France eliminated
NZPA-AFP Asuncion The French tennis star, Yannick Noah, punched a Paraguayan fan last night while his team-mate, Henri Leconte, was losing the final Davis Cup match of the world group first round tie. When a spectator, Roberto Velazquez, shouted something uncomplimentary about Leconte, Noah leaped into the grandstand brandishing a tennis racket. Velazquez, obviously hurt, was taken to a first-aid centre. The punch stopped the second set for a few minutes. Leconte then rallied to win the third set but finally lost in four sets 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to the veteran, Victor Pecci, who had already defeated Noah. France was eliminated 3-2. Other countries to advance to the quarter-finals in the competition include Australia, the United States, India, West Germany and Czechoslovakia. Th* Australians got through, 3-2, over Yugosla-
via in Split, after Pat Cash had won the first reverse singles against Marko Ostoja, 6-2, 6-0, 6-2. Paul McNamee went down in the meaningless fifth rubber to Slobodan Zivojinovic, 6-3, 3-6, 3-6. The United States easily beat Japan, 5-0, but none of the other qualifiers had undefeated runs. India 4 beat Italy, 3-2, in Calcutta, its
first win over the Italians in the Cup. Vijay Amritraj gave the Indians a winning 3-1 lead when he heat Francesco Cancellotti, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3, 8-6. In the last reverse singles, Claudio Panatta beat Ramesh Krishnan, 6-8, 6-4, 6-1. India will meet the winners of the postponed match between Chile and Sweden for a semi-final place. West Germany won the opening three rubbers to go through against Spain in Sindelfingen. Sergio Casal reduced the deficit with a 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 win over Boris Becker in the first reverse singles. In the other first round tie, Ecuador has a 2-1 lead over Argentina, after its double pairing, Andres Gomez and Ricardo Ycaza, beat Jose Luis Clerc and Martin Jaite, 13-11, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, in Buenos Aires. South Korea won its eastern zone Davis Cup second round tie, 4-1, against Pakistan yesterday in Islamabad.
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