Lendl beats Wilander
NZPA-AP Boca Raton, Florida The top seed,. Ivan Lendl, won the pivotal rain-delayed tie-breaker and then cruised to a 3-6, 6-1, 7-6, 6-4, victory over the second seed, Mats Wilander, of Sweden, yesterday to capture the
men’s singles title in the International Players Championships tennis tournament. The third-set tiebreaker took nearly three-and-a-half hours to complete, being interrupted by a three-hour, 15-minute rain delay.
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Press, 25 February 1986, Page 34
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