Tennis Roundup : Connors Gets Past Gerulaitis

Jimmy Connors and Vitas Gerulaitis provided a glimpse of yesteryear Thursday in the quarterfinals of a grass-court tournament at Edinburgh, Scotland.

Connors, 36, beat his old friend and doubles partner, 6-2, 7-5.

“It was always enjoyable to play Jimmy,” said Gerulaitis, 34. “We always had real dogfights. It was always close. I can’t remember an easy victory for either of us.”

They agreed that their most memorable match was in the 1980 French Open semifinals, Gerulaitis winning, 6-4, in the fifth set.

Peter Lundgren of Sweden upset second-seeded Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland, 7-5, 7-5.

Top-seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia trounced Eric Jelen of West Germany, 6-1, 6-3, to reach the quarterfinals of the $380,000 Queens Club championships at London.

Third-seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden downed Paul Chamberlin, 6-1, 6-4, and Chris Bailey of England knocked off 16th-seeded Wally Masur of Australia, 7-6, 6-4.

Martina Navratilova needed only 45 minutes to defeat Jo Durie of England, 6-1, 6-2, in the third round of a Virginia Slims tournament at Edgbaston, England.

Australian Kristine Radford upset sixth-seeded Larisa Savchenko of the Soviet Union, 6-3, 6-1.

Diego Perez of Uruguay upset third-seeded Horst Skoff of Austria, 7-5, 6-4, in the second round of a tournament at Bologna, Italy.

Sixth-seeded Javier Sanchez of Spain defeated Simone Colombo of Italy, 6-3, 6-2.