European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse January 197b the stars and stripes Page 21 taking advantage of errors by wins grand slam title Opidi Sweden Borg took advantage of 11kmert rash of errors by Jimmy Connors in the suy defeat 7 we us first to me grand slam Tennis tournament Bjor Harg out of last 4 matches aiaal9 Connora in the grand prix masters finals in new York two weeks ago and further muddled the player a Tennis Borg has won Only four out of j matches with but has won three of the last including he grand slam finals a vat ago and the 1977 Wimbledon Thampi r been battling Cadi other and Gulllermo Vilas of Argentina for us i men Vilas was forced to skip the event at Boca West because of on ankle in sundays final was fiercely competitive Unm the beginning of the third set when Borg took jumping to a 30 Borg won the first game of the final set Navratilova beats King in Houston Tennis final Houston up Martina Navratilova survived a disastrous first set and came Back to defeat Billie Jean sunday in the finals of the women Tennis the which earned Navratilova was her first against King in five that the biggest beating her the first said the 31 year old czech expatriate now living in the Victory was Navratilova third in the Houston a Virginia slims youre heavy King told Navratilova in a pos game you beat Chris Evert didst you tie defeat set Back the comeback Effort of the 34yearold this didst set me Back she played better than me on the crucial Bonfiglio lakes title in Atlanta Marathon Atlanta api Phil Bonfigu of captured the Isth annual Atlanta winning the 389yard race in 2 27 Kenny Wynn of Atlanta i second in the race through Northwest Atlanta which Drew 229 Wynn was timed in i wanted to win very Kino i want to guts it out this King appeared in route to her fifth straight Victory Over Navratilova As she Oronce her opponents first two services at every time Ive always lost the first set to Billie Jean so its kind of like a Navratilova said i think the first game of second when 1 struggled but still wan my gave me my Navra Flova held despite one break paint and three deuces in the first and again in the third game she came Back from 040 to her second Ace and a perfect backhand Cross court pass evened the game at and Kings return of the serve went into the giving Navratilova a 30 Lead in Navra Tlatova made the crucial break in the fourth game of the third set after Kings easy forehand Volley sailed wide Al three straight passes gave Navratilova the Virginia Wade of England won third place with a 75 Victory Over hol lands belly by forcing Connors to hit a Volley into the the next game Point came when con Nora hit a lob Borg made it 34 when Connors belted a forehand into the Connors broke borgs serve n the fourth but Borg broke held his serve and broke Connors serve again for the i Felt very even in the third and in very satisfied to beat Borg adding that Boca wests Clay court might be his Best Connors said he started out too Loose when he fell he had dug a Hole i gel out but its still Early in the weve got a lot of time Connors speaking of the final he added i played poorly off my serve in the first was worse in the second and worse yet in the but this was just the Best Tennis you will Ever that just the Way it no just youll never see any better Borg always when we we have very Good Bora said in the past he has had a ten Dency to play too soft against before the i said to myself 1 would play a Little i have been pushing and slicing the Ball against but today i said i would my the Ball hard and make him Berg that my that the Way i should play the match was played a new Clay court and Berg is believed by Many to be inc worlds Best Clay the slow sur face look away the advantage of having he resulting in is service Breaks in the 29 games the first set went to a 66 tie and a 12 Point keeping the Ball in won it in the second die i a traded Breaks for inc first four Connors finally broke it winning the last four he took the Rural Point when Borg netted a backhand Brian Gottfried Defeated Vitas men Jenl for third Connors won As Gott Fried look Home his Birgels payoff for and in ulaitis was paid american act Jimmy Connors Hole i get out of kicks Tumble nuggets at Home in of thriller Falls to Florida state Irish Down Bruins for 2nd time by United press International Doue Williams scored 19 Points and Bill Laimbeer added 14 to Lead outranked notre Dame to a 7573 Victory Over third ranked Urcla Al South it was Only the second loss of the season for the Bruins the first also coming at the hands of the at Pauley the Irish took a 2019 Lead Al 9 50 of the first half and opened it up to Al inter but Urcla came Back Strong to the second outscoring Noire Dame in in the first 74 minutes to move in front David who led the Bruins with 23 increased the Lead to stat with but Laimbeer connected one minute later to put the Irish Back in front the Lead continued to change hands for the next six but Kelly Tripucka put toe Irish in front sw2 with and Williams connected minutes later to give Noire Dame Urcla closed to 7271 in the final 13 Sec but Greenwood could not convert a free throw which would have lied the Bruce Flowers clinched it for notre Dame with a fool shot with 01 Urcla is now while notre Dame is in the Only other Flaune involving a top id team Florida led by Sophomore guard Mickey Dillards in upset seventh ranked Louisville 70 Florida now never railed in the second Naif and led by As Many As 10 Points Louisville dropped to in another the touring russian nationals Defeated 12 Providence 78 Alexand Salnikov scored in by the associated Ptim when the Denver nuggets lose at it in Salty lakes some of eight of hand to do thais what the new York kicks had not Only did they Shoal nearly 60 percent from the but got their hands into a Aba Roundup key pay in overtime to come up with a breathless National basketball association Victory in the mile High in a contest marked by controversy and extraordinary the kicks sent the game into overtime on Jim Mcmillian Long jumper at the end of the shot was so close a the Burter that Denver coach Larry Brown had to raise his Eye Conn Nuesi on Page 11
