European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Hard fought 5set match july 1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 Borg beats Connors in Wimbledon i continued Page l nors managing Only 12 Points in the third Horg brought about the change by switching the Pace of hit shots and Sharp ii info the Angle of his volleys la pass con nors it he where the american was at fits most Connors is in and he broke horns serve in the sixth game of the fourth set when his lob exposed the swedes weakness Borg bounced Back immediately to Square the set at 41 and there was nothing in it until the 12th game when Connors look bergs serve to finishing with an Inch per fact lob to Force a fifth producing telling aces and Boom ing raced to a 40 Lead in the fifth the title seemed his for the Ive never been so tired on says swede w1mblkdon up Bjorn Winner of the Wimbledon singles title for the second year in a Sank wearily into a chair and said what Tana n Center court had guessed or themselves before he beat Jimmy Connors 1 have never been so tired on a Tennis court said uie 21yearold 1 made a miserable serve at one Point be cause i was it was because of my match against Vitas Borg won thai semifinal in a five set classic Borg looked somewhat exhausted even Jin hour following the final after he Hail delayed a news conference for 40 min utes so in1 could Shower and but he brightened As he was led through the tac tics i Hil successfully forced Connors to play at n less relentless Pace than in a bit happier at winning this year than he because 1 wanted to Bual Jimmy very and in very pleased because by beating him 1 am for the moment Hin the when he went from 0t to 44 in the fifth set 1 thought the game might slip if he had won his service to was in big Bui i broke through in the most important game but Connors shewed his fighting Quali taking his first game of the set with a net Ord Ami reeling off the next three As Borg relaxed his the swede looked worried As Connors served in the ninth but it was the americans nerves which he double faulted to make the score was beaten by bores for Over hit his backhand and then repeated stroke to give Borg the vital the swede now needed to hold his Servo and a Short lob from Connors proved Cannon fodder for uie Champion and set him on the winning a weak forehand into the net made it 300 and Borg reached match Point with a lightning serve which Connors could Only touch on its Way the Sil Ericc was almost overbearing As Connors raced to the net after returning Venice Only to be he Alan by Burns fore hand Down the at 44 in the fifth i thought the match could have been said if id Hung in there and played a much tighter game in the 1 could have taken i was played the Bent i had Ever lie played a Good game and i min cd two shots that i should have Connors but he conceded hit Tennis was nor at its i was pretty spotty out i missed a lot of he he said the most important was a double fault which put him 1515 Down in the vital ninth game in the final f Felt 1 was Back into it and then that double Hull come out of i guess it pwt it was a terrible second while Borg and Connors were battling it out for the mens title on Center the Junior title for enderiss on i court was an Al american affair Between Eliot Tel Tschuor and Van Winitsky Winitsky of North Miami Fla won it 84 but not until Palos Verdra had almost come to blows with Linesman who Kepi Foo fault late Friday result to Andretti dominates final captures pole for French grand prix by Randy Barnett Auto racing columnist France american Ace Mano Andretti dominated the final practice ses Sion Here saturday to grab pole position for sundays French grand in a ups Lotus was More than half a second faster than world Cham Pion James who will share the front who had great Praise for his Mack and Gold Lotus flashed Over the Dijon circuit in i seconds at an average Speed of Miles per saying he was Happy with his me Laren m2g for the first time this recorded after the final Audrelu h will be a hard race tomorrow if this heal keeps but it will be hard on of i Hope to but ill need a change of Luck to bring it Andretti was referring to his last two races when he ran out of Gas while leading the swedish grand prix and botched a pit Slop while in front at the Schaefer 500 in third fastest for sundays French grand prix was Andrelis Lotus teammate Gunnar Nilsson of who clocked starting across from Nilsson on the second Row is Northern Ireland John fastest Driver Here Friday at in a Bra Namaka was unable to improve on that time on the third Row Are Jacques Laffity of France Al in and dealing it with him to curies Heifler Tiann of Argent Ina Al 36 in a seventh fastest Driver of the Day was Germany Jochen mass Al in i me while South african Judy Scheckter came next at 11145 in a Wolf going into this rate Schwimer leads Austria Tki Lauda by just one Point in the run for the world ninth Stust was Lauda Al in a Ferrari and Alan Jones of Australia snarls Tuut dry Ovnan pm Tom n Bab How Tel and mum 0h Phil 4 1 saturdays results u s 4 u i m Bjorn Borg stands on Bis docs to Salute Wimbledon crowd after his win a photo truss from him Al in a Shadow who has complained of handling problems on his Ferrari during the past three grands said Many changes had Bacn made to the car since the recent swedish and he hoped the Ferrari would improve but for the cd world ninth place on the Grid is not an impressive another former world brawls Emerson barely made the starting Grid lie qualified his copy Sucar Kird 2lst in the 22ar starting among the Senn Drivers failing to qualify was Hbretl Lunger of who drives g privately entered Andretti was to go into the 63rd running in the French grand heavily and a win Here would Pul him mar the lop in the batit1 for the world Damn i Champi sundays ninth round in the 17race was scheduled for to laps 1938 u 4 of Vii Woven too utes Tirui atlatl Ami id finn h is u s a Fife bm1t j final Burns shares Braun Golf Lead with Ballesteros Germany americas George Burns caught Spain Severiano Ballestros in the second round of the Braun invitational Colt tour Vantent Here Satur Day morning and both turned in 89s Satur Day afternoon u remain deadlocked after bums and Ballesteros each had a 17 under Par total of 205 Over the Par 74 is Kurch Golf and land club course in just outside who trailed Ballesteros by two strokes after opening moved into the Lead with a Birdie on the 426yard ninth Hole and an Eagle on the 494 par5 Tuth Hole while the Young spaniard was taking a bogey on the 9th and a Par on the got two strokes Back with birdies on the 412yard Isih note and the 109yard bums turned the morning round in 1533 fur his 68 while Ballesteros had a pair of in the Burns was out in 14 and Home in while Ballesteros had the reverse Gary 1iayer o South Africa fired a 71 and a 70 saturday in perfect weather and trails the leaders by four strokes going into sundays final Tyty were the Only three players rated a Chance to win Germany richest Gott tour Namenyi Ever 1 australian David Graham was five strokes behind new zealand Lethander Bob Charles disqualified hims of Munro saturdays Competition he informed the rules committee that he had failed to penalize himself a stroke after driving into a water Hazard during fridays round and consequently had signed an incorrect