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: Upsets order of the day as six seeds lose Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 17:01:12 EST Message-ID: \SE D;SPORTS;PARIS OPEN \SS (WS) \HD Upsets order of the day as six seeds lose \BY ASSOCIATED PRESS \DT PARIS PARIS (AP) - Henri Leconte, playing inspired tennis reminiscent of last year's Davis Cup final, beat No. 2 seed Pete Sampras 6-3, 7-5 yesterday in the second round of the Paris Open. Sampras' Davis Cup teammates, Andre Agassi and John McEnroe, also lost. Brad Gilbert, a two-time Paris Open finalist, upset the seventh-seeded Agassi 6-1, 6-2. No. 9 Boris Becker defeated McEnroe 6-4, 6-4. With the crowd cheering similar to the way it did at the Davis Cup at Lyon, Leconte beat Sampras for the second time in three meetings. "The crowd was a little like the Davis Cup and I played the same," Sampras said. "I didn't have it today. He played with a lot of emotion and I played with no emotion. "A lot has to do with the crowd. If I played Henri anywhere else but in France, the result would be different." Four other seeds lost in second-round matches. Arnaud Boetsch of France beat No. 5 Petr Korda of Czechoslovakia 7-5, 6-4; Wally Masur of Australia upset No. 15 Sergi Bruguera of Spain 6-3, 7-5; Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland ousted No. 8 Wayne Ferreira of South Africa 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, and Jim Grabb downed fellow American and No. 10 MaliVai Washington 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. Becker, a two-time Paris Open champion, served 15 aces and had numerous service winners against McEnroe. Becker's victory was his eighth in 10 meetings with McEnroe. Other than the first time they met in 1985, when Becker was only 17, McEnroe's only other victory over the German came last January at the Australian Open. Meanwhile, No. 6 Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia beat Frenchman Cedric Pioline 6-4, 7-5, and No. 12 Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands defeated Amos Mansdorf of Israel 6-4, 6-2. 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