RCA CHAMPIONSHIP
(Indianapolis, Indiana)
First round: 9-R. Schuettler (Germany) bt M. Philippoussis (Australia) 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-4), 13-M. Kratochvil (Switzerland) bt E. Agaev (Azerbaijan) 6-0 6-2, S. Koubek (Austria) bt R. Delgado (Paraguay) 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (7-1), 11-A. Pavel (Romania) bt J. Morrison (US) 4-6 6-3 6-2, N. Kiefer (Germany) bt K. Pless (Denmark) 7-6 (7-5) 6-2, J. Erlich (Israel) bt A. Voinea (Romania) 6-2 6-3, 14-G. Rusedski (Britain) bt A. Montanes (Spain) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4.
W. Arthurs (Australia) bt Lee Hyung-taik (Sth Korea) 6-4 6-3, M. Verkerk (Netherlands) bt 12-I. Ljubicic (Croatia) 6-4 6-2, 16-F. Santoro (France) bt H. Levy (Israel) 6-2 6-2, A. Martin (Spain) bt M. Larson (Sweden) 6-7 (6-8) 7-5 6-3, M. Norman (Sweden) bt R. Ginepri (US) 7-6 (7-0) 6-4, D. Prinosil (Germany) bt B. Ulihrach (Czech Rep) 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-2, S. Sargsian (Armenia) bt M. Llodra (France) 6-2 6-4.
CANADIAN WOMEN'S OPEN
(Montreal)
First round:
N. Dechy (France) bt I. Majoli (Croatia) 6-3 6-1, A. Kournikova (Russia) bt S. Obata (Japan) 6-3 6-1, S. Taylor (US) bt J. Nejedly (Canada) 6-1 6-0, 10-S. Farina Elia (Italy) bt M. Drake (Canada) 6-2 7-5, H. Nagyova (Slovakia) bt M. Pierce (France) 7-6 (9-7) 6-7 (4-7) 7-5, B. Bedanova (Czech Rep) bt J. Craybas (US) 2-6 6-1 6-4, T. Tanasugarn (Thailand) bt T. Pisnik (Slovenia) 6-0 6-1, C. Torrens Valero (Spain) bt E. Callens (Belgium) 7-6 (7-3) 2-6 6-3.
M. Serna (Spain) bt R. Neffa-de los Rios (Paraguay) 6-3 2-6 6-2, C. Fernandez (Argentina) bt 11-A. Myskina (Russia) 6-3 6-1, V. Ruano Pascual (Spain) bt 14-A. Kremer (Luxembourg) 6-1 6-0, N. Pratt (Australia) bt T. Poutchek (Belarus) 6-1 6-3, A. Stevenson (US) bt 13-A. Smashnova (Israel) 6-2 7-6 (7-4), B. Schett (Austria) bt M. Irvin (US) 1-6 6-3 6-4, F. Zuluaga (Colombia) bt I. Tulyaganova (Uzbekistan) 6-1 6-2, A. Coetzer (Sth Africa) bt C. Black (Zimbabwe) 6-2 6-2.
Tennis
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