A Chesnokov (Rus) bt C Costa (Sp) 6-3 4-6 7-6. Second round: M Gollner (Ger) bt M Chang (US) 5-7 6-4 6-3; H de la Pena (Arg) bt L Jonsson (Swe) 6-0 6-1; C-U Steeb (Ger) bt P Haarhuis (Neth) 6-4 7-6; J Oncins (Bra) bt D Dier (Ger) 6-3 6-1; B Karbacher (Ger) bt C Bergstrom (Swe) 7-6 6-3; T Muster (Aut) bt G Raoux (Fr) 6-7 6-3 6-1; R Krajicek (Neth) bt R Gilbert (Fr) 6-4 2-6 7-6.

USTA MEN'S CLAY COURTS OF TAMPA TOURNAMENT (Fla) Singles, first round: L Herrera (Mex) bt C Mezzadri (Swit) 6-1 7-5; A O'Brien (US) bt J Stark (US) 6-4 6-4; D Rostagno (US) bt L Lavalle (Mex) 6-4 7-5; J Tarango (US) bt D Perez (Urug) 0-6 6-2 6-2; K Braasch (Ger) bt M Aurelio Gorriz (Sp) 7-5 6-1; T Woodbridge (US) bt J Palmer (US) 2-6 6-4 6-3; P McEnroe (US) bt M Woodforde (Aus) 3-6 7-6 4-1 ret; R Reneberg (US) bt G Schaller (US) 6-2 6-4; T Carbonell (Sp) bt T Martin (US) 4-6 6-4 6-1; B Dunn (US) bt A Mancisidor (Sp) 2-6 6-4 7-6; W Masur (Aus) bt J Morgan (Aus) 6-3 6-3.

ITALIAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Rome) Singles, first round: K Maleeva (Bul) bt G Pizzichini (It) 7-6 6-1; N Zvereva (Bela) bt S Dopfer (Aut) 6-2 7-5; A Coetzer (SA) bt R Zrubakova (Cz Rep) 6-4 6-2; N Herreman (Fr) bt A Vieira (Bra) 4-6 6-4 6-2; A Temesvari-Trunkos (Hung) bt K Papadaki (Gr) 6-1 6-0; R de los Rios (Par) bt P Hy (Can) 6-0 6-3; B Schultz (Neth) bt Z Garrison-Jackson (US) 6-4 6-2; G Fernandez (US) bt S Frankl (Ger) 7-6 2-6 6-3; L Ferrando (It) bt C Cunningham (US) 2-6 6-2 6-4; S Cecchini (It) bt R McQuillan (Aus) 6-1 6-3; D Graham (US) bt F Bonsignori (It) 6-3 6-4; M Zivec- Skulj (Ger) bt K Piccolini (It) 6-3 6-0. Second round: G Sabatini (Arg) bt C Wegink (Neth) 6-0

6-2; N Sawamatsu (Japan) bt K Kroupova (Cz Rep) 6-1 6-2; Coetzer bt K Adams (US) 6-4 7-5; N van Lottum (Fr) bt Maleeva 6-3 2-6 6-3; M Pierce (Fr) bt E Savoldi (It) 6-0 6-1; I Gorrochategui (Arg) bt I Majoli (Croa) 6-3 4-6 7-6; Herreman bt S Farina (It) 6-2 6-0; M J Fernandez (US) bt J Kruger (SA)

6-2 6-1.

BELGIAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Liege) First round: M Babel (Ger) bt E Zardo (Swit) 6-4 6-1; P Langrova (Cz Rep) bt A de Vries (Bel) 6-4 6-3; S Appelmans (Bel) bt C Fauche (Fr) 6-1 6-2; D Monami (Bel) bt S Pitkowski (Fr) 6-1 6-4; K Kschwendt (Lux) bt L Allen (US) 6-4 6-0; R Bobkova (Cz Rep) bt L Ghiraldi (It) 6-4 6-4; A Fusai (Fr) bt M Paz (Arg) 2-6 6-4 6-2; W Probst (Ger) bt A Carlsson (Swe) 6-4 1-6 7-6; B Bowes (US) bt V Martinek (Ger) 6-2 6-2; N Muns-Jagerman (Neth) bt J Santrock (US) 6-2 6-4; V Ruano-Pascuale (Sp) bt A Olivier (Fr) 6-3 6-3; C Dahlman (Swe) bt N Ercegovic (Croa) 6-4 5-7 6-2.