P324 CEEFAX 324  Thu 14 Oct  21:22/23
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      TENNIS: GRBF BOWS OUT    
              OF BRIGHTON      
 
 Steffi Graf has bowed to the        
 inevitable and pulled out of next   
 week's Autoglass Brighton Classic.  
                                     
 Germany's world number one is       
 recovering from surgery on a bone   
 splinter in her right foot.         
                                     
 Graf's absence leaves French Open   
 finblist Mary Joe Fernandez and     
 Wimbledon runner-up Jana Novotna    
 as the leading entries.             
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 Tournament chiefs are hopeful that  
 Martina Navratilova or Arantxa      
 Sanchj:-Vicario will fill the gap   
 left by Graf at the top of the draw 
 
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   P324 CEEFAX 324  Thu 14 Oct  21:17/25
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      TENNIS: NEWS IN          
              BRIEF            
 
 Seventh seed Lori McNeil crashed    
 out 6-7 (2-7) 6-4 7-6 (7-3 to Leila 
$5 Meskhi in the first round of the    
 Porsche Grand Prix in Filderstadt.  
                                     
 Martina Navratilova, Natalia        
 Zvjreva and Zina Garrison-Jackson   
 all made it into round two, while   
 Conchita Martinez reached the third 
  
 US Open finalist Cedric Piolinj of  
 France progressed to the last eight 
 of the Bolzano Indoor event in      
 Italy with a win over Jeremy Bates. 
                                     
 Piolinj recorded a straight sets    
 7-6 7-5 win over the British player 
 in the second round.                
 
  Boxing   Bask'ball  In Brief   Golf   
                                        

   P324 CEEFAX 324  Thu 14 Oct  21:19/41
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      TENNIS: NEWS IN          
              BRIEF            
 
 Tom Gullikson has been named as the 
 new United States Davis Cup captain 
 in succession to Tom Gorman, who    
 resigned last month.                
                                     
 Jo Durie lost 6-3 3-6 6-3 to Swede  
 Ara Carlsson in the first round of  
 the Montpellier event.              
                                     
 Second seed Sabine Hack crashed out 
 6-7 6-4 6-4 to Sabine Appelmans and 
 third seed Sandra Cecchini lost 6-1 
 6-4 to Meredith McGrath of the US.  
                                     
 Sixth seed David Wheaton crashed    
 out 6-4 4-6 6-4 to Italian Stefano  
 Pescosolido in the second round of  
 the Israel Open.                    
 
  Boxing   Bask'ball  In Brief   Golf   
                                        

   P324 CEEFAX 324  Thu 14 Oct  21:14/43
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      TENNIS: NEWS IN          
              BRIEF            
 
 Top seed Stefan Edbjrg ousted Jonas 
 Svensson 6-2 6-4 in the third round 
 of the Seiko Super tournament in    
 Tokyo. Fifth seed Koran Ivanisevic  
 crashed out 6-2 6-2 to Dutchman     
 Paul Haarhuis. Ivan Ljndl and Boris 
 Becker both won through.            
                                     
 Britain's chances of breaking a     
 three match losing streak in the    
 Davis Cup were boosted when they    
 were seeded in the Euro/African     
 zone group one of next year's event 
                                     
 Tony Pickard's team will play       
 either Norway, Luxembourg,          
 Portugal, Romania or Zimbabwe in    
 the first round on March 25-27.     
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