Sporting Digest: Tennis
LOS ANGELES TOURNAMENT Men's singles, second round: C Adams (US) bt A O'Brien (US) 7-5 6-2; A Krickstein (US) bt D Nainkin (SA) 6-4 6-3; M Stich (Ger) bt K Jones (US) 6-2 6-3; M Chang (US) bt J Tarango (US) 6-1 6-0.
KITZBUEHEL OPEN (Austria) Men's singles, third round: A Medvedev (Ukr) bt D Vacek (Cz Rep) 6-4 6-4; J Siemerink (Neth) bt F Sanchez (Sp) 6-4 6-3; T Muster (Aut) bt P Baur (Ger) 6-4 5-7 6-4; Younis El Aynaoui (Mor) bt E Sanchez (Sp) 6-4 5-7 7-6; G Ivanisevic (Croa) bt G Schaller (Aut) 6-2 6-1; B Karbacher (Ger) bt R Furlan (It) 6-2 6-0; J Sanchez (Sp) bt M Filippini (Urug) 1-6 6-3 6-0; A Gaudenzi (It) bt T Carbonell (Sp) 7-6 6-0.
CZECH OPEN (Prague) Men's singles, second round: M Gustafsson (Swe) bt M Valeri (It) 6-3 6-1; C Costa (Sp) bt C Osedel (Cz Rep) 7-6 6-4; A Cherkasov (Rus) bt D Skoch (Cz Rep) 6-2 6-0; N Kulti (Swe) bt F Rivera (Chile) 6-2 6-1.
ATP CHALLENGER TOURNAMENT (Istanbul) Second round: C Bailey (GB) bt A Foster (GB) 6-7 7-6 7-5.
MAZDA CLASSIC (Carlsbad, Calif) Women's singles, second round: A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) bt T Whitlinger (US) 6-2 6-2; C Martinez (Sp) bt C Papadaki (Gr) 6-3 6-3; H Sukova (Cz Rep) bt B Bowes (US) 3-6 6-4 6-1; M Pierce (Fr) bt L Golarsa (It) 6-3 7-6; N Sawamatsu (Japan) bt J Watanabe (US) 6-4 6-3; P Ritter (Aut) bt G Fernandez (US) 6-2 6- 4; A Grossman (US) bt C Singer (Ger) 7-6 6-3; J Santrock (US) bt D Graham (US) 7-5 6-1; N Medvedeva (Ukr) bt E Rossides (US) 6-2 6-1; R Fairbank-Nideffer (SA) bt N Herreman (Fr) 6-1 2-6 6-3; S Testud (Fr) bt N Dahlman (Fin) 6-3 6-4; M Kochta (Ger) bt C Wood (GB) 6-4 7-5; T Ignatieva (Bela) bt J Capriati (US) ret. Third round: S Graf (Ger) bt Testud 6-3 6-1; M Maleeva (Bul) bt J Santrock (US) 6-3 6-1; E Likhovtseva (Kaz) bt N Medvedeva (Ukr) 5-7 6-3 6-0.
WOMEN'S K-SWISS CHALLENGER (Winnipeg, Can) Singles, first round: R Simpson (Can) bt L Ahl (GB) 6-3 6-1; J Pullin (GB) bt L O'Neill (Aus) 6-4 6-4; A Creek (US) bt L Woodroffe (GB) 6-7 6-3 7-5; R Jensen (US) bt J Salmon (GB) 6-4 2-6 7-5.
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