Agassi, Chang Set Up Another Duel

Andre Agassi set up a showdown with fellow American Michael Chang by defeating Magnus Larsson, 6-4, 6-4, Saturday in the semifinals of the AT&T; Challenge tennis tournament in Atlanta. Second-seeded Chang downed fourth-seeded Todd Martin, 6-3, 6-0, earlier. Agassi and defending champion Chang have met 10 times with Agassi leading the series, 8-2. Agassi has won both their matches on clay, the surface in Atlanta.

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Switzerland’s 14-year-old Martina Hingis earned her first pro final by beating Germany’s Anke Huber, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, in the semifinals of the Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany. She will face Wimbledon champion Conchita Martinez, who beat Magdalena Maleeva, 6-0, 6-0. . . . Michael Stich, who hasn’t won a tournament this year, reached the final of the BMW Open, defeating Marcelo Filippini of Uruguay, 6-4, 6-4, in Munich, Germany. Stich will meet Wayne Ferreira, who defeated Spain’s Alex Corretja, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. . . . The third-seeded University of San Diego defeated second-seeded Nevada Las Vegas, 4-1, and top-seeded California defeated fifth-seeded UC Irvine, 4-2, in the semifinals of the NCAA Region 8 tournament at UCLA. The winner of today’s final receives a berth in the NCAA championships.

Miscellany

Mike Aulby won the American Bowling Congress Bud Light Masters in Reno, becoming the first professional bowler to win the Tournament of Champions and Masters in the same year. . . . Tampa Bay fullback Anthony McDowell was recovering in good condition after accidentally shooting himself in the leg while unloading a gun, police said in Tampa, Fla. . . . Mike Middleton, a former Indiana University strong safety for the Barcelona Dragons of the World League of American Football, was flown to a hospital in Frankfurt, Germany, for a suspected broken vertebra. . . . Vassilli Davidenko of Georgia claimed a three-second victory in the 110-mile 10th stage of the Tour DuPont while Lance Armstrong continued his overall lead in Winston-Salem, N.C., before his anticipated victory today. . . . Heavyweight Davarryl Williamson and flyweight Raul Gonzales got the United States and the powerful Cubans off to successful starts at the World Amateur Boxing Championships in Berlin. Williamson scored a 9-4 decision over Georgios Stefanopoulos of Greece, and Gonzales got an easy 8-6 decision over Rustamhodzha Rahimov of Tajikistan. . . . Ricky Rudd had a record-breaking fast lap of 92.132 m.p.h. to win the pole for today’s Save Mart Supermarkets 300 Winston Cup race at Sonoma, Calif. . . . Scott Kalitta is the leader in top fuel, Cruz Pedregon in funny car and Scott Geoffrion in pro stock qualifying for today’s finals of the Mid-South Nationals in Millington, Tenn. . . . Former soccer star Diego Maradona said he is resigning as coach of Argentine team Racing Club because team president Juan Destefano lost his reelection bid.