TENNIS ROUNDUP : Sampras Beats Gilbert to Reach Final at Lyon

Former U.S. Open winner Pete Sampras beat Brad Gilbert, 6-1, 6-2, in less than an hour Saturday in their semifinal match at the Lyon Grand Prix in France.

Sampras, seeded second, will play French wild-card entry Olivier Delaitre for the title today. Delaitre beat No. 3 seed Sergei Bruguera, 6-4, 6-4.

In the first round, Delaitre eliminated top-seeded Guy Forget.

Wimbledon champion Michael Stich advanced to the final of the CA Trophy tournament with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 victory over Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia at Vienna.

Jan Siemerink of the Netherlands won the other semifinal, beating Carl-Uwe Steeb, 6-3, 6-2.

Stich needed 1 hour 38 minutes to defeat the third-seeded Korda, who took the second set after two spectacular shots gave him a 4-2 lead.

David Wheaton and Ivan Lendl advanced to the final of the Marlboro Tennis Championships with victories at Hong Kong. Wheaton was given a second chance a day after being eliminated when he finished behind Shuzo Matsuoka of Japan in group play.

However, Matsuoka became ill, and Wheaton went into the semifinals, where he beat fellow American Michael Chang, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7).

Lendl, the defending champion, defeated Australian Todd Woodbridge, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3).

At Filderstadt, Germany, Martina Navratilova defeated Judith Wiesner of Austria, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4), to advance to the final of the WTA tournament against Anke Huber.

Huber, a 16-year-old German, used a powerful forehand to defeat seventh-seeded Helena Sukova of Czechoslovakia, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2).

John McEnroe, a four-time Stockholm Open winner, withdrew from the tournament because of a foot injury, organizers said.