McENROE AND CONNORS STORM AHEAD IN U.S. OPEN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS
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Also posting third-round victories Sunday on the hardcourts at the National Tennis Centre were ninth-seeded Henrik Sundstrom of Sweden, no. 13 Tomas Smid of Czechoslovakia, no. 14 Anders Jarryd of Sweden and qualifier Robert Green of the United States.
The final fourth-round spot in the men's singles was decided Sunday night when Guillermo Vilas of Argentina played Gene Mayer in a battle of unseeded players.
Connors swept past Henri Leconte of France 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 in his bid to win his third consecutive U.S. Open title. and sixth overall. The lefthander was never in trouble against his French opponent, who alternated brilliant winners with sloppy play.
"This match here makes me very alert, makes me expect everything back, not take anything for granted," Connors said of his inconsistent foe.
A subdued McEnroe, in perfect control of his game and his on-court behavior, breezed past Kevin Moir of South Africa 6-3, 6-0, 6-3, while Lloyd, after dropping the opening set, won the second-set tiebreaker 12-10 en route to posting a 2-6, 7-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Kriek, the 1981 and 1982 Australian Open champion.
It is the second straight year Lloyd, the husband of Chris Evert Lloyd who four years ago dropped to 356th in the computer rankings, has gained the fourth round here. Sundstrom defeated Israel's Shahar Perkiss 7-6, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Smid ousted Tom Gullikson 4-6, 6-4, 7-6, 6-4; Nystrom downed Sandy Mayer 5-7, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 and Green surprised Australian John Fitzgerald 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6.
In women's singles, fourth-seeded Pam Shriver, no. 8 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch of West Germany, no. 9 Lisa Bonder, no. 13 Wendy Turnbull of Australia and no. 15 Barbara Potter also moved into the fourth round, where they were joined by two unseeded players, Czechoslovakia's Helena Sukova and Susan Mascarin.
Shriver eliminated Peanut Louie 6-3, 7-5; Kohde-Kilsch downed Sweden's Caterina Lindqvist 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; Bonder defeated South African Yvonne Vermaak 6-1, 6-0; Turnbull stopped South Africa's Beverly Mould 6-3, 1-6, 6-1; Potter ousted fellow American Patty Fendick 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Sukova toppled 14-year-old Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina 6-4, 6-4; and Mascarin downed Romania's Virginia Ruzici 6-2, 3-6, 6-2. The fourth-round pairings will send top-seeded Martina Navratilova against Potter,
Bonder against Sukova, Shriver against Smylie. river against Mascarin and Turnbull against KohdeKilsch in the top half of the draw. In the bottom half, Petra Delhees Jauch of Switzerland will face no. 14 Carling Bassett of Canada, Lori McNeil will play no. 3 Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia, West Germany's Sylvia Hanika will take on Petra Huber of Austria and no. 12 Bonnie Gadusek will play Chris Evert Lloyd, the no. 2 seed.
