Tennis Roundup : McEnroe Defeats His Brother Patrick, 6-1, 6-2

It was one of the few matches that John McEnroe didn’t want to play. But, nobody could blame him for being a little apprehensive after defeating his brother Patrick in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2, Tuesday in the Volvo tennis tournament at Stratton, Vt.

Patrick who at 19 is and seven years younger than John, was ranked No. 437 going into their first-ever tournament meeting. John, ranked No. 1, used accurate baseline shots to win.

John, who has recently been playing a tour of one-night exhibitions, was uneasy about playing his brother.

“I’m always a little nervous before a match, and I was more so today,” the three-time Wimbledon champion said. “I’m glad to get this over. Now I can think about the tournament. “I hope now that I don’t have to play him for several years.”

Patrick, who attends Stanford, said that his older brother “was just working on his game” during the 1-hour 5-minute match.

“I can win a few points from him in practice, but today he was putting a lot of pressure on me,” Patrick said. “The shots were coming back so fast.”

Johan Kriek, seeded No. 4, was ousted by Robert Seguso, 7-6, 7-6, in the biggest upset of the first round. Seguso, who returned Monday night from the Davis Cup matches in West Germany, was playing only his third singles match in four months.

He called his victory over Kriek, ranked No. 14, “the best win of my life.”

Second-seeded Ivan Lendl defeated Mike Bauer, 6-1, 6-3, and third-seeded Jimmy Connors required only 61 minutes to eliminate Bob Blazekovik, 6-2, 6-2.

In her first tournament since her Wimbledon victory last month, Martina Navratilova beat Etsuke Inoue of Japan, 6-1, 6-2, in a second-round match at the $280,000 Canadian Open.

Tenth-seeded Bettina Bunge ousted Jill Hetherington of Canada, 7-6, 6-4, in the first round of the $365,000 Player’s Challenge tournament at Toronto.

Bunge overpowered Hetherington with her powerful first serve.

Andrea Temesvari of Hungary defeated Rene Uys of South Africa, 7-6, 6-1.