South African Wins

Wayne Ferreira served notice he’s ready for the U.S. Open.

The South African will be arriving in New York $288,000 richer after easily defeating unseeded Australian Todd Woodbridge 6-2, 6-4 to win the du Maurier Open tennis tournament at Toronto.

Fifth-seeded Andrei Medvedev beat Martin Damm of the Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-3, in the final of the Hamlet Cup tennis tournament at Commack, N.Y.

At Carlsbad, Calif., Japan’s Kimiko Date lost the first four games before rallying for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory over top-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain in the final of the $450,000 Toshiba Classic.