BRIEFLY\Kafelnikov wins Aussie warm-up.

Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services

Top-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia defeated No. 8 Byron Black, an ex-USC star from Zimbabwe, 7-6, (7-0), 3-6, 6-1 in the final of the $328,000 Australian Hardcourt tennis championships Sunday in Adelaide.

It was the second time in three years Kafelnikov won the title.

Kafelnikov, ranked sixth in the world, struggled in the second set before lifting his game in the decisive set.

Kafelnikov said the victory boosted his confidence for the Australian Open, beginning Jan. 15.

Petr Korda of the Czech Republic beat Younes el-Aynaoui of Morocco 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 7-6 (7-5) to win the Qatar Open in Doha, Qatar. It was the 27-year-old Czech's seventh career title and came just three months after a hernia operation to cure him of a nagging groin injury that bothered him for 18 months.

Korda's ranking will move up to 27 from 41 today.

NFL 

Suspended Dallas Cowboys backup cornerback Clayton Holmes has filed a $30 million lawsuit against the NFL and NFL Management Council, alleging that he was improperly drug-tested in March.

Holmes, suspended in November by the NFL for violating its substance abuse policy, also has petitioned for a jury to issue a preliminary and permanent injunction that could return him to the Cowboys if they reach the Super Bowl on Jan. 28.

WINTER SPORTS

Three-time Olympic gold medalist Alberto Tomba, approaching his top form again, won his third consecutive World Cup slalom race, in Flachau, Austria.

After 12 years on the ski circuit, Kristina Andersson, 30, of Sweden finally earned her first World Cup victory in a slalom at Maribor, Slovenia.

Fred-Boerre Lundberg of Norway won the World Cup Nordic combined with a time of 39.31 seconds for the 15-kilometer cross-country ski race held in pouring rain in Schonach, Germany.

Svetlana Zhurova of Russia won her sixth straight 500-meter speed skating race this season, finishing a race in 40.30 seconds, in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

ETC.

Germany upset Russia in the women's European Olympic volleyball final in Bremen, Germany, becoming the fifth nation to qualify for the right to play in Atlanta this summer. The Germans pulled off the surprising win over the favored Russian team 4-15, 15-9, 15-5, 8-15, 16-14. . . .

AC Milan opened a three-point lead in Italian League soccer, beating Sampdoria of Genoa 3-0 in Milan on goals by Roberto Baggio, Dejan Savicevic and Christian Panucci. . . .

Canadian Bruny Surin and Cheryl Brantle of Boston set meet records in the 55-meter dashes at the Dartmouth Relays in Hanover, N.H. Surin, the world indoor champion, broke his 1993 mark of 6.17 seconds by winning his semifinal heat in 6.15. Surin then won the final in 6.16. Brantle won the women's final in 6.93, breaking her 1993 meet record of 6.95.

Miguel J. Upegui of Columbia gave himself an early birthday present, winning the third annual Walt Disney World Marathon in two hours, 23 minutes, 26 seconds in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Upegui finished 6.28 ahead of Robert Langfeld of Germany.