Top Seeds Leconte, Skoff Win 1st Matches at Geneva Open
Top-seeded Henri Leconte of France and No. 2 seed Horst Skoff of Austria advanced to the second round of the Geneva Open tennis tournament today in Switzerland with convincing straight-set wins.
Leconte defeated Joao Cunha-Silva of Portugal, 6-3, 6-4, and Skoff defeated Christian Bergstrom of Sweden, 6-4, 6-4.
Renzo Furlan of Italy upset seventh-seeded Goran Prpic of Yugoslavia, 6-1, 6-7 (7-3), 6-4.
Petra Thoren of Finland upset second-seeded Laura Garrone of Italy, 6-2, 7-6 (6-4), in the opening round of the Athens Women’s Open today in Greece.
The top seed, Sabine Hack of West Germany, beat Australia’s Kirrily Sharpe, 6-3, 6-3.
In another first-round match, Mary Pierce of the United States defeated Akiko Gooden, 6-4, 6-1.
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