TENNIS ROUNDUP : Edberg Wins Easily, Advances to Final

Stefan Edberg yielded only four points on his serve and overpowered MaliVai Washington, 6-4, 6-2, Saturday to move into the final of the Queens Club grass-court championship at London.

Washington, who played for the University of Michigan, is in his second year on the pro tour.

Edberg will play for the title today against the winner of the other semifinal between American David Wheaton and Anders Jarryd of Sweden.

That match was suspended because of darkness with Wheaton leading, 6-3, 4-4.

Top-seeded Horst Skoff and unseeded Thomas Muster won semifinal matches to set up an all-Austrian final at Florence, Italy.

Skoff beat Eduardo Masso of Argentina, 6-4, 6-4, and Muster outlasted Carlos Costa of Spain, 6-7, 6-1, 6-3.

Muster is coming back from a second knee operation that sidelined him for several weeks.

Skoff and Muster are teammates in the Austrian Davis Cup team.

Semifinal play in the Edgbaston women’s grass court tournament at Birmingham, England, was postponed because of rain. Officials decided both semifinals and the final will be played today.

Top-seeded Martina Navratilova will face Brenda Schultz of the Netherlands and defending titlist Zina Garrison will meet Natalia Zvereva of the Soviet Union.

The semifinals of the Continental Grass Court Trophy tournament at Rosmalen, Netherlands, also were postponed because of rain.

Michael Stich of Germany will play Michiel Schapers of the Netherlands and Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland will meet Christian Saceanu of Germany. The winners then will play for the title.