Tennis Roundup : Lendl and Connors Advance

Top-seeded Ivan Lendl and second-seeded Jimmy Connors defeated unseeded players Wednesday to advance to the third round of the $465,000 U.S. Pro Indoor championships at Philadelphia.

Lendl disposed of Robert Seguso, 6-2, 6-2, while Connors, a four-time winner, fought off a strong challenge from 21-year-old Frenchman Guy Forget, 6-3, 6-4.

In an earlier second-round match, fifth-seeded Anders Jarryd of Sweden’s victorious Davis Cup team defeated California’s Matt Anger, 6-2, 6-3.

“It was a very good match for me because I was able to get my timing down and get used to the court,” said Lendl, a last-minute entry. “I returned service well, and my game improved as the match went on.”

Lendl will meet Greg Holmes, and Connors will play Slobodan Zivojinovic of Yugoslavia today.

At Key Biscayne, Fla., top-seeded Chris Evert Lloyd needed just 74 minutes to defeat unseeded Petra Huber of Austria, 6-2, 6-1, to advance to the third round of the $250,000 Virginia Slims of Florida tournament.

Second-seeded Steffi Graf of West Germany beat Alycia Moulton of Sacramento, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, and third-seeded Manuela Maleeva of Bulgaria defeated Janine Thompson of Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.