Muster, Ivanisevic Upset in Toronto

Top-seeded Thomas Muster and No. 2 Goran Ivanisevic were knocked out of the du Maurier Open on Wednesday at Toronto.

Daniel Nestor of Canada rewarded his home tennis fans with the night’s big jolt, a 6-3, 7-5 victory over Muster in the second round.

Mikael Tillstrom of Sweden pulled another upset earlier in the day, offsetting 32 aces by Ivanisevic to eliminate the Croatian, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-4.

Other seeded players to fall were No. 8 Marc Rosset of Switzerland, No. 11 Alberto Berasategui of Spain, No. 12 Francisco Clavet of Spain and No. 13 Jason Stoltenberg of Australia.

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Top-seeded Michael Chang defeated Sergi Bruguera of Spain, 6-3, 6-2, to reach the quarterfinals of the Hamlet Cup at Commack, N.Y. Unseeded Michael Joyce beat No. 3 Richey Reneberg, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. . . . Top-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain got a scare from Naoko Kijimuta of Japan at the Toshiba Classic at Carlsbad, but she advanced with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory.

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After following the ATP Tour men’s rankings almost number for number since they began in 1973, the U.S. Open pulled a switch and bumped No. 3 Chang ahead of No. 2 Muster for the year’s final Grand Slam event starting Monday in New York. Pete Sampras is seeded No. 1.

Jurisprudence

Michael Irvin apparently reneged on a deal to return a $50,000 sport utility vehicle to car dealers who are suing the Dallas Cowboy receiver, the dealers’ lawyer said. A 5:30 p.m. CDT deadline for the return of the vehicle, loaned to Irvin as part of an endorsement contract, passed without word from the football star.

Former Super Bowl MVP Harvey Martin was sentenced Tuesday to 2 1/2 years in jail on charges stemming from an attack last week on his girlfriend.

The former Cowboy defensive end was sentenced after pleading no contest to misdemeanor charges of assault, telephone harassment and resisting arrest.

Last week, Martin, 45, pleaded no contest to felony cocaine possession and was fined $1,000 and sentenced to seven years’ deferred probation and nine months in drug rehabilitation. The same night, Martin was charged with resisting arrest for allegedly scuffling with arresting officers in Dallas after an argument with his girlfriend, 37-year-old flight attendant Debbie Clark.

Deion Sanders was acquitted of injuring a security guard while leaving Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium on a motor scooter two years ago. The jury in the $1-million personal injury lawsuit said Sanders, then playing with the Cincinnati Reds, did not injure the guard. Deliberations in the civil trial, which began Monday, lasted about an hour.

New Mexico State safety James McIntyre has been accused of raping two women and burglary and has been indefinitely suspended from the Aggie football team, officials said.

McIntyre, 21, of Dallas was indicted by a grand jury on four counts of rape, one count of attempted rape and a count of aggravated burglary, police detective Byron Hollister said.

Also at New Mexico State, the men’s basketball team, recently placed on three years’ probation by the NCAA, has its latest recruit in legal trouble.

Donminic Ellison, a three-year starting point guard at Washington State who plans to transfer to New Mexico State, faces charges of marijuana possession and obstruction of justice in Washington. He also is charged with driving with a suspended license.

Basketball

The Phoenix Suns, with a glut of guards following the Charles Barkley trade, will send Elliot Perry to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

The Bucks, who have pursued the point guard for two years, will send Phoenix a conditional first-round draft pick for Perry, the paper reported. He averaged 8.6 points and 4.4 assists last season.

Free agent Dan Majerle will sign a three-year, $8-million deal with the Miami Heat, a team he rebuffed last week. The 6-foot-6 Majerle played seven seasons with the Phoenix Suns before he was traded to Cleveland last October.

Names in the News

Olympic champion Gail Devers won the women’s 100 meters and Nigeria’s Davidson Ezinwa took the men’s 100 over American Dennis Mitchell at a track meet in Linz, Austria. . . . Free-agent goaltender Tim Cheveldae signed a one-year contract with the Boston Bruins. He was 8-18-3 with the Winnipeg Jets last season. . . . Former World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Oliver McCall has entered a drug rehabilitation center in Winston-Salem, N.C.

Miscellany

Jill Justin-Coffel hit a three-run homer and had five RBIs, leading the California Commotion past the Southern California Jazz, 10-0, in the title game of the National Amateur Softball Assn. Women’s Major Fast Pitch Tournament at Stratford, Conn.