U.S. Open Tennis Roundup : Lloyd, Becker and Connors Gain Third Round

Chris Evert Lloyd and West Germany’s Boris Becker breezed to easy victories Friday night after Jimmy Connors, looking his age, managed to beat 19-year-old Claudio Pistolesi of Italy in the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.

All three advanced to the third round.

Lloyd took only 35 minutes to romp past Czechoslovakia’s Regina Marsikova, 6-0, 6-0. The loser won only 14 points.

“Regina had an awful night; she couldn’t do anything right,” Lloyd said. “I felt sorry for her because we all go through nights like that.”

Becker, the reigning Wimbledon champion, routed Cassio Motta of Brazil, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2.

Connors, who will turn 34 before this two-week tournament ends, ousted Pistolesi, 7-6, 6-4, 7-5, and was joined by Tom Gullikson, the oldest man in the tournament.

Gullikson upset 10th-seeded Andres Gomez of Ecuador, 3-6, 6-7, 7-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Gullikson, who will turn 35 Sept. 8, gained entry into the tournament by getting a wild card at “the 11th hour,” he said.

“I think they called me an hour or two before the draw. (Peter) Fleming refused a wild card because he was going to concentrate on the doubles. I was prepared to fly up on a Thursday night to try and qualify.”

Other men’s singles winners included four Swedes--No. 2 Mats Wilander, No. 4 Stefan Edberg, No. 7 Joakim Nystrom and No. 13 Anders Jarryd--and No. 16 Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia.

Wilander defeated France’s Thierry Tulasne, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4; Edberg beat Kevin Curren, 7-6, 3-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Nystrom downed Czechoslovakia’s Pavel Slozil, 6-2, 6-1, 6-0; Jarryd eliminated Luke Jensen, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1, and Mecir ousted Guy Forget of France, 7-5, 6-4, 6-1.

Also advancing among the women were No. 4 Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia, No. 6 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch of West Germany, No. 7 Helena Sukova of Czechoslovakia, No. 9 Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria, No. 11 Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina, No. 12 Zina Garrison and No. 14 Catarina Lindqvist of Sweden.

Mandlikova defeated Iva Budarova of Czechoslovakia, 6-2, 6-3; Kohde-Kilsch routed Catherine Tanvier of France, 6-1, 6-0; Sukova downed Britain’s Sara Gomer, 7-5, 7-5; Maleeva defeated Peru’s Laura Gildemeister, 6-3, 6-1; Sabatini beat Pam Casale, 6-0, 6-3; Garrison stopped West Germany’s Eva Pfaff, 6-7, 6-4, 6-1, and Lindqvist defeated Australia’s Amanda Dingwall, 6-2, 6-3.