BRIEFLY : HINGIS OFF TO GOOD, FAST START IN TORONTO.

Byline: - Daily News Wire Services

Martina Hingis beat Corina Morariu 6-0, 6-3 in 54 minutes Tuesday in a second-round match of the $1.05 million du Maurier Open tennis tournament in Toronto.

``This is one I have never won, so I'm kind of pumped,'' said Hingis, who lost in the semifinals to Monica Seles last year.

Hingis will meet 16th-seeded Chanda Rubin in the third round. Rubin was a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 winner over Nathalie Dechy of France.

Seles, going for her fifth straight du Maurier Open title, had to rally for a 6-7 (7-4), 6-1, 6-1 victory over Russian qualifier Tatiana Panova. The second-seeded Seles, 25, who had an opening-round bye in the $1.05 million event, made several unforced errors in the first set as she went for the lines. She found the angles in the second and third sets and wore down her 23-year-old opponent.

Third-seeded Gustavo Kuerten cruised to a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Sjeng Schalken in the Brazilian's debut at the RCA Championships in Indianapolis.

Martin Damm of the Czech Republic, whose world ranking has plummeted in recent years, beat 12th-seeded Byron Black of Zimbabwe 6-2, 6-2 in an opening-round match of the Legg Mason Classic in Washington, D.C.

BASKETBALL: A day after his kidney transplant, Spurs forward Sean Elliott was moved out of the intensive care unit and was on his way to a full recovery. He underwent the transplant Monday at Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital in San Antonio. His 32-year-old brother, Noel, donated one of his kidneys.

Mike Fratello has returned to broadcasting. The former Cleveland Cavaliers coach, who was fired in June, signed a multiyear deal with Turner Sports on Monday. Fratello was an NBA analyst for NBC from 1990-93 and worked for Turner during the playoffs from 1994-96.

The Phoenix Suns re-signed point guard Randy Livingston to a multiyear contract.

Forward Greg Foster, formerly with Utah, signed a three-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics, team president and general manager Wally Walker said.

Nell Fortner, coach of the U.S. women's basketball team, was hired to coach the new Indianapolis WNBA franchise, starting in its second season. The former Purdue coach will miss the team's first season next summer because of the Sydney Games.

SOCCER: Peru was added to the 12-team field for February's CONCACAF Gold Cup, the championship of soccer's North and Central American and Caribbean region.

FOOTBALL: James Pruitt, a wide receiver from Cal State Fullerton who played three seasons with the Miami Dolphins in the 1980s, was one of four people arrested in Columbus, Ga., by federal drug agents who also seized four kilograms of cocaine and $27,000 cash.