Tennis Roundup : U.S. Clinches Eighth Wightman Cup Victory in Row

The United States, behind the 1-2 punch of Bonnie Gadusek, clinched its 48th Wightman Cup tennis championship and eighth in a row over Britain Friday night.

Gadusek, the world’s 10th-ranked women’s player, defeated Britain’s Jo Durie, 6-2, 6-4, in singles, then teamed with Kathy Rinaldi for a doubles victory over Sara Gomer and Annabel Croft, 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, to give the United States an insurmountable 4-0 lead in the best-of-seven event at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

At Hong Kong, seventh-seeded Ramesh Krishnan of India upset top-seeded Jimmy Connors, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the quarterfinals of the $200,000 Seiko Super tournament.

In other matches, second-seeded Andres Gomez of Ecuador defeated Scott Davis, 6-2, 6-4; Pat Cash of Australia beat Jonathan Canter, 6-3, 7-6, and Aaron Krickstein ousted Andrei Chesnokov of the Soviet Union 6-2, 7-6.