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.