Lendl Scores Pair of Wins in New York

Top-seeded Ivan Lendl won twice Wednesday to join West Germany’s Boris Becker, Sweden’s Joakim Nystrom and France’s Yannick Noah in the third round of the $615,000 Tournament of Champions.

In a first-round match that had been suspended by rain Tuesday night, Lendl finished off Italy’s Francesco Cancellotti, 6-3, 6-4, then returned to down Britain’s John Lloyd, 6-2, 6-2.

Becker, the reigning Wimbledon champion, stopped South African Eddie Edwards, 6-4, 6-4; Nystrom eliminated Glenn Layendecker, 6-1, 6-4, and Noah defeated Ronald Agenor of Haiti, 6-7, 6-3, 6-2.