European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday december 9, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 25 Stefan Edberg rushes and reaches for a forehand Ouy against i a Lendl in australian open semifinal won by the St Edberg shocks Lendl to reach final against Wilander Melbourne Australia a Ste Haven l played As Well As i played in Thefan Edberg the former boy wonder of fifth Sci for a Long Long time.1 kit i f 1- a i. T i swedish Tennis sunday qualified for his first senior grand slam final by upsetting top seeded Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia in a thrilling five set semifinal of the $1.5-Mil-lion australian open. Edberg 19, and iceberg Cool won a rain into minted four hour struggle 6-7, 7-5, 6 i 4-6, 9-7 after squandering three match Points in the ninth game of the nerve Jan gling final Blond swedish serve and Volley in grit won the Junior titles at All four grand slam tournaments three Yean ago. The fifth seed Edberg Wilf meet his third seeded compatriot defending Champi on Mats Wilander in a historic final Mon Day. It will Mark the first time two swedes have contested a grand slam , who was Down two match Points to Australia Wally Masur i the round of16 and said his Early tournament form was horrible has run into form at just the right time. He was far steadier than the tempera mental Lendl in the decisive set. I Don t think i be Ever played so Well i such an important match Edberg said. I Edberg resumed slowly after the match had been halted by rain for 1 hour 43 min utes with the swede leading two sets o on and 4-4 in the fourth set. A Hon they returned Lendl promptly broke Edberg s serve and levelled at two sets got an Early service break in the decider but inc swede refused to be intimidated. He broke Back immediately and had three match Points in he ninth game All of which he third was a simple backhand which should have dropped into an empty court but instead went Over the Baseline. I thought i d blown it Edberg admitted. You Aren t supposed to think about those things but when you miss such an easy backhand you can t help said meeting Wilander who will be aiming to become Only the third Man Towin three straight australian titles held no fears for arc Good friends and i m not going to kill myself if i lose out there and neither is he Edberg said. Lendl who has been in a sour Moo throughout the tournament and was fined three limes was treated for a knee injury after the third set but his movement did not appear to be hampered. The 26-year-old czech said he turned the knee when he slipped late in the second set. Lendl was ungracious in defeat saying that the australian open was not in his opinion a major event i Don t Call this a major championship. Put it in the second class he said. I m not Happy but i did my Best and there is Nomore you can do. 1 told myself not to Roll Over. I wanted him to earn Lendl still has not won the Australia title in three attempts. Top seeded american pair Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver took the women s doubles by defeating West Germany Claudia to hic Kilsch and czech Helena Sutkova 6-3,6-4. American Paul Annacone and South african Christo Van Rensburg outlasted australians Mark Edmondson and Kim War Wick 3-6, 7-6. 6-4, 6-4 to win the men s doubles title. By Downs Hawaii ties for wac title Honolulu a Vai two touchdowns to cad Brigham Young to a 26-6 win Over in o Western athletic conference football Gam saturday. Sika Hema a senior running Back caught12 passes for 198 Yards and rushed for 86 Yards in 11 carries. The Victory improved the ninth ranked cougars record to 11-2 Overall and gave them a share of the wac title with air Force both with 7-1 records. Sika Hema scored his first touchdown on an 80-Yard pass from quarterback Robbie Bosco to erase a 3-0 Hawaii Lead with 4 42 remaining in the first Quarter. Then seven minutes into the third Quarter he broke Loose on a 29-Yard to run that put the cougars ahead 20-6. The run com a a Clad a three play 53-Yard drive in which c caught passes of 17 and 7 Yards. The rainbows had a touchdown Callenback late in the third Quarter by a holding penalty. They drove to the cougars 8-yar3 line Early in the fourth Quarter but Fumble the Ball away. The cougars final score came with Ven seconds remaining on an 8-Yard run by Tom Tuipulotu Sika Hema s backup. Bosco who finished third in the Heisman trophy balloting completed 25 of 37 passes for 310 Yards and two touchdowns. Hawaii finished with a 4-6-2 Overall Mark its first losing season in eight years. Milliard leads leu past East Carolina Baton Rouge la. A Dalto Milliard ran for 170 Yards and three touch Downs saturday night to Lead no. 12 Loui Siana stale University to a 35-15 Victory Over East Carolina. Milliard became the All time leading rusher at leu with a total of 4,050 Yards for his career. That broke the record of 4,035 by Charlie Alexander who left Louin 1978 for the Cincinnati bengals. He joins her Schul Walker to Jackson and Alexander As the Only running backs to total More than 4,000 Yards in their Sec careers. Leu. Which closed out its regular season at 9-1-1, will meet Baylor dec. 27 in the Liberty bowl. Milliard s touchdowns came on runs of 5 and 3 Yards in the second Quarter and is Yards in the third Quarter. American skater wins in Moscow Moscow a America Caryn Kadavy whirled through four triple jumps to win the women Competition sunday at the 20th an Nual Moscow International figure skating tournament. It was Kadar s International debut and the first appearance Here by . Skaters in 10 years. The 17-year-old Kadavy jumped into first place from third after the Short program. Soviet Champi Nanna Kondrashova ranked fourth in the world and another russian Natalya Leb Ideya finished second and third respectively. Langer fakes Sun of Challenge Sun City South Africa a Ger Many s Bernhard Langer underlined his claim to player of Lac year honors sunday with a two stroke Victory in the Sun City million Dollar Golf Challenge. Langer who won five tournaments this year including the . Masters finished with a 1-Undcr-Par 71 to give him 278, 10 under Par for the 72-holc event earning him $300,000 at the head of the elite 10 Man Field. . Player of the year Lanny Wadkins the overnight co Leader with Langer never got going and struggled to a 73 for a final total of 280 for second place. American Mark o Meara fired a 69. His Best round of the tournament to take third place a stroke Back. But the Day s honors went to seve balls tyros the spaniard who has won Here the past two years. Ballesttros shot a charging 67 that brought him within four strokes of Langer for fourth place. Balls Teros had struggled on the first two Days but turned the front nine sunday in 31. American Lee Trevino the co Leader after the first round stumbled to a 74 for a 283 total and fifth place a stroke ahead of Taiwan s . Chen who finished with a i Over Par 73. Australian David Graham s final round of 69 brought him seventh place Wilh a 285 total while South Africa s Denis Watson stumbled to a 75 for 288, even Par. American Hubert Green also improved again Wilh a 69 after a disastrous opening 76 to end up at 289 for ninth place. Scotland s Sandy Lyle closed with a 73 for 291 and last place which was Worth $50,000. Austria s Steiner captures women s slalom Ain sports radio pro football los annies rams at san Francisco 49ers, 3 . Tuesday. A Estrere Italy a Austria Sros Wittst Steiner upset favorite Swiss Erika Hess in the first women s special slalom of the ski season to score her fourth world cup Triumph since 1983.the austrian skier capitalized on a perfect and fastest first heat Down the Kanda har track to clock a winning aggregate time of 1 minute 30.02 , a former world slalom Champion finished 0.20 seconds behind the Winner and 0.10 ahead of teammate Brigitte Oertli who placed third. Eva Tward Okens of Squaw valleycalif., produced a sensation for the second consecutive Day placing fourth 0.72 seconds behind Steiner. Tward Okens placed fifth saturday in a super giant slalom Here
