TENNIS ROUNDUP : Jaite Beats Courier in Swiss Open

Martin Jaite, the No. 3 seed from Argentina, outlasted American Jim Courier 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in the quarterfinals of the Swiss Open today.

It was a thrilling, 2-hour and 36-minute match that featured powerful baseline shots and clever net smashes.

Courier, the tournament’s fifth seed, seemed ready to win in the second set, but lost his service game at 5-4. He went on to make four unforced errors and lost the tiebreaker. He recovered from a 0-2 deficit to tie the score in the final set but then lost three straight games.

Marc Rosset, a 19-year-old Swiss, ousted second-seeded Emilio Sanchez 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Rosset out-hit the world’s No. 9 player in a 93-minute match. In the final set, Rosset broke his opponent’s serve to make it 3-1 and then used his strong forehand to win the match.

Unseeded Ronald Agenor beat defending champion Carl-Uwe Steeb 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Earlier, Agenor eliminated top seeded Andres Gomez, the French Open champion.

The International Tennis Federation today announced tougher action against players using illegal drugs.

Any player found guilty of using banned substances at an ITF-run tournament, including Grand Slam events, the Davis Cup and Federation Cup, will be liable to a nine-month ban for a first offense, the organization announced at its annual meeting in Athens.

Two years will be imposed for a second offense, and third-time offenders will receive a lifetime ban.

Random testing will be carried out using procedures brought in for the Olympic Games in Seoul.

Talks are still being held with the Assn. of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and the Women’s Tennis Assn. (WTA) in an effort to standardize drug-testing programs throughout the sport, the ITF said.

The ATP has been enforcing a program which covers cocaine, heroin, amphetamines and performance-enhancing drugs such as steroids.

A drug-testing program for women was introduced for the first time at Wimbledon last year.

Joseph F. Cullman III, a leading organizer of women’s professional tennis events, and Jan Kodes, one of the leading men’s singles players of the early 1970s, will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame at Newport, R.I., on Saturday.

Cullman, former chairman and chief executive officer of Philip Morris Cos. Inc., was instrumental in giving the women’s professional tennis tournament a strong financial foundation.

Kodes, a Czechoslovak, was the 1973 Wimbledon champion and was consistently ranked in the world’s Top 20.

They will become the 150th and 151st inductees into the hall during the past 35 years.

Induction ceremonies are scheduled to take place during the $150,000 Volvo Tennis-Hall of Fame Championship.