THE SIDELINES : Swede Takes Australian Opener
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<i> From Times Wire Services </i>
SYDNEY, Australia — Niclas Kroon beat fellow Swede Lars Wahlgren 6-3, 6-3 today in the first round of the $1-million Australian Indoor tennis championships.
His reward was a second-round match against another Swede--Stefan Edberg, the world’s top-ranked player.
Former Wimbledon champion Pat Cash of Australia saved three match points in the second set tiebreaker in beating countryman John Fitzgerald 6-7 (5-7), 7-6 (10-8), 6-2 in another first-round match.
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