Vicario Wins Twice

Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, the secondranked player in the world, enjoyed a home-court edge in Barcelona, Spain, and scored a rare double in the $430,000 Ford Open WTA tournament.

The Barcelona native defeated Iva Majoli of Croatia 5-7, 6-0, 6-2.

The 23-year-old Sanchez Vicario also won in doubles, teaming with Latvian Larisa Neiland to beat the top-seeded duo of Majoli and Mariaan De Swardt of South Africa 7-5, 4-6, 7-5.

Thomas Muster beat fatigue with plenty of sleep, and that enabled him to battle back from two sets down against Boris Becker in Monte Carlo, Moncao, and remain unbeaten this year on clay courts with a 4-6, 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (8-6), 6-0 victory in the Monte Carlo Open.

The loss deprived Becker of a chance of his first pro clay court title after 43 tournament victories on faster surfaces.

John McEnroe handed Jimmy Connors his first loss on the over-35 Champions Tour, beating him 6-1, 7-5 in the title match of the $150,000 Moscow Champions in Moscow.

Jose-Luis Clerc and Johan Kriek won the doubles crown, defeating Bjorn Borg and John Lloyd 6-2, 6-2.