TENNIS ROUNDUP : No. 9 Meskhi Upsets No. 6 Capriati, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3

Ninth-seeded Leila Meskhi rallied to upset sixth-seeded Jennifer Capriati, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, Thursday in the third round of the Family Circle Magazine Cup at Hilton Head Island, S.C.

In other matches, top-seeded Martina Navratilova defeated Petra Langrova of Germany, 6-3, 6-4; second-seeded Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina beat Helen Kelesi of Canada, 6-3, 6-2; fourth-seeded Jana Novotna of Czechoslovakia routed Florencia Labat of Argentina, 6-1, 6-1; seventh-seeded Helena Sukova of Czechoslovakia ousted Mercedes Paz of Argentina, 6-4, 6-0; eighth-seeded Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union beat No. 11 Sandra Cecchini of Italy, 6-4, 6-0, and Federica Bonsignori of Italy upset No. 16 Sabine Hack of Germany, 6-2, 6-4.

Top-seeded Andre Agassi got past David Engel of Sweden, 6-4, 6-4, in the second round of the Prudential Securities tournament at Orlando, Fla.

In other matches, third-seeded Brad Gilbert defeated Patrick Baur of Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5); MaliVai Washington beat Nicolas Pereira of Venezuela, 6-1, 6-3, and Chuck Adams defeated Bryan Shelton, 3-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-4).

Top-seeded Michael Chang outlasted Christo Van Rensburg of South Africa, 7-5, 6-7 (7-5), 6-4, in the Hong Kong Open.

In other matches, Alexander Mronz of Germany eliminated seventh-seeded Amos Mansdorf of Israel, 6-7 (7-4), 6-4, 6-2; Felix Barrientos of the Philippines beat Kevin Curren, 1-6, 6-1, 7-5, and Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands defeated Eduardo Masso of Belgium, 6-2, 6-3.