Seles shocked

In another upset, unseeded Nathalie Tauziat of France downed top-seed and defending champion Jana Novotna 7-5, 6-3.

Rafter in semis

STOCKHOLM: Top-seed Patrick Rafter beat Tim Henman 6-3, 6-3 in the quarter-finals for his third consecutive straight-set victory in the Stockholm Open.

The US Open champion struggled yesterday with his serve early on, facing break points in his first three service games against the eighth-seeded Briton.

Greg Rusedski of Britain, whom Rafter beat in the US Open final, advanced to the semifinals without hitting a shot as Magnus Larsson of Sweden withdrew because of illness.

Kafelnikov advances

MOSCOW: Top-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov defeated his former teammate on the Soviet junior team, Sargis Sargsian of Armenia, in straight sets to move into the semifinals of the 1,125,000 Kremlin Cup tennis tournament.

Daniel Nestor of Canada, defeated Martin Damm of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-4.