Greg Holmes causes upset in U.S. tennis Open

Press, 5 September 1983, Page 18

Greg Holmes causes upset in U.S. tennis Open

NZPA-Reuter New York

The orderly procession of seeded players into the round of 16 was shattered today as an American amateur, Greg Holmes, and Pascale Paradis of France scored stunning upsets at the United States Open tennis championships. The 20-year-old Holmes, holder of the United States Collegiate title and fresh from winning the Panameri-can-Games title in Caracas, Venezuela, shocked the sixth-seeded Guillermo Vilas of Argentina by winning 6-2, 6-2, 6-3.

Soon after Paradis, at 17 the ; world’s top junior this year, knocked the ninthseeded Andrea Temesvari of Hungary out of the women’s competition with a 6-4, 6-0 victory. Top-seeded Martina Navratilova scored her third consecutive straight sets win. by beating a fellowAmerican, Kate Gompert 62, 6-2. The men’s third seed, Jimmy Connors, was a 6-0,

6-4, 6-0 winner over a fellow American, Bruce Manson. Other men advancing with third-round victories included the American fourteenth seed, Eliot Teltscher, who beat Anders Jarryd of Sweden 6-7, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4, the American sixteenth seed, Bill Scanlon, a 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 winner over an Australian, Pat Cash, and John Lloyd of Britain, who beat an American, Terry Moor, 6-3, 5-7, 26, 6-0, 6-1. Earlier New Zealand’s Chris Lewis was beaten 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 by twelfth-seeded Bill Scanlon (U.S.).

Other women into the fourth round included American third and fifth seeds, Andrea Jaeger and Pam Shriver, and Sylvia Hanika of West Germany, who is seeded seventh. Shriver and Hanika won in straight sets, the American over countrywoman, Kim Shaefer, 6-0, 7-6 and Hanika against an American, Grace Kim, 6-3, 6-0. Jaeger had a much

tougher time against Mima Jausovec of Yugoslavia. Jaeger squandered a 5-1 lead in the second set and dropped the tie-breaker 7-2, then had to win a third-set tie-breaker 7-1 to oust Jausovec, 6-2, 6-7, 7-6. Paradis, the winner of this year’s French and Wimbledon junior titles, surprised even herself with her one-sided victory over Temesvari, aged 17. “I expected a tougher match but I could tell she was nervous when we took the court,” Paradis said. “She just deteriorated when I put the pressure on.” Paradis, delighting the grandstand fans with her aggressive, attacking style of play, made a rout of the match and needed only 17 minutes to win the second set

After breaking the , Hungarian teenager in the opening game of the set, Paradis lost just two points the rest of the way.

Paradis excelled in all facets on a bright, sunny day that drew 20,810 fans, but her service game stood out as superior.

Results of third-round matches (players American unless stated):

Men’s singles: Greg Holmes beat Guillermo Vilas (Argentina) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3; John Lloyd (Britain) beat Terry Moor 6-3, 5- 2-6, 6-0, 6-1; Jimmy Connors beat Bruce Manson 6-0, 6- 6-O, Bill Scanlon beat Pat Cash (Australia) 7-5, 6-3, 6-2; Hans Gunthardt (Switzerland) beat Gene Mayer 6-1, 6-0, 6-0. Women’s singles: Martina Navratilova beat Kate Gompert 6-2, 6-2; Andrea Jaeger beat Mima Jausovec (Yugoslavia) 6-2, 6-7, 7-6; Pascale Paradis (France) beat Andrea Temesvari (Hungary) 6-4, 6-0; Sylvia Hanika (West Germany) beat Grace Kim 6-3, 60; Lisa Bonder beat Catherinfe Suire (France) 6-2, 7-5; Pam Shriver beat Kim Shaefer 6-0, 7-