Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.sports From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Wheaton beats Chang; No. 1 Courier cruises Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 16:16:30 EST Message-ID: \SE C;SPORTS;TENNIS;PARIS OPEN \SS (WS) \HD Wheaton beats Chang; No. 1 Courier cruises \BY ASSOCIATED PRESS \DT PARIS PARIS (AP) - David Wheaton upset No. 4 seed Michael Chang 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 yesterday in the second round of the $2.1 million Paris Open. Jim Courier, top-seeded and ranked No. 1 in the world, easily defeated Andrei Chesnokov of Russia 6-3, 6-0, to reach the third round and Stefan Edberg, the No. 3 seed, eliminated Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine 6-1, 1-6, 6-1. Also in the second round, No. 14 Alexandr Volkov of Russia defeated Emilio Sanchez of Spain 6-3, 6-4; Derrick Rostagno of the United States upset No. 13 Carlos Costa of Spain 6-3, 7-5 and Michael Stich of Germany, No. 16, outlasted Magnus Larsson of Sweden 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 6-4. John McEnroe, making perhaps his last visit to a tournament in Paris, held off Mark Woodforde of Australia 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the opening round. In other first-round matches, qualifier Jim Grabb of the United States beat Gabriel Markus of Argentina 6-3, 6-2; Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland eliminated Thomas Muster of Austria 6-3, 6-4; Brad Gilbert of the United States routed Guillaume Raoux of France 6-1, 6-1 and Arnaud Boetsch of France downed Francisco Clavet of Spain 6-3, 6-3. Nineteen of the top 20 players in the world are entered, including the winners of the four Grand Slam events this year - Courier (Australian and French opens), Edberg (U.S. Open) and Andre Agassi (Wimbledon). Agassi begins play today against Gilbert. Wheaton, the lowest-ranked player admitted directly into the field, was No. 44 at the time of the entries six weeks ago. He since has dropped to No. 58 and will not make this year's Grand Slam Cup field, although he won $2 million last year. Chang, who made the semifinals here last year, felt he could have played better. "I had way too many unforced errors," he said. "To play consistent tennis is my game." McEnroe likes to play in Paris because of the crowd. "They're very emotional and the past five or six years they have really come around," McEnroe said. After splitting the first two sets, McEnroe saved two break points in the third game of the third set and then went on to a 5-1 lead. His second-round opponent will be Boris Becker, the two-time champion here who has dropped in the rankings. The three-time Wimbledon champion is now ninth in the world compared to McEnroe's No. 22. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM