Top-Seeded Leconte Upset in Geneva Open

Top-seeded Henri Leconte was upset by Michael Tauson, 6-4, 6-3, in the quarterfinals of the Geneva Open today.

Tauson, ranked 146th in the world, needed only 70 minutes to dispose of Leconte, No. 22 in the computer rankings.

Second-seeded Horst Skoff struggled to a 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-3) victory over Renzo Furlan.

Sergi Bruguera, the No. 6 seed, overwhelmed Horacio de la Pena, 6-0, 6-2.

Israel clinched its Davis Cup qualifying series with China on a victory by its doubles team today.

Amos Mansdorf and Shachar Perkis beat Liu Xiaocheng and Zhang Jiaheng, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5, and took a 3-0 lead in the best-of-five series.

Second-seeded Goran Ivanisevic advanced to the semifinals of the Bordeaux tennis tournament today in France, ousting Fabrice Santoro, 6-2, 6-3.

Guillermo Perez-Roldan advanced with a victory over Thierry Champion, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Guy Forget also gained a place in the semifinals, defeating Lawson Duncan of the United States, 6-1, 6-7 (7-9), 6-0.

Forget will play Ronald Agenor, who eliminated Tomas Nydahl, 6-0, 6-1.

Federica Bonsignori upset top-seeded Sabine Hack of West Germany, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), today in a three-hour quarterfinal match at the Women’s Athens Open.

Defending champion Cecilia Dhalman breezed past Samantha Smith, 6-1, 6-4.