European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Curren knocks out Mcenroe by Andrew Warshaw England a de fending Champion John Mcenroe crashed out of the Wimbledon Tennis championships in straight sets beaten 64 in the quarterfinals by Kevin the 8 with Mcenroe which followed mondays elimination of Ivan 3 seed Jimmy Connors emerged As the highest seed left in the semifinals after beating chilean qualifier Ricardo Acuna Connors and Curren will meet in one semifinal while Anders Jarryd of the 5 won through to face the 17yearold unseeded West Boris in the Jarryd beat Switzerland Heinz Gunthardt 62 while the Ris ing Young Star of european continued his relentless charge through the serving 12 aces on the Way to 76 64 Victory Over Henri Leconte of he is the youngest player Ever to reach the semifinals of the mens singles at whose Power Sharp re turns and lightning passing shots contrasted with a strangely listless won in 1 49 minutes to reach the semifinals for the second time in his a fire Dup who looked relaxed and produced a several spectacular winners to end the Brave Challenge of ranked 133 in the after being swept aside in the opening set which took just 19 the South american broke Connors serve Early in the second and held a 53 but while Acuna blew hot and mixing up inspired shots with dreadful Connors broke Back with a series of stunning service returns for which is is leading the 32yearold who last won the title in failed to capitalize on three set Points before Acuna forced the set into the Connors again raised his game to race into a 41 Lead and eventually went up 20 on his fifth set when Acuna hit a weak forehand into the in the final Connors broke in the first then again in the seventh and moved confidently into his 10th Wimble Don aiming to become the first West German to reach the championship match since Wilhelm Bungert in astonishingly was made favorite to win the title by London bookmakers just after beat ing after the two players had exchanged Breaks Early in the opening each held serve to 66 and moved into an exciting Leconte had a set Point at but the Young West German unleashed a big serve to save the then three Points the Rangy redhead later broke Leconte with stunning backhand Down the Becker clinched the tiebreaker 97 but the conqueror of Ivan Lendl in tuesdays fourth hit Back to level the breaking his opponent in the seventh game of the second the stylish Leconte tried hard to pro Duce the same thrilling form that destroyed Lendl but was never allowed to get into a full rhythm and rarely threatened the Becker serve in the last two his age will be a strength for him in the not a said be Conte i dont think hell be he has nothing to he just goes out and hits the he could make history by becoming the youngest mens Cham Pion he serves returns Well and Hes lethal on when he its difficult to see the you cant Tell whether its his first or second who was aiming to become the first american to win the Wimbledon mens a photo South african shocker Kevin Curren Strong serve and Volley service returns singles Crown three straight could not handle the Pace of currens game and appeared mentally and physically the 26yearold new yorker won the title in and 1984 and had not lost a singles match Here since Jimmy Connors beat him in the 1982 it was obvious he was hitting the Ball harder than he just overpowered said i played a subpar match and i was surprised How badly i was when you everything seems to Hurt a whole lot i Felt a Little old out the Way i played and i was not As fresh As i would have it just seemed like everything was going against he a native South african who received american citizenship in blasted Mcenroe off the court with his Power in a much More mature these said who is 27 and has been on the pro tour for six for the first two i played very Good grass court i knew if i could get some returns id have a after the first four games had gone with Curren ripped off five in a Row to take the opening set and gain a Quick break in the the match burst into controversy mid Way through the second set when men already a break questioned a Curren As Umpire David Howie declined to overrule his service judge and asked Mcenroe to play a fan in the crowd dont in upset and the confusion continued when Mcenroe was Given a warning for unsportsmanlike con duct for pursuing the original line Call argument and muttering at that Mcenroe called for tournament referee Alan Mills and grand prix supervisor Ken and after More heated the match continued with Curren holding serve for a 31 three stunning service returns gave the worlds ninth ranked another break for a 52 and he went on to win the Mcenroe improved slightly in the third but still played with Little imagination or from Curren won eight consecutive Points for a 53 Lead before his title slipping narrowed the Gap by holding but in the next Curren won the match on his second match Point when Mcenroe fired a forehand far Over the the 5 never had gotten past the first round at Wimbledon in four previous but his Speed was too much for gun who was playing in the quarterfinals of a grand slam tournament for the first who had served 74 aces in his first four was not nearly As devastating against Only once did Gunthardt look like he could win at 44 in the opening had four break but Jarryd saved them All and moved confidently through the rest of the match and into the some outstanding women matches were shoved out of the limelight by the magnitude of currens upset of Mcenroe and the Appeal of the Boyish Beckers continuing standout defending women Champion Martina Navratilova came through her toughest set of the tournament so before beat ing pain Shriver 76 63 to reach the Chris Evert Coop seed with continued her March toward the grand slam by trouncing Barbara Potter Lloyd already has won the australian and French opens in this Tennis Calendar two other americans made it an All semifinal lineup As Zina Garrison and Kathy also Garri the 8 rallied to beat Quali Fier Molly Van Nostrand while the 16thseedcd Rinaldi upset 7 Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia 1 in a High Quality match which enthralled the capacity crowd on a unbaked Center Navratilova squeezed through opening set against Shriver on a tiebreaker and Cap tured an Early break of serve in the second enough to win her the Shriver had beaten her longtime Dou Bles partner Only three times in 23 but in the opening set she matched her opponent stroke for although the defending Champion was never behind after breaking serve in the opening she was made to fight for every after saving a set Point in the 10th Shriver levelled at 55 with a magnificent service both players then held serve to Send the set into a Shriver quickly established a 31 but could not capitalize on her advantage and lost the tiebreaker by seven Points to in the second Navratilova again gained an Early break and led 30 while her opponent still rued the chances she missed in the this there was no Way Back for Shriver As the defending going for her sixth singles made fewer and fewer although 23 on did have a Point for a break in the seventh she netted a service return and never had another she held serve to stave off defeat in the next game but when Navratilova served for the she gained the semifinals on her first match a winning backhand Volley Down the i think the whole thing was How i played the i set up about two or three Points that i didst 1 Felt that if i had won the first she might have got said a disappointed 1 was looking Forward to the match because i really thought i stood a the Rinaldis Kova match followed a bizarre Rinaldi quickly captured the opening but her opponent gained an Early break in the second and continued to jump in on Rinaldis poor second quickly squaring the Sutkova continued to dominate As she broke Rinaldi again in the first game of the final but the Young american suddenly struck pinned her opponent to the base line and ripped off the last six Wimbledon to today live television from the Wimble Don Tennis championships will be aired from 3 to 5 with highlights scheduled from to Friday on the German second fridays live action will be telecast from 3 to 6 with tourney highlights to be shown from 11 to on the Ger Man first