European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 champs win As male Eva fall by Andrew Warshaw England a John Mcenroe and Martina the defending mens and women swept into the quarterfinals of the Wimb Ledon Tennis championships tuesday along with Chris Evert Lloyd and Jimmy con but in two of the biggest upsets of the Ivan the 2 mens crashed out in four sets against the stylish Henri Leconte of while in the women fourth seeded Manue la male Eva of Bulgaria was ousted by Molly Van a Little known Quali Fier from the United Boris the West German teen age continued his remarkable charge through the mens division by knocking out Tim the tournaments 16th seed and a grass court Spe Mcenroe beat West German qualifier Andreas Maurer 62 but still said he needed to play while Navratilova took 55 minutes to Down Rene us of South Africa 62 in an uninspiring match in the the worlds 26thranked play began hesitantly but went on to pro Duce a Cascade of winners to Shock a below Par Lendl it was the Frenchman third consecutive win Over Lendl and his fifth in eight the experienced a two time Wimbledon had been expected to master his who turns 22 in the stifling Atmo sphere of Center still bidding for his first Wimb Ledon took the opening set but could not contain an eager Leconte in the next three and did not help his cause by serving a spate of double his temper and concentration finally cracked in the sixth game of the fourth set when one of his serves was called out by the who overruled the lines How can you say the Ball was out have you never had a match where you screwed Lendl screamed at the he lost the trailed and be Conte served out for the the australian and French Champion and Coop seed Here with Nav took just Over an hour to Brush aside fellow american Anne Smith 64 and has now dropped Only 11 games in her first four moving better than at any time during the downed fellow american Sammy Giammalva 63 on 2 notorious for the 32yearold a Winner a photo Chris Evert Lloyd just 11 games in 4 matches Here in 1974 and gained a single service break in the first two sets and two More in the the Only time he dropped his own serve was when he was coasting to Victory at 42 in the the unseeded 17yearold powerhouse who eliminated Joakim Nystrom of the 7 on battled through his second successive five set Cliffhanger before beating Mayotte 6 62 in three 32 in another dramatic the Blond West German went Down clutching his ankle towards the end of the fourth the incident evoked memories of a similar injury last year when Becker had to be carried off the court during a fourth round clash against american Bill this the damage was not Asse rious and Becker finished the match with his left foot heavily taped to become the youngest player since Bjorn Borg in 1973 to reach the last eight of the mens sin the defeat of Mayotte meant three unseeded players reached the last Heinz Guenthardt of Switzerland and Chiles Ricardo Acuna also beating Vijay Amrit Raj and Robert Segu so in a Battle of two Kevin the big serving 8 was too Strong on grass for the rising Young swede Ste fan seeded winning in the women other seeds to Advance to the quarterfinals included Pam Zina Kathy Rinaldi and Helena while Anders Jarryd of Sweden who had never got past the first round in four pre Vious attempts at this grass court tournament reached the last eight of the mens the eighth seed from hous halted the Progress of Frances Catherine Tangier to prevail the curl haired 5 seed from rallied to beat the 15th West German teenager Steffi the 16 seed from the United ended the Wimbledon Hopes of Australia Elizabeth winning convincingly Smylie had upset third seeded Hana Mandrikova in straight sets Pascale the talented French teenager who eliminated 14thseeded Wendy Turnbull of Australia in the pre Vious was beaten by the 7 the 5 mens seed who is improving with every overpowered South Africa Danie Visser in a Battle of two non seeded serve Anavo Leyers on Center american Barbara Potter beat Britain to Durie 7 the mens quarterfinals will pit Mcenroe against Curren and Connors against Acuna in the top half of the while Jayd was to meet Guenthardt and Becker faced Leconte in the Bottom in the women Lloyd will play Rinaldi takes on Garrison is the latest opponent for Van Rostrand and Navratilova and More used to meeting As doubles face each other on opposite sides of the Van a 20yearold right scored a sensational 62 upset Victory to join Navratilova in the last eight of the women it was an emotional charged Victory for the whose brother also a professional Tennis was tragically killed last with her parents looking on Van ranked 155 in the sur prised male Eva with consistently hard service in a Seesaw opening the american began but then lost four consecutive games to Trail she won tic next four games to take the but lost her composure Early in the second stanza when she double faulted to give male Eva a 20 Lead after the previous Point had been controversially awarded to the but instead of Van Rostrand surged Back and ripped off the last six games for the Best win of her i almost didst come because i was not playing that but i was really pumped up for the she Mcenroe zipped through the opening set against Maurer in just 19 losing Only 14 he gained a break Early in the second stanza before his opponent Shook off his nerves and began to play More moving the defending Champion around the court and making him work without serving at his Mcenroe was always in and finished the match in ruthless style with Wimbledon on to today television coverage of the Wimb Ledon Tennis championships will be live from 3 to with highlights scheduled from to on the Ger Man second three successive aces to Complete an 80 minute going for her sixth singles Crown and her fourth in a won most of the big Points against us in an uninspiring contest that Only spluttered into life Occa and the packed court 2 crowd had Little to cheer after Navratilova had won the first four the spectators sat Back expecting a but the South a juniors finalist Here in chased and harried and staved off a first set Whitewash by snatching the next two us scrapped within a Point of trailing 4 3 but  take it and instead wound up losing her still the South african girl would not give and when Navratilova served for the set at she managed to save three break the 28yearold defending Champion improved in the second set and although the score was the she outplayed her Young opponent with a series of winning serves and life sweetens for Van Nostrand by Robert Millward England a life is Sweet again for Molly Van whose Tennis career Over the last few years has been dogged by family tragedy and her and another Young player were killed last year when their automobile ran off a Mountain Road in Mexico while in route to a satellite Tennis tournament in san Luis four months the pretty blonde from Bright underwent a major foot the second of her playing on the grass courts at Wimbledon under Bright Sunshine tues Van Nostrand posted the biggest Vic tory of her upsetting fourth seeded Manuela male Eva of Bulgaria in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the All England because of the which involved two Bones being removed from her the 20yearold Van Nostrand nearly didst make it to her first tournament in and she had to win three qualifying matches to reach the main draw of this grand slam i almost didst she said after her 62 Victory Over there was always a question in my but i thought that i had to Start somewhere and this was the Best before Van Nostrand had won Only one match in the seven Virginia slims tournaments she entered this then in seven matches on grass the last two she dropped Only one to Larissa Savchenko of the soviet Union i feel but i am not said Van whose previous Best performance was reaching the semifinals of last years Japan the match against male Eva was a see saw Baseline Battle in which the bulgarian squandered a 53 Lead in in the opening set and a 20 advantage in the the americans penetrating service re turns surprised who found her self 31 Down in the first set before taking the next four Van Nostrand refused to and after holding her broke male Eva at then captured two More games to Clinch the in a controversial opening game of the second male Eva broke Van no strands on break a shot by Van nos Trand was called but the Linesman was overruled by the when the Umpire called the shot male Eva reacted no no and when the Umpire decided the Point should be played it was Van nos brands turn to she accepted the but double faulted to hand male Eva the the bulgarian then held but failed to win another game As a fire Dup Van Nostrand swung the match Back her Way and breezed into the apart from saying it was Tough on the whole family Van Nostrand said she did not want to talk about her who was a member of the United states Junior Davis cup team in 1982 and was 22 when he her Only previous experience on the Wimbledon grass was last year when she was beaten in the first qualifying she said she could not explain Why she had done so Well this time but made a jocular reference to the operation on her 1 should do it More i really think its like a dream come she said of her 1 never thought i could get this