Becker Powers to Hardcourt Match Victory

Boris Becker relied on trademark serves and powerful groundstrokes to claim a second-round victory in the U.S. Men’s Hardcourt tennis championships.

The top-seeded West German, rated No. 3 in the world, defeated Brian Garrow, 6-2, 6-4, in just over an hour Tuesday.

Andre Agassi, seeded No. 2, also had little trouble advancing.

Agassi needed 57 minutes to dispatch fellow American Robert Seguso, 6-2, 6-3. He broke Seguso twice in the opening set and got an early service break in the second set to advance.

Ninth-seeded Guy Forget of France was eliminated by Australia’s Jason Stoltenberg, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Eleventh-seeded Carl-Uwe Steeb of West Germany lost to Australia’s Broderick Dyke, 6-7, 6-4, 6-0.

Sweden’s Peter Lundgren beat seventh-seeded Martin Jaite of Argentina, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, in a second-round match, while 16th-seeded Gary Muller of South Africa was a first-round loser to Mexico’s Leonardo Lavalle, 6-4, 6-4.

Seeded players who did advance Tuesday were No. 13 Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland, a 6-4, 6-3 winner over American Joey Rive; No. 14 Richey Reneberg of the United States, a 6-0, 6-3 victor over Mark Kratzman of Australia, and No. 15 Kevin Curren, who defeated fellow American Kent Kinnear, 6-4, 2-6, 7-5.