Sporting Digest: Tennis
BOLOGNA MEN'S OPEN Quarter-finals: S Dosedel (Cz Rep) bt A Gaudenzi (It) 6-2 6-3; A Berasategui (Sp) bt F Mordegan (It) 6-1 6-4; J Sanchez (Sp) bt J Burillo (Sp) 6-2 4-6 6-3. S Pescosolido (It) bt J Tarango (US) 7-5 6-4.
EXHIBITION TOURNAMENT (Rouen): Semi- finals: I Lendl (US) bt P Haarhuis (Neth) 6-2 6-4; J Eltingh (Neth) bt S Simian (Fr) 6-2 3-6 7-6.
EUROCARD WOMEN'S OPEN (Lucerne) Quarter-finals: L Davenport (US) bt M McGrath (US) 6-1 6-1; C Rubin (US) bt H Sukova (Cz Rep) 0-6 6-3 6-4; A Frazier (US) bt B Reinstadler (Aut) 6-0 4-6 7-5; L Raymond (US) bt M Maleeva (Bul) 7-5 6-4.
WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Strasbourg) Singles, quarter-finals: G Sabatini (Arg) bt I Majoli (Croa) 6-3 4-6 6-2; M J Fernandez (US) bt L McNeil (US) 6-4 4-6 6-3.
WORLD TEAM CUP (Dusseldorf) Red Group: Spain 2 Sweden 0 (C Costa bt J Apell 4-6 6-3 6-4; S Bruguera bt S Edberg 7-6 5-7 6-3). Czech Republic 2 Australia 1 (P Korda bt W Masur 6-2 6-7 6-1; K Novacek bt M Woodforde 6-4 6-2; Korda and M Damm lost to Woodforde and Masur 3-6 6-4 4-6).
DAVIS CUP Euro-African Zone Group Three: Malta 3 Sudan 0; Slovakia 3 Turkey 0; Lithuania 3 Congo 0; Tunisia 2 Cyprus 1.
JEREMY BATES, the British No 1 who won the Korean Open last month, has confirmed his entry for the Direct Line Insurance tournament at Beckenham from 30 May to 5 June.
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