Tennis

As expected, Monica Seles withdrew from the Virginia Slims of Washington.

Later in the day, Gerry Smith, executive director of the Women’s Tennis Assn., issued a statement saying the organization “will carefully review its procedures for accepting tournament entries and withdrawals in an effort to ensure that incidents of this nature will not recur.”

Meanwhile, on the court in Washington, eighth-seeded Nathalie Tauziat of France was upset by Andrea Strnadova of Czechoslovakia, 6-4, 7-5; Regina Rajchrtova of Czechoslovakia defeated Helen Kelesi of Canada, 7-5, 6-4, and Marian De Swardt of South Africa beat Ros Fairbank-Nideffer, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).

Also, Katerina and Magdalena Maleeva each scored first-round victories. Sixth-seeded Katerina defeated Carrie Cunningham, 6-4, 6-0, and Magdalena topped Sweden’s Catarina Lindqvist, 6-4, 6-3.