Becker awesome
NZPA-Reuter New York The Wimbledon champion, Boris Becker, blending an awesome power game with touch and coolness under pressure, upset Mats Wilander, of Sweden, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, yesterday to gain the semi-finals of the JUSSOO.OOO Masters tennis championships. Becker’s triumph gained him a berth against the winner of today’s quarter-final match between Anders Jarryd, of Sweden, and the American, Brad Gilbert, who upset the defending champion, John McEnroe. Earlier yesterday, Andres Gomel, of Ecuador, added an- ■
other chapter to his Masters’ Cinderella story when he upset the American, Johan Kriek, 6-3,6-2, to reach the semi-finals. Gomez, a last-minute replacement for ; flu-stricken Jimmy Connors, will face the victor of today's quarter-final match between top-seeded Ivan Lendl, and Tim Mayotte of the United States. In the doubles quarter-finals, Ken Flach and'Robert Seguso (United States) beat Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez (Spain) 6-0, 7-6 (7-1). Stefan Edberg and Anders Jarryd (Sweden) beat Pavel Slozu ~and Tomas. • Smid (Czechcttovakia) 7-6 (7-2),
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Press, 18 January 1986, Page 8
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