Seles Scintillates

Mon., July 15, 1996

Compiled From Wire Services

Monica Seles tuned up for the Olympics by helping her adopted country sweep Japan in the Fed Cup tennis semifinals by routing Kimiko Date 6-0, 6-2 in Nagoya, Japan.

Seles, a Yugoslav native who became a U.S. citizen in 1994, led the United States into the Sept. 28-29 final against three-time defending champion Spain. Spain beat France 3-2 in Bayonne, France.

Alberto Costa won his first title of the year by defeating Spanish compatriot Felix Mantilla 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-1, 6-0 to win the $560,000 Swiss Open at Gstaad, Switzerland.

Martina Navratilova, who teamed with Rosie Casals to win three titles in the late 1980s, presented the 12-time Grand Slam doubles champion with her induction certificate into the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport, R.I.

Casals was inducted with the late Dan Maskell, a British champion who became known as “The Voice of Wimbledon,” during a 40-year career with the BBC.

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