Chang Stops Bjorkman

Top-seeded Michael Chang beat Sweden’s Jonas Bjorkman 6-3, 6-1 and won the Hong Kong Salem Open for the second straight year in Hong Kong.

Playing in front of Britain’s Princess Diana, Chang lost his serve in the first game before overpowering the fifthseeded Bjorkman in an hour.

American Tommy Ho and Australian Mark Philippoussis upset third-seeded Australian John Fitzgerald and Sweden’s Anders Jarryd 6-1, 6-7 (7-2), 7-6 (7-3) to win the doubles title.

Martina Navratilova’s return to professional tennis was successful, albeit in a meaningless doubles match in Aventura, Fla., after the United States had already clinched a spot in the Federation Cup semifinals.

Navratilova teamed with Aspen, Colo., neighbor Gigi Fernandez to defeat Austria’s Barbara Schett and Petra Schwarz-Ritter 6-2, 6-1, to cap off the second-seeded Americans’ 5-0 sweep of Austria.

A fatigued Mary Joe Fernandez rode an early break in the third set to a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 victory over Judith Wiesner, clinching a semifinal berth for the United States against France.