Sport in Short: Tennis

WIMBLEDON have dropped their two-tier pricing system for Centre Court tickets for next year's Championships. There will be a standard rate, varying from pounds 18 for the first Monday to pounds 48 for the final Sunday, men's final day. The All England Club previously operated have a two-tier system giving reduced prices spectators whose seats were partially obstructed by pillars.

ATP TOURNAMENT (Bordeaux): Second round: S Bruguera (Sp) bt M Gorriz (Sp) 6-7 6-2 6-0; G Lopez (Sp) bt A Chesnokov (Russia) 6-0 6-2; C Pioline (Fr) bt F Santoro (Fr) 6-3 6-2; I Lendl (US) bt A Corretja (Sp) 6-1 6-4.

ATP TOURNAMENT (Cologne): Quarter-finals: T Muster (Aut) bt J A Gisbert (Sp) 4-6 7-6 7-6; M Ondruska (SA) bt D Prinosil (Ger) 5- 7 6-2 6-2; M Filippini (Urug) bt M Strelba (Cz) 6-1 6-2.

CLARINS WOMEN'S OPEN (Paris): Second round: F Bonsignori (It) bt M Paz (Arg) 3-6 6-4 6-0; S Hack (Ger) bt A Fusai (Fr) 6-4 7-5; N Ercegovic (Croa) bt C Mothes (Fr) 6-4 7-6.