Sporting Digest: Tennis
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Your support makes all the difference.HALL OF FAME MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIPS (Newport, Rhode Island) Semi-finals: D Wheaton (US) bt M Petchey (GB) 4-6 6-3 6-4; T Woodbridge (Aus) bt B Black (Zim) 4-6 6-4 7-6. Final: Wheaton bt Woodbridge 6-4 3-6 7-6.
SWISS MEN'S OPEN (Gstaad) Semi- finals: G Forget (Fr) bt Y Kafelnikov (Rus)
7-5 6-3; S Bruguera (Sp) bt A Gaudenzi (It) 6-4 6-1. Final: Bruguera bt Forget 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-1.
SWEDISH MEN'S TOURNAMENT (Bastad) Semi-finals: B Karbacher (Ger) bt R Fromberg (Aus) 6-2 3-6 7-6; H Skoff (Aut) bt J-P Fleurian (Fr) 1-6 6-4 7-5. Final: Karbacher bt Skoff 6-4 6-3.
MERCEDES-BENZ WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT (Palermo, It) Semi-final: I Spirlea (Rom) bt S Dopfer (Aut) 7-5 6-4. Final: Spirlea bt B Schultz (Neth) 6-4 1-6 7-6.
SCOTLAND'S Ross Matheson beat Arne Thoms of Germany in straight sets to win the Mercury Communications Challenge title in Bristol yesterday. In a match lasting just over an hour, the 6ft 5in Glaswegian triumphed 6-3, 6-4. Forced to qualify for the tournament, Matheson, 24, also beat Chris Bailey, the British No 5, in an earlier round.
MERCURY COMMUNICATIONS MEN'S CHALLENGE (Bristol): Semi-finals: A Thoms (Ger) bt M Knowles (Baham) 3-6 6- 1 6-4; R Matheson (GB) bt C Bailey (GB) 6- 3 7-6. Final: Matheson bt Thoms 6-3 6-4. Doubles final: P Pennisi (It) and A Radulescu (Ger) bt M Bertolini (It) and D Norman (Bel) 6-4 6-4.
CELLNET PAN EUROPEAN EAST OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS (Felixstowe) Men's final: G Saffery (Berks) bt N Fulwood (Derbys) 6-3 7-6. Women's final: S Smith (Essex) bt N Dechy (Fr) 7-6 3-6 6-3. LTA Women's Satellite Final: T Panova (Rus) bt L Serna (Sp) 5-7 6-3 6-3.
DAVIS CUP American Zone Group One Second round (Lima): Peru lead Brazil 2-1.
HANA MANDLIKOVA, winner of four Grand Slam singles titles, and Bud Collins, one of America's leading journalists, were inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island on Saturday. Mandlikova, the Czech-born Australian, won 27 singles titles during her career in the 1980s but is best remembered for winning the Australian Open twice and triumphing at the US and French Opens.
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