Tennis Roundup : Lendl, Edberg Advance; McEnroe Withdraws

Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia, playing his first tournament in five weeks, beat Richard Matuszewski, 6-4, 6-4, at Tokyo Tuesday in the second round of the $605,000 Japan Open.

Stefan Edberg also advanced, defeating Jim Grabb, 7-5, 6-4.

Lendl and Edberg, the top two players, were making their first appearances after first-round byes.

Fourth-seeded John McEnroe withdrew because of leg and hip injuries. Ken Farrar, supervisor of the Men’s International Professional Tennis Council, said McEnroe advised him Monday that he had suffered a leg injury in a match against Edberg in the WCT Finals in Dallas last Friday and had reinjured the leg in his match against Miloslav Mecir on Sunday.

Fifth-seeded Jimmy Connors needed just 65 minutes to beat Brad Pearce, 6-1, 6-1, Tuesday in another second-round match.

“My knee condition is good now,” Lendl said. “I was a bit nervous before playing the first match after a five-week break. I had an operation on my knee on March 11 and started practice six days after the operation. I have the confidence to play a better game this year than last year.”

In women’s singles, top-seeded Melissa Gurney defeated Iva Budarova of Czechoslovakia, 6-4, 7-5.

At Amelia Island, Fla., top-seeded Steffi Graf of West Germany and second-seeded Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia won second-round matches in the $300,000 WITA Championships.

Graf beat Vicki Nelson-Dunbar, 6-2, 6-2, while Mandlikova eliminated Isabel Cueto of West Germany, 6-4, 6-1.