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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, April 16, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 the stars and stripes april Lendl demolishes Mayotte to win championship Dallas up Ivan lends Power Ful serve brought an end to the Cinderella week of Tim Mayotte and devastated the 24yearold american 76 61 sunday to win the first prize in the act serving As Well As he did when he won this tournament the first time in took charge in the second set to win his third tournament in three he won at Morite Carlo and fort the pre Vious two ranked last in the 12man Field have had a Chance to but when Hes serving like i dont have anything in the backcourt to match who won for finishing second in the had reached the finals by defeating fifth seeded Andres Gomez and fourth seeded Mats Wilander in the first two rounds and winning his semifinal match against Joakim who had upset to seeded John ranked 16th in the world by the association of Tennis broke Lendl Only once in the match in the fifth Ivan Lendl groans As he lifts the act firs place trophy in Dallas a photo in the act played lend even the Gate Oft fim tet first 12 games of the match and was serving 8a Jle irs set with a 32 Lead in the tiebreaker when he Mayotte had a successful first set by charging the net and either keeping Lendl out of position with Well placed shots or by smashing lends a 25yearold czechoslovakian ranked third in the world by the said he thought Mayotte tired after the first around the net he was not As Lendl he was half a step to a step slower and gave me a Chance for passing Lendl broke Mayotte in the ninth game  it of the second set with two unforced errors was cumulative pressure on you feel at the net by Mayotte and two double faults like youre struggling through your serve in a love and Hes breezing through in the last Lendl broke Mayotte in his serve was not Only but it the fifth and seventh games to keep was if i could have gotten three his record unblemished against his Chal Lendl won the next two Points and May after pulling to within 54 on an Over head dumped a shot into the net and then hit one out to lose the in the second Lendl was serving so perfectly that he lost Only 2 Points during his both came in the last game of the it was like i was holding after three and hed come with four big and id be serving Mayotte it re 11 i a Uriu Nave Gobi in Inree Nis record unblemished after straight sets Victory Over Tim Mayotte or four second serves in a i might Lenger in seven matches Andretti takes Long Beach grand prix Long a heavily favored Mario stretching out the fuel from his Only pit ran away from Emerson Fittipaldi and Danny Sullivan in the last 11 laps sunday to win the Toyota grand prix of Long the defending race and season Champion in the cart pig indy car series and the record setting pol Winner drove his new Lola t900 racer across the finish line in the 150mile event a Distant seconds ahead of the March 85c of the two time formula one world Champion from driving another wound up one Lap Down in followed by Jim Crawford of England in a Lola and Al Unser in another the 45yearold from Naz had things pretty much his own Way in the Early building leads of up to seconds As he led the first 58 but who pitted on Lap took advantage of Andretti single fue Landmire Stop on Lap 43 to close the the 35yearold who won three races in his first full season on the indy car moved past Andretti on the ninth turn of the twisting 11 turn course As the cars moved toward the end of the 59th in his first appearance As a member of the elite Penske racing moved steadily away from Andretti Bea Trice companies sponsored building a Lead of More than 15 seconds by Lap Elliott charges to Victory in Darlington 500miler Sullivan had to make a second pit Stop on Lap As he slowed to make the right turn into the pit the very Low on sputtered and nearly he managed to Limp into the but by the time he roared Back out of the Sullivan found himself in Andretti had a Lead of nearly 30 seconds Over Fitti that ended the Competition for the with Andretti cruising to his second straight Victory in the race through the streets of downtown Long for the consummate Road it was his 43rd indy car Victory and the 16th Road course Triumph of his there were a number of spins and crashes during the Quick race on the Nar demanding but no injuries were one of the Drivers eliminated by the con Crete barriers that line most of the Long Beach circuit was front Row starter Bobby he tagged the Wall twice on the second ending his Day a crowd estimated at More than was on hand for the 11th Long Beach the second for indy cars after eight formula one events and a track inaugurating formula Andretti averaged breaking the Mark for the shortened course which he set a year ago at he won that race by but never lost the a Bill Al playing a Catan mouse game with Dale Earnhardt and Darrell Waltrip most of the swept past Waltrip on Lap 270 sunday and charged to Victory in the 29th annual Tran South 500 Stock car it was Elliotts third grand National win of giving him a share of the record who qualified in 13th finished seconds behind Elliott in a Battle with Tim who had been running Well All Day despite an Early Colli one Lap Down in fourth was 1984 grand National Points Champion Terry followed by Rusty who was two laps seemed Content with second 1 until rain Clouds again started to Iten in the with Only four cars still on the Lead Elliott Winner of the Daytona and coca cola 500s earlier this year powered past Waltrip on turn four and then took gaining about on tenth of a second on each at the less than half of the 40car starting Field was still rolling around the Darlington International race Way who started on the fourth held the Lead 130 laps of the race but fell off the Pace with engine trouble on the 210th he later withdrew when part of the cars Frame broke 80 laps after Earnhardt was slowed by engine Waltrip took the Lead for the next 59 Elliott nipping at his heels All the Elliott won the Tran South 500 pole with a qualifying Speed of Evert beats Argentine teen for family Circle Crown Hilton head a Veteran Chris Evert Lloyd turned Back 14yearold Gabriela Saba Tini of Argentina in straight sets 6 sunday to defend her Crown in the family Circle cup Tennis but the Young Argentine even in de captured the hearts of the fans at the sea Pines Racquet club and served notice Shes a Force to be reckoned with in women who turned professional Back in january but who was unseeded in the used her slashing forehand and lightning Quick backhand to storm into the she Defeated fourth seeded Pam Shriver and second seeded Manuella male Eva of Bulgaria 76 119 earlier the Shriver con test was a continuation of a match that was suspended by rain on and earlier in the Sabatini had dispatched fifth seeded Zina Evert Lloyd won for her of raising her earnings for the year to Over she Defeated West Ger Many Steffi Graf 61 in the other semifinal played ranked 33rd in the world in the women Tennis association rank Ings going into the improved to for the popular 30yearold Evert it was her eighth family Circle cup Crown in the 13 years the tournament has been  
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