TENNIS ROUNDUP : France Stops Sweden in World Team Cup

Stefan Edberg suffered another setback Wednesday in his tuneup for the French Open when he was defeated, 7-5, 6-4, by Guy Forget of France in the World Team Cup at Dusseldorf, Germany.

France also won the doubles and beat Sweden, 2-1. Forget and Henri Leconte swept Edberg and Anders Jarryd, 6-3, 6-4.

Sweden picked up its first point of the tournament when Magnus Gustafsson beat Olivier Delaitre, 6-3, 7-5.

Coming off one of his rare clay-court victories at the German Open in Hamburg, Edberg has struggled in this competition.

He lost in three sets to Emilio Sanchez Monday. Sanchez led Spain again Wednesday when he, Sergi Bruguera and Sergio Casal extended their country’s unbeaten streak by sweeping Switzerland.

Sanchez beat Jakob Hlasek, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; Bruguera defeated Marc Rosset, 7-5, 6-2, and Sanchez and Casal beat Hlasek and Rosset, 6-7 (7-5), 7-5, 6-4.

Czechoslovakia and the United States, the leading teams in Blue Group, play today.

Top-seeded Kimiko Date of Japan and No. 3 Lori McNeil were eliminated in the second round of a $150,000 tournament at Strasbourg, France.

Date lost to South Africa’s Mariaan De Swardt, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3, and McNeil was beaten by Bettina Fulco of Argentina, 6-4, 7-5. Second-seeded Judith Wiesner of Austria rallied to defeat Pascale Paradis of France, 2-6, 6-0, 6-2.

Lars Koslowski of Germany defeated Mark Koevermans of the Netherlands, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3, to advance to the quarterfinals of a $240,000 tournament at Bologna, Italy. Several other matches were postponed because of rain.

Unseeded Sabine Hack of Germany upset top-seeded defending champion Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere of Switzerland, 6-4, 6-3, in the second round of the $150,000 European Open at Lucerne, Switzerland.

Maleeva, the ninth-ranked player in the world, was recently sidelined three months because of injury. She lost her service in the opening game and never led.

Amy Frazier, seeded No. 2, beat Katerina Kroupova of Czechoslovakia, 7-6 (7-5), 6-0, to reach the quarterfinals. Christelle Fauche of Switzerland ousted sixth-seeded Nicole Provis of Australia, 6-2, 6-3.