Tennis

WIMBLEDON

Women's singles: First round (prefix number denotes
seeding): Kim Clijsters (Netherlands) bt Joannette
Kruger (South Africa) 6-2 6-3, Ruxandra Dragomir
(Romania) bt Paola Suarez (Argentina) 6-4 6-1, Karen
Cross (Britain) bt Lilia Osterloh (US) 6-1 6-4, 13-
Sandrine Testud (France) bt Julie Pullin (Britain) 6-1
6-3, Ines Gorrochategui (Argentina) beat Samantha Smith
(Britain) 6-2 1-6 6-2, Miho Saiki (Japan) beat
Christina Papadaki (Greece) 6-3 6-2, Maria Alejandra
Vento (Venezuela) beat Emmanuelle Gagliardi
(Switzerland) 7-5 6-3, Louise Latimer (Britain) beat
Anne-Gaelle Sidot (France) 6-4 6-2, Barbara Rittner
(Germany) beat Denisa Chladkova (Czech Republic) 6-4 6-
2, Sarah Pitkowski (France) beat Katarina Srebotnik
(Slovenia) 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 6-1, Mirjana Lucic (Croatia)
beat Erika De Lone (US) 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-5, Elena
Tatarkova (Ukraine) beat Jane Chi (US) 7-5 6-0.

8-Nathalie Tauziat (France) beat Lucie Ahl (Britain) 6-
3 6-2, Mariana Diaz-Oliva (Argentina) beat Anna
Smashnova (Israel) 7-6 (7-3) 7-5, 17-Anna Kournikova
(Russia) beat Barbara Schwartz (Austria) 7-6 (7-2) 4-6
6-2, 6-Venus Williams (US) beat Miriam Oremans
(Netherlands) 6-1 7-5, 12-Amanda Coetzer (South Africa)
beat Nicole Pratt (Australia) 6-2 7-5, Marlene
Weingartner (Germany) beat Jo Ward (Britain) 4-6 7-5 6-
3, Elena Likhovtseva (Russia) beat Alicia Molik
(Australia) 6-2 6-0, Janet Lee (Taiwan) beat Kerry-Anne
Guse (Australia) 3-6 6-4 6-1, Maureen Drake (Canada)
beat Evgenia Koulikovskaya (Russia) 6-3 6-0, Amanda
Hopmans (Netherlands) beat Sandra Kleinova (Czech
Republic) 6-4 6-2, Corina Morariu (US) beat Laurence
Courtois (Belgium) 7-6 (8-6) 3-6 6-2, Ai Sugiyama
(Japan) beat Magdalena Grzybowska (Poland) 6-1 6-2,
Tamarine Tanasugarn (Thailand) beat Kveta Hrdlickova
(Czech Republic) 6-1 6-4, 2-Steffi Graf (Germany) beat
Ludmila Cervanova (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-4, Mariaan de
Swardt (South Africa) beat Jolene Watanabe (US) 6-1 6-
4, Seda Noorlander (Netherlands) beat Jana Nejedly
(Canada) 6-3 6-3, Kristie Boogert (Netherlands) beat
Chanda Rubin (US) 6-4 7-5, 4-Monica Seles (US) beat
Cristina Torrens Valero (Spain) 6-3 6-1, 15-Dominique
van Roost (Belgium) beat Elena Dementieva (Russia) 3-6
6-4 6-4, Anke Huber (Germany) v Jennifer Capriati (US)
7-5 3-6 5-5 suspended because of bad light.

