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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 3, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 every Mandrikova gain semifinals by Bob Greene Paris a Chris Evert Lloyd and Hana Mandrikova two former winners advanced into the women s semifinals of the French open Tennis championships Mon Day dashing the Hopes of teen agers Steffi Graf of West Germany and Carling Basset of Canada. Both Evert Lloyd seeking her second consecutive French open title and a record seventh and Mandrikova the 1981 Winner on the red Clay courts of Roland Garros followed the same script dropping their opening set before capturing their Quarter final Battles. After Lloyd ousted the 18-year-old Bas sctt 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, Mandrikova came from match Point Down before eliminating Graf 2-6, 7-6, 6-2, snapping the 16-year-old s winning Streak at 23 straight matches. Another West German teen Ager Wimb Ledon Champion Boris Becker moved into the men s quarterfinals monday stopping nth seeded Emilio Sanchez of Spain 6-0, 4-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in a fourth round men s Battle. Joining Becker in the quarterfinals were no. 8 Henri Leconti of France a 6-1, 6-2, 6-1 Winner Over Argentina s Horacio de la Pena Sweden s Mikael pc Runfors who ousted no. 11 Martin Jaite of Argentina 6-1,3 6, 7-6, 7-6, and Andrei Chesnokov of the soviet Union who bested Mexico s Francis co Macicle 6-4,6-1,4-6,6-1. The women s semifinal pairings will be completed tuesday when top seeded Martina Navratilova takes on no. 7 Kathy Rinaldi in an All american Battle while no. 6 Helena Sutkova faces the tournament s big Gest Surprise 14-year-old american Mary Joe Fernandez. Graf ranked third in the world and seeded no. 3 in the year s tint grand slam tournament had not lost a set in advancing Evert Lloyd Mandrikova into the quarterfinals and it appeared As if monday would be another easy Victory As she crushed Mandrikova in the opening set and reached match Point on her own serve in the 10th game of the second set. But the fearsome forehand that has Rock eted her to the top of the women s game suddenly turned against her. I did t think about it Mandrikova the no. 5 seed said of facing match Point. I tried not to look at the score. I just tried to stay in the  Mandrikova the reigning . Open Champion attacked fighting her Way to the net. I put pressure on her and she missed the forehand Down the line the czechoslovakian right Bander said. Mandrikova closed out the next Point on a backhand Cross court Volley then completed the service break when another Graf forehand sailed Long. She started playing so much better Graf said of her conqueror. She came to the net a lot her game changed and mine did  it is Mandrikova s fifth trip to the Semi finals at the French open and she has beaten Evert Lloyd the last two times they have played at the . Open last year and in the Virginia slims championships in new York in March. Bassett playing in her first tournament in seven weeks was Brilliant in the first set then ran out of steam. I put everything into the first set and got so tired the Young Canadian blonde said. My legs started  Evert Lloyd said she was t Inlo the match in the opening set. I was struggling. I was not concentrating very Well the 31-year-old Evert Lloyd said. When 1 won the first two games of the second set 1 knew i would win pc Runfors a two time american collegiate Mcaa Champion said it Felt lonely hut Good being the last remaining swede in the singles. Before the French open began pc Runfors although ranked 27th in the world had never won a match in a Nabisco grand prix event in Europe while four swedes were seeded among the top seven players in the men s singles. Hitting big serves and with Power off both sides pc Runfors kept Jaity pinned to the Baseline for most of the match. When the argentinian did work his Way to the net perfors passed him or Jaity netted a seemingly easy Volley. I m getting More and More confident with every  said pc Runfors who starred at the University of Georgia. Chesnokov the Surprise of the men s sin Gles who upset second seeded Mats Wilander in the third round had More trouble with Macicle than he did with the defending Champion. A member of Mexico s Davis cup team Macicle was Runn Crun in the Tennis exhibition Competition at the los Angeles olym Pic games losing to Sweden s Stefan Edberg in the finals. But stroking strongly from the Baseline and running Down everything Macicle hit across the net the soviet right hander continued his run through the Bottom half of the draw. I can play against anyone the russian said. His next opponent will be la cont the Lone remaining Frenchman in the singles.  s game does t bother me Chesnokov said. "1 shall prepare myself for the match and play my own game. I am not thinking about winning the title Here he told reporters. I am just thinking about playing my next  la cont took just 1m hours to conquer do la Pena a Clay court specialist who had been expected to give the left hander a tougher Battle. I promised to play like this today be cont said. "1 played very Well. He did t make Many winning Points. In each match 1 get better. I feel very  the last time Leconte met Chesnokov i beat him in Geneva 6-2 in the third set the Frenchman said. He is a very Good player rather like Wilander although he does t come to the net As  Becker roared to Victory in his opening set then had to Battle for every Point through the rest of the match against san Chez runner up in the italian open two weeks ago. The Center court match was delayed Foi 15 minutes by a heavy rain when the two were knotted 4-4 in the fourth set. After the delay Becker won seven of the next eight games to wrap up the fourth set and take a 5-1 Lead in the decisive fifth set. After Sanchez held Becker closed out the match at love winning the final Point with a forehand Volley. Becker s quarterfinal foe will be porn fors. Bucs pick Arkansas King in baseball draft new York a Arkansas third baseman Jeff King was picked no. 1 by the Pittsburgh pirates monday in the annual major league baseball Amateur free agent draft while highly regarded Heisman trophy Winner to Jackson of Auburn went unclaimed in the first round. King of Colorado Springs colo., hit .376 with 14 Horn in and 59 rib for the Cor Husken this season. To Jackson already the no. 1 Choice by Tampa Bay in the National football league draft is considered a Poten tial major leaguer. He has said he will not decide whether to play football or baseball for another week. Jackson hit just .246 in 21 games for Auburn before he was declared ineligible at Auburn for accepting a ticket to Tampa for a pre nil draft physical. He hit .401 with 17 homers As a Junior. The Cleveland indians choosing no. 2, picked Greg Swindell a left handed Pitcher from the University of Texas. He was 10-2 with a 1.36 earned run average this season. The san Francisco giants selected Matt Williams a third baseman from the University of Nevada Las the Texas rangers landed Kevin Brown a right handed Pitcher from Georgia tech. Kent Mercker a left handed Pitcher from Dublin Ohio was picked by the Atlanta braves. The Milwaukee Brewers got shortstop Gary Sheffield of Hillsborough High school in Tampa a. He is a Nephew of new York mets Star Dwight Gooden who went to the same school. The Philadelphia Phillies chose right handed Pitcher Brad Brink of the University of Southern California. Patrick Lennon a High school shortstop from White Ville n.c., was picked by the Seattle mariners. The Chicago cubs selected outfielder Derrick May of Newark Del High school. The Minnesota twins then took Derek Parks a Catcher Pitcher from Montclair High school in Montclair Calif. Tom Howard an outfielder from Ball state went to the san Diego padres. The Oakland athletics chose Catcher Scott Hemond from the University of South Florida. The Houston astros selected right handed Pitcher Ryan Bowen from Hanford High school in Hanford Calif. The Boston red sox took Greg Mcmurtry an outfielder from Brockton mass High school. The Montreal expos picked outfielder Kevin Dean from Hogan High school in Vallejo Calif. The California Angels selected Roberto Hernandez a right handed Pitcher from new York and South Carolina Aikin As their first pick. The Angels other two first round Choice were from the clubs that signed their class a free agents Juan Beni Quez by Baltimore and Al Holland by the Yankees while the supplemental picks were awarded additionally just for losing the players. Cincinnati went for right handed Pitcher Scott Scudder of Prai Riland High school in Altonville Texas. The Detroit tigers took Phil Clark a Catcher from Crockett Texas High school. The los Angeles dodgers got Michael White an outfielder from Loudon High school in Loudon Tenn. The Chicago White sox picked Grady Hall a left handed Pitcher from Northwestern University. The new York mels got Lee May jr., son of the batting coach of the Kansas City royals. The Angels landed Lee Stevens an outfielder from Lawrence Kan High school. Luis Alicia a second base Man from puerto Rico and Florida state was chosen by the St. Louis cardinals. Cha moves to ban boosters from Grid recruiting by Denneh. Freeman Dallas a the College football association has taken a Stern step to ban coasters from recruiting. Texas Christian coach Jim Wacker who was burned by Cash delivering rogue boost ers said it was a big step for collegiate football to clean up our act. The Cha voted sunday to get boosters correction Comiso Italy won the Safe men s volleyball championship sunday rather than the women s Crown As stated in a headline. Comiso was incorrectly identified As being in Turkey. Out of recruiting limit head coaches to one Contact per Prospect and to Cut scholarships from 30 to 25 3 year. The proposals will be submitted next january to the Mcaa convention in san Diego. The Pac-10 and big ten Are not members of the Cha. The full Cha convention adopted a proposal by coaches that will prohibit representative of athletic interests from All recruiting including Telephone Calls and letters until a Prospect signs a Grant maid. Wacker said it was important for the Cha to recognize the fact that alumni Are out of control. It s the problem we face More than any single thing. We have to keep the alumni out of recruiting Wacker said. Thu a recently hit with two Yean of sanctions from the Mcaa because Booster Dick Lowe gave players Cash. This happened before Wacker became head coach. He turned Over All evidence to the Mcaa when he discovered what had happened. Another Southwest conference school. Southern methodist was hit with a three year probation last september. Many of the violations against the Mustangs were Cre ated by overzealous alumni. This is a big step and Long overdue said sum athletic director Bob hitch. Georgia coach Vince Dooley said he Felt the proposal to Bounce the boosters would pass in the Mcaa convention. Chuck Encinas executive director of the Cha said i d be entirely surprised if our recruitment package was not passed by the Mcaa. We had an Mcaa representative who sat with our coaches and saw the wide spread endorsement of  Dooley called Cha approval of a proposal that initial scholarships be reduced from 30 to 25 and the Overall limit be increased from 95 to 100 very significant he said the i oth annual Cha convention had become a landmark  rockets 9 to play aia the Rhein main rockets will Host two exhibition baseball games against an ath letes in action team wednesday and thursday each game starting at 5 . The aia team will be at Rhein main this week before travelling to Czecho Slava Kia and Yugoslavia next week. Another athletes in action team will be visiting Rhein main july 17-21  
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