TENNIS ROUNDUP : Gilbert Has Easy Time; Goldie Upsets Mayotte

Third-seeded Brad Gilbert advanced to the quarterfinals of the Volvo-San Francisco tennis tournament Wednesday night with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Alexander Mronz of Germany.

Top-seeded Andre Agassi later turned back Udo Riglewski, another hard-serving German, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Agassi, the defending champion, was able to handle his opponents’ serves, recorded at up to 120 m.p.h., over the final two sets, and the German hurt himself with several crucial forehand errors.

Kevin Curren and Dan Goldie also reached the quarterfinals. Curren defeated 19-year-old Luis Herrera of Mexico, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2, and Goldie upset fifth-seeded Tim Mayotte, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-5.

Herrera, a left-hander, had earlier upset eighth-seeded Gary Muller of South Africa.

Top-seeded Ivan Lendl needed more than two hours to win a service battle with Magnus Larsson of Sweden, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, in the first round of the Milan Indoor tournament Wednesday at Milan, Italy.

In other matches, Goran Prpic of Yugoslavia surprised fellow Yugoslav and second-seeded Goran Ivanisevic, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; fifth-seeded Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland downed Anders Jarryd of Sweden, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4; Eric Jelen of Germany defeated Christo van Rensburg of South Africa, 6-4, 6-2, and Jan Gunnarson of Sweden beat Claudio Mezzadri of Switzerland, 6-3, 6-3. Sixth-seeded Aaron Krickstein advanced when ailing Thierry Champion of France defaulted.