Argentina eliminates US from Davis Cup

By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

March 7, 1983

Buenos Aires

Argentina eliminatedthe defending champion US team in the opening round of the 1983 Davis Cup tennis competition. Guillermo Vilas routed John McEnroe, 6-4, 6-0, 6-1, giving Argentina a 3-1 lead in the best-of-five match championship division. Argentina now faces Italy, which defeated Ireland 3-2, in the quarter-final.