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TENNIS
Vilas,
Clerc
well
beaten
NAPLES, Saturday (APP-AP). - Polish
champion Wojtek Fibak beat second-seeded
Guillermo Vilas, of Argentina, and Czechoslo
vakia's Tomas Smid beat Argentina's Jose Luis
Clerc in the eight-player World Championship
Tennis tournament in Naples last night.
Smid's victory put him in the semi-finals and broke
the 2-2 match record they had had at the opening of
the $250,000 tournament.
The 26-year-old Czech said he found the match
difficult because of the change to an indoor, carpeted
court after last week's games on clay.
Smid played the right game on carpet by per
sistently coming in to the net and keeping the pressure
on the third-seeded Clerc. The Argentine had only two
break points.
Fibak said his victory was his best win so far this
year. He had practiced hard for the tournament since
his arrival in Naples on Monday and his victory was
comfortable.
Today, Czechoslovakia's Ivan Lendl will face
Johan Kriek, now of the US, and Smid will take on
Fibak. The final will be played tomorrow.
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