Sport in Short: Tennis

MIDLAND BANK 16-AND-UNDER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (Telford): Boys' singles, semi-finals: V Sudaram (Lancs) bt B Webber (Cambs) 6-3 6-1; M Lee (Sussex) bt A Osterrieth (Kent) 3-6 7-5 6-2. Girls' singles, semi-finals: F Hearn (Middx) bt C Reid (Surrey) 6-4 7-5; Z Mellis (Essex) bt S Durham (Sussex) 6-3 6-0.

HOPMAN CUP (Perth) First round: Australia bt South Africa 3-0 (N Provis bt A Coetzer 6-7 7-5 7-6; W Masur bt W Ferreira 7-5 6-3; Masur and Provis bt Ferreira and Coetzer 8-6); Switzerland bt Japan 2-1 (Swiss names first): M Maleeva-Fragniere lost to K Date 3-6 2-6; C Mezzadri bt Y Yamamoto 3-6 7-5 6-2; Mezzadri and Maleeva- Fragniere bt Yamamoto and Date 6-2 5-7 6-2.