Becker Win Sends Him to Semifinals
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<i> Associated Press</i>
STUTTGART, West Germany — Second-seeded Boris Becker beat Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia 6-4, 6-2 today to reach the semifinals of the $1-million ATP tennis tournament.
In another quarterfinal, sixth-seeded Horst Skoff of Austria was upset 6-2, 6-4 by unseeded Jonas Svensson of Sweden.
Becker’s victory came in his first meeting with Mecir since the Australian Open last month when Becker came from behind to win after Mecir took a 6-4, 7-6 lead. Becker won the next three sets.
“I picked up where I left off in Melbourne,” Becker said after his victory today.
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