TENNIS ROUNDUP : Chang Beats Fleurian in Memphis Match

Michael Chang, who slipped from the world elite because of a hip injury last year, beat Jean-Philippe Fleurian, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, Tuesday night in the opening round of a $750,000 indoor tournament at Memphis, Tenn.

Ranked No. 15 in the world, Chang said his hip has healed and he hopes to be back on the road to the top 10.

“I’m working toward it. . . . It would be nice to get back into the top 10, but to be a top-10er takes hard work and a lot of dedication and we’ll see if the game I have now will take me there,” he said.

Brad Gilbert, seeded fourth, withdrew Tuesday night because of an injured a tendon in his left leg.

In other matches Tuesday, Tim Mayotte, a former top-10 player now ranked 105th, beat Peter Lundgren of Monaco, 6-3, 6-4, and No. 8 Darren Cahill of Australia defeated Brian Garrow, 6-4, 6-2.

Stefan Edberg, who recently reclaimed the No. 1 ranking, beat unseeded Markus Zoecke of Germany, 6-4, 7-6 (6-2), in the first round of a $1-million tournament at Stuttgart, Germany.

Edberg gained the top seeding after Boris Becker pulled out because of a leg injury.

In other action, unseeded Sergi Bruguera of Spain beat third-seeded Thomas Muster of Austria, 6-2, 6-3; No. 4 Emilio Sanchez of Spain beat unseeded Amos Mansdorf of Israel, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3, and No. 8 Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland turned back Slobodan Zivojinovic of Yugoslavia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4).

Top-seeded Jana Novotna of Czechoslovakia withstood a first set tiebreaker to beat unseeded Carrie Cunningham, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, in the first round of the Virginia Slims of Oklahoma at Oklahoma City.

In the evening’s other center-court match, Halle Cioffi beat Pam Shriver, 6-1, 6-3.