Tennis Roundup : Cash Is Ousted, Blames Umpire

Sweden’s Anders Jarryd defeated Wimbledon champion Pat Cash, 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, Friday in a controversy-filled quarterfinal match of the $375,000 Benson and Hedges indoor tennis tournament at Wembley, England.

Earlier, Ivan Lendl, the world’s top-ranked player, outlasted Paul Annacone, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, to advance to the semifinals along with France’s Henri Leconte, a 6-7, 7-6, 6-3 winner over sixth-seeded Amos Mansdorf of Israel.

Jarryd’s semifinal opponent will be Switzerland’s Jacob Hlasek, who upset second-seeded Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia, 6-3, 6-3.

Cash had a semifinal berth in his grasp but let his concentration lapse after one vital point at the end of the second set.

On the 11th point of the tiebreaker, Jarryd’s service return appeared to land well beyond the baseline, giving Cash match point.

But no call came from the line judge, and in his anger at umpire Richard Kaufmann’s refusal to overrule, Cash was warned for uttering an expletive.

The Australian won the next point of the tiebreaker but his spirit was effectively broken, and Jarryd won the tiebreaker and took the final set easily.

“In my opinion, I won the match, unofficially at least,” a furious Cash said. “I can’t play much better than that. This could cost me an awful lot. It won’t cost the umpire anything.”

Cash was referring to his chances of qualifying for the season-ending Masters tournament in New York, in which the world’s top eight players in the standings play. Cash was seventh coming into this event but now could be overtaken by one or more players.

“It’s a very disappointing way to go out of a tournament--and this was not just any tournament,” said Cash, who was appearing in Britain for the first time since Wimbledon.

Cash’s defeat also ended hopes of a rematch with Ivan Lendl, the man Cash beat in the Wimbledon final in July.

Top-seeded Martina Navratilova beat sixth-seeded Lori McNeil, 6-1, 6-4, in a quarterfinal match of the $150,000 Virginia Slims of Chicago.

Navratilova, 31, the world’s second-ranked player, took one hour to eliminate McNeil,who is ranked 11th in the world.

Navratilova advanced to today’s semifinal against third-seeded Helena Sukova of Czechoslovakia.

Sukova was extended to three sets for her third straight match as she beat Leila Meskhi of the Soviet Union, 7-6, 0-6, 6-0.

Earlier, two unseeded players, 16-year-old Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union and Barbara Potter, gained the other semifinal.

Zvereva railled from a first-set loss to defeat Kate Gompert, 5-7, 6-4, 6-0, in a 2-hour 23-minute contest, and Potter beat fourth-seeded Zina Garrison of Houston, 6-3, 6-4.

Navratilova said she put a lot of pressure on McNeil, especially when she came to the net.

“My first serve was really working, and after that long first game, I think she became a little hesitant,” Navratilova said.

“I have to give her credit for holding serve in the ninth game of the second set to trail just 5-4, but I didn’t want the set to be tied so I just bore down in that 10th game and hit some big winners.”

McNeil had lost her serve in the first and fifth games of the second set before breaking Navratilova in the sixth game on two passing shots.

Andres Gomez of Ecuador defeated Libor Pimek of Czechoslovakia, 6-2, 6-4, in a third-round match at the $174,000 Frankfurt Cup in West Germany.

In other matches, Tim Mayotte downed Dan Goldie, 7-6, 6-4, and Jim Pugh beat third-seeded Brad Gilbert, 7-5, 0-6, 6-2.