European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Noah get big French open wins Paris a Henri Leconte of France stunned seed Andres Gomez of Ecuador 64 Friday to set up a fourth round clash with countryman Yan Nick Noah in the million French open Tennis following Noah on to the Center court at Roland the 21yearold Lethander provided the Home crowd with a second successive French Success after his country Man had beaten Joseluis Clerc of Argentina in a dramatic but controversial 4hour 23minute five set third round Leconte made All the running against the giant South whose game was littered with More suited than Leconte to the slow red Clay of Roland always was under pressure from the Frenchman All action Only when he broke Leconte serve and then held his own Midway through the second did Gomez show any sign of justifying his High but Leconte soon regained his strangle hold on the match and ran out a convincing Noah 67 86 Victory against Clerc featured though play by both it was marred by a controversial Call late in the deciding set which May have changed the final the no 9 was Down 56 in the set but had just taken the advantage on his after a Quick Clerc dribbled a weak shot that just cleared the and appearing almost to sit slapped a Quick smash toward the the line judge called it but and most of the observers in the press saw it As Clerc protested the referee stood by the line but Noah eventually agreed to have the Point the Frenchman won the game on the next Point with a powerful first serve and winning had the disputed Call gone in clerks the score would have been 40all at that Point instead of advantage who had waged a Gritty Battle All afternoon appeared shaken after controversy and proceeded to lose the next eight straight Points and the the 26yearold unseeded argentinian said later after that decision i completely lost my i think it could really change my whole making a comeback after slipping out of the top ten in the world rankings last explained that a Victory Over Noah would considerably have improved his renewed his Confidence and made people believe in Noah said he offered to play the Point again because that is the Way it should be file photo Frances Henri Leconte shocks fifth seeded Andres Gomez 64 Between other mens third round matches John 1 crushed macos Hoce Var of Brazil 62 and said later he Felt relaxed and he really played into my if i had asked for an opponent who did not serve too hard and then came in behind his serve 1 could not have asked for anybody sometimes its Nice to get a match like Darren an australian who had to also tumbled to a seeded 13 Tomas of who won Carling a Conley qualifies for finals in three events brie la Sabatini and Steffi Graf halted the Slaughter of the women but All four hit trouble before advancing to the fourth the 30yearold american beat Angliki Kancle Lopoulos of Greece but lost control of her serve in the second 17yearold had a 7 64 Triumph Over qualifier Gabriela Dinu of West whose firmly struck forehand surprised the Florida based Ca Graf and both went to Sec Ond set tiebreakers before clinching their games by the same 76 in the tiebreakers the West Ger Man 1 edged country woman bet Tina Bunge while Argentina 14 stunned american Annie White before fridays matches seven including four had been knocked out of the women they were Helena Sutkova of Zina Garrison United Catarina Lindqvist 9 of Barbara Potter United Kathy Rinaldi United Andrea Temesvari 15 of Hungary and pain Casale United Graf meets Ever Lloyd in the fourth round in their fourth clash this two of the three games were very while the third was pretty easy for said the five time Winner of the French when i looked at the draw at the begin Ning of the i looked for her when i saw that she was in my i had mixed feelings about if 1 am to reach the final and from my seed ing that is expected it is better for me to have some Tough matches on the said she said that when she was ahead 3 0 against the 75tli world ranked she Felt pleased with her especially her but then she served three consecutive double i had that bad service game and she also came up with Good i probably got a bit but 1 got my game Back together and in the end 1 was Happy with she Bassett also was pleased with her form despite having to fight Back from 35 Down in the first set against the unknown i had never seen her and 1 did not know How to play her whether to attack her forehand or for in it turned out she has a very Good which kept forcing me and she made it pretty Tough for me said but in hitting the Ball and in pretty arkansas7 triple Crown chances appear Good Texas up Arkansas moved Back into a heavy favourites role in the Mcaa track and Field championship thurs Day and a potentially dramatic 400 meter dash was set up for the meets final in the second Day of qualifying at the we Klong run in sultry Arkansas Michael Conley made it into the finals of his third individual event triple in which he won the Silver medal at last years the Razorbacks chances to Complete the triple Crown of College track also were boosted when Roddie Haley 400 Bill Jasinski High Marty Kobza shot Paul Donovan meters and David Swain meters All made it into the we had a team meeting this said Arkansas coach John one of the newspapers Here said we were Stum bling after five potential qualifiers failed to make it into their finals on i just wanted our Guys to know the peo ple we were counting on for Points were still in the it was a very Good Day for it could not have gone a Victory for Arkansas would make it Only the second school Ever to capture the Mcaa indoor and outdoor championships in the same academic also on Wendy Brown turned in the Best triple jump Ever by a woman of Southern broke the pre Vious world Best of by Texas Terri but it will not count As a world record because the International track and Field federation does not recognize the Jackie Joyner of Urcla also qualified in the triple 100meter hurdles and relay putting her in five finals this tie Only disappointment suffered by a Kansas in its quest for the team title was the loss of Fred Cleary in the 110meter coming into the the mens 400 meter finals was Given a Chance to be the top event of the and thursdays performances in qualifying heats Reaf firmed that Arkansas Roddie Haley owns the Best time in the world in the 400 this a at the Southwest conference Haley jogged the last 20 Yards to easily win his heat thursday in in the fourth and final Gabriel Tia coh of Washington state and the Ivory ran and Michael Franks of Southern Illi Nois had a those were the second and third fastest times in the world in 1985 behind that of the 100meter dash finals also should be an excellent since six runners had times of or better in the qualifying the top 100 time was turned in by Dar win a win aided other leading qualifying performances came from Dag Wennlund of 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