Sporting Digest: Tennis

PAT CASH, the former Wimbledon champion who has been out of the game for more than a year with a knee injury, was yesterday eliminated in the semi-finals of the doubles at the South Australia Grass Court Championships in Adelaide. Cash said he hoped to gain a wild-card entry to next month's Australian Open.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GRASS COURT CHAMPIONSHIP (Adelaide) Men's singles, semi- finals: M Petchey (GB) bt K Kinnear (US) 6-3 6-2; P Tramacchi (Aus) bt T Nelson (US) 7-6 7-6. Final: Petchey bt Tramacchi 6-3 6-2.