John McEnroe dispatched Jim Courier, 6-4, 6-4, in the second round of the Champions Cup Boston tennis tournament last night at BU's Agganis Arena. In the first match, Pete Sampras, who was making his debut on the Outback Champions Series circuit, was awarded the victory when Jimmy Arias withdrew from the first set, leading, 5-4.
Eight champions will be competing for the top prize of up to $54,000 on the third tour stop on the Champions Series, the third year for the event.
In addition to 14-time Grand Slam champion Sampras, the other players are McEnroe, the seven-time Grand Slam champion; Courier, a four-time Grand Slam winner; Olympic silver medalist Wayne Ferreira; US and Australian Open semifinalist Aaron Krickstein; 1986 French Open finalist Mikael Pernfors; Arias, an Italian Open winner; and Wimbledon finalist MaliVai Washington.
Players must be over 30, and have been ranked in the top five in the world, reached a Grand Slam singles final, or played singles on a winning Davis Cup team.
The round-robin series of matches continues through Sunday.
