Muster Will Play Edberg After First-Round Struggle

Top-seeded Thomas Muster fought his way to the second round of the CA Trophy tennis tournament in Vienna on Wednesday by defeating unseeded Gianluca Pozzi of Italy, 7-5, 6-4.

Muster will play Sweden’s Stefan Edberg in the second round today. Edberg won his opening-round match Tuesday.

“I have to improve enormously, have to do everything better,” Muster said. “Otherwise, there’s no chance against Stefan.”

In other matches, third-seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia defeated David Prinosil of Germany, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2; fifth-seeded Boris Becker of Germany beat Australian Mark Woodforde, 7-6 (7-2), 3-6, 6-4; sixth-seeded Marcelo Rios of Chile lost to Arnaud Boetsch of France, 6-2, 6-4, in 61 minutes.

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Top-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario held off Jennifer Capriati, 6-4, 6-4, in the second round of the Porsche Grand Prix at Filderstadt, Germany. In other matches, fifth-seeded Anke Huber of Germany defeated countrywoman Elena Wagner, 6-2, 6-1; No. 2 Conchita Martinez of Spain beat Asa Carlsson of Sweden, 7-5, 6-4; Judith Wiesner of Austria eliminated Karina Habsudova of Slovakia, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2; and No. 8 Martina Hingis of Switzerland downed Amanda Coetzer of South Africa, 6-1, 7-5.

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Fourth-seeded Byron Black of Zimbabwe and fifth-seeded Sjeng Schalken of the Netherlands advanced to the quarterfinals in straight sets at the Beijing Open in China. Black beat Dennis Van Scheppingen of the Netherlands, 6-1, 6-3, and Schalken defeated Patrik Kuhnen of Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4).

Baseball

Ken Caminiti of the San Diego Padres underwent arthroscopic surgery to correct a partially torn left rotator cuff at Centinela Hospital Medical Center. . . . Seattle Mariner infielders Doug Strange and Brian Hunter and outfielder Alex Diaz became free agents when they refused to have their contracts outrighted.

Soccer

Estonia failed to show up for a World Cup qualifying match against Scotland, protesting a last-minute ruling that the game had to start nearly four hours early because of bad stadium lighting. A spokesman for FIFA, the world governing body, initially said Scotland had won the match by forfeit. Later, FIFA said no decision had yet been made.

“All parties will present their reports to FIFA, and we want to make a decision as soon as possible--before Oct. 20,” FIFA spokesman Andreas Herren said. “As far as we’re concerned, no game’s been played. One team did not turn out. Whether it should have or whether other things should be considered, we have to determine.”

Miscellany

U.S. and international Olympic officials expect the Atlanta Summer Games to break even or make a small profit, denying reports of a multimillion-dollar deficit.

“We have no indication yet as to the financial outcome of the Atlanta Games,” IOC Director General Francois Carrard said. “But the information we have so far seems to indicate ACOG hopes to clear their accounts not with a loss.”

Advocates for the disabled sued managers of the Oakland Coliseum and the Raiders and Athletics, saying the stadium lacks legally required wheelchair access despite an expensive renovation.

Georgetown basketball Coach John Thompson’s bid to own part of a slot-machine concession in Las Vegas was delayed after Thompson said Georgetown’s president, the Rev. Leo O’Donovan, still opposes the idea.

Four former Detroit Tiger bat boys allege in a federal lawsuit that they were treated unfairly and illegally. Allegations include that bat boys were assigned unpaid overtime and that tips left for them by players were stolen, according to the Detroit News.

Names in the News

UCLA point guard, Erica Gomez, the Pacific 10 Conference women’s freshman player of the year, tore a ligament in her right knee playing in a pickup basketball game at Pauley Pavilion and could be out for the season. . . . Richard Petty, Buddy Baker, the late Ralph Earnhardt, Don Garlits, Jim Hall and Rick Mears will be inducted April 24 into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Ala. . . . France’s Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli won the women’s individual time trial at the World Cycling Championships at Lugano, Switzerland. . . . The University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Erik Drygas, a sophomore hockey player partially paralyzed after breaking his neck during practice, underwent surgery, with doctors hoping they can restore more feeling in his upper body.