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Edberg faces Costa in semis
HAMBURG. May 9 Top-seeded Stefan Edberg of Sweden struggled into the semifinals Friday at the
rain-plagued ATP German Open tennis tournament in Hamburg, defeating Omar Camporese of Italy 2-6. 7-6. (7-5), 6-2. reports AP.
Edberg advances to the Inext round against unseeded
Carlos Costa of Spain, who de feated the Netherland's un-
seeded Paul Haarhuls 4 6, 6 4, 6-3. for his second win of the
The tournament's remain ing quarterfinal matches — second seeded Boris Becker of Germany against defending champion Karel Novacek of Czechoslovak and third-seeded Michael Stlch of Germany against Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands — were rescheduled for Saturday morning
after long Interruptions for rain and hall on Thursday and Friday
Edberg predicted on Thursday that the match against Camporese would be a tough one.
Tomorrow will be a test for me. Camporese ... is a great clay- court player.” said Edberg.
The Swede barely passed Friday's test. He played badly, but Camporese played worse.
Edberg's serve-and-volley didn't function well on the slow, sandy surface. He repeatedly gave away serves and break points 1n the first set, landing them in the net like birthday presents for
Chang, the world's sixth-best player, put up a decent fight. But both players made frequent errors and seemed to be adjusting to the clay court
Haarhuls clinched the third-round match In hairline tiebreaks with 7-6. (7-5). 7-6 (10-8) after two hours and 27 minutes before facing Costa.
Costa benefitted from a third-round victory early In the day. He defeated Olyvicr Delaitre of France 6-2, 6-3.
In other belated third-round matches Friday, second -seeded Becker needed 2 hours and 41 minutes to defeat un seeded Renzo Furlan of Italy.
Eighth-seeded Novacek had an easier win. beating Italy's Christiano Carattl 6-3, 6 2.
Third- seeded Stich beat Horst SkofT of Austria 6-3, 7-5.
Twelfth-seeded Krajicek defeated Croatia's fifth-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 7-5. 6-2.
If weather allows, the winners of Saturday morning s quarterfinal matches will also play their semifinals Saturday after a short rest pause. Camporese, who Friday turned 24
A fast-moving Camporese — 30 notches behind second-ranked Edberg in world tennis scores— used quick returns to stump the cold- stiffened Swede. Camporese easily won the first set and nearly the second as well.
But Edberg gained momentum in the tie break and put on the pressure in the third set to convert the first of three matchballs after a grueling 2 hoursand 14 minutes.
Haarhuls and Costa both put in double shifts Friday because of Thursday's rain delays.
Haarhuls ousted the last US American player in the tour nament. fourth- seeded Michael Chang.