Swedes set to clash
NZPA-Reuter New York The third seed, Mats Wilander, patiently outlasted an error-prone Miloslav Mecir, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6, last evening to reach the last four of the U.S. Open tennis tournament. In the semi-finals Wilander will face compatriot, Stefan Edberg, the 21-year-old Australian Open champion who is seeded second in this tournament. Edberg defeated Ramesh Krishnan of India, the only unseeded player to reach the quar-ter-finals, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, a contest that was far closer than the score suggests. Results of matches played yesterday (prefix number denotes seeding): Men’s singles, quarter-final round: 2-Stevan Edberg (Sweden) bt Ramesh Krishnan (India) 6-2, 6-2, 6-2, 3Mats Wilander (Sweden) bt 5Miloslav Mecir (Czechoslovakia) 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6. Women’s doubles, quarterfinal round: 5-Kathy Jordan (U.S.) and Elizabeth Smylie (Australia) bt Jo Durie (Britain) and Sharon WalshPete (U.S.) 6-1, 6-4, 3-Steffi Graf (West Germany) and Gabriela Sabatini (ARgentina) bt 6-Zina Garrison and Lori McNeil (U.S.) 6-4, 5-7, 64, 8-Anne Hobbs (Britain) and Betsy Nagelsen (U.S.) bt 2Claudia Kohde-Kilsch (West Germany) and Helena Sukova (Czechoslovakia) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Men’s doubles, semi-finals: 2-Ken Flach and Robert Seguso (U.S.) bt 4-Andres Gomez (Ecuador) and Slobodan Zivojinovic (Yugoslavia) 6-3, 7-6, 7-5, 1-Stefan Edberg and Anders Jarryd (Sweden) beat 3-Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez (Spain) 6-4, 6-4, 6-0. *
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