Age Is Served at Wimbledon

Jimmy Connors, looking to show that life resumes at 34, and Martina Navratilova, looking for new life at 30, advanced into the fourth rounds at Wimbledon today with victories on a sun-baked outside court.

Connors, the No. 7 seed, needed almost three hours to defeat Kelly Evernden of New Zealand 6-1, 6-2, 6-7, 6-3. Navratilova, the defending women’s champion and top seed but without a tournament triumph this year, took 47 minutes to polish off Peanut Louie Harper of the United States 6-2, 6-2. Also winning were three-time women’s champion Chris Evert and Peter Doohan, the unseeded Australian who last week knocked Boris Becker out of the competition. In a big upset, Mikael Pernfors of Sweden eliminated 10th-seeded Tim Mayotte of the United States 2-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-5.