Borg through

Press, 1 September 1980, Page 38

Borg through

NZPA-Reuter New York

Tracy Austin, the defending champion and top women’s seed, and the top men’s seed, Bjorn Borg, have advanced to the fourth round of the United States tennis open. Austin recovered from a 1-4 deficit in the opening set to beat Sylvia Hanika, of West Germany, 6-4, while Borg, bidding for his first open title, also got off to a slow start before eliminating Peter McNamara, of Australia, 7-6,1-6, 6-0. . ; / Four other men’s seeds and four seeded women also gained the fourth round at the United States National Tennis Centre before a crowd of 20,049, the fourth seed, Guillermo Vilas, of Argentina, had the closest call, as he edged. Francisco Gonzalez, of Puerto Rico, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2. The fourteenth seed, Wojtek Fibak, of Poland, and Yannick Noah of France, No. 15, both had to recover from, first-set losses to prevail. Fibak beat Van

Winitsky 3-6, 6-1, 7-6, while Noah eliminated Mel Purcell, 4-6, 6-2, 6=4, 6-4.

The eleventh seed, Roscoe Tanner, turned back Erick Van Dillen, 7-6, 6-1, 6-2. Chris Evert Lloyd, the third women’s- seed, routed Wendy White, 6-1, 6-1, and has now lost only six games in. six sets. Others to advance were the sixth seed, Dianne Fromholtz of Australia, the tenth seed, Virginia Ruzici, of Rumania, arid the thirteenth seed, Pam Shriver, Who was runner-up to Mrs Lloyd two years ago. Ms Fromholtz crushed her compatriot, Susan Leo, 6-0, 6-2, Ms Ruzici ousted Pam Teeguarden, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, arid Pam Shriver beat Bet? tina Bunge, 6-3, 6-3. Buster Mottram, of Britain gained the round of 16 when he edged Hank Pfister, 7-6, 4-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Pfister had upset the fifth seed, Vitas Gerulaitis in the second round,

Brian Teacher also moved into the fourth round with a! 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, 6-2 victory over India’s Vijay Amritraj.