Three Swedes Reach Wimbledon’s Final 8; Evert, Shriver Escape

Three Swedes, including third-seeded Mats Wilander, No. 4 Stefan Edberg and Anders Jarryd, advanced to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon Tuesday, while Slobodan Zivojinovic of Yugoslavia put an end to the upset bid of Australia’s Peter Doohan.

Also advancing to the men’s singles quarterfinals were Jimmy Connors, second-seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia, No. 9 Henri Leconte of France and No. 11 Pat Cash of Australia.

Defending champion and top-seeded Martina Navratilova led the advance to the women’s quarterfinals by defeating Gigi Fernandez of Puerto Rico, 6-3, 6-1.

The other women’s winners were No. 2 Steffi Graf of West Germany, No. 3 Chris Evert, No. 4 Helena Sukova of Czechoslovakia, No. 5 Pam Shriver, No. 6 Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina, No. 8 Claudia Kohde-Kilsch of West Germany and unseeded Dianne Balestrat of Australia.

For Zivojinovic, Tuesday’s 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 victory over Doohan had a tinge of revenge. In the second round, Doohan upset defending champion Boris Becker of West Germany, the Yugoslav’s friend and frequent doubles partner.

Zivojinovic will meet Connors in the quarterfinals today, while other pairings will pit Wilander against Cash, Jarryd against Edberg and Leconte against Lendl.

Edberg, the two-time Australian Open champion, defeated Jakon Hlasek of Switzerland, 6-3, 6-7, 6-1, 6-4, and is Becker’s pick as the next champion.

“Ever since I watched (Bjorn) Borg, it has been my dream to win Wimbledon,” said Edberg, 21. “I haven’t started thinking about winning yet, but I want it.”

Jarryd’s greater experience paid off as he beat unseeded Soviet qualifier Alexander Volkov, 7-6, 7-5, 6-7, 6-4.

Evert and Shriver almost didn’t make it.

“I’ve had one struggle,” Evert said after defeating South Africa’s Rosalyn Fairbank, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5. “It’s not as though I’ve gone three sets every match. It’s not that I’m not pleased with the way I’m playing, I’m just not pleased with my concentration level as far as closing out a match.”

It was her first win of the tournament that was not in straight sets.

Shriver was down 1-4 in the final set and fought off two match points before outlasting No. 16 Sylvia Hanika of West Germany, 6-7, 7-5, 10-8.

Today’s matches will pit Navratilova against Balestrat, Evert against Kohde-Kilsch, Shriver against Sukova and Sabatini against Graf.

Shriver, who has had a series of disappointments in Grand Slam tournaments, including--like Connors--a first-round loss at Wimbledon last year, was able to beat back the strong challenge of Hanika.

“Basically, when the chips were on the table, I came up with some good stuff,” Shriver said. “I played three good volleys on my match points.

“It wasn’t like I panicked. If I’d panicked, I’d have lost.”

When she finally closed out the marathon battle, she fell onto her back, her hands covering her eyes from the brilliant sun.

“I was working on my tan out there,” she said.