Sports Results
Tennis
US$2.199 million Kremlin Cup (x denotes seeds)
Men's singles first round Nicolas Escude (Fra) bt Albert Costa (Spa x3) 7-5, 3-6, 6- 1.
Men's doubles first round Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) and Jared Palmer (USA x2) bt Rainer Schuttler (Ger) and Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) 7-6 (3), 6-3. Roger Federer (Swi) and Max Mirnyi (Blr) bt Martin Damm and Cyril Suk (Cze x3) 6-3, 6-4. Robbie Koenig (Rsa) and Sjeng Schalken (Ned) bt Jiri Novak (Cze) and David Prinosil (Ger) 6-4, 6-2.
Women's singles first round Nadia Petrova (Rus) bt Martina Hingis (Swi x5) 6-2, 6-2. Tatiana Panova (Rus) bt Anne Kremer (Lux) 7-5, 6-3. Magdalena Maleeva (Bul) bt Anna Smashnova (Isr) 6-1, 6-2.
Women's doubles first round Anna Kournikova (Rus) and Meghann Shaughnessy (USA x2) bt Amanda Coetzer (Rsa) and Silvia Farina-Elia (Ita) 6-3, 6-2. Elena Bovina (Rus) and Nathalie Dechy (Fra) bt Nicole Arendt (USA) and Liezel Huber (Rsa x3) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2.
US$970,000 Japan Open (x denotes seed)
Men's singles first round Magnus Norman (Swe) bt George Bastl (Swi) 6-3, 6-0 Magnus Larsson (Swe) bt Mario Ancic (Cro) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
Women's singles first round Akiko Morigami (Jpn) bt Rossana Neffa-De Los Rios (Par) 6-4, 6-2
Sailing
America's Cup challenger
Round One - Day One Alinghi (Swi) bt Le Defi (Fra) by 4 minutes 48 seconds. Stars & Stripes (USA) bt GBR Challenge (Gbr) by 20 seconds. Oracle (USA) bt Prada (Ita) by 42 seconds. OneWorld (USA) bt Mascalzone Latino (Ita) by 5 minutes, 43 seconds.
Volleyball
Men's world volleyball championship
Pool A Portugal bt Australia 3-1 (25-20, 25-27, 25-21, 29-27) Argentina beat China 3-1 (32-30, 25-19, 24-26, 25-21) P W L F A Pts Portugal 2 2 0 195 171 4 Argentina 2 2 0 216 198 4 Australia 2 0 2 197 214 2 China 2 0 2 172 197 2
Pool B Poland bt Italy 3-2 (20-25, 24-26, 25-22, 25-21, 15-10) Canada bt Croatia 3-1 (25-22, 22-25, 25-17, 25-23) P W L F A Pts Poland 2 2 0 207 197 4 Italy 2 1 1 179 167 3 Canada 2 1 1 190 185 3 Croatia 2 0 2 145 172 2
Pool C France bt Russia 3-1 (25-21, 25-21, 13-25, 25-12) Bulgaria bt Tunisia 3-1 (21-25, 33-31, 25-12, 25-15) P W L F A Pts Bulgaria 2 2 0 182 151 4 France 2 2 0 183 155 4 Tunisia 2 0 2 159 199 2 Russia 2 0 2 147 166 2
Pool D Spain bt Japan 3-2 (25-18, 23-25, 22-25, 29-27, 15-13) Yugoslavia bt Kazakhstan 3-0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-15) P W L F A Pts Yugoslavia 2 2 0 171 132 4 Japan 2 1 1 213 199 3 Spain 2 1 1 196 204 3 Kazakhstan 2 0 2 135 180 2
Pool E United States bt Brazil 3-2 (25-22, 20-25, 25-27, 33-31, 15-12) Venezuela bt Egypt 3-0 (25-14, 25-22, 25-19) P W L F A Pts United States 2 2 0 216 204 4 Brazil 2 1 1 193 175 3 Venezuela 2 1 1 132 131 3 Egypt 2 0 2 142 173 2
Pool F Greece bt Cuba 3-0 (25-21, 25-21, 25-19) Netherlands bt Czech Republic 3-2 (15-25, 27-25, 25-19, 25-27, 15-11) P W L F A Pts Netherlands 2 2 0 182 159 4 Greece 2 1 1 127 136 3 Cuba 2 1 1 164 169 3 Czech Republic 2 0 2 201 210 2