BRIEFLY : QUICK COMEBACK HAS LOVE IN THE LEAD.

Byline: - Daily News Wire Services

Davis Love III needed only two holes to emerge from a crowded leaderboard Saturday, taking advantage of his second eagle in as many days for a 7-under-par 65 and a three-stroke lead in Disney's National Car Rental Classic in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Love, who was in danger of missing the cut after opening with a 73, was at 14-under 202 after holing a 25-foot birdie putt on the last hole. Glen Day and Doug Martin each shot 68 and were at 205. John Huston was at 206 after a 3-under 69, while Tiger Woods, Jesper Parnevik and Fred Funk were another stroke back.

Annika Sorenstam shot a course-record 6-under-par 66 to finish with a one-stroke lead after three rounds at the Samsung World Championship of Women's Golf at The Villages, Fla.

Jay Sigel opened the 54-hole Kaanapali Seniors Classic on Maui with a 61 - the second-lowest Senior PGA Tour score ever - but could only muster a 1-over-par 72 Saturday and was at 9-under 133. That was good enough to give him a one-stroke lead over Terry Dill and Larry Laoretti.

TENNIS: An aching knee slowed top-seeded Venus Williams and she was upset by Mary Pierce 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the semifinals of the Kremlin Cup tournament in Moscow. Monica Seles won the other semifinal, taking advantage of Sabine Testud's frequent errors for a 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) victory.

Andre Agassi beat Wayne Black of Zimbabwe 7-6 (7-2),6-3 in the semifinals of the $1 million Czech Indoor ATP tournament. Jan Kroslak of Slovakia won the other berth in today's finals when an ankle injury forced Sweden's Thomas Enqvist out of their match after seven games.

Tommy Haas of Germany finds himself in the finals of the Lyon Grand Prix in France after walkover victories over the world's top two-ranked players, Pete Sampras and Marcelo Rios.

An aching back forced Sampras out before their quarterfinal match, and on Saturday, No. 2-ranked Rios withdrew in the second set with a strained hamstring.

BOXING: Mike Tyson's lawyer said an out-of-court settlement was close, thus heading off a civil suit against the fighter stemming from an argument following an auto accident.

Paul Kemp said he and attorneys for Richard Dale Hardick and Abimelec Saucedo were close to an agreement in which Tyson would pay the men an undisclosed amount of money to prevent any lawsuits. Kemp said the parties agreed to keep the terms confidential.

Uzbekistan's Artur Grigorian stopped Italy's Giorgio Campanella in the 10th round with a barrage of punches to retain his WBO lightweight title in Hamburg, Germany.

Unbeaten Vitali Klitschko of the Ukraine knocked down Mario Schiesser of Germany twice and the fight for the vacant European heavyweight title was stopped in the second round in Hamburg.

Germany's Sven Ottke gained a split decision over Charles Brewer to take the American's IBF super middleweight title in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Bloodied but unbowed, unbeaten IBF junior lightweight champion Roberto Garcia rallied to stop Ramon Ledon in the fifth round to retain his title in Atlantic City, N.J.

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