Men's singles: First round: Daniel Vacek (Czech
Republic) bt Bohdan Ulihrach (Czech Republic) 6-1 6-2 6-
4, Dannny Sapsford (Britain) bt Julian Alonso (Spain) 6-
2 6-2 7-5, Gianluca Pozzi (Italy) bt Vladimir Voltchkov
(Belarus) 7-6 (8-6) 6-2 6-2, 7-Mark Phillippoussis
(Australia) bt Xavier Malisse (Belgium) 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-
3 6-4, Jamie Delgado (Britain) bt Ramon Delgado
(Paraguay) 6-2 6-1 7-5, Galo Blanco (Spain) bt Takao
Suzuki (Japan) 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (9-7, Mark
Woodforde (Australia) bt Dominik Hrbaty (Slovakia) 6-4
6-2 6-2, Andrew Ilie (Australia) bt Wayne Farreira
(South Africa) 7-6 (15-13) 7-5 6-7 (10-12) 6-1,
Sebastien Lareau (Canada) bt Wayne Black (Zimbabwe) 6-1
3-6 6-3 6-3, 1-Pete Sampras (US) bt Scott Draper
(Australia) 6-3 6-4 6-4, Sjeng Schalken (Netherlands)
bt Davide Sanguinetti (Italy) 5-7 6-4 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 6-
3, Francisco Clavet (Spain) bt Michael Kohlmann
(Germany) 6-2 1-6 3-6 7-5 6-4, Thomas Johansson
(Sweden) bt Richey Reneberg (US) 5-7 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 4-6
6-1, Jim Courier (US) bt Barry Cowan (Britain) 6-3 6-4
6-4, Sebastien Grosjean (France) bt Byron Black
(Zimbabwe) 5-7 6-0 7-5 7-5.

6-Tim Henman (Britian) bt Arnaud Di Pasquale (France) 6-
4 6-0 3-6 7-6 (7-1), Fabrice Santoro (France) bt Luke
Milligan (Britain) 6-4 7-5 7-6 (7-0), Andrei Medvedev
(Ukraine) bt Bernd Karbacher (Germany) 7-6 (7-1) 7-6 (7-
3) 6-4, Cedric Pioline (France) bt Martin Damm (Czech
Republic) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 6-2, 13-Karol Kucera (Slovakia)
bt Alejandro Hernandez (Mexico) 6-2 6-1 6-2, 12-Carlos
Moya (Spain) bt Jan Kroslak (Slovakia) 6-4 7-5 6-2,
Arvind Parmar (Britain) bt Albert Costa (Spain) 0-6 7-6
(7-5) 6-3 6-3, 9-Greg Rusedski (Britain) bt Jason
Stoltenberg (Australia) 6-4 6-1 6-2, Magnus Norman
(Sweden) bt Gaston Gaudio (Argentina) 6-4 7-5 7-5,
Andre Sa (Brazil) bt Leander Paes (India) 6-4 6-4 7-6
(4-7), Arnaud Clement (France) bt Albert Portas (Spain)
6-3 6-2 6-4, Paradorn Srichaphan (Thailand) bt
Guillaume Raoux (France)6-2 6-4 7-6 (9-7), Paul
Goldstein (US) bt Jan Siemerink (Netherlands) 6-4 5-7 4-
6 6-2 6-1, 16-Felix Mantilla (Spain) bt Vincent Spadea
(US) 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 7-6 (9-7), Chris Woodruff
(US) bt Sargis Sargsian (Armenia) 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-7 (7-9)
6-2, 3-Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia) v Magnus Larsson
(Sweden) 6-7(4-7) 7-5 7-6 (8-6) 4-6 5-5 suspended
because of bad light.

ATP MEN'S RANKINGS

Previous position in brackets:

1 Pete Sampras (US) 3548 (1), 2 Patrick Rafter
(Australia) 3336 (2), 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Russia)
3211 (3), 4 Andre Agassi (US) 2993 (4), 5 Richard
Krajicek (Netherlands) 2812 (5), 6 Tim Henman (Britain)
2790 (6), 7 Gustavo Kuerten (Brazil) 2655 (7), 8 Alex
Corretja (Spain) 2408 (8), 9 Marcelo Rios (Chile) 2370
(9), 10 Carlos Moya (Spain) 2313 (10), 11 Mark
Philippoussis (Australia) 2296 (11), 12 Greg Rusedski
(Britain) 2252 (13), 13 Karol Kucera (Slovakia) 2250
(14), 14 Todd Martin (US) 2216 (12), 15 Goran
Ivanisevic (Croatia) 1836 (15), 16 Tommy Haas (Germany)
1822 (17), 17 Felix Mantilla (Spain) 1782 (16), 18
Nikolas Kiefer (Germany) 1722 (18), 19 Dominik Hrbaty
(Slovakia) 1651 (19), 20 Thomas Enqvist (Sweden) 1592
(20).