Sport in Short: Tennis

AUSTRALIAN OPEN Qualifying tournament (Melbourne, selected results): Men's singles first round: D Sapsford (GB) bt P Norval (SA) 5-7 6-4 6-3. Second round: C Bailey (GB) bt B Ellwood (Aus) 6-1 6-0; T Nelson (US) bt N Broad (GB) 6-4 6-1; K Thorne (US) bt Sapsford 7-5 6-3. Women's singles first round: A Grunfeld (GB) bt C MacGregor (US) 6-2 6-0; C Wood (GB) bt S McCarthy (US) 7-5 4-6 6-2; J Hetherington (Can) bt S-A Siddall (GB) 6-2 6-0.

NEW SOUTH WALES OPEN (Sydney): Men's singles semi-finals: T Muster (Aut) bt O Camporese (It) 6-4 6-3; P Sampras (US) bt A Mansdorf (Isr) 6-3 7-5. Women's singles quarter-finals: J Capriati (US) bt Pam Shriver (US) 6-0 6-1; A Frazier (US) bt T Whitlinger (US) 6-1 6-3; A Huber (Ger) bt A Sanchez Vicario (Sp) 7-6 6-3; G Sabatini (Arg) bt B Rittner (Ger) 7-5 6-3. Men's doubles semi-finals: L Jensen and M Jensen (US) bt G Michibata (Can) and D Pate (US) 3-6 6-3 6-4. Women's doubles semi-finals: L McNeil (US) and R Stubbs (Aus) bt C Barclay and K A Guse (Aus) 6-4 6-2.

RIO CHALLENGE (Adelaide): Round-robin first round: J Courier (US) bt M Stich (Ger) 6-3 6-4; P Korda (Cz Rep) bt S Edberg (Swe) 6-3 6-3.

NEW ZEALAND OPEN (Auckland): Quarter-finals: L Mattar (Bra) bt C Adams (US) 1-6 7-5 7-6; J Yzaga (Peru) bt K Evernden (NZ) 4-6 7-6 7-6; A Volkov (Rus) bt B Steven (NZ) 7-5 6-1.

INDONESIAN OPEN (Jakarta): Semi-finals: M Chang (US) bt J Eltingh (Neth) 6-4 6-4; C-U Steeb (Ger) bt P Haarhuis (Neth) 6-2 6-2.

VICTORIAN WOMEN'S OPEN (Melbourne): Singles semi-finals: A Coetzer (SA) bt L Field (Aus) 6-1 6-2; N Sawamatsu (Japan) bt L Harvey-Wild (US) 7-5 6-3. Doubles semi-finals: N Provis (Aus) and N Tauziat (Fr) bt C Kuhlman (US) and L Novelo (Mex) 6-2 2-6 6-1; C MacGregor and S Stafford (US) bt Coetzer and Field 6-4 6-3.