Upsets in tennis
NZPA Perth Australia’s comeback twins, i Tony Roche and Geoff Masters.; bundled Harold Solomon (United i States) and Britain’s Richard Lewis out of the Hitachi tennis 1 I classic yesterday night to pick I up semi-final spots against Ameriican opponents. The 27-year-old Masters showed that he had recovered from a serious achillOs heel operation a i few months ago to beat the British Davis Cup player, 6-3,', .7-6. and Roehe. out of top-class'; : tennis for several years with an elbow injury, blasted past Solo-
i, mon, the world's ninth-ranked ! player, 6-4. 6-1. Roche now goes into the seta •’final against the second-seeder Vitas Gerulaitis, a 6-1, M victoi lover Jan Hrebec, of Czecnoelo ; vakia, while Masters meets Hani i Pfister, who defeated hi* com ■ patriot Dm Wilkieon, 6-3. 6-4 Doubles quarter-final*: A Stem I and R. Ruffels <Aust.’> beat K 1; Case and G. Masters (Aust.), 4-6 i 7-5. 7-6; J. WMtlinge and N Sail ano 'U.S., beat B. Walt* and H /Pfister (U.S.I. 6-2. 6-3: J Fast l!bender and K. Metier 'West (Ser II many) beat T. Wilkiaon and P •du Pre (U.S.). 6-3, 3-6. 61.
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