Tennis Roundup : Chang Follows Instructions in 6-1, 6-1 Victory

For Michael Chang, father knows best.

Buoyed by a visit from his father, Joe, after early defeats in his last two tournaments, the fourth-seeded Chang breezed to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Neil Broad in the opening round of the ATP Championship Monday at Mason, Ohio.

“My dad knows my game inside out,” Chang said. “He knows my weaknesses and strengths. Basically, everything I do is what he has instructed me to do.

“He knows how to correct me, how to get my timing back. He knows my game really well. Lots of times I can call him up and say, ‘My forehand isn’t smooth,’ and he already knows it.”

Five other seeded players were upset in the first round.

Marty Davis upset ninth-seeded Anders Jarryd, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Pete Sampras surprised No. 11 John Fitzgerald of Australia, 6-4, 6-4; Niclas Kroon of Sweden knocked off No. 13 Peter Lundgren of Sweden, 7-5, 6-2; Olivier Delaitre of France downed No. 15 Alexander Volkov of the Soviet Union, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1, and Javier Frana of Argentina ousted No. 16 Derrick Rostagno, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.

In other matches, No. 7 Andrei Chesnokov of the Soviet Union beat Sven Salumaa of Sweden, 6-0, 7-5; eighth-seeded Jaime Yzaga of Peru beat Nuno Marques, 6-3, 6-3; No. 10 Jonas Svensson of Sweden defeated Matt Anger 6-1, 6-3, and No. 12 Andres Gomez of Ecuador beat Wally Masur of Australia, 6-4, 6-4.

Top-seeded Steffi Graf needed only 32 minutes to trounce Kim Kessaris, 6-0, 6-0, in the opening round of the United Jersey Bank tournament at Mahwah, N.J.

In other matches, Kathy Rinaldi upset third-seeded Jana Novotna of Czechoslovakia, 1-6, 6-2, 6-4; fourth-seeded Katerina Maleeva of Bulgaria defeated Mary Lou Daniels, 6-1, 6-1, and seventh-seeded Terry Phelps eliminated Eva Sviglerova of Czechoslovakia, 6-2, 6-4.

Fourth-seeded Raffaella Reggi of Italy avoided a second straight opening-round loss in a Virginia Slims tournament by spoiling Kathy Jordan’s comeback from a knee injury with a 7-6, 5-7, 6-3 victory at Albuquerque, N.M.

In other matches, Amanda Coetzer of South Africa upset third-seeded Susan Sloane, 6-2, 6-1; second-seeded Manuela Maleeva survived Rachel McQuillan of Australia, 7-5, 7-6; Anne Smith beat Nicole Provis of Australia, 6-1, 6-2, and sixth-seeded Amy Frazier defeated Camille Benjamin, 7-5, 6-1.

Jonathan Canter of Los Angeles, ranked 139th in the world, upset 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic of Yugoslavia in the first round of the Player’s International at Montreal.

In other matches, ninth-seeded Guillermo Perez-Roldan of Argentina beat Martin Wostenholme of Canada, 6-7 (8-6), 6-4, 6-2; No. 16 Jimmy Arias trounced Thomas Hogstedt of Sweden, 6-0, 6-2; Chris Garner knocked off 11th-seeded Glenn Layendecker, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-5; No. 14 Todd Witsken routed Sebastien Lareau of Canada, 6-1, 6-1; Ned Caswell downed Daniel Nestor of Canada, 6-3, 6-3; No. 15 Richey Reneberg beat Bret Garnett, 6-3, 6-4, and Jean Fleurian of France defeated Sebastien Leblanc of Canada, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3).