Lendl serves eleven aces

Press, 17 April 1982, Page 64

Lendl serves eleven aces

NZPA-Reuter Houston The top seed! Ivan Lendl, of Czechoslovakia, .overwhelmed Ecuador’s Ricardo Ycaza. 6-0, 64. yesterday to reach the quarter-finals of a $300,000 World Championship Tennis (W.C.T.) tournmant in Houston. Lendl, who has won five tournaments this year and lost' only two matches, hammered in 11 clean aces and 10 service winners. Jose Luis Clerc, of Argen-

i tina, the second seed, • shrugged off the effects of a ■ sinus infection to beat > Wojtek Fibak, of Poland. 6-2, ) 6-3. i The victory enabled Clerc > to pass Fibak to take second i place in the W.T.C. points standings. Lendl recieved i $200,000 for first place, Clerc i $lOO,OOO and Fibak $60,000 ■ for third place. 5 . The third seed, Eliot Teltscher, coasted to a 6-3, - 6-3, victory over Steve Den-

ton. but the fourth-seeded Peter McNamara, of Australia. struggled to beat Erick Iskersky 6-7, 6-1, 6-3; In the other second round matches, the sixth seed, Eddie Dibbs. beat. Giarmi Ocleppo, of Italy, 6-2, 7-6: the eighth seed. Andres Gomez, of Ecuador, downed Rod Frawley, of Australia. 6-2. 6-3, and the unseeded Mario Martinez, of Bolivia, defeated Jose Higueras, of Spain, 6-4. 7-5,