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John McEnroe toppled Ivan Lendl, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 yesterday to capture the $400, 000 Volve Masters tennis championship in New York...
Connors' departure brought attention to the less familiar skills of 16th-seeded American Tim Mayotte, unseeded New Zealander Chris Lewis and Curren on one side of the bracket, while John McEnroe (No. 2 seed) and Ivan Lendl (3) fought it out rather tamely on the other. Lendl has a slight allergy and tremendous aversion to grass and actually skipped Wimbledon last year. But at 23, he appears ready to confront McEnroe, 24, on every surface from here on out. This is the next great tennis argument and they should be years settling it. Each man likes the other about...
...17th hole and emerged to play the last hole historically (also horrendously) in shorts. Last week at Wimbledon, England, where tennis shorts have been customary since 1946, Trey Waltke competed in long white Bill Tilden-like flannels, complete with an old school tie for a sash, until Ivan Lendl excused him in the second round, 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. "Nice pants," Lendl said as they shook hands...
Attacking the net at every chance yesterday, French Davis Cup star Henri Leconte shocked defending champion Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia yesterday to join second-seeded John McEnroe in the quarterfinals of the $500,000 Tournament of Champions at the famed West Side Tennis Club in New York...
Leconte needed just 62 minutes to oust Lendl, the top seed in thsi unique championsionly field at Forest Hill...