Sport in Short: Tennis

MARSEILLE OPEN First round: G Pozzi (It) bt D Nargiso (It) 1-6 7-6 7-6; A Thoms (Ger) bt T Guardiola (Fr) 7-6 6-1; G Raoux (Fr) bt S Pescosolido (It) 6-4 6-3; R Gilbert (Fr) bt L Roux (Fr) 6-3 6-2.

AUCKLAND WOMEN'S CLASSIC First round: E Reinach (SA) bt R White (US) 6-4 5-7 6-4; S Wasserman (Bel) bt B Fulco-Villella (Arg) 6-4 6-3; C Fauche (Swit) bt C Toleafoa (NZ) 6-2 4-6 6-4; A Fusai (Fr) bt M Kochta (Ger) 6-3 6-3; A Strnadova (Cz Rep) bt I Demongeot (Fr) 6-4 5-7 6-4.

DUBAI OPEN First round: K Novacek (Cz) bt D Vacek (Cz) 6-0 7-5; A Cherkasov (Rus) bt M Schapers (Neth) 4-6 7-6 6-2; K Braasch (Ger) bt B Wuyts (Bel) 6-4 6-2; J Cunha-Silva (Por) bt E Sanchez (Sp) 6-3 4-6 6-4; L Jonsson (Swe) bt C Pistolesi (It) 6-1 1-0 ret; J Bates (GB) bt C Bergstrom (Swe) 7-6 6-1; C Mezzadri (Swit) bt T Witsken (US) 3-6 7-6 6-2; L Wahlgren (Swe) bt A Olhovskiy (Rus) 6-3 3-6 6-3.

ATP RANKINGS Leading positions: 1 J Courier (US) 3,667pts; 2 P Sampras (US) 3,399; 3 S Edberg (Swe) 3,271; 4 B Becker (Ger) 2,751; 5 G Ivanisevic (Croa) 2,716; 6 M Chang (US) 2,373; 7 P Korda (Cz) 2,250; 8 I Lendl (US) 1,887; 9 A Agassi (US) 1,852; 10 G Forget (Fr) 1,698.

WTA RANKINGS Leading positions: 1 M Seles (Yug) 298.80pts; 2 S Graf (Ger) 267.51; 3 A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) 188.37; 4 G Sabatini (Arg) 182.91; 5 M Navratilova (US) 158.02; 6 J Capriati (US) 131.91; 7 M J Fernandez (US) 113.34; 8 C Martinez (Sp) 106.03; 9 J Novotna (Cz Rep) 81; 10 M Maleeva- Fragniere (Swit) 78.33.