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Birthday boy Connors outplays Oncins
NEW YORK. Sept 3 : Thts time there was no dramatic comeback, no blood-and-guts fight. Just one
quick 40th birth-day bash tliat Jimmy Connors threw at tlx US Open, reports AP.
Il was all over in less than two hours, a neatly wrapped 6 1. 6-2. 6-3 victory over Jaime Onctns on Wednesday that put Connors into the second round against old nemesis Ivan Lendl.
Connors didn't need all the help he got from his unabashedly adoring fans — the standing ovation when he came in. the serenade of "Happy Birthday" verses, the whistles on Oncins serves, the cheers on Oncins' errors, the roars on every Connors winner.
Connors did tt on his own. as he ultimately must, with plenty of aid from an erratic, overwhelmed and sometimes indifferent Oncins.
"I would have done anything to win that match tonight." said Connors, as feisty at 40 as he was al 20. T would have served and volleyed if 1 had to. 1 would have changed my game for this match."
'He could have accomplished it. His game really is secondary to hls mind and hls will. Was he willing to stand out there four hours? I don't know. I would have."
The Brazilian. 22. seemed ready to make a battle of It. diving and rolling on the hard court on a backhand volley winner after a lunging forehand crosscourt by Connors in
the second game of the match. Thal brought Onctns back from 15-40. and he followed it with an ace en route to holding serve.
But the dive also was the start of Oncins' undoing. He scraped the back of hls hand on the court, had to have It treated during a changeover, and he won only ®i* points the rest of the set.
That minor injury, though, couldn't account for all the mis-hits and wild shots Oncins made. And It had nothing to do with the moments of brilliance that Connors still could muster.
Connors ended the first set with a leaping forehand lob after a long rally that had both players covering the length and breadth of the court. The lob drifted perfectly over Oncins' head, well out of his reach, and he didn't bother to go for tt or even look at It.
Connors waved his hands at the fan. beckoning him to come down to the court and try to play. Connors showed no effect from the thigh muscle he strained last week, but he often used hls bright yellow racket as a crutch to keep him upright when he was about to fall in rallies.
Connors wasn't broken until the eighth game of the third
Fans booed Oncins when he hit a drop shot to score a point off Connors in that break game, but it hardly mattered. The final point was another gift from Oncins. a wildly mishit forehand that landed be-
yond the doubles box. It was Oncins' 44th unforced error. Connors had Just 26.
- "It seems like I've been playing here forever, and You've been matching me forever. too." Connors told the crowd during an on-court celebration. complete with cake, after the match. "1 never thought I’d be playing when I was 40 . . . You've given me something I'd never be able to buy. It's been a pleasure.'
Connors victory, as easy as it was. drew all the attention away from a more dramatic match in the grandstand. Emilio Sanchez upsetting No. 6 Petr Korda 6-2. 4-6. 2-6. 6-1. 7-617-4).
Connors said his aim against Lendl when they meet Friday night is Just to avoid getting "blown off the court early."
Lendl played nearly 4 1/2 hours against Peru's Jaime Yzaga before winning 6-7(2-7). 6-1, 7-5. 4-6. 6-3. Lendl stretched out the agony, failing on four match points in the last two games, until he clinched it with his 17th ace.
The long match briefly delayed the night session, but Jennifer Capriati didn't make the crowd wait much longer than necessary for Connors as she rwShed past Sandrine Tested 6-2. 6-3.
A loss by No. 9 Lendl would have meant a seedless path for Connors to at least the fourth round, similar to the route he took a year ago in his dramatic surge to the semifinals.
Edberg. 26. shuddered at the thought of following the
path taken by Connors, another 14 years on the nonstop tour after he began defence of hls US Open title Wednesday with a smooth 7-5, 7-5, 6-2 victory over Luiz Mattar.
"No. 1 don't think 1 will be playing at that stage." Edberg said. "He is very exceptional. He has been lucky, hasn't had too many injuries. He has a very light body, and he has been able to keep going., having the motivation. 1 don't think I can. It would be too tough.
Monica Seles, the women's defending champion and top seed, reached the third round by beating NCAA champion Lisa Raymond. 7-5. 6-0, then smiled about the notion of playing to 40. a lifetime away.
Michael Chang, the No. 4 seed who beat Ellis Ferreira 6-3. 6-4." 7-6(7-!), said, "When Jimmy was 20. the game was not quite as intense. I don't think they played as many tournaments back then. I think now players put more demands on their bodies and minds."
Connors' match was his 114th at the Open, one more than Chris Evert played in her 19 years here. Connors, a five-time Open champion, is the only player to win it on three different surfaces — grass, city and hard courts.
Meanwhile. American Mall-val Washington! 14). South African Wayne Ferreira (12) Dutchman Richard Krajicek! 15) rolled into the second round of the Open.
Also advancing were fourth seed Gabriela Sabatini, sixth-seeded Olympic champion Jennifer Capriati, seventh seed Mary Joe Fernandez. Helena Sukova (13) and Mary Ptercc (16).
Fernandez, the seventh seed in the women's draw, kept the good times rolling with a victory over Natalia Medvedeva of Ukraine on Wednesday to reach the third