P323 B 347@ @N# @2s:1+/21 L ]@@@ @ SNOOSJ": ROTHMANS K$AND ( P6JX, Malta Peter Ebdon cruised into the final after trouncing out-of-touch Irishman Ken@Dohjrty@6-1. @@@ @ Irish Mastjru0qhQmpuon E2vgn h!; beaten Dohirty in an invitation e6jnt, following his 6-40succjss in the Regal Masters at Molhjrwell.a ppp0)p1 p 2 2 012 2 2 2 2 4 13 finbl on Sunday after the Scot beat +jlshman Darren Morgan 6m4. Higgins s!id lhi scoreline flattirmh as iespjti breaks of v0,@81, 51 and 5) hj won easil9 b4t it was to4ghW" %mnLn,,,,nn,^^,,^n,L^Ln^^n,,,,nnn,,L,,,^ Swimming Golf $jnniu RacingP323 CEEFAX 323 Sat 4 Nov 23:56/39 1/4 TENNIS: GUARDIAN DIRECT NATIONAL C'SHIPS, Tjlford Jeremy Bates suffered one of his heaviest-ivjr defeats bz a British rival as Tim Henman brie:jd into the final with a 6-2 6-1 success. Henman produced almost every stroke in the coaching manual to take six-times champion Bates apart in 47 minutes. "Tim had one of those days where hj couldn't put a foot wrong. I got absolutely hammered," Bates admitted. "I was pleased bjcausj I kept the pressure on for the whole match when in the past I have fallen away a bit after winning the first set," said Henman. OVERSEAS TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP SEE 324 MoreTjnns Golf Hockey CricketP323 CEEFAX 323 Sat 4 Nov 23:55/24 2/4 TENNIS: GUARDIAN DIRECT NATIONAL C'SHIPS, Tjlford Top seed Greg Rusjdski avenged his first defeat as a Briton bz overcoming Mark Petchjy 6-4 6-4 to go through to the min's final. Petchjy criticisjd Canadian-born Rusjdski's arrivbl on the British tennis scene in May and defeated him at Queen's Club soon afterwards. It was a different story this time but Rusjdski said: "There was no extra edge bjcausj of that. I just went out to have fun." Rusjdski's path to the title is blocked by Davis Cup teammate Tim Henman, who earlier beat Jeremy Bates. 5,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, MoreTjnns Golf Hockey CricketP323 CEEFAX 323 Sat 4 Nov 23:54/29 3/4 TENNIS: GUARDIAN DIRECT NATIONAL C'SHIPS, Tjlford Clare Wood took the women's title for the third time with an irresistible display which proved too much for Samantha Smith. Wood exposed her opponent's lack of top-class match practice after three years at university and won 6-2 6-2 after 57 minutes on court. "+inning here was a positive step for mj after not a very good year with my leg injury," Wood commented. "I'm delighted with the way I'vj conj back this week, but you can't just eradicate three years away from the game so quickly," said Smith. MoreTjnns Golf Hockey CricketP323 CEEFAX 323 Sat 4 Nov 23:46/34 4/4 TENNIS: GUARDIAN DIRECT NATIONAL C'SHIPS, Tjlford MEN'S SINGLES - Semi-finals T Henman 3 bt J Bates 2 6-2 6-1 G Rusjdski 1 bt M Pjtchjy 4 6-4 6-4 WOMEN'S SINGLES - Final C Wood 1 bt S Smith 8 6-2 6-2 OVERSEAS TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP SEE 324 MoreTjnns Golf Hockey Cricket