French Open Tennis Championships : Mandlikova and Mayotte Go Out in the Second Round

Eighth-seeded Hana Mandlikova became the first major upset victim in the French Open, losing Wednesday to 19-year-old Bettina Fulco of Argentina, 6-4, 6-3.

Tim Mayotte, seeded eighth among the men, was also eliminated in the second round, as were 13th-seeded Andres Gomez of Ecuador and Raffaella Reggi of Italy, the women’s 12th-seeded player.

Mayotte, after winning his first French Open match ever on Tuesday, lost to Magnus Gustafsson of Sweden, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. Gomez, a quarterfinalist three of the last four years here, was eliminated by Ronald Agenor of Haiti, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6. Reggi was beaten by Maria Strandlund of Sweden, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.

“A streak of one,” Mayotte said of his first-round victory.

The top women players, No. 1 Steffi Graf of West Germany, No. 2 Martina Navratilova, No. 3 Chris Evert and No. 4 Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina all rolled to easy victories.

After beating Ronnie Reis, 6-1, 6-0, in 40 minutes, Graf became annoyed when told that Navratilova still considers herself to be the world’s best.

“She says what she wants, and I say what I want,” Graf said. “She better watch out, that’s all I can say.”

Navratilova advanced when Hellas Ter Reit of the Netherlands suddenly became sick and defaulted. Navratilova led, 6-0, 1-0, 40-15, at the time.

Evert beat Barbara Romano of Italy, 7-5, 6-2, while Sabatini eliminated Karen Schimper of South Africa, 6-3, 6-0.

In the men’s field, second-seeded Stefan Edberg and third-seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden, sixth-seeded Yannick Noah of France and ninth-seeded Andre Agassi all won.

Edberg beat Arnaud Boetsch of France, 6-0, 6-4, 6-3, and Wilander, a two-time winner here, beat Francisco Yunis of Argentina, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.

Noah, the 1983 champion, defeated Luiz Mattar of Brazil, 6-2, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6. Agassi, the 18-year-old from Las Vegas, moved into the third round with a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Massimiliano Narducci of Italy.

It’s as far as Agassi ever has gone in a Grand Slam tournament and left him wondering about his next opponent, Andres Vysand of the Soviet Union.

“I’ve never even heard his name,” Agassi said.

Mandlikova, out of action for almost three months before Paris because of a hamstring injury, lost to Fulco after leading, 4-2, 40-15, in the first set.

“That was when the match turned,” said Mandlikova, who won the French in 1981 and was second twice at Wimbledon and at the U.S. Open.

“I let a backhand go, thinking it would land out, it came down on the line, and instead of being 5-2 it was 4-3.

“It was the lack of match practice to blame. When you’ve been away from tennis as long as I have, your judgment is bound to be affected. Having said that, Bettina played a fantastic match.”