Seeds beaten in tennis
NZPA-AP Memphis, Tennessee The eighth-seeded Brad Gilbert upset the No. 1, Jimmy Connors, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, and the unseeded Mikael Pemfors eliminated the No. 4, Kevin Curren, 6-4, 6-2, in the quarter-finals of the $U5315,000 ($601,650) Volvo United States National Indoor tennis championship at Memphis.
The defending champion and second seed, Stefan Edberg, easily advanced to the semi-finals ahead of the No. 7, Johan Kriek, 6-3, 6-2, and
the third-seeded Anders Jarryd eliminated the No. 6, Paul Annacone, 7-6, 7-5.
“I don’t enjoy losing to anyone,” said Connors, who has won the tournament a record seven times. “Nobody’s perfect. But I’m out there digging it out.”
Gilbert, who had never beaten Connors in three previous meetings, complained about the officiating in the first set.
"But I settled down,” he said.
“We seem to get into some wars,” Gilbert said. “I've
been on the short end. This one was sweet.” Pernfors, of Sweden, was the only qualifier to make it to the quarter-finals. The two-time National Collegiate Athletic Association champion, aged 22, broke Curren’s serve in the first game of each set. Curren, who is ranked tenth among the world’s tennis professionals, said he allowed Pernfors to dictate the game. Pernfors is ranked 157th.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19860210.2.168.3
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Press, 10 February 1986, Page 30
Word count
Tapeke kupu
207Seeds beaten in tennis Press, 10 February 1986, Page 30
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Copyright in all Footrot Flats cartoons is owned by Diogenes Designs Ltd. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise these cartoons and make them available online as part of this digitised version of the Press. You can search, browse, and print Footrot Flats cartoons for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Diogenes Designs Ltd for any other use.
Acknowledgements
Ngā mihi
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in