Tennis Roundup : Agassi Gets By Leconte Before Sweeping Gomez in the Final

Andre Agassi, who like his opponent had to play two matches Sunday, needed only an hour to beat Andres Gomez of Ecuador, 6-4, 6-2, in the championship of a $350,000 Grand Prix clay court tournament at Stuttgart, West Germany.

Because rain washed out play Saturday, the semifinals were played Sunday morning when the 18-year-old Agassi of Las Vegas defeated Henri Leconte of France, 7-5, 7-5, and the 28-year-old Gomez beat Guillermo Perez-Roldan of Argentina, 6-3, 6-1.

Second-seeded Lori McNeil of Houston beat third-seeded Barbara Potter of Woodbury, Conn., 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, to win the final of the $200,000 Virginia Slims of Newport, R.I., tournament.

The 2-hour 7-minute final turned on two games in the third set. Serving at 2-3 in the sixth game, Potter went ahead, 40-15. McNeil then won the next four points, breaking Potter’s serve for a 4-2 advantage. Serving in the seventh game, McNeil saved two break points and held serve.

At Bastad, Sweden, Marcelo Filippini of Uruguay survived an error-prone first set to defeat Francesco Cancellotti of Italy, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, to win the Swedish Open championship.

Second-seeded Sandra Cecchini of Italy wore down Nathalie Tauziat of France with soft, deep groundstrokes to take the final, 7-5, 6-4, in the clay court tournament at Nice, France.