FRIDAY, 10.300AM:
WORLD number 10 Wayne Ferreira of South Africa was left deflated after losing to Sergi Bruguera of Spain in the German Open tennis championship yesterday. Ferreira had to do battle for a win over Alberto Martin earlier in the day in a tense three-set match with five match points. Fereira won 3-6 7-5 7-5, but Brugeura then trounced Ferreira 6-1 6-3, keeping him out of the quarterfinals.
In the Italian Open in Rome, SA’s unseeded Joanette Kruger beat eighth-seed Karina Habsudova of Slovakia in straight sets 6-2 6-4. Kruger will face Spain’s Conchita Martinez — titleholder and five-time winner of the Italian Open — in the quarterfinals later this week. Fellow South African Amanda Coetzer bowed out of the contest, losing 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 to unseeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland.