TENNIS ROUNDUP : King’s Guidance Serves Mayotte Well

Tim Mayotte, who is being coached by Billie Jean King, scored a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Peter Lundgren of Monaco Tuesday in his opening round of a $750,000 indoor tournament at Memphis, Tenn.

Michael Chang, seeded fifth, was the top player scheduled to play Tuesday night.

Mayotte, ranked seventh in the world in 1988, has dropped to No. 105 this year.

“I just emotionally lost it,” he said. “I didn’t quite know what I was doing on the tour and I didn’t have my goals set properly.”

King’s help, Mayotte said, has been emotional as well as technical. “I want to enjoy tennis more than I have in the past and that’s my primary goal. I think she is the person who can help me do that,” Mayotte said.

In other matches, 14th-seeded Wally Masur of Australia outlasted Dan Goldie, 6-7, (1-7), 7-5, 6-2, and No. 13 Cristiano Caratti of Italy defeated Guillaume Raoux of France, 7-5, 7-6 (10-8).

Fifth-seeded Anne Smith and No. 7 Catarina Lindqvist of Sweden advanced to the second round of a $150,000 tournament at Oklahoma City. Smith beat Patty Fendick, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2), and Lindqvist defeated Gigi Fernandez 6-2, 6-3.

Top-seeded Jana Novotna was scheduled to play Tuesday night.