Tennis Roundup : Noah Defeats Mayotte in WCT; Zina Garrison Is Ousted at Largo, Fla.

Yannick Noah used an overpowering serve to defeat Tim Mayotte for the first time Wednesday night, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3, and advance to the semifinals of the $680,000 World Championship of Tennis at Dallas.

The night’s other quarterfinal match sent top-seeded Stefan Edberg of Sweden against Martin Jaite of Argentina.

Noah, who this season is off to the best start in his nine-year professional career, lost his serve just once in disposing of Mayotte in an hour and 36 minutes. Mayotte had won the three previous meetings with the Frenchman, two of them in straight sets.

Making his fourth appearance at the WCT and reaching the semifinals for the second time, Noah displayed the form which brought him a victory earlier this year in Milan, Italy and a semifinal appearance in the Lipton International.

Not only did he serve well, Noah returned Mayotte’s serve consistently and dealt out one forceful volley after another.

Noah’s victory boosted his 1988 record to 19-3.

Mayotte earned two break points against Noah in the third game of the match, but failed to convert and found himself with few opportunities after that.

Mayotte was broken just once in each of the first two sets, losing the 10th game of the first set when Noah rifled a backhand passing shot down the line at set point.

Two straight unforced errors, one on a backhand and the other on a forehand, cost Mayotte his serve in the fourth game of the second set.

Mayotte was broken in the fifth game of the third set and suddenly Noah failed to win a point on his own serve in the sixth game. But Noah broke right back and then broke again in the ninth game to win the match.

Mayotte was one of two Americans in the eight-man WCT field, the other--Brad Gilbert--reaching the semifinals Tuesday night with a four-set win over Wimbledon champion Pat Cash.

Fourth-seeded Zina Garrison and seventh-seeded Isabel Cueto were upset by unseeded players in the $200,000 Eckerd Open at Largo, Fla.

Garrison was beaten, 6-1, 6-3, by Halle Cioffi in a delayed first-round match.

Cueto of West Germany was ousted by unseeded Patricia Tarabini of Argentina, 6-1, 6-1, in a second-round match to move into the quarterfinals.

Third-seeded Claudia Kohde-Kilcsh of West Germany and eighth-seeded Judith Weisner of Austria also were upset Tuesday by unseeded players.

In other matches Wednesday, second-seeded Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria advanced into the quarterfinals by downing unseeded Kathleen Horvath, 6-2, 7-5.