Aussie Pat Cash Upsets Kevin Curren 6-1, 6-4

Australian Pat Cash continued his comeback from an eight-month injury layoff by upsetting second seed Kevin Curren of the United States 6-1, 6-4 today in the Salem Open tennis championship.

Cash, the 1987 Wimbledon champion, swept aside Curren in a first-round match.

“To say I was reasonably happy would be an understatement,” Cash said after the first-round victory. Curren is No. 43 in the world rankings.

Cash, the 1987 Wimbledon champion and currently ranked No. 243, last week reached the final of the South Korea Open.

Eighth-seed Dan Goldie of the United States advanced to the second round with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Israeli Gilad Bloom. Goldie will meet Canadian Grant Connell, who beat American Leif Shiras 6-1, 6-2.

In other first-round matches, Patrick Kuhnen of West Germany defeated American Joey Rive 6-1, 6-4 and American Brad Pearce beat fellow qualifier Kim Bong-soo of South Korea 6-2, 6-3.