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Edberg wears down Lendl to reach semis
MELBOURNE. Jan 22 : Stefan Edberg wore down an aggressive Ivan Lendl in five sets Wednesday
to advance to the semifinals at the Australian Open, reports AP.
The top-seeded Swede beat Lendl 4-6. 7-5. 6-1. 6-7 (5-7). 6-1 in a three hour-10 minute battle between a pair of two-time champions.
Edberg. 27. is bidding for his second straight Grand Slam title following his U.S. Open triumph late last year. He won the Australian Open tn 1985 and 1987. when the tournament was played on Kiss courts. He is seeking the th title of his career and his sixth Grand Slam.
Lendl. 31. won the Australian Open in 1989 and 1990 and was runner-up last year. He missed out on the semifinals for the first time since 1984.
Second-seeded American Jim Courier-downed his outgunned Israeli opponent Amos Mansdorf 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in another quarterfinal played in humid conditions.
Courier, the French Open champion, earned a semifinal meeting with either No. 4 Michael Stlch of Germany or unseeded Dutchman Richard Krajicek.
Lendl, seeded No. 5. began superbly against Edberg— attacking at every opportunity. He won the first seven points, took a 3-1 lead and senred out the set. He led 5-3 In the second set before Edberg began to recover.
The slick Swede won four straight games to take the second set. beginning a run in wh(ch he broke Lendl's serve four times and won 10 out of
The fourth set was much tighter and went on serve right through to be tiebreaker, which Lendl took 7-5. He clinched the set with a ripping passing shot.
However. Edberg lifted his game In the fifth set and Lendl wilted. The Swede raced to a 5-0 lead and then served out for the match 6-1.
"I got off to a good start in the fifth set and that was crunch time." Edberg said.
Edberg lost only four points on four service games In the final set as he used a wide variety of strokes.
"1 didn't really have too much chance in the beginning." Edberg said. "He gave me the chance and from then I played some really good tennis. Once I got my momentum going I felt a lot more comfortable."
"Once you can come through one of these matches you are going to feel a lot better." he added.
Lendl had own two of their three previous meetings at the Australian Open and still has a career edge of 13-12. Neither player had dropped a set going Into the quarterfinal.
Edberg said he believed Lendl was becoming slightly less of a threat
"He's not quite as confident as he may have been a couple of years ago." Edberg said. "He makes a few more easy mistakes. but he's still playing some very good tennis."
Lendl, surprisingly, agreed.
"If I had the confidence I had two or three years ago I would have won the second set and probably the match." he said. It's going to take time and I'll need to win some of these matches if I'm going to get it back. I have no doubt It will come back In the end."
Edberg will face Wayne Ferreira of South Africa In Friday's semifinals.
Courier scored his third straight victory oyer Mansdorf. a 26-year-old former Israeli army soldier playing In the first Grand Slam quarterfinal of his career.
"Every time you can get Into the deep end of the second week of a Grand Slam it is fantastic." Courier said.
The Rangy 21-year-old American has risen from 25th to second in the world rankings over the past 12 months. His consistent serve and strong groundstrokes proved too much for Mansdorf.
"I'm playing the big points well, serving well and concentrating extremely well,' Courier said. This year everything Is coining together right at the start."
No women's singles matches were scheduled Wednesday. Both semis will be played Thursday with defending champion Monica Seles, the top seed, facing No. 4 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain.
The other semi pits No. 3 Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina against No. 7 Mary Joe Fernandez of the United States.