Chang Back On Track

Michael Chang rebounded from having his ATP hardcourt streak snapped with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over David Prinosil of Germany in the opening round of the Waldbaum Hamlet Cup.

The top-seeded Chang, who is ranked third in the world, had won l4 straight matches on the ATP hardcourt circuit before losing to Andre Agassi in the finals at Cincinnati on Aug. 11.

Unseeded Hicham Arazi of Morocco got the tournament off to an interesting start by upsetting No. 8 Magnus Larsson of Sweden 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.

In another first-rounder, Sergi Bruguera of Spain beat Russia’s Andrei Cherkasov 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5).