Tennis

Michael Chang served flawlessly and surprised Pete Sampras, the world’s top-ranked player, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, in the championship of the Colonial Classic exhibition tournament in Melbourne.

Fifth-seeded Chuck Adams beat fellow American Vince Spadea, 7-6 (11-9), 2-6, 6-4, in the semifinals of the New Zealand Open in Auckland and will play Thomas Enqvist of Sweden for the title. Enqvist scoreed a 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 victory over Alexander Volkov of Russia.

Winter Sports

Florence Masnada of France earned her first World Cup victory in 1 minute, 25.92 seconds in the super giant slalom in GarmischPartenkirchen, Germany, saying that thoughts of Ulrike Maier inspired her on the first race on the course where the Austrian ace crashed and died a year ago.

“Her spirit is still here,” said Masnada.

Americans finished 2-3, with Picabo Street the runner-up, followed by Shannon Nobis

In a tribute to Maier, the race was stopped for a minute of silence when No. 32 came up, the bib Maier was wearing when she died.

Luc Alphand of France made history at Kitzbuehel, Austria, becoming the first skier to in two World Cup events within a few hours by taking both races in a unique downhill doubleheader.

Alphand was timed in 1 minute, 40.97 seconds, for the first race. Less than three hours later, Alphand took the second in 1:40.33.

Today, Alberto tomba will seek his sixth consecutive slalom victory of the season.

American Donna Weinbrecht (25.69 points) edged past teammate and Olympic silver medalist Liz McIntyre (25.56) to win for the first time in 10 months, and Sergei Shupletsov (27.46) of Russia defeated upstart Evan Dybvig (26.08) of the United States to claim his third successive victory in World Cup moguls competition in Breckenridge, Colo.