Mecir, Connors victorious

Press, 23 March 1988, Page 68

Mecir, Connors victorious

! : I ! • Il ' 'I T' . : NZPA-Reuter | Key Biscayne, Florida ■ Miloslav Mecir, of Czechoslovakia, and the American Jimmy Connors moved into the quarter-finals with straight-set victories yesterday) at the SUS2.I million ) International Players ) tennis tournament. I ■)| Chris Evert also advanced, but she drew more attention with the announcement that she wouid marry the former skier, Andy Mills, within the year.' {' The third-seeded Mecir ended the Ibid of the.

fourteenth seed, Mikael! Pernfors, of Sweden, 7-5,1 6-0, 6-1. ! Connors, seeded! second, advanced by el-; , intimating the seven-)' teenthlseed, Amos Mans-’ dorf. of Israel, 6-3; 6-4, 6-1 3 ’ |i ! |L II The seventh seed, Bar-) bara! Potter, ended the! i upset run of qualifier) Sabine, Auer of West Germany 6-3, 6-0. The hardserving Potter had no) . problems against Auer —) No. 284 in the world —- , who had ) beaten the fourth seed, Hana I Mandi kova,)of Australia.) Mec r, seventh in the!

world, looked very uninterested the beginning of the matph, as Pernfors coasted to a 4-0 lead. Suddenly, though, Mecir changed r ickets and began producing winners in bunches, [is he repeatedly caught Pernfors out of position. The Czechoslovak swept 19 of the last 21 games with brilliant tennis, while Pernfors seemed confused. Evert, seeded second, suffered lapses in cohr centration before beating Pascale I I Paradis of France 6-4, 6-2. j ( Results—

IJ ! I - I Men’s singles, fourth round: I ’ » 2-Jimpiy Connors (U.S.) beat | 17-Amos Mansdorf (Israel) 6-3, 6-4, 6-3; 7-Anders Jarryd (Sweden) beat i Guy Forget (France) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4); 3-Miloslav Mecir (Czechoslovakia) beat 14-Mi-kael Pjernfors (Sweden) 7-5, 6-6, 6-lj Jay Berger (U.S.) beat 11-Emilio Sanchez (Spain) [6-4,1 7-5, 6-4. | Women’s singles, fourth round: I I 1 2-Chris Evert (U.S.) | beat Pascalie] Paradis (France) 64, 6-2; 5-Heiena Sukova (Czechoslovakie) beat| 12Raffaella Reggi (Italy) 6-3, 63; Stepahine Rehe (U.S.) beat Patricia) Tarbini (Argentina) 6-4, 6-2: 9-Barbara j- Potter (U.S.) . beat Sabine; JAuer (West G'ermany ) 6-|> 6-0.