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Friday, September 5, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Becker advances with three-set win
United Press International
NEW YORK — Boris Becker, the new crowd favorite, humbled 6-foot-8 Milan Sreibler in three quick sets last night and advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Open with Miloslav Meir.
Becker thoroughly dominated the man who had beaten him earlier this year, winning nine straight games on the way to a 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 victory in an hour and 21 minutes.
The third-seeded West German began his nine-game streak at 2-2 in the second set, and in the next nine games Srejber managed a mere seven points.
Earlier on a cool, overcast day,
Mecir continued his surprising run
with a 64, 6.2, 3.6, 62 upset over
seventh seed Joakim Nystrom
Becker, the youngest men's champion in Wimbledon history, is looking to earn the same distinction in the U.S. championships. He will face Mecir in one of tomorrow's semifinals. Ivan Lendl will play Stefan Edberg in the other.
This is only the fourth time in the
history of the national championships that an American failed to reach the men's semifinals and the first time that the field consists of only Europeans.
Meeir, who would prefer to be fishing back in Czechoslovakia, has been a one-man wrecking crew against the best of Sweden. He knocked out Mats Wilander in the fourth round, and now has an 18-3 record against Swedish players in the last two years.
According to Lendl, Mecir is homesick and isn't comfortable playing in the United States. It is an assessment with which Mecir agrees.
"I've been here four or five times," the bearded, 22-year-old Czechoslovak said. "I've seen the Empire (State) building and some of the city. I've never been to (the Statue of) Liberty. I think it's a very big city, and it's too big for me."
Navratilova faces Graf in the women's semifinals today, and Chris Evert Lloyd plays Helena Sukova in the other semifinal match.
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