NZ INTERDISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Christchurch)
Men, second round: Northern 6 Waikato 0, Canterbury 5 Eastern 1, Auckland 5 Wellington 1, Southern 64 games Central 62.
Third round: Auckland 4 Canterbury 2, Southern 6 Waikato 0, Wellington 6 Eastern 0, Northern 6 Central 0.
Final: Northern 5 Auckland 1. For third: Canterbury 5 Southern 1.
Women, second round: Auckland 5 Northern 1, Canterbury 4 Central 2, Eastern 5 Waikato 1, Southern 4 Wellington 2.
Third round: Northern 5 Waikato 1, Auckland 4 Eastern 2, Southern 5 Central 1, Wellington 71 games Canterbury 65.
Final: Auckland 3 (8 sets) Eastern 3 (7 sets). For third: Southern 3 (71 games) Canterbury 3 (67 games).
DUBAI OPEN
Semifinals: 3-Nathalie Tauziat (France) beat Rachel McQuillan (Australia) 7-6 (7-5) 6-4, 1-Martina Hingis (Switzerland) beat 7-Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) 7-6 (8-6) 6-1.
Final: Hingis beat Tauziat 6-4 6-4.
US INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP
(Oklahoma City)
Quarter-finals: Shinobu Asagoe (Japan) beat Lilia Osterloh (US) 6-4 6-1, Daniela Hantuchova (Slovakia) beat Aniko Kapros (Hungary) 6-4 6-4, 2-Jennifer Capriati (US) beat 5-Lisa Raymond (US) 6-4 3-6 6-4.
Semifinals: 1-Monica Seles (US) beat Asagoe 6-7 (5-7) 6-2 6-2, Capriati bt Hantuchova 6-4 3-6 6-2.
WORLD INDOOR TOURNAMENT
(Rotterdam)
Quarter-finals: Andrei Pavel (Romania) beat Nicolas Kiefer (Germany) 6-4 6-4, Roger Federer (Switzerland) beat 3-Alex Corretja (Spain) 6-4 6-2, Nicolas Escude (France) beat Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) 6-3 6-1, Vladimir Voltchkov (Belarus) beat Andreas Vinciguerra (Sweden) 5-7 6-1 6-3.
Semifinals: Federer beat Pavel 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-0, Escude beat Voltchkov 6-4 6-1.
BUENOS AIRES OPEN
Semifinals: 1-Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) beat 5-Fernando Vicente (Spain) 4-6 6-2 6-2; Jose Acasuso (Argentina) bt 4-Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) 3-6 6-1 6-3
KROGER ST JUDE TOURNAMENT
(Memphis)
Quarter-finals: Sebastien Lareau (Canada) beat 12-Jason Stoltenberg (Australia) 7-6 (8-6) 6-4, 3-Tommy Haas (Germany) bt Jan-Michael Gambill (US) 6-4 6-2, 2-Mark Philippoussis (Australia) bt Dmitry Tursunov (Russia) 6-3 6-2, 9-Davide Sanguinetti (Italy) bt Chris Woodruff (US) 6-2 3-6 6-3.
Semifinals: Philippoussis beat Haas 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5), Sanguinetti bt Lareau 7-6 (7-1) 6-3.
Tennis
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