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Wednesday’s Results: Australian Open

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Results Wednesday of the $7.6 million Australian Open at the National Tennis Center:

Men

Singles

Quarterfinals

Thomas Muster (5), Austria, def. Goran Ivanisevic (3), Croatia, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3.

Pete Sampras (1), Tampa, Fla., def. Albert Costa (10), Spain, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

Women

Singles

Quarterfinals

Mary Joe Fernandez (14), Key Biscayne, Fla., def. Dominique van Roost, Belgium, 7-5, 4-0, retired.

Martina Hingis (4), Switzerland, def. Irina Spirlea (8), Romania, 7-5, 6-2.

Doubles

Semifinals

Lindsay Davenport, Newport Beach, Calif., and Lisa Raymond, Wayne, Pa. (3), def. Larisa Neiland, Latvia, and Helena Sukova (12), Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3.

Mixed Doubles

Quarterfinals

Larisa Neiland, Latvia, and John de Jager, South Africa, def. Nicole Bradtke and Joshua Eagle, Australia, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Boys

Singles

Second Round

Jean-Rene Lisnard (10), France, def. Jaco Vanderwesthuizen, South Africa, 6-3, 6-2.

Luka Kutanjac, Croatia, def. James Trotman (13), Britain, 6-4, 6-2.

Wei-Jen Cheng, Taiwan, def. Peter Luczak, Australia, 6-1, 6-3.

Ivan Ljubicic (4), Croatia, def. Nathan Overholser, Okemos, Mich., 7-5, 3-6, 6-3.

Arnaud Di Pasquale (2), France, def. Christopher Rae, Australia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Michel Kratochvil (7), Switzerland, def. Peter Handoyo, Indonesia, 6-2, 6-4.

David Sherwood, Britain, def. Kobi Ziv, Israel, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.

Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Brandon Hawk, Clyde, Texas, 6-4, 6-3.

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