TENNIS ROUNDUP : Navratilova, Capriati Win in 2nd Round

Martina Navratilova, hobbled by a hamstring injury, and Jennifer Capriati each fought off challenges from unseeded opponents Wednesday to advance to the third round of the Italian Open in Rome.

Navratilova defeated Australia’s Rachel McQuillan, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, and 14-year-old Capriati outlasted Susan Sloane, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).

The top-seeded Navratilova, wearing a bandage around her left thigh, showed little movement over the red clay of the Foro Italico.

“I’m playing it day by day,” she said. “I can’t go 100%. I’m playing at about three-quarter speed.”

Capriati, who turned pro in March and is seeded 12th, had beaten Sloane, 6-4, 6-1, at Hilton Head, S.C., last month in her third pro tournament. In another match, third-seeded Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain Kristin Godridge of Australia, 6-1, 6-1.

Andrei Chesnokov of the Soviet Union faces a fine after failing to show for his match at the $1-million German Open at Hamburg, West Germany.

Chesnokov, seeded eighth, was scheduled to face West German Udo Riglewski in a second-round match, and officials replaced him with Lars Jonsson of Sweden.

Unseeded Jimmy Arias of the United States beat Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, and Henri Leconte of France downed Jordi Arrese of Spain, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.

Third-seeded David Wheaton avoided becoming the fifth seeded player to lose in the U.S. Clay Court championships at Kiawah Island, S.C., rallying to beat qualifier Craig Campbell, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5.