Tennis

KROGER ST JUDE TOURNAMENT

(Memphis)

Men's quarter-finals: T. Enqvist (Sweden) bt 1-A. Roddick (US) 7-6 (10-8) 6-3, J. Johansson (Sweden) bt X. Malisse (Belgium) 6-4 7-5, 2-M. Fish (US) bt D. Tursunov (Russia) 6-3 4-6 6-4, 8-N. Kiefer (Germany) bt J-M. Gambill (US) 6-3 6-4.

Semifinals: Kiefer bt Enqvist 6-3 6-3, Johansson bt Fish 6-2 6-4.

Women's quarter-finals: 4-L. Granville (US) bt 7-K. Brandi (Puerto Rico) 6-3 7-5, 3-M. Sharapova (Russia) bt 6-A. Frazier (US) 6-2 6-4, 1-V. Zvonareva (Russia) bt G. Dulko (Argentina) 6-3 6-4, 2-L. Raymond (US) bt L. Lee-Waters (US) 6-0 4-6 6-1.

Semifinals: Zvonareva bt Sharapova 7-6 (7-5) 6-2, Raymond bt Granville 6-3 6-0.

Final: Zvonareva bt Raymond 4-6 6-4 7-5.

ATP WORLD INDOOR TOURNAMENT

(Rotterdam)

Quarter-finals: 5-T. Henman (Britain) bt 1-R. Federer (Switzerland) 6-3 7-6 (11-9), 6-L. Hewitt (Australia) bt 3-R. Schuettler (Germany) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3, M. Mirnyi (Belarus) bt J. Nieminen (Finland) 6-4 7-6 (7-3), 2-J. C. Ferrero (Spain) bt R. Sluiter (Netherlands) 1-6 6-4 7-6 (12-10).

Semifinals: Ferrero bt Mirnyi 6-7 6-3 7-6 (7-4), Hewitt bt Henman 6-3 6-3.

ANTWERP DIAMOND GAMES TOURNAMENT

(Antwerp, Belgium)

Quarter-finals: 2-K. Clijsters (Belgium) bt 9-M. Maleeva (Bulgaria) 7-6 (7-2) 6-2, K. Sprem (Croatia) bt D. Chladkova (Czech Rep) 6-4 6-3, 8-S. Farina Elia (Italy) bt 5-P. Schnyder (Switzerland) 7-6 (8-6) 1-0, retired, M. Casanova (Switzerland) bt K. Koukalova (Czech Rep) 4-6 6-3 6-4.

Semifinals: Clijsters bt Casanova 6-1 6-2, Farina bt Sprem 6-4 7-5.

NATIONAL SENIOR TEAMS

(Wellington)

Men's semifinals. -

Wellington bt 4-Northern 4-0. (Wgtn names first: M. Prentice bt N. Turner 6-4, E. Lyndon bt K. Doh 6-4 6-1, D. Connelly bt K. Jay 6-0 7-6, N. White bt N. Wiles 6-4 6-4. Doubles not played.

-Canterbury bt 3-Auckland 3-3 (6 sets all, 54 games to 53): D. King-Turner lost to L. Radovanovich 6-2 6-2, A. Hunt bt J. Olsen 6-4 6-2, J. Faulls bt A. McNeil 6-3 6-4, A. Batie bt J. Hooper 6-2 6-0, Batie/Faulls lost to Radovanovich/Hooper 7-6 7-6, Hunt/King-Turner lost to Olsen/McNeil 2-2 (Canterbury needed to win two games to win tie).

Final: Canterbury bt Wellington 3-1 (King-Turner lost to Prentice 2-6 6-4 retired, Hunt bt M. Paulik 6-2 6-2, aulls bt Lyndon 6-1 6-1, Batie bt Connelly 6-3 6-0.

Women's semifinals. -

-Canterbury bt 1-Auckland 3-1: N. Tippins lost to T. O'Connor 3-6 6-2 7-5, R. Seeman bt A. Siddall 6-3 5-7 6-3, R. Legge-Hunt bt J. Erakovic 6-4 6-4, C. Warner bt M. O'Keeffe 6-2 6-2, Legge-Hunt/Warner led Erakovic/Belinda Bennett 6-2, play stopped as tie won.

-Wellington bt 4-Northern 4-0: N. Kaiwai bt N. Watts 6-3 6-3, M. Bradnam bt D. Alter 6-4 4-6 6-2, L. Wilkinson bt P. Smith 6-2 6-1, J. Scott bt K. White 4-6 6-4 6-0. Doubles not played.

Final: Canterbury bt Wellington 3-2 (7 sets to 5 sets): Tippins bt Kaiwai 6-2 6-4, Seeman lost to Bradnam 7-5 7-5, Legge-Hunt lost to Wilkinson 6-1 7-5, Warner bt J. Legge 6-0 6-1, Tippins/Seeman bt Wilkinson/Scott 6-2 7-5, Legge-Hunt/Warner led Kaiwai/Bradnam 6-2 2-6 1-2 (match not completed because tie already won).