THE fortunes of Boris Becker and Jaime Yzaga were reversed at the

Tokyo indoor tennis tournament yesterday after their recent efforts in

Sydney.

Becker avenged his first-round defeat by Neil Borwick at the

Australian event with a 6-2, 6-2 win against the Aussie in the second

round in Japan. But Peruvian Yzaga, champion in Sydney, went out in the

first round of the #667,000 Japanese tournament, beaten 7-5, 7-6 by

Christo van Rensburg.

The German, who has been successful in just two tournaments so far

this season, showed no signs of the illness which upset his performance

in Sydney, and will now play either Mikael Pernfors, of Sweden, or the

American Patrick McEnroe.

Stefan Edberg, seeking his first tournament win since April, needed

two hours 11 minutes to beat American Chuck Adams 7-6 (11-9), 7-6

(8-6).

Edberg had great difficulty with his serve, hitting 10 double faults,

but eventually prevailed and now will face his Swedish compatriot Jonas

Svensson, who beat Japanese qualifier Ryuso Tsujino, in the next round.

Ivan Lendl starts the defence of the title today against American

Tommy Ho. Results:

First round -- P McEnroe (USA) beat S Iwabuchi (Japan) 6-0, 6-4; P

Haarhuis (Holland) beat L Wahlgren (Sweden) 6-3, 7-6 (7-2); J Eltingh

(Holland) beat D Flach (USA) 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (10-8), 7-5; C van Rensburg

(S Africa) beat J Yzaga (Peru) 7-5, 7-6 (7-2).

Second round -- R Krajicek (Holland) beat J Morgan (Australia) 7-6

(7-5), 6-3; T Martin (USA) beat A Jarryd (Sweden) 6-3, 6-4; M Woodforde

(Australia) beat C Pridham (Canada) 6-7 (10-12), 7-6 (7-5), 6-0; S

Edberg (Sweden) beat C Adams (USA) 7-6 (11-9), 7-6 (8-6); J Svensson

(Sweden) beat R Tsujino (Japan) 7-6 (8-6), 6-3; B Becker (Germany) beat

N Borwick (Australia) 6-2, 6-2.