Italian Open, results

Friday, May 16, 1997 | 11:59 a.m.

ROME -- Results Thursday of the $2.3 million Italian Open men's clay court tennis tournament:

Singles

Third Round

Alberto Berasategui, Spain, def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov (4), Russia, 6-3, 6-2.

Marc-Kevin Goellner, Germany, def. Albert Costa (11), Spain, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Jim Courier, Miami, def. Marc Rosset (15), Switzerland, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.

Alex Corretja (10), Spain, def. Carlos Moya (8), Spain, 6-4, 6-4.

Marcelo Rios (7), Chile, def. Magnus Larsson, Sweden, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Goran Ivanisevic (6), Croatia, def. Boris Becker (12), Germany, 7-6 (9-7), 6-3.

Scott Draper, Australia, def. Davide Scala, Italy, 7-5, 6-2.

Doubles

Second Round

Sandon Stolle, Australia, and Cyril Suk, Czech Republic, def. Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis, Netherlands (2), 6-4, 7-5.

Mark Knowles, Bahamas, and Daniel Nestor, Canada (3), def. Cristian Brandi and Filippo Messori, Italy, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-2.

Luis Lobo, Argentina, and Javier Sanchez, Spain, def. Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Russia, and Daniel Vacek, Czech Republic (4), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Byron Black, Zimbabwe, and Alex O'Brien, Amarillo, Texas (5), def. Olivier Delaitre and Fabrice Santoro, France, 6-3, 6-2.

Rick Leach, Laguna Beach, Calif., and Jonathan Stark, Seattle, Wash. (7), def. Joshua Eagle and Andrew Florent, Australia, 6-3, 6-4.

David Adams, South Africa, and Andrei Olhovskiy, Russia (8), def. Grant Connell, Canada, and Jim Grabb, Tucson, Ariz., 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7-3).

Gary Muller, South Africa, and Jeff Tarango, Manhattan Beach, Calif., def. Pablo Albano, Argentina, and Alex Corretja, Spain, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-4.

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