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CHANG ROLLS, REACHES SEMIFINALS.


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Top-seeded Michael Chang Michael Te-Pei Chang (張德培; Pinyin: Zhāng Dépéi; born February 22 1972, in Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.) is an American former professional tennis player.  beat Argentina's Javier Frana Javier Frana (born December 25, 1966 in Rafaela) is a former tennis player from Argentina and current tennis commentator for ESPN Latin America. Tennis career
Frana turned professional in 1986.
 6-4, 6-1 Friday to move into the semifinals of the Singapore Open The Singapore Open can refer to several sporting events bearing the same name, or at least in part:
  • Singapore Open (badminton)
  • Singapore Open (bowling)
  • Singapore Open (golf)
  • Singapore Open (table tennis)
, and Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek Richard Peter Stanislav Krajicek (born December 6, 1971) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. In 1996 he won the men's singles title at Wimbledon. Since 2004 he has been the tournament director of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam.  had to quit because of a knee injury.

Jonathan Stark became the second American to make the semifinals when he fired 12 aces to defeat Germany's Martin Sinner in two sets that went to tiebreakers, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3).

Chang's opponent will be Greg Rusedski, a Canadian who plays out of Britain. He defeated Russian Andrei Olhovskiy 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.

Sukova upsets Sanchez Vicario: Steffi Graf can breathe a little easier at the Leipzig Open in Germany after Helena Sukova knocked Arantxa Sanchez Vicario out of the quarterfinals.

Sukova upset Sanchez Vicario 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) to advance to the semifinals, where she will play Iva Majoli of Croatia.

Majoli struggled to outlast out·last  
tr.v. out·last·ed, out·last·ing, out·lasts
To last longer than.


outlast
Verb

to last longer than

Verb 1.
 Olympic champion Lindsay Davenport 6-7 (8-10), 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-3) in the day's other quarterfinal match.

Mantilla, Corretja advance: Spaniards Felix Mantilla, the No. 2 seed, and Alex Corretja, seeded fourth, advanced to the semifinals of the $300,000 Marbella Open in Spain.

Mantilla survived a 2-hour, 14-minute match against Christian Ruud of Norway, winning 0-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. Corretja defeated Marcelo Filippini of Uruguay, the surprise of the tournament, 7-5, 6-1.

Henman, Kafelnikov win: Tim Henman of Britain and Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia advanced to the semifinals of the Lyon Grand Prix in France along with Arnaud Boetsch and Thomas Enqvist.
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Title Annotation:SPORTS
Publication:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Date:Oct 5, 1996
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