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Tracy Austin will play 's Virginia Wade in the Wightman Cup today."""""0 U.S. clinches Wightman Cup

United Press International ter with each match, coasted to a 7-- 5, 6-- 2 victory over two-tun- e champion Saturdav in the .Teenagers and defeated quarterfinals 0? the 175,000 U.S. Pro Champi- England's and Ann Hobbs 6-- 1, 6--3 Saturday onships in Brookline, Mass. night, allowing the to take an unsurmoun-tabl- e Unheralded Bernard Fritz of France upset lOth-seed-- ed 4-- 0 lead and win the 53rd Wightman Cup tennis Jose-Lui- s Damiaru of Uruguay, 8-- 4, 6--1, and Chilean classic in . two-hand- er Hans Gildemeister overcame a brief at- In a singles match earlier Saturday night, tack of heat exhaustion to beat Angel Gimenez of 6-- Lloyd easily defeated England's Virginia Wade 6-- 1, 6-- 3. Spain, 4, 1-- 6, 6-- 3, in other matches at Longwood The doubles triumph enabled the United States to cap- Cricket Club ture the cup for the fifth time in the last six years and Clerc, 22, struggled through the early rounds of the gave America a 43-1- 0 victory margin since Wightman tournament after a tinng trip from Romania, where he competition began between the two countries in 1923. played in the last weekend. But he was Although three matches were to be played Sunday, clearly in control Saturday against the unseeded America won the classic for the third straight year be- Orantes, who is making a comeback after missing hind Jaeger and Shriver, who forced their British oppo- much of last year after an arm injury nents to numerous errors. Clerc and Orantes, who won the U.S. Pro in 1977 and In the second game of the first set, Hobbs held her 1978, traded early service breaks m the first set before service for a 1-- 1 deadlock. But after Shriver held her Clerc broke again in the fmal game when Orantes service, the British duo was completely out of position in miss-h- it a and then floated a backhand vol- the fourth game and Durie was unable to hold her serv- ley wide. ice. The Argentine artist breezed through the 26-year-- The old Evert Lloyd, playing in her first tour- second set in 29 minutes, winning the last four games nament since winning d the women's crown at Wimbledon and 16 of the last 20 points, as Orantes' usually steady-groun- earlier this month, defeated the 36-year-- old British veter- game deserted him. an for the 10th straight time in 10 years of Wightman competition. Clerc won the match with a perfect topspin that Evert Lloyd now has won 19 consecutive singles drew an admiring smile from Orantes. matches in Wightman Cup play. Gildemeister appeared on his way to an easv victory-afte- r For the aging Wade, her repeated attempts to rush the taking the first set with a steady stream of two-hande- d net proved futile as Evert Lloyd followed with passing and backhand winners. shots to score numerous winners. But he suddenly became exhausted in the 90-deg- ree In the first set, lasting 27 muggy minutes, Wade was onlv able weather, dropping eight of the to score three points off Lloyd's next nine games Evert service. Evert before he finally managed to hold in the third Lloyd won the first four games before Wade was able to win one. game of the final set, when clouds moved over the steaming clay courts and the temperature dropped Clerc wins in briefly. quarterfinals From then on he was in complete control, winning Top-seed-ed Jose-Lu- is Clerc of Argentina, getting bet six of the next seven games.