Japan Open Results

Thursday, April 17, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

TOKYO -- Results Thursday of the Japan Open at Ariake Colosseum:

Men

Singles

Third Round

Richard Krajicek (1), Netherlands, def. Magnus Norman, (15), Sweden, 7-5, 6-0.

David Prinosil (8), Germany, def. Jonathan Stark (10), Seattle, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (8-6), 7-5.

Patrick Rafter (6), Australia, def. Henrik Holm, Sweden, 6-1, 6-2.

Thomas Johansson (5), Sweden, def. Shuzo Matsuoka, Japan, 6-2, 6-2.

Mark Woodforde (13), Australia, def. Marc Rosset (3), Switzerland, 6-2, 6-3.

Todd Woodbridge (4), Australia, def. Jeff Tarango (14), Manhattan Beach, Calif., 7-5, 6-2.

Martin Damm (7), Czech Republic, def. Andrei Cherkasov, Russia, 7-6 (7-2), 7-5.

Lionel Roux (16), France, def. Boris Becker (2), Germany, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles

First Round

Doug Flach, Atlanta, and Kent Kinnear, Greenwood, Ind., def. Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Kevin Ullyett (8), South Africa, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. Second Round

Jean-Phillippe Fleurian and Stephane Simian, France, def. David Adams, South Africa, and Andrei Olhovskiy (3), Russia, 7-5, 7-5.

Josh Eagle and Andrew Florent (5), Australia, def. Leander Paes, India, and Roger Smith, Bahamas, 6-2, 6-4.

Wayne Arthurs and Andrew Kratzmann, Australia, def. Doug Flach, Atlanta, and Kent Kinnear, Greenwood, Ind., 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).

Jim Grabb, Tucson, Ariz., and Brian MacPhie (6), San Jose, Calif., def. Neville Godwin, South Africa, and Henrik Holm, Sweden, 6-4, 6-2.

Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde (1), Australia, def. Magnus Norman and Tomas Nydahl, Sweden, 6-1, 2-0, retired.

Justin Gimelstob, Key Biscayne, Fla., and Patrick Rafter (7), Australia, def. Hiroki Ishii and Michihisa Onoda, Japan, 6-2, 6-7 (7-9), 6-3.

Satoshi Iwabuchi and Takao Suzuki, Japan, def. Rick Leach, Laguna Beach, Calif., and Jonathan Stark (2), Seattle, 6-2, 6-4.

Martin Damm and Daviel Vacek (4), Czech Republic, def. Shuzo Matsuoka, Japan, and Michael Joyce, Santa Monica, Calif., 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

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Women

Singles

Third Round

Annabel Ellwood (9), Australia, def. Janet Lee, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., 6-1, 6-4.

Kimberly Po (2), Incline Village, Nev., def. Wang Shi-ting (5), Taiwan, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Amy Frazier (3), Rochester Hills, Mich., def. Naoko Sawamatsu (6), Japan, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (8-6).

Ai Sugiyama (4), Japan, def. Corina Morariu, Boca Raton, Fla., 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.

Doubles

Second Round

Alexia Dechaume-Balleret, France, and Rika Hiraki (3), Japan, def. Miho Saeki and Yuka Yoshida, Japan, 6-2, 6-1.

Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi (1), Japan, def. Rita Grande, Italy, and Ginger Helgeson Nielsen, Alpine, Calif., 6-4, 6-3.

Shinobu Asagoe and Ai Sugiyama, Japan, def. Janet Lee, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., and Wang Shi-ting (4), Taiwan, 6-3, 6-3.

Merry-Anne Guse, Australia, and Corina Morariu, Boca Raton, Fla., def. Amy Frazier, Rochester Hills, Mich., and Kimberly Po (2), Incline Village, Nev., 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.

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