TENNIS

Jim Courier ended a surprising run by Chris Woodruff, beating the qualifier, 6-4, 6-3, for the U.S. Indoor championship at Philadelphia. Superb serves and string-shredding groundstrokes by the No. 2-seeded Courier were too much for Woodruff, who won only nine points against Courier’s serve.

Courier, who earned $110,000 by winning the 19th title of his career, didn’t lose a set all week.

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At Milan, Italy, big-serving Goran Ivanisevic won his third title of the year and 15th of his career by defeating Marc Rosset, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3), at the Italian Indoors. He had 20 aces as he improved his record this year to 25-3. . . . At Naples, Fla., Andres Gomez, at 36 the youngest player on the Champions Tour, won yet again on the over-35 circuit, beating Jose-Luis Clerc, 6-4, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-3), at the Nuveen Masters. . . . At Linz, Austria, Sabine Appelmans of Belgium beat Julie Halard-Decugis of France, 6-2, 6-4, to win the Generali tournament.