Connors and Noah Win; Vilas Beaten

Jimmy Connors beat Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland, 6-2, 6-4, in 125-degree heat (on the court) Saturday in the $200,000 D.C. National Bank tennis tournament at Washington, but another 32-year-old, Guillermo Vilas, was less fortunate.

Vilas, the sentimental favorite of the crowd, lost to fellow Argentine Marcelo Ingaramo, 6-1, 6-4, in another quarterfinal match.

Connors’ victory set up a semifinal meeting with Yannick Noah of France, who defeated 17-year-old Aaron Krickstein, 6-2, 6-4.

Ingaramo, in extending his lifetime record to 2-0 against Vilas, will play still another Argentine, Martin Jaite, in the semifinals.

Jaite defeated Peru’s Pablo Arraya, 6-2, 6-3.

In today’s final at Newport, R.I., top-seeded Chris Evert Lloyd will meet second-seeded Pam Shriver for the first time since March 1983.

Lloyd defeated West Germany’s Eva Pfaff, 6-4, 7-6, while Shriver ousted third-seeded Wendy Turnbull of Australia, 6-4, 7-6.

Shriver is 0-14 lifetime against Lloyd.

Shriver, winner of only two of 30 sets against Lloyd, said of her match against the world’s No. 1-ranked women’s player: “I feel confident going into it (the title match), I’m serving well.

“I’ve never beaten her in my life, but it’s tough to beat someone if you never play them. I’m serving well and I’m sure I’ll see a few hundred passing shots, but I’m not going to stay back,” said Shriver, who is ranked No. 6 in the world.

“I don’t think Chris has played anyone in the tournament who gets her adrenaline going, but I think she’ll be up for this one from the time she gets out of bed.”

In an all-Swedish final, Mats Wilander plays Stefan Edberg today in the $100,000 Swedish Open at Bastad.

Wilander, seeded No. 1, beat West Germany’s Damir Keretic, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, while Edberg defeated countryman Kent Carlsson, 6-4, 6-2.

Wilander holds a 2-1 career lead over Edberg.

Wimbledon champion Boris Becker of West Germany was seeded No. 3 behind Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia and defending champion Andres Gomez of Ecuador in the U.S. Open Clay Court championships at Indianapolis, where the men open play Monday.