Sporting Digest: Tennis
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WTA TOURNAMENT (Houston) Semi-finals: M Pierce (Fr) bt A Carlsson (Swe) 6-2 6-2; S Hack (Ger) bt C Martinez (Sp) 2-6 6-4 6-4. Final: Hack bt Pierce 7-5 6-4.
DAVIS CUP World Group First round: (Madrid): Spain 4 Italy 1 (S Bruguera and T Carbonell bt D Nargiso and P Cane 6-3 3-6 6-1
6-1; Bruguera bt S Pescosolido 6-4 1-6 0-6 6-2 6- 3; A Berasategui bt A Gaudenzi 7-5 6-3). (Lund): Sweden 5 Denmark 0 (J Apell and J Bjorkman bt K Carlsen and M Christensen 6-7 7-6 7-6 2-6 6-2; S Edberg bt Carlsen 6-7 6-1 6-2; M Gustafsson bt F Fetterlein 7-6 6-2). (Eindhoven): Netherlands 5 Belgium 0 (P Haarhuis and J Eltingh bt X Daufresne and F Dewulf 6-3 6-4 6-2; Haarhuis bt Daufresne 6-2 6-2; J Siemerink bt B Wuyts 6-1 6- 1). (Ramat Ha Sharon): Israel 1 Czech Republic 4 (A Mansdorf and E Erlich lost to P Korda and C Suk 3-6 7-6 7-6 6-1; Mansdorf lost to Korda 4-6 6-3 7-6 1-6 1-6; G Bloom lost to K Novacek 4-6
3-6). (St Petersburg): Russia 4 Australia 1 (A Olhovskiy and Y Kafelnikov bt T Woodbridge and M Woodforde 6-4 6-0 3-6 4-6 6-3; A Volkov bt P Rafter 6-4 7-6 6-3; Kafelnikov bt J Morgan 6-3 6-7 7-5). (New Delhi): India 0 United States 5 (L Paes and G Natekar lost to P McEnroe and R Reneberg 7-6 6-4 2-6 7-6; Paes lost to J Courier 7-6 1-6 4-6; Z Ali lost to T Martin 2-6 5-7). (Besancon): France 4 Hungary 1 (A Boetsch and O Delaitre bt V Nagy and L Markovits 6-3 6-3 6-3; Boetsch bt J Krocsko 6-3 6-3 6-1; H Leconte bt S Noszaly 6-4 6-3). (Graz): Austria 2 Germany 2 (T Muster and A Antonitsch lost to M Stich and P Kuhnen 4-6 6-3 2-6 6-2 1-6; Muster bt Stich 6-4 6-7 4-6 6-3 12-10). Euro/African Zone Group One First round: (Oporto): Portugal 4 Great Britain 1 (J Cunha-Silva and N Marques lost to J Bates and M Petchey 5-7 6-4 7-6 3-6 6-8; Petchey lost to E Couto 6-1 6-2) (Britain home to Romania on 15-17 July in relegation play-off). (Zagreb): Croatia 2 Norway 1. (Harare): Zimbabwe 2 Switzerland 3. (Johannesburg): S Africa 5 Romania 0. Asia/Oceania Zone Group One First round: (Hong Kong): Indonesia 3 Hong Kong 2. (Kyoto): Japan 5 Philippines 0. Group Two Relegation play-offs: (Colombo): Sri Lanka 5 Saudi Arabia 0. Second round: (Singapore): Malaysia 3 Singapore 1. (Taichung): Taiwan 3 Pakistan 2. (Tehran): Iran 4 Thailand 1. American Zone Group One: (Lima): Peru 3 Chile 2. (Montevideo): Uruguay 2 Bahamas 1. (Bogota): Colombia 2 Canada 3. (Caracas): Venezuela 3 Ecuador 0. (Mexico City): Mexico 3 Cuba 0. (Caracas): Venezuela 3 Ecuador 0. Group Two: (Asuncion): Paraguay 2 Puerto Rico 1. (Guatemala C): Guatemala 2 Jamaica 1.
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