KREMLIN CUP
(Moscow)
Women, first round. -
D. Safina (Russia) bt 8-S. Farina Elia (Italy) 0-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, M. Matevzic (Slovakia) bt R. Grande (Italy) 6-4 7-5, N. Dechy (France) bt E. Daniilidou (Greece) 3-6 6-3 6-4, E. Bovina (Russia) bt V. Zvonareva (Russia) 2-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-3, A. Kournikova (Russia) bt M.-G. Mikaelian (Switzerland) 6-4 6-3, A. Coetzer (South Africa) bt L. Prusova (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-4.
Men. -
S. Schalken (Netherlands) bt M. Rosset (Switzerland) 3-6 6-3 6-4, P.-H. Mathieu (France) bt T. Robredo (Spain) 6-7 (4-7) 7-5 6-2, 2-Y. Kafelnikov (Russia) bt V. Voltchkov (Belarus) 4-6 6-3 7-6 (7-4), A. Sa (Brazil) bt M. Kratochvil (Switzerland) 3-6 7-5 6-4, J. Bjorkman (Sweden) bt M. Mirnyi (Belarus) 4-6 7-5 6-2, W. Ferreira (South Africa) bt F. Vicente (Spain) 7-6 (10-8) 6-4, I. Ljubicic (Croatia) bt Y. El Aynaoui (Morocco) 6-4 6-3.
JAPAN OPEN
(Tokyo)
First round, men. -
K. Kucera (Slovakia) bt M. Abel (Germany) 4-6 7-6 (7-2) 6-4, M. Fish (US) bt G. Motomura (Japan) 4-6 7-6 (9-7) 6-2, T. Suzuki (Japan) bt 10-J.-M. Gambill (US) 6-4 3-6 6-3, M. Norman (Sweden) bt G. Bastl (Switzerland) 6-3 6-0, M. Larsson (Sweden) bt M. Ancic (Croatia) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2.
M. Kohlmann (Germany) bt D. Bohaboy (US) 6-1 6-3, J. Goldmard (France) bt J. Miyao (Japan) 6-0 6-0, 12-A. Calleri (Argentina) bt A. Kim (US) 6-4 6-4.
Women. -
A. Morigami (Japan) bt R. Neffa-De Los Rios (Paraguay) 6-4 6-2, 7-V. Ruano Pascual (Spain) bt K. Jin-hee (South Korea) 6-0 6-1, M. Marrero (Spain ) bt S. Okamoto (Japan) 6-3 6-3, A. Cargill (US) bt C. Kyung-Mi (South Korea) 6-3 7-6 (7-2), 6-S. Kuznetsova (Russia) bt V. Razzano (France) 7-5 6-2, 8-J. Kostanic (Croatia) bt S. Obata (Japan) 6-4 7-6 (7-3), 3-A. Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) bt M. Kirilenko (Russia) 6-3 6-2
$US50,000 EVENT
(Fresno, California)
Women's singles qualifying, first round: L. Baker (NZ) bt T. Snyder (US) 6-2 6-2; second round: Baker lost to D. Ospina (US) 2-6 4-6.
Men's singles qualifying: J. Shortall (NZ) lost to K. Feeder (US) 7-5 3-6 2-6.
Doubles qualifying: Shortall / J. Goffi (US) bt E. Basica (US) / O. Obi (US) 4-6 6-3 6-4.
AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR CLAYCOURT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Under-14s final: 1-J. Carswell (NZ) bt B. Smith (Australia) 6-3 7-5.
Under-16s final: M. Erakovic (NZ) bt J. Engels (Australia) 3-6 6-2 6-1 in the final.
Volleyball
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