Martina Navratilova lost her first three games,...

Martina Navratilova lost her first three games, but rallied to defeat Denmark’s Tine Scheuer-Larsen, 7-5, 6-3, as the United States defeated Denmark, 3-0, for a quarterfinal berth against Austria in the Federation Cup tennis tournament at Tokyo.

Chris Evert defeated Karin Ptaszek, 6-1, 6-1, and Navratilova teamed with Zina Garrison for a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Scheuer-Larsen and Henriette Kjaer Nielsen.