Sampras, Kafelnikov Win

U.S. Open champion Pete Sampras and French Open winner Yevgeny Kafelnikov advanced while Australian Open champion Boris Becker dropped out of the $1 million Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.

Sampras, ranked first in the world, advanced to the quarterfinals with a hard-fought 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 victory over German wild-card Thomas Haas while the third-seeded Kafelnikov earned his place by coming back to beat French qualifier Lionel Roux 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Becker, the fourth seed and world’s sixth-ranked player, was upset by Jiri Novak of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).