Tennis Roundup : Wilander Leads Favorites Into Quarterfinals
- Share via
Top-seeded Mats Wilander beat 17-year-old Franco Davin, 6-2, 6-2, at Brookline, Mass., Thursday as the top seven players advanced to the quarterfinals of the $239,000 U.S. Pro Championships.
In other matches, Andres Gomez defeated Diego Perez, 6-4, 6-4; Kent Carlsson ousted Guillermo Vilas, 6-3, 6-2; Martin Jaite beat Francesco Cancellotti, 6-2, 6-2; Joakim Nystrom eliminated Craig Miller, 6-2, 6-2; Aaron Krickstein downed Andrew Castle, 6-1, 7-5, and Jimmy Arias defeated Pablo Arraya, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5.
In the only upset, No. 9 Thierry Tulasne lost to Tom Nijssen, 2-6, 6-0, 7-6.
At Newport, R.I., third-seeded Wally Masur ousted fellow Australian John Fitzgerald, 6-4, 6-3, in the quarterfinals of the $100,000 International Tennis Hall of Fame Championships.
Masur will play Dan Goldie--a 6-4, 7-5 winner over Marc Flur--in the semifinals Saturday.
Claudio Mezzadri of Switzerland upset No. 6-seeded Anders Jarryd of Sweden 7-6, 6-3 in the second round of the $230,000 Swiss Open at Gstaad, Switzerland.
Go beyond the scoreboard
Get the latest on L.A.'s teams in the daily Sports Report newsletter.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
