Lewis ousted
NZPA Vancouver The top seed, Eddie Dibbs, of the United States, beat < hris Lewis, of New Zealand, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, in the semi-finals of the $210,000 Canadian open tennis championships yesterday. In the quarter-finals Lewis shocked the fourth seed, Raul Ramirez (Mexico), by beating him 7-6, 6-7, 7-5. Brian Gottfried, of the
United States, was leading Argentina’s Jose Luis Clerc, 1-0, in the first set of the other semi-final when a thunderstorm struck and forced suspension of the rest of the day’s play. Regina Marsikova, of Czechoslovakia, retained the women’s title when she beat Virginia Ruzici, of Romania, 17-5, 6-7, 6-2 in the final.
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