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By Compiled from Times wires

© St. Petersburg Times, published October 6, 2000

Tampa's Brandi advances

Kristina Brandi of Tampa moved into the quarterfinals of the Toyota Princess Cup by defeating Corina Morariu 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 on Thursday in Tokyo.

Qualifier Daja Bedanova of the Czech Republic defeated No. 3 seed Amelie Mauresmo 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals. She was joined by wild-card entry Shinobu Asagoe of Japan, who ousted seventh-seeded Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 7-5.

Eighth-seeded Jelena Dokic beat Russian wild-card Lina Krasnoroutskaya 6-4, 7-6 (7-1).

Dokic next plays Serena Williams, who beat her in the round of 16 at the U.S. Open.

"I have nothing to lose in this match. I'm just going in and playing the way I can," said Dokic, a semifinalist at Wimbledon and the Olympics.

MORE TENNIS: Gustavo Kuerten, the world's top-ranked player and reigning French Open champion, moved into the quarterfinals of the Salem Open with a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Sargis Sargsian in Hong Kong. His opponent will be seventh-seeded Patrick Rafter, who struggled past Jonas Bjorkman 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. Mark Philippoussis also needed three tough sets to overcome Chris Woodruff 6-7 (4-7), 7-5, 6-3. Unseeded Sergi Bruguera defeated sixth-seeded Marcelo Rios in the tournament's first upset,2-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4. ... Chanda Rubin was eliminated from the Porsche Grand Prix, losing to Anne-Gaelle Sidot 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 in Filderstadt, Germany. Second-seeded Conchita Martinez edged Magdalena Maleeva 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, and third-seeded Nathalie Tauziat ousted German wild-card entry Barbara Rittner 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. No. 8 Dominique van Roost ousted Asa Carlsson 6-3, 6-1. No. 1 Martina Hingis plays Van Roost today.

BOXING: Bob Arum and Cedric Kushner could be banned from staging matches in Atlantic City if New Jersey state gaming regulators agree their admissions of bribery make them unfit for casino business licenses. Prosecutors asked the Casino Control Commission to revoke the licenses, based on testimony that Arum and Kushner gave during IBF head Bob Lee's trial. The commission could consider barring casinos from doing business with Arum and Kushner at its Nov. 1 meeting. The action came nearly two months after Lee was convicted of tangential charges after a four-month racketeering and bribery trial. ... Olympic bronze medalist Jermain Taylor says he plans to sign with a promoter within two weeks and begin boxing professionally within a month in either the junior middleweight (154 pounds) or middleweight (160) divisions.

BOWLING: Roger Workman won his second PBA Senior Tour title of the season, beating Gary Dickinson 266-191 in the Gastonia (N.C.) Senior Classic. Workman earned $8,000. Dickinson rolled a 216 game to beat Bob Glass (205) and Gene Stus (169) in the third match.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: The University of Minnesota wants 17 former players charged with academic misconduct to respond to accusations they cheated or risk losing class credits and degrees. A faculty panel concluded there was cheating by the students and a faculty member who has retired. Each of the students, no longer on campus, faces one to six charges of misconduct.

HORSE RACING: Vision and Verse, who has made two starts this year after an outstanding 3-year-old campaign, drew the No. 6 post and was made the morning-line favorite for Saturday night's $400,000 Meadowlands Cup in East Rutherford, N.J. A field of 10 colts and geldings was entered in the 1 1-8 mile race for 3-year-olds and up.

TRACK AND FIELD: Olympic triple gold medalist Marion Jones was tired but triumphant at 100 meters, ending her season with a $150,000 payday in the IAAF Grand Prix at Doha Qatar. Jones won the 100 in 11 seconds, .09 ahead of Chryste Gaines but well behind her Olympic time of 10.75. Angelo Taylor, also slower than his Olympic winning time, gained enough points from his victory in the 400-meter hurdles to finish atop the men's season standings. Taylor overtook Hadi Soua'an Al-Somaily in a repeat of their 1-2 finish at the Olympics. Taylor won by 0.04 seconds in 48.14. Javelin gold medalist Trine Hattestad finished with 110 points to 104 for Jones in the women's standings. Gail Devers also had 104, but a tiebreaking formula gave Jones the second prize and Devers the $50,000 third prize.

OLYMPICS: Bulgaria's longtime weightlifting coach, Ivan Abadzhiev, resigned, complaining about the lack of support in the wake of a drug scandal involving three Bulgarian lifters at the Sydney Olympics. Izabela Dragneva, Ivan Ivanov and Sevdalin Minchev were stripped of their medals after testing positive for furosemide, a banned diuretic. ... NBC's 1621/2 hours of coverage averaged an 8.9 rating with a 20 share, according to network figures. That's 39 percent under the 14.5/36 the 1996 Atlanta Games averaged for 168 hours on NBC and 21 percent under the 11.2/29 for the 1791/2 hours NBC showed of the 1988 Seoul Games. Each ratings point represents 1,022,000 households. Share represents the percentage of television sets in use tuned to the show.

SOCCER: The sport's world ruling body, FIFA, is investigating at least one agent after five South American players were caught using forged passports in attempts to qualify for Europe's wealthiest leagues. The players were stopped at immigration offices in London and elsewhere. FIFA wouldn't name the agent.

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