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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, June 3, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 sports Leconte tips Noah in 5 sets Paris a unseeded Henri be Conte ruined the storybook comeback of his French Yannick in five dramatic sets at Roland Garros the million French open Tennis championships also lost another women seed As Carling Bassett of Canada was upset by american Terry Phelps after win Ning the first a 22yearold Lethander secured a quarterfinal clash with Sweden Mats Wilander by beating seed Noah 67 61 in 3 hours 17 minutes on the Center Bassett took the first set against Phelps but crumbled 63 As she totally lost the steady Progress of the mens seed John Mcenroe and women Chris Evert Lloyd also went unnoticed As the French fans fixed their attentions on their final Between Leconte and Winner Here two years ago and recently crowned italian was seeking to reestablish himself As a leading grand slam tournament contender after spending two years in the Tennis wilderness because of injury and personal but he could do Little right in the opening two sets As ranked 43 in the turned the match into a on sided 6feet4inches lifted his game to take the tiebreak and then appeared to turn the match his Way by win Ning the fourth but in the fifth set Leconte twice broke Noah serve to Lead 51 and finished off the match with a running Volley off a weak service who has beaten Ivan de fending Champion 4 and now said later he believed he was playing his Best Tennis he beat Wilander in two sets in a team Tennis tournament in Dusseldorf less than two weeks but said he anticipated a tougher Battle with the swede Over five the swedish 4 seed cruised into the quarterfinal by beating Tomas the czech 13 Bassett said after her defeat by Phelps after the second set i completely lost my concentration and i just  hit a Ball Terry played really Well and kept hit Ting i just got impatient and when i tried to hit Good shots nothing went she Phelps plays country women Evert Lloyd in the a photo John Mcenroe hits backhand against Henrik Sundstrom at French open american beat swede in straight sets sunday the 2 seed did not encounter the Tough Battle she expected against the West German 15yearold Steffi after winning Evert Lloyd five time Winner of the tournament i expected a real struggle and i was really psyched up for the when you expect the it always seems a Little Manuela the seed from beat Bonnie Gadusek of the United states 63 to Advance to the Quad where she will meet Gabriella a the 15yearold 14 seed from Sabatini had a 75 Victory Over Rosalyn Fairbank of South but there was a controversial ending to the at match Point Sabatini hit a Winner and believed she had won the match on that but Fairbank stayed on court As the South american celebrated the South second round conqueror of american 6 seed Zina Garri explained later it was not sabatinis Winner that disturbed on sabatinis earlier a Linesman held out his Arm to indicate it was she i was distracted by the signal and i stopped playing in fact i turned my Back on the Ball and i didst even know where she hit she Fairbank remained on court for several even while it was being swept for the next meanwhile carry ing her made for the the tournaments chief Jacques was called to Settle the dispute and ordered the Point be Sabatini was called and after replaying the won the match for a second she said later through an i thought it was in the it was favourable to in mens seeded was a convincing 62 Winner against Henrik the 12th Sundstrom was the first of a Trio of swedes Mcenroe probably will have to face if he is to reach the in the quarterfinal he will meet Joakim 7 who had a 76 Success against Hans Gildemeister of in the Mcenroe is seeded to meet Miller fires ties Lopez Ohio a Alice the 1 posted a 5undcr Par 67 saturday and charged into a tie for the Lead with faltering Nancy after three rounds of the Lyga Miller birdied 16 and holes Lopez for a four shot swing Over the Nicklaus sports centers the Leader after each of the first three had led by three strokes after the first 18 holes and by four following going into sundays final Miller and Lopez matched 54hole totals of eight shots better than Par Over the Yard layout North of the championship is the second of four annual Wom ens major Golf Lopez poor finish left her with a Par round of 70 for her worst 18 holes in the the Winner of this had started the sunny Day in a fourth place five strokes from Lopez for the second Lopez birdied 8 the Hole where she had been assessed a two shot slow play penalty in the opening Pat second and third in the last two took Over third place with 69 Patty Sheehane bid for an unprecedented third consecutive Victory in the tourney was despite a 72 Sheehan had shots from the besides Lopez birdied 10 and her other bogeys came at 6 and the Winner of the years first the Nabisco Dinah and Brad Ley made their moves Miller opened with Bac Toback birdies while Bradley had two Birds in the first four Dot Germain took Over fourth shooting a 68 for a 211 then came Lori Garbacz with the Champion sunday will collect of the Santos retains if title Paris a Carlos Santos of puerto Rico retained his International boxing federation super welterweight title saturday night with a 15round decision Over French Man Louis caries in an outdoor match at Paris pare Des princes upped his record to including 21 Arkansas wins College tracks triple Crown Texas up olympic Silver medallist Michael Conley recorded the third est triple jump in history saturday a leap that helped catapult Arkansas to the Mcaa title and the triple Crown of collegiate track and Arkansas thus became the first school other than Teasel paso to win the Mcaa Cross indoor and outdoor meets in the same academic the Razorbacks finished with 61 Points to 46 for Washington Captur ing the was third with 37 it was just like a Arkansas John Mcdonnell a coach Hopes to win three National championships m a to win three in one year it was not a cheap Points were hard to come after the first Day when several Arkansas athletes did not qualify for the finals i had a sinking All that could go Oregon won the women division with 52 Points to 46 for both Florida state and Louisiana a third place finish by Kathy Hayes in the run clinched the title for Conley overcame the heat and Gusty winds that swirled inside memorial stadium to leap that performance has been topped Only by the world record of 588 i by Joao Oli veria of Brazil in the rarefied atmosphere of Mexico City at the pan american games 10 years ago and a leap of 58514 by eng lands Keith Connor in 1983 at conveys jump came Early in the of with Only about 200 people sitting in the huge Arkansas Roddie Haley stormed to Aji impressive Victory in the 400 his teammate Bill Jasinski finished third in the High Marty Kobza wound up fifth in the shot and Paul Donovan finished second in the in Conley admitted after com Peting in four events and winning two of i was fatigued during the event and i had a problem with the runway because it was too Haley ran the second fastest time in the world this year in the holding off nigerian sunday uti of Iowa state with a clocking of the Strong South winds assisted the run ners in the sprints and one of those helped the most was Rhonda Blanford of Nebras who ran the fastest time Ever by an american in the women 100 hurdles Terry Scott of Tennessee won the mens 100 in but that was aided by other winners in the women events included Iris of Alabama in the javelin Katrena Johnson of Arizona in the High jump Esmeralda Garcia of Florida state in the triple jump Regina Cavanaugh of Rice in the shot put and Sherri Howard of los Angeles state in the 400 championships in the mens division were captured by Brian Crouser of Oregon in the javelin Henry Andrade of Southern methodist in the 110 hurdles de Eyestone of Brigham Young in the giving him two Victo Ries in the Abdi Abdi of George Maspn in the and Thomas Eriksson of Lamar in the High jump a meet and collegiate record  
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