US OPEN
(New York)
Women's singles, first round: 11-Sandrine Testud (France) beat Nicole Pratt (Australia) 6-3 6-1, 13-Amanda Coetzer (South Africa) bt Sandra Cacic (US) 6-2 6-2, Janet Lee (Taipei) bt Mashona Washington (US) 6-4 6-4, 1-Martina Hingis (Switzerland) bt Alina Jidkova (Russia) 6-3 6-1, 8-Nathalie Tauziat (France) bt Ludmila Cervanova (Slovakia) 3-6 6-2 6-4, 9-Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (Spain) bt Joanette Kruger (South Africa) 5-7 6-4 7-6 (7-2), 15-Jennifer Capriati (US) bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi (Switzerland) 6-4 6-0, Jana Kandarr (Germany) bt Brie Rippner (US) 6-3 2-6 6-4, Pavlina Nola (Bulgaria) bt Jana Nejedly (Canada) 6-1 6-2, Magui Serna (Spain) bt Patricia Wartusch (Austria) 7-6 (7-4) 7-5, Barbara Schett (Austria) bt Silvia Farina (Italy) 6-4 3-6 7-6 (8-6), Meghann Shaughnessy (US) bt Karina Habsudova (Slovakia) 6-4 6-4, Chanda Rubin (US) bt Asa Carlsson (Sweden) 6-2 6-2, Dawn Buth (US) bt Ansley Cargill (US) 7-6 (7-5) 7-5, Kristie Boogert (Netherlands) bt Mirjana Lucic (Croatia) 4-6 6-4 6-1, Rita Grande (Italy) bt Catalina Cristea (Romania) 6-2 6-2, Kristina Brandi (US) bt Alena Vaskova (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-3, Jelena Kostanic (Croatia) bt Greta Arn (Germany) 6-4 7-6 (7-4), Ai Sugiyama (Japan) bt Sandra Nacuk (Yugoslavia) 6-1 6-7 (6-8) 6-3, Nathalie Dechy (France) bt Cara Black (Zimbabwe) 6-3 6-2, Sonja Jeyaseelan (Canada) bt Amelie Cocheteux (France) 6-2 7-5, Marissa Irvin (US) bt Rita Kuti Kis (Hungary) 6-4 6-7 (11-13) 7-5, Adriana Gersi (Czech Republic) bt Jennifer Hopkins (US) 6-1 6-4, Maria Alejandro Vento (Venezuela) bt Sabine Appelmans (Belgium) 6-4 6-2, Tathiana Garbin (Italy) bt Katalin Marosi-Aracama (Hungary) 6-1 6-1, Alison Bradshaw (US) bt Sarah Pitkowski (France) 6-4 6-2, Henrieta Nagyova (Slovakia) bt Miroslava Vavrinec (Switzerland) 6-4 6-2.
Men's singles, first round: 'First round: Wayne Ferreira (South Africa) bt Andrew Illie (Australia) 6-3 2-6 6-4 6-1, Marcelo Rios (Chile) bt Nicolas Massu (Chile) 6-3 7-5 1-6 7- 6 (8-6), 1-Andre Agassi (US) bt Alex Kim (US) 6-4 6-2 6-0, Hicham Arazi (Morocco) bt Markus Hantschk (Germany) 6-3 6-0 4-6 6-7 (3-7) 6-4, 16-Nicolas Lapentti (Ecuador) bt Bob Bryan (US) 7-5 6-4 7-6 (7-4), Arnaud Clement (France) bt Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) 6-3 6-4 6-2, 9-Lleyton Hewitt (Australia) bt Andreas Vinciguerra (Sweden) 2-6 7-5 6-3 6-3, Jiri Novak (Czech Republic) bt Alberto Martin (Spain) 6-4 6-4 6-4, Julien Boutter (France) bt Stephane Huet (France) 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 6-0, 4-Pete Sampras (US) bt Martin Damm (Czech Republic) 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 6-4, 5-Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) bt Orlin Stanoytchev (Bulgaria) 6-7 (5-7) 1-6 6-3 6-2 6-3, 11-Tim Henman (Britain) bt Fernando Vicente (Spain) 6-3 6-3 6-4, Rainer Schuttler (Germany) bt Sebastien Lareau (Canada) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-4, Petr Kralert (Czech Republic) bt David Sanchez (Spain) 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-3) 6-2, Justin Gimelstob (US) bt Christopher Rochus (Belgium) 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-6 (7-4), Fernando Gonzalez (Chile) bt Cecil Mamiit (US) 6-3 6-4 6-1, Tommy Haas (Germany) bt Jamie Delgado (Britain) 6-3 6-1 6-1, Jerome Golmard (France) bt Wayne Black (Zimbabwe) 6-2 6-2 6-2, Agustin Calleri (Argentina) bt Davide Sanguinetti (Italy) 7-5 6-4 6-2.
Tennis
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