Lewis beaten
NZPA Aix-En-Provenpe Chris Lewis, of New Zealand, and his partner, Wally Masur, of Australia, were beaten in the final of the doubles at a grand prix tennis tournament.
The match was won by the Australians, Pat Cash and Paul McNamee, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
® John McEnroe underlined his current mastery of the sport when he crushed his arch-rival, Jimmy Connors, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, to win the $500,000 World Championship Tennis finals in Dallas.
“I think this is probably the best match I’ve ever played in my life,” McEnroe said after receiving the trophy, his fourth triumph in the event.
McEnroe, unbeaten in 28 matches this year, drew even with Connors at 12-12 in their personal rivalry by defusing the No. two seed’s strongest weapon, his return of service. McEnroe slammed down 13 aces and kept Connors off-balance with a mixture of soft-paced backspin
strokes and ferocious topspin drives.
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