McEnroe toppled in Tokyo; Lendl, Edberg advance

Jim Courier dismissed John McEnroe 6-2, 6-2 Friday to join StefanEdberg, Ivan Lendl and Michael Chang in the semifinals of the JapanOpen in Tokyo.

Courier hit 73 percent of his first serves. Rapidly firing bothshots and serves, he broke the second and eighth games of the firstset.

"I served well and returned well," Courier said. "I alwayswent ahead of him and that was good for me. I played better thanusual."

McEnroe said he was unable to put pressure on Courier. "I couldnot win a point when I wanted to," he said.

Chang advanced by defeating Pat Cash 6-4, 6-1. Defendingchampion and top seed Stefan Edberg advanced by outlasting MichaelStich …