TENNIS

TENNIS
ATP MERCEDES BENZ
WEDNESDAY
At Los Angeles Tennis Center
Los Angeles
Purse: $380,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Second Round
Kenneth Carlsen, Denmark, def. Prakash Amritraj, India, 6-4, 6-2.
Nicolas Kiefer, Germany, def. Sjeng Schalken (3), Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4.
Doubles
First Round
Gustavo Kuerten, Brazil, and Eric Taino, United States, def. John-Laffnie de Jager, South Africa, and Jeff Tarango, United States, 6-2, ret.
ATP LEGG MASON CLASSIC
WEDNESDAY
At William H.G. Fitzgerald Tennis Center
Washington
Purse: $600,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Second Round
Nikolay Davydenko (8), Russia, def. Simon Larose, Canada, 6-4, 6-3.
Yevgeny Kafelnikov, (5), Russia, def. Thomas Enqvist, Sweden, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.
Brian Vahaly (16), United States, def. Sergio Roitman, Argentina, 6-4, 3-6, 6-0.
Fernando Gonzalez (4), Chile, def. Julien Benneteau, France, 6-2, 6-4.
Paradorn Srichaphan (3), Thailand, def. Cyril Saulnier, France, 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1.
Sargis Sargisian (13), Armenia, def. Jiri Vanek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4.
Mike Bryan, United States, def. Noam Okun, Isreal, 6-1, 6-7 (9), 7-6 (4).
Eds: Adds doubles matches.
WTA TOUR ACURA CLASSIC
WEDNESDAY
At La Costa Resort and Spa
Carlsbad, Calif.
Purse: $1 million (Tier II)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Second Round
Daniela Hantuchova (7), Slovakia, def. Katarina Srebotnik, Slovenia, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6).
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Meilen Tu, United States, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3).
Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russia, def. Silvia Farina Elia (15), Italy, 6-2, 6-2.
Elena Likhovtseva, Russia, def. Jennifer Capriati (5), United States, 4-1, retired.
Lisa Raymond, United States, def. Ai Sugiyama (8), Japan, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4.
Magdalena Maleeva (10), Bulgaria, def. Alicia Molik, Australia, 6-1, 6-3.
Mary Pierce, France, def. Conchita Martinez (11), Spain, 6-1, 6-3.
Elena Dementieva (13), Russia, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 7-6 (6), 6-2.
Elena Bovina (16), Russia, def. Nicole Pratt, Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles
First Round
Martina Navratilova, United States, and Kuznetsova, def. Farina Elia and Barbara Schett, Austria, 6-2, 6-0.
Cara Black, Zimbabwe, and Elena Likhovtseva, Russia (4), def. Jelena Dokic, Yugoslavia, and Meghann Shaughnessy, United States, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Quarterfinals
Lindsay Davenport, United States, and Raymond (3), def. Leizel Huber, South Africa, and Maleeva, 6-2, 6-1.
IDEA PROKOM
WEDNESDAY
At SKT Sopot
Sopot, Poland
Purse: Men, $575,000 (Intl.); Women, $300,000 (Tier V)
Surface: Clay-Outdoor
Men
Singles
First Round
Albert Portas, Spain, def. Carlos Moya (2), Spain, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 7-5.
Mariano Puerta, Argentina, def. Filippo Volandri (5), Italy, 6-4, 6-0.
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, def. Julian Knowle, Austria, 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.
Galo Blanco, Spain, def. Marcin Matkowski, Poland, 6-0, 6-1.
Juan Carlos Ferrero (1), Spain, def. Bartlomiej Dabrowski, Poland, 6-3, 6-1.
Olivier Mutis (8), France, def. Adrian Voinea, Romania, 6-2, 6-4.
Frantisek Cermak, Czech Republic, def. Filip Urban, Poland, 6-4, 6-2.
Marc-Kevin Goellner, Germany, def. Michel Kratochvil, Switzerland, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Second Round
Andreas Vinciguerra, Sweden, def. David Sanchez (6), Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
David Ferrer, Spain, def. David Nalbandian (4), Argentina, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Doubles
First Round
Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, Poland, def. Massimo Bertolini, Italy, and Sebastien Prieto (3), Argentina, 6-2, 6-3.
Enzo Artoni, Italy, and Federico Browne, Brazil, def. Todd Perry, Australia, and Thomas Shimada, Japan, 6-2, 7-6 (1).
Petr Pala and David Skoch, Czech Republic, def. Alex Lopez Moron and Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Juan Ignacio Carrasco and Albert Portas, Spain, def. Mariano Puerta and Andres Schneiter, Argentina, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-4.
Lucas Arnold and Mariano Hood (2), Argentina, def. Christophe Rochus, Belgium, and Attila Savolt, Hungary, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Dominik Hrbaty, Slovakia, and Tom Vanhoudt, Belgium, def. Karsten Braasch, Germany, and Michel Kratochvil, Switzerland, 6-2, 7-6 (3).
Frantisek Cermak and Leos Friedl (1), Czech Republic, leads Bartlomiej Dabrowski and Marcin Golab, Poland, 6-2, 2-3, susp., rain
Women
Singles
First Round
Myriam Casanova, Switzerland, def. Evelyn Fauth, Austria, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, def. Karolina Sprem, Croatia, 6-0, 6-4.
Second Round
Anastasia Myskina (1), Russia, def. Stephanie Gehrlein, Germany, 6-3, 6-4.
Patty Schnyder (2), Switzerland, def. Silvija Talaja, Croatia, 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5).
Maja Matevzic (6), Slovenia, def. Anca Barna, Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (2).
Dinara Safina (7), Russia, def. Flavia Pennetta, Italy, 6-1, 7-6 (3).
Petra Mandula (8), Hungary, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, 6-4, 6-0.
Klara Koukalova, Czech Republic, def. Stephanie Cohen-Aloro, France, 0-6, 6-4, 6-1.
Jelena Kostanic, Croatia, def. Myriam Casanova, Switzerland, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (1).
Anna Pistolesi (3), Israel, def. Iveta Benesova, Czech Republic, 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles
First Round
Clarisa Fernandez, Argentina, and Evgenia Koulikovskaya, Russia, def. Petra Mandula, Hungary, and Patricia Wartuschy (1), Austria, 7-5, 7-5.
Gabriela Navratilova and Michaela Pastikova, Czech Republic, def. Kelly Liggan, Ireland, and Antonella Serra Zanetti, Italy, 6-4, 6-2.
Maret Ani, Estonia, and Libuse Prusova, Czech Republic, def. Anastasia Myskina, Russia, and Iroda Tulyaganova (4), Uzbekistan, 6-3, 2-6, 6-0.
Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, and Angelika Roesch, Germany, def. Myriam Casanova, Switzerland, and Dinara Safina, Russia, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Stephanie Cohen-Aloro and Caroline Dhenin, France, def. Marta Domachowska and Monika Krauze, Poland, 6-1, 6-2.