Lewis in last 16

Press, 27 June 1983, Page 30

Lewis in last 16

NZPA London Chris Lewis (New Zealand) continued to show his top form when he beat the American, Mike Bauer, in five sets at Wimbledon to go into the fourth round. It is the first time he has gone that far. Lewis, who has lost to Bauer in the last year, won 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 6-7 (1-7), 6-4, in a tight match lasting nearly three hours. With Lewis now into the fourth round there is every possibility that he will go even further to the quarterfinals and maybe the semifinals. In the fourth round he will face the player Wimbledon crowds have taken, to their hearts, the only Nigerian player on the circuit, Nduka Odizor. Roscoe Tanner, who has fallen to 140th in the world rankings, has hammered his way into the last 16 by upsetting the fifth-seeded Mats Wilander, of Sweden, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4, over the week-end. Tanner’s third round victory means Americans fill six of the eight places in the bottom half of the draw. Like Tanner, two of the others, Mike Leach and Robert Van’t Hof, exceeded all expectations in reaching the fourth round. Leach, aged 23, came through a fiercely competi-

tive third round match against Mark Edmondson, of Australia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6- Van’t Hof put out 11th seed Johan Kriek, the South African-born American, 6-3, 7- 6-1. All this was welcome news for John McEnroe, the second seed, who will face either Leach or another unseeded American, Sandy Mayer, in the quarter-finals, assuming he overcomes 14th-seeded Bill Scanlon in his next match. McEnroe performed and behaved in exemplary fashion as he overwhelmed compatriot Brad Gilbert, 62, 6-2, 6-2, on centre court. In the women’s singles,

the top-seeded Martina Navratilova, comfortably avoided the calamity which befell her great rival Chris Evert Lloyd. Navratilova swept aside Mima Jausovec of Yugoslavia, 6-2, 6-1, to reach the last 16. But two women’s seeds did fall by the wayside, Sylvia Hanika, of West Germany, seeded ninth, was beaten 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, by Jennifer Mundel, of South Africa, and thirteenth seeded Jo Durie, of Britain, went out 7-6, 7-5, to West German, Eva Pfaff. Brilliant serving was the key to McEnroe’s success. He conceded only 13 points in 12 service games.