Tennis Roundup : Top-Seeded Wilander, Becker Fall in Straight-Set Losses

Jay Berger, ranked 70th in the world, has had his moments, but none quite like Wednesday.

Berger continued a string of upsets in the $415,000 Du Pont tennis tournament, surprising top-seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden, 6-0, 7-5, in a wind-swept match at Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

The second-round upsets didn’t end there. Israel’s Amos Mansdorf defeated fourth-seeded Boris Becker of West Germany, 6-4, 6-4, and Soviet Andrei Chesnokov rallied to eliminate fifth-seeded Andres Gomez of Ecuador, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3.

“You can’t get too much bigger than beating the No. 2 player in the world,” said Berger, who won the first seven games in a row. “For Mats to get excited about every singles match he has to play is very tough for him, while if I won, it would definitely be the biggest match of my life.”

In other matches, Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia downed Tomas Smid, also of Czechoslovakia, 6-2, 7-6; Martin Jaite of Argentina rallied to beat Luiz Mattar of Brazil, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Andre Agassi trounced Ramesh Krishnan of India, 6-3, 6-1; David Pate, who upset third-seeded Jimmy Connors Tuesday, cruised past Marian Vajda of Czechoslovakia, 6-3, 6-4, and Aaron Krickstein eliminated Dan Cassidy, 7-5, 6-3.

Top-seeded Steffi Graf swept past No. 9 Nathalie Tauziat of France, 6-2, 6-1, in the third round of the $300,000 Virginia Slims women’s tournament at Boca Raton, Fla.

In other matches, fourth-seeded Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina breezed past Wendy Turnbull of Australia, 6-1, 6-1; Sandra Cecchini of Italy defeated Akiko Kijimuta of Japan, 7-5, 6-2, and Mary Joe Fernandez, ranked 22nd, eliminated Michelle Torres of Northfield, Ill., 6-1, 6-2.