TENNIS - WEDNESDAY 'S RESULTS FROM THE U.S. OPEN .  NEW YORK 1996-08-28  Results of Wednesday 's matches in the U.S. Open Tennis Championships at the National Tennis Centre ( prefix number denotes seeding ) :  Women 's singles , second round  15 - Gabriela Sabatini ( Argentina ) beat Ann Grossman ( U.S. ) 6-2 6 - 3  Irina Spirlea ( Romania ) beat Maria Jose Gaidano ( Argentina ) 6-1 6-2  8 - Lindsay Davenport ( U.S. ) beat Henrietta Nagyova ( Slovakia ) 6- 0 6-4  Anne-Gaelle Sidot ( France ) beat Wang Shi-Ting ( Taiwan ) 6-4 3-6 6-3  Sandrine Testud ( France ) beat Cristina Torrens-Valero ( Spain ) 6 - 2 6-1  Men 's singles , first round  Andrei Medvedev ( Ukraine ) beat Jean-Philippe Fleurian ( France ) 6-2 6-0 6-1  David Nainkin ( South Africa ) beat 9 - Wayne Ferreira ( South Africa ) 6-4 6-4 2-6 7-5  David Rikl ( Czech Republic ) beat Hicham Arazi ( Morocco ) 6-4 7-5 6-2  Andrea Gaudenzi ( Italy ) beat Shuzo Matsuoka ( Japan ) 7-6 ( 7-4 ) 6 - 2 6-3  Men 's singles , first round  17 - Felix Mantilla ( Spain ) beat Fernando Meligeni ( Brazil ) 6-1 6 - 7 ( 2-7 ) 7-6 ( 7-5 ) 6-3  Jonas Bjorkman ( Sweden ) beat [START_ENT] Karol Kucera [END_ENT] ( Slovakia ) 6-2 5-7 7- 6 ( 7-3 ) 7-5  Jan Kroslak ( Slovakia ) beat Chris Woodruff ( U.S. ) 2-6 6-4 3-6 6 - 2 7-6 ( 7-1 )  Women 's singles , second round  Amanda Coetzer ( South Africa ) beat Mariaan de Swardt ( South Africa ) 6-2 7-5  Linda Wild ( U.S. ) beat Kristie Boogert ( Netherlands ) 5-7 6-3 6-3  Kimberly Po ( U.S. ) beat Kristina Brandi ( U.S. ) 6-1 6-4  Helena Sukova ( Czech Republic ) beat Paola Suarez ( Argentina ) 6- 4 7-6 ( 7-2 )  Women 's singles , second round  2 - Monica Seles ( U.S. ) beat Laurence Courtois ( Belgium ) by walkover ( knee injury )  Dally Randriantefy ( Madagascar ) beat Jane Chi ( U.S. ) 6-3 6-1  Ines Gorrochategui ( Argentina ) beat Aleksandra Olsza ( Poland ) 6 - 1 6-1  Men 's singles , first round  12 - Todd Martin ( U.S. ) beat Younes El Aynaoui ( Morocco ) 6-3 6-2 4-6 6-4  Sjeng Schalken ( Netherlands ) beat Gilbert Schaller ( Austria ) 6- 3 6-4 6-7 ( 6-8 ) 6-3  Men 's singles , first round  Michael Tebbutt ( Australia ) beat Richey Reneberg ( U.S. ) 3-6  6-1 3-6 7-5 6-3  Paul Haarhuis ( Netherlands ) beat Michael Joyce ( U.S ) 6-7  ( 5-7 ) 7-6 ( 8-6 ) 1-6 6-2 6-2  Women 's singles , second round  Barbara Rittner ( Germany ) beat 13 - Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (  Netherlands ) 6-2 6-1  Men 's singles , first round  Guy Forget ( France ) beat Grant Stafford ( South Africa ) 3-6 2-6 6-4 7-6 ( 7-2 ) 6-3  ( End first round )  Women 's singles , second round  Lisa Raymond ( U.S. ) beat Sarah Pitkowski ( France ) 6-2 6-0  Asa Carlsson ( Sweden ) beat Barbara Schett ( Austria ) 6-2 3-1 retired ( Thigh injury )
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