TENNIS ROUNDUP : McEnroe Brothers Advance to Semifinals

Top-seeded John McEnroe and his brother Patrick, seeded seventh, advanced to the semifinals in the Volvo tournament at Chicago Friday.

John McEnroe advanced when his opponent, Alexander Mronz of Germany, withdrew after suffering a thigh-muscle injury during a match against Gary Muller on Wednesday.

Patrick McEnroe defeated second-seeded Richey Reneberg, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3), by taking advantage of several unforced errors.

Today, he will face unseeded Grant Connell, who defeated Jaime Yzaga of Peru, 6-4, 6-4.

John McEnroe will face MaliVai Washington, who defeated Udo Riglewski of Germany, 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.

“I won’t know if not playing tonight will hurt me until after I play on Saturday,” John McEnroe said. “I’m pretty confident it will work out fine.”

Patrick McEnroe, ranked 55th on the ATP ranking list, broke Reneberg in the opening game of the first set, passing him three times. Reneberg continued to slam returns into the net, hitting balls wide and getting caught on short volley returns.

In the seventh game, Reneberg saved break-point three times before losing the game and set by hitting a ball long.

McEnroe waited until the fourth game of the second set to break Reneberg, earning a 3-1 edge when Reneberg drove a forehand volley over the end line.

Top-seeded Ivan Lendl overcame an early setback against Switzerland’s Jakob Hlasek to advance to the semifinals of the ABN Amro Indoor tournament with a 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, victory in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

No. 8 Karel Novacek of Czechoslovakia defeated Omar Camporese of Italy, 6-4, 7-5. Paul Haarhuis of the Netherlands defeated Christian Bergstrom of Sweden, 7-5, 6-3, and Anders Jarryd of Sweden beat Jan Siemerink of the Netherlands, 7-6, 6-2.