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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 1, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 25 Cash stuns Wilander at Wimbledon by Bob Greenep Tennis writer Wimbledon England a Pat Cash of Australia dominating at the net Upsel second seeded mais Wilander 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-3 monday to join defending champions Boris Becker and Martina Navratilova in the quarterfinals a Wimbledon. Obviously i m very Happy said Cash who underwent an emergency appendectomy two weeks before the world s most prestigious grass courts tournament began. I suppose i m a bit surprised Loo. I realty did t expel i. Under he circumstances i d say it was the Best Tennis i vec or  it was the itch time in he tournament s first four rounds that an uns cedi a player had upset one of the men s seeds and he second Lime for Cash. He Ous cd no. Is Guillermo Vilas in he first round. Becker Rode his powerful serve to a 3. 7-6, 6-2 Victory Over uth seeded i Kacl pc Runfors of Sweden while Navratilova who has yet to drop a set brushed Back a determined bid by Isabelle de Man got of France 6-3, 6-3 under anole or Bright broiling hot Day. Joining the american left hander in the women s quarterfinals were second seeded Chris Evert Lloyd no. 3 Hana Mandrikova no. 7 Helena Sutkova no. 10 Gabriela Sabatini no. 13 Catarina Lindqvist and two non seeded players West Germany s Beilina Bunge an american Lori Mcneil. Besides Cash and Becker the men s Quarter finalists include no. 7 Henri Leconie no. 10 Tim Mayolle Slobodan Zivojinovic of Yugoslavia India s a mesh Krishnan and Czechoslovakia Smilo Stav Mecir. In a late match top seeded Ivan lend of Czechoslovakia and american Matt anger had to suspend action after each had won a 7-6 set and the score was tied at 2-2 in the third set because of dark a photo australian pot Cash. Beats another seed Mccier advanced by knocking out 12th seeded Brad Gilbert of the United states3-6, 7-6, 6-1, 6-2, while Bunge stopped no. 8 Manuela male Eva of Bulgaria a Clay court specialist 3-6,6-2,6-3. Becker s Victory on grass at the All England club was Sweet revenge for the18-year-old West German right hander. On the red Clay courts of the French open perfors upset Becker in route to he final. You can t Sec his serve so you can t really do anything about that Pem Foresaid of Becker. If he can play like this and serve like this there s no Way you can beat him. The Only Lime you can break him i when he serves two double faults and Ihnn you re Lucky on a return and befalls Down on the next Ball. He can Lake advantage of inc surface so much  with one exception All of the men s  have Power games. The exception is the smooth stroking Krish Nan who ousted West Germany s Eric Jelen a-4. 7-6.6-2 in a Bailie of unseeded players. But Mayotte Cash and Becker arc in their element on grass Luconte is an All court player and Zivojinovic and Mecir have big serves. Just last year. Cash was ranked seventh in the world. But he Losi in the Sec Ond round it Wimbledon then was Side lined with a bad Back until this year. Before Wimbledon he had played total of five matches this year. His quarterfinal pairing against Luconte will be his fifth Malfi in this tournament the second of the year s grand slam events. Other men s quarterfinal matchup will Send Becker against Mccier Krishnan against Zivojinovic assuring an unseeded player reaches the semifinals at Wimbledon for the Lola consecutive crr and Mayo Ltd against the Lindl anger Winner. The women s quarterfinals pit Navra Lilova against Bunge Sabatini against Lindqvist Mcneil against Mandrikova and Sutkova against Lloyd. I think i m Lucky Hal i m a grass court player Cash said. I know How to play on grass and it s just a Mailer of putting things together. His Success so soon after his operation and the birth last month of this first child is even surprising the australian. I did t think i was going to win my first Malch Cash said. I was one Day away from saying forget about it and almost going Home. Might Send my surgeon a  Becker who last year became the first unseeded player the first German and inc youngest to capture the men s single Crown at Wimbledon boomed 21 aces in his Victory Over perfors. In inc High Legame of the Middle set he won Wilh four  aces. My last loss against Pero fars Hurt  Becker said. Losing the quarterfinal in the French open and the Way i lost it 6-0 in inc fourth set. The next Lime i played him Al Wimbledon on monday really concentrated and tried to beat  the swede was never in the match although he did break Becker in the fourth game of the second Sci to put inc let Back on service. But Becker capture the tic Brcak 7-2, serving two aces then wilt7ed through inc third Sci. Bui the upsets hat have marked this grass court classic As much As the sunny skies and unusually warm  continued As inc tournament began its second week. First Ballina of West Germany of de women s eight seed Manuela Fol Aleva of Bulgaria 3-6,6-2,6-3. Next Mccier of Czechoslovakia owned the men s 12th seed Brad Gil Bert of the United Stales 3-6. 7-6,6-1,6-2. Navratilova seeded no. 1 and going for her fifth consecutive Wimbledon Lilly beat Isabellc Demongeot of France 6-3.6-3, taking just Over an hour. But Evert Lloyd inc French open Champion and seeded no 2 Here had Loco me Back from a so do fill to defeat 16th seeded Katity Jordan of the United slates 7-5,6-2. Luconte beat John Fitzgerald of Australia 7-6, 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 Sabatini of Argentina downed Italy s ral Tacolla Ruggi 6-4, 1-6. 6-3 and Sutkova. Of czech Oslo Varia Defeated Robin while of the United slates 6-3, 6-0. Mcneil made Quick work of another unseeded american Boisy nag Lson 7-5, 6-1, o reach the quarterfinals. Beats Fittipaldi by 10.89 seconds Sullivan captures Meadowlands up East Rutherford . A Danny Sullivan fighting a broken clutch nearly All the Way bumped past Bobby Rahal 26 laps from the end and went on to his tint Victory of the season sunday in he Chase Meadowlands grand prix indy car race. Michael and Mario Andretti the father and son who started on the front Row in he 100-Lap race at the Mead lowlands sports Complex both were out by Lap 23 with blown engines leaving the Battle to Sullivan and three Oiher fast competitors Sullivan driving a co Worth powered March that he switched to Between the two founds of time trials on Friday and saturday slipped below Rahal the Indi Anapolis 300 Winner while negotiating a Light turn on Lap 75. The two marches bumped together hard As Sullivan struggled to get his car into gear. But the Penske racing team entry managed to move in front of Rahal and was Able to pull away in a solid Lead he rest of the Way on the tight 11-turn, 1.682-mile circuit. Sullivan winning for the first time since the 1985 season finale at Miami and capturing his sixth cart pig series Victory crossed the finish line 10,89 seconds ahead of second place Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil who got past Rahal on Lap 92. Fittipaldi finished second at the Meadowlands for the second straight year. Roberto Guerrero of Colombia who dominated much of the race wound up fourth the last competitor on the Lead Lap. Jacques Villeneuve of Canada was fifth a Lap behind. Sullivan 36, averaged a race record 92.340 Mph breaking the Mark of 90.167 Sci a year ago by Al Unser or. He won