Tennis Roundup : Unseeded Arias Defeats Seguso, 6-2, 7-6, at Memphis

Unseeded Jimmy Arias overpowered 13th-seeded Robert Seguso Wednesday for a 6-2, 7-6 upset victory in the second round of the Volvo indoor championships at Memphis, Tenn.

It was the fifth match of the tournament, including three qualifiers, for Arias, who fell from the top tennis rankings after reaching No. 5 in the world in 1984. He is ranked 107th. Seguso is No. 36.

“I returned serve well and that always boosts my confidence,” Arias said. “I put pressure on his serve and he was struggling to hold. That’s tough pressure for a big server like Seguso.”

Top-seeded Andre Agassi, ranked No. 3 in the world, defeated Jim Pugh, 6-2, 6-3. Second-seeded Jimmy Connors beat unseeded Jason Stoltenberg of Australia, 6-3, 7-5.

Top-seeded Boris Becker of West Germany lost the first set to unseeded Ronald Agenor of Haiti, but rebounced to score a 6-7, 6-2, 6-1 victory in the first round of the $492,500 Stella Artois indoor championships at Milan, Italy.

In other first-round matches, John McEnroe routed Carl-Uwe Steeb of West Germany, 6-3, 6-2, and Guy Forget of France surprised Anders Jarryd of Sweden, 6-7, 6-3, 6-4. In second-round matches, Christian Bergstrom of Sweden defeated Milan Srejber of Czechoslovakia, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 and West German Eric Jelen upset seventh-seeded Jonas Svensson 6-4, 6-0.

Steffi Graf, No. 1 women’s player in the world, dominated Carling Bassett-Seguso, yielding only 16 points in a 6-0, 6-0 victory, and advanced to the quarterfinals of the $300,000 Virginia Slims of Washington tournament at Fairfax, Va.

Helen Kelesi also advanced with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Isabelle Demongeot of France.