European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Lendl nips Leach Connors wins by Andrew Warshaw England a Ivan the 2 overcame three rain delays and a spate of double faults to Edge americas Mike Leach in five sets sat urday and move into the third round of the Wimbledon Tennis defending women Champion Martina Navratilova had several anxious moments before reaching the last 16 of the tournament with a 76 64 win Over West German Bettina Bunge thought she had won the first Point of the tiebreaker with a backhand but the Umpire called a let because of a dubious line decision in the Middle of the when the Point was Navratilova won it and Bunge never Hana the 3 had an even tougher time reaching the third round against Australia Diane formerly Diane the 23yearold czechoslovakian dropped the opening rebounded in the second and then trailed 13 in the deciding stanza before coming through a Seesaw Battle the turning Point came in the penultimate game of the match when the austra Lian had two Points for a break and a 65 Lead but missed her third seeded Jimmy Connors became the first player to reach the last 16 of the mens singles but six seeds crashed out on the sixth Day of the including Johan Kriek of the United who lost to the Little known West Andreas the Lendl Leach was locked at 1set All when rain suspended play Friday two More rain delays the first of 40 the second of 50 play again when the match resumed sat Lendl prevailed 64 in a total time of 2 58 but it never was Vintage although he served 25 he didst look Happy and double faulted 22 on the 17th double Lendl received a warning when he threw his Racket across the court Midway through the fourth set in which he led 42 but lost the last five in the final Lendl broke for a 31 Lead and held on despite the to a photo Jimmy Connors duels India Ramesh Krishnan at Wimbledon in route to fou set Victory squeeze into the third the 3 had to Battle through three Tough sets before taking command in the fourth to defeat Ramesh Krishnan of India Connors took the opening set after five service the second set was a car Bon copy of the first until the seventh when Krishnan held for two games the Indian squared the match on his third set Point and swept into a 52 Lead in the third his delicate touch play Manu Evering Connors around the but his chances of a third Wimbledon title seemingly broke Krishnan As the Indian served for a 21 sets Connors quickly ran away with the next nine games As his opponents game suddenly Down 40 in the fourth Krish Nan won the next two but his Hopes of a comeback were dashed As he was Bro Ken again before Connors served out the the 5 survived an Early service break to score a comfortable win Over Britain Anne soviet teenager Larissa who has reached the quarterfinals of the women doubles Here for the last two upset lot seeded Kathy Jordan 7 the hard hitting russian overpowered a Wimbledon semifinalist last with powerful ground strokes to score by far the Best win of her who was wearing heavy strap Ping around one led 20 in the final set but lost the next five she Chris follows both win Lloyds share Cente court limelight by Robert Millward England a the atmosphere in the Lloyd household was tense As Tennis married couple pre pared for an unusual Day As Chrissie cooked John scrambled she could see he was perhaps his anxiety was understand its not every Day your wife follows you on the Center court at a 30yearold Defeated american 13 seed Eliot Teltscher 75 in a drama filled match that lasted six minutes Short of three next on Johns american downed country woman Susan Mas Carin in 58 John Lloyd squandered a two set and he was asked later if he Felt guilty about keeping his wife i didst think about it at the but she had to bloody Well he told re it was the latest chapter in the lives of the Lloyds of London and fort Lauder who came together through were temporarily split by Tennis and whose whole lives still revolve around the a Book about the Lloyd on recently was published and serialized in the British instead of Lloyd on Lloyd it was Lloyd follows and the result was a packed House on the to Center and it became Lloyd watches Lloyd As Chrissie saw her husband race into a two set Lead anticipating that she would soon be on went to when she she saw that Teltscher had fought Back to and her husband was fighting to stay in the the drama continued As rain interrupted with Lloyd behind 32 in the final its All thanks to the Lovely British John Lloyd said that saved my wife also gave me a few words of youre still in i was feeling pretty she didst tick me off i would have smacked her one if she i had about 10 minutes of verbal encouragement and i was really keyed up initially after the Lloyd fell fur ther behind at 24 and then but then took the final four games to set up a third round match against Frenchman Henri Chrissie was so tired after my i never realized How emotionally drained she was by John Lloyd if i had lost today i would have been extremely said the despite being emotionally drained after watching her husbands see sawing Chrissie called upon her famous ice Cool temperament to clinically Over sower country woman Susan Mascarin 6 60 in 58 jointly seeded 1 with her archrival Martina she moved smoothly into the third round of the women com petition and has yielded Only four games in her opening two Chris Lloyd said i was pleased with the Way i especially considering i watched John s and i was so Emo to have led two sets to love and lost would have been impossible for John to have lived i Hope he Doest have any More Cliff hangers before any More of my struggled to eliminate spate of unforced errors that had plagued her from the chilean Davis cup player Ricardo who had to qualify for the main took Only seven minutes to wrap up a Victory against the 6 mens Pat in a match that was halted Friday because of Acuna led 53 in the fifth set when play was after Cash narrowed the the 27yearold South ranked 133rd in the served out the match for a 76 64 Czechoslovakia Tomas the 15 crashed out in straight sets against Sammy Giammalva of the United states Manuela the 4 women seed from rallied to beat Ameri Cas Terry Holladay to Durie of Britain kept the Home fans Happy by knocking out the 6 women Claudia having slipped Down the world rankings from 5th to 56th in less than 18 ended a depressing sequence of results with a 62 Victory on the Center after her West German opponent had edged her in the opening Durie began to play some of the aggressive shots that made her one of the worlds most feared opponents in 1983 and Early last growing in she won 10 of the next 11 games and wrapped up Victory in 1 26 to reach the third round the first time this year she had progressed beyond the second round of any the fourth seed to go out in an afternoon of Early upsets was Bonnie Gadu the 9 seed from she began Well but faltered in the next two sets and lost 62 to american Anne John seeded to meet Connors in the was asked to speculate Why no dominant american has emerged since Connors and i dont know the reason Why there is no Mcenroe or Connors or Gerulaitis coming out of the states he its not like every five years an american just flies out there he a top it Doest work that there Are bigger sports in Gross sets 2nd Mark in German meet Germany up1 Michael Gross broke his second world record in a week saturday with a time of 1 seconds in the mens 200meter butter Fly at the West German National swimming the 21yearold swimmer from Frankfurt shaved seconds off the previous world Mark for that Dis Tance set by Jon Sieben of Sieben established that record in unexpectedly beating Gross in the los Angeles olympic final last a double Gold medallist in the 1984 clocked Here on thursday to set a world record in the 400meter bettering the the Mark of set by Vladimir Salnikov of the soviet Arn sports television football Usel playoff 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