Argentina's Gabriela Sabatini stunned Chris Evert and SovietNatalia Zvereva upset Pam Shriver on Saturday to advance to the finalof the Player's Challenge tournament at Montreal.
Sabatini, seeded fourth, avenged a loss to Evert last Sunday byusing solid topspin groundstrokes to hammer out a 6-4, 6-3 victory.
Zvereva, who ousted top-seeded Martina Navratilova Friday, beatShriver - the third seed and defending champion - 7-5, 6-3.Navratilova withdrew from the doubles semifinal because of a strainedhip flexor.
ATP: Second-seeded Mats Wilander survived a shaky second set tobeat No. 12 Aaron Krickstein 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) and advance to the finalof the Association of Tennis Professionals Championship at Mason,Ohio.
Wilander's victory assured a Swedish final in the tournament hewon in 1983, '84 and '86. He'll play defending champion StefanEdberg, who turned back 11th-seeded Anders Jarryd, in today'schampionship match. The No.1-seeded Edberg needed just two sets toeliminate Jarryd 6-3, 6-4 in the other semifinal match.
Wilander has a 9-5 career record against Edberg, and has wonthree of their last four matches.
MENNEN CUP: Top-seeded Andre Agassi will renew an old juniorrivalry when he faces Stanford star Jeff Tarango in the final of the$125,000 Mennen Cup tournament at Livingston, N.J.
Agassi, who has beaten Tarango in every junior matchup excepttheir first meeting in 1979, defeated fifth-seeded Yahiya Doumbia ofSenegal 6-4, 6-4. Tarango earned his first Nabisco Grand Prix finalwith a 7-6, (7-1), 0-6, 7-6, (7-3) victory over Australia's SimonYoul in a two-hour, 58-minute struggle.
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