Sporting Digest: Tennis
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ATP GRASS COURT TOURNAMENT (Newport, Rhode Island) Singles, quarter-finals: L Tieleman (It) bt A Ilie (Aus) 7-6 6-4; W Arthurs (Aus) bt L Paes (Ind) 6-7 7-6 6-3; C Woodruff (US) bt S Pescosolido (It) 6-2 6-4; K Carlsen (Den) bt P Wessels (Neth) 7-6 7-6. Semi-finals: C Woodruff (US) bt W Arthurs (Aus) 7-6 6-7 6-4; K Carlsen (Den) bt L Tieleman (It) 7-6 6-1. Final: Woodruff bt Carlsen 6-7 6-4 6-4.
LTA FUTURES (Frinton): Final qualifying round: A Barnes (Cambs) bt S Gregg (Yorks) 7-5 6-2; M Berry (Suffolk) bt G Seliounina (Rus) 6-1 7- 6; K Nugent (Irl) bt N Rencken (SA) 6-4 6-7 6-1; E Biro (US) A Mojzis (SA) 4-6 6-3 7-6.
LEADING ATP RANKINGS: 1 A Agassi (US) 3,684pts; 2 P Rafter (Aus) 3,673; 3 P Sampras (US) 3,594; 4 Y Kafelnikov (Rus) 3,212; 5 G Kuerten (Br) 2,810; 6 T Henman (GB) 2,690; 7 R Krajicek (Neth) 2,431; 8 T Martin (US) 2,332; 9 C Moya (Sp) 2,313; 10 G Rusedski (GB) 2,307; 11 M Rios (Ch) 2,297; 12 M Philippoussis (Aus) 2,295; 13 K Kucera (Slovak) 2,292; 14 A Corretja (Sp) 2,183; 15 F Mantilla (Sp) 1,842; 16 T Haas (Ger) 1,779; 17 N Kiefer (Ger) 1,673; 18 T Enqvist (Swe) 1,607; 19 D Hrbaty (Slovak) 1,600; 20 T Johansson (Swe) 1,437. GB: 219 C Wilkinson 186; 266 A Parmar 146; 276 B Cowan 143; 278 L Milligan 142; 285 M Maclagan 135; 291 J Delgado 131; 313 M Lee 120; 388 D Sapsford 84; 512 J Layne 48; 590 N Gould 34.
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