European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Chrissy Rule Tennis by Robert Millward Paris a they May be on oppo site sides of the but Martina Navratilova and Chris Ever Lloyd have combined to dominate women Tennis for a since their first grand slam final clash exactly 10 years ago Here at Roland Gar the two have collided Headon in nine other finals of the United Stales and australian Champi Between Navratilova and Evert Lloyd have won the last 13 grand slam and they meet again saturday for a repeat of last years French which Navratilova won emphatically the statistics go on to Tell a startling the last 22 times they have met since the 1981 United states open every match has been a until september last Ever Lloyd held the longest Ever winning Streak for a woman of 55 Navratilova beat that Mark and pushed it to 74 before she was beaten in Ever Lloyd still holds the record for the most consecutive victories on Clay 125 Between August 1973 and May when she lost to Tracy Austin in the ital Ian in terms of prize they Are in the record breaking Ever Lloyd became the first women to earn million in prize when Navratilova won the French title last she picked up a million Bonus for winning the grand slam successive United Australia and France the offered by the International Tennis is to be scrapped after this years win Ner of the australian title last is the Only female player who still can win although has dominated in their recent she still is behind on grand slam Navratilova five two two and two australian sin Gles titles Doest quite compare with Ever Lloyds six five three Wimbledon and two australian the Stark contrast in their playing styles adds to the Glamour of their Ever Lloyd hugs the trying to Oulman Euver her opponents with superbly accurate ground her game de mands supreme Powers of concentration and an ice Cool in the Early she was known As the ice maid Navratilova adopts the aggressive serve and Volley tactics that gained successes for Margaret Smith court and Billyjean King until Ever Lloyd arrived on the scene As a because of her attacking the czech born Lethander also has to rely on lightning reflexes and sheer muscular strength to launch herself about the while Ever Lloyds style has been co pied by scores of Young few have been Able to emulate Navratilova More physically demanding game simply because they Lack the the Only physical defect the Champion it is her she recently has turned to wearing Eye glasses on court because of difficulty she encountered picking up the flight of the but since she started wearing she has not dropped a Goff leads Ramstein of soccer title Germany the Ramstein rams grabbed the Continental sports conference soccer championship thursday blowing out Zweibruck Ckon 62 be Hind Ranier three Ramstein jumped out to a 30 halftime Lead and increased it to 51 in the second half before the warriors scored their second joining in the Ramstein scor ing were Mike Grimm with two goals and Chuck Friedrich with ram goalie David Tucker anchored the Ramstein thwarting the warriors on six Good scoring Ramstein was the Csc regular season Champion with a 1001 re followed by which won the playoff round for the right to meet the rams in the a photo dejected Jimm Connors after loss to Ivan Lendl Wilander from Page 21 and i thought i had a Good Chance if i played my Normal this is the Best match i have played against him since the australian looking ahead to his meeting with Lendl in the sundays Wilander said right now playing his Best Hes reached his top level and i dont think you can play better Tennis than Hes playing i have to be patient and move to the i May be going in As confident As against but i think i have a Connors bid to reach his first Ever French open final was swept aside in the wind and rain As he was crushed by the 32yearold four times a had his forcing game blunted by the 25yearold who always looked in Connors was caught cold As the tempera Ture at Roland Garros dropped 27 degrees from the Day and the match began in steady rain and a blustery although he started having a 3015 Lead on lends serve on the third game of the Connors won Only three of the next 22 Points As the czech romped into a 51 Connors held his serve for 52 and saved two set Points when Lendl served for the but the czech clinched it after 35 minutes with an Ace on his third set Lendl broke Connors serve on the seventh and ninth games of a More closely fought second the pattern continued of Lendl making fewer errors in a semifinal that had few spectacular Connors completely collapsed in the third dropping his serve in the fourth and sixth games and winning Only five Points in the final five Connors remained somewhat defiant in the weather Here for the last 12 Days has been hot and the court was today the conditions but i wont change my game with the he told reporters after the he Lendl didst do anything out he just hit the Ball who has said this could be his last appearance at this blames his Lack of Success on european Clay on a Lack of my preparation for the French is almost said who had been seeded its my own and in not com but i dont have the time to come Over Here and play on Clay five or six weeks to get there Are just too Many things in outside of Tennis and my the defending Champion and 2 agreed that the sudden dip in tempera Ture and the slight rain slowed Down the but my game is More suited to Clay than his Connors because i hit very High and he hits everything Low and on the which Means Hes going to make More Lendl added that his physical thanks to a new is i move much better than i used he once you get to the its not difficult to strike the trick is getting and Ive been in quite Good shape for the last five or six there is Little personal warmth Between the two but Lendl denied that beat ing Connors so badly gave him any kind of special i didst come Here to Settle any personal he 1 came Here to win the match and get into the and that Allim going to say about Arn sports television baseball los Angeles dodgers at Atlanta saturday 9 horse racing Belmont sunday radio baseball Louis cardinals at new York saturday bos ton red sox at Baltimore sunday horse racing Belmont saturday Ueberroth hit on surplus Money Issue soc claims foul Over bad Guy tag Peter Ueberroth difference in versions new York a the Secretary general of the olympic committee said wednesday that the soc is being painted As the bad Guy by Peter Ueber head of the los Angeles olympic organizing concerning the distribution of surplus Money from the 1984 summer at the 90th session of the inter National olympic committee in had said he virtually ruled out the Chance of a million reimbursement to the nations that sent teams to last years Ueberroth said he saw Little Chance of the soc reversing its decision to reject an Lamooc proposal to re fund accommodation but soc Secretary general George in a Telephone interview from Baton a photo said that the soc was not consulted on Ueberroth idea and that ire any it would have benefited Large countries the Miller preferred a Friendship fund to Benefit athletics All Over the but that he was turned Down by the they if not saying that the soc was the bad Guy in refund ing Money to the nations participating in the los Angeles Miller said of Ueberroth this idea of refunding Money was unilaterally suggested and promoted by Peter Ueber Miller Only a few countries the Large countries stood to gain the most from the smaller countries stood to gain the the soc was not when the proposal was the soc gave it serious and deep consider it was turned because it was Felt that the larger which Are Best Able to afford Amateur would have benefited the while the soc has been accused of turning Down Ueberroth Little attention was Given to a viable alternative proposal to use million of the la sur plus million out of soc Money establish a Friendship fund to help ath letes and coaches from All Over the said this counterproposal was made to the the Lamooc rejected both pro it rejected ours and the one which it had previously what they effectively were saying was that they didst intend to give any of their Money the soc still is trying to establish a Friend ship the Latoc refuses to Partick even if los Angeles Doest intend to we intend to propose it our executive
