European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 21 Zivojinovic upsets Wilander at Wimbledon Andrew Warshaw a sports writer England a Slobodan Zivojin a 21yearold hard hitting yugoslav making his Wimbledon scored the first big upset of this years championships wednesday when he eliminated fourth seeded Mats Wilander of Sweden the result ended Wilander chances of capturing the grand slam at the worlds four major ninth seeded Johan Kriek faltered in the third set but recovered his composure to beat Victor Pecci while in the women Zina seeded crushed Elna Reinach of South Africa 6 ranked 77th in the kept the experienced Wilander under constant pressure and gradually wore Down the reigning australian and French open Champion with a mixture of big serves and Fine touch the rain that had plagued the opening two Days of the championships when Only eight matches were completed continued wednesday morning and delayed play for Al most two it finally gave Way to hazy just Long enough for a handful of matches to be completed before a heavy drizzle suspended play again Midway through the of before the action the 6foot6 Zivojinovic set the tournament blasting Wilander off the court in a 26minute first won with a searing the fast grass court suited his style and one of the worlds leading had no answer to his opponents Serveant Volley in the second Wilander saved a break in the open ing game and carved out a 41 Lead before the tall Yugo slav hit Back to Wilander edged ahead 65 and then stopped the set going into a tiebreak when he broke serve after being Down 400 and squared the match with a forehand Cross court the third set began with an Exchange of service but Zivojinovic always looked More positive and gained the crucial break in the 11 the game when Wilander hit a backhand his Confidence Zivojinovic served out the set at love and broke the Back of Wilander which evaporated weakly in a totally on sided fourth he serves unbelievably and his second serve also was working pretty said Wilander of its a big disappointment after i won the French i must try to forget it As quickly As Possi the worlds 14thranked opened his Wimbledon Challenge in promising style against his paraguayan who received a warning for unsportsmanlike behaviour in the first game of the fourth from 54 in the opening Kriek won seven Succes Sive games but suddenly lost concentration and dropped the third he recovered his broke serve in the 11th game of the fourth set and served out the match on court Tim the 16 seed from swept into the second round with a 62 Victory Over the 84thrankcd Trevor Allan of while the Only other seed to go through before rain interrupted play was Zina the Stohs ceded a former Wimbledon Junior crushed qualifier Elna Reinach of South Africa John the mens defending was not due to return to the show courts until for the first time in seven Mcenroe changed his pre Wimbledon routine and adopted one that worked for Bjorn in the Mcenroe always played the grass court tournament at Queens club in West London As a crucial part of his preparation for the All England Champi he won Queens four but this year stayed preferring to practice on grass in new York in the build up to defending his Wimbledon singles i just thought if Borg can win Wimbledon five years in a Row without going to theres no reason Why i Mcenroe said after posting a first round Victory Over Peter Mcnamara of bidding to become the first american to win three consecutive Wimbledon singles and his fourth admits he still is haunted by borgs five year Wimbledon winning Borg never played yet consistently reached a Peak at he retired from competitive Tennis in Gabby is of Home on grass courts pros think Sabatini could be a future Champion by Peter Alfano England As the year unfolded and Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina began to capture the Public fancy with Tennis strokes that belied her age and looks that had already earned her a clothing endorsement Patricio Apey turned his thoughts to Wimbledon and decided that his 15yearold protege might be ready to play in the most prestigious tournament after it was in the Back of our said who is sabatinis she has the Type of game to do Well and its been hard to make predictions about last year she was in the juniors and this year she is in the top she went to play in the French open and made it to the Ive never seen a 14 or 15yearold play As 11 Apey is not the Only one to hold that Martina Navratilova sat with Saba Tini and Billie Jean King in the locker room reserved for past winners and seeded players during the lengthy rain delay watching a tape of the 1978 Wimbledon when i first saw her in Washington in i she has it Navratilova i would just advise Gabriela to take her the tour will be there in so she should enjoy life and realize there is More to life than just but sabatinis rapid climb in the rank Ings the past six months has made Tennis her first and Only priority at the she made her debut at Wimbledon tues defeating Amanda Brown of the attention that Sabatini has received on her european tour comes at a when a special commission appointed by the International Tennis federation has recommended that limits be placed on the number of tournaments played by younger the com Mission was formed to investigate the physical and emotional strains placed on teenage in particular the who physically mature faster than men and turn professional at an earlier if the commissions recommendations were players under 14 years of age would not be allowed to play in a professional tournament 14yearolds would be limited to eight Only four on the Virginia slims and those who Are 15 would be limited to 12  Only eight on the lims Sabatini celebrated her 15th birthday in and Apey said she has played in approximately 12 tournaments this Sabatini took a years leave of absence from the coach and moved from her Home in Buenos Aires to key where Apey is a teaching who is from said he thought that South americans Are More relaxed than americans and parents do not push their children As he mentioned Tracy Austin and Andrea Jaeger As the most publicized victims of Tennis injuries and mental but said the two americans represented a at Junior i have seen fistfights Between parents and he i believe the International ten Nis federation is doing a great Job re searching the problems of Young but if Gabriela had not been permitted to play in pro tournaments this she might have gotten bored and Sabatini is called Gabby by the a photo Gabriela Sabatini 15year old catches Public fancy women on the tour and appears to be at Home on the grass courts despite learning the game on she impressed her oppo with her shot selection and Shes mature Way past her Brown no one who has burst on the scene at such a Young age among them aus Pam Shriver and Kathy Rinaldi has been Able to sustain her initial Success and avoid and Apey is concerned that Sabatini is becoming big Ger than life in she is extremely he maybe too much 1985 times news service sawdust could Cost Mcenroe millions a attorneys for Tennis Star John Mcenroe told a state judge tuesday that a suit claiming Mcenroe screamed obscenities at a Spectator and threw sawdust in his face should be dismissed because it is supreme court Justice Francis Becker reserved decision on the Christopher a High school teacher from Floral new is suing Mcenroe for according to schneiders court Schneider and his family were rooting against Mcenroe in a first round match at the open in flush ing in 1983 when Mcenroe dont you have anything better to do than to cheer for my opponent Al afternoon Schneider says he and Mcenroe allegedly then screamed a vulgar remark at the Tennis Ace then double which Schneider in schneiders this brought Mcenroe Over to the stands he told you Are i want to fight see me in going to get according to schneiders Mcenroe allegedly then threw sawdust in schneiders Mcenroe Martin this did not if it it was if any acts took they were provoked by the Schneider said the alleged incident was broadcast on National which has resulted in embarrassment for