Miscellany

MaliVai Washington routed Richard Krajicek 6-1, 6-2 on the opening day of the Grand Slam Cup at Munich, Germany.

Tim Henman defeated Michael Stich 6-3, 6-3 and Boris Becker defeated Jason Stoltenberg 6-3, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals.

Henman made it into the tournament only because of a string of withdrawals that included Pete Sampras, Michael Chang, Todd Martin, Thomas Muster and Stefan Edberg.

Kuwait, intent on not playing Iraq under any circumstances, is pulling out of the Asia Cup, the continent’s showcase soccer tournament.

Welders demolishing Cleveland Municipal Stadium touched off a fire that burned part of the seating area at the former home of football’s Browns and baseball’s Indians, authorities said. No injuries were reported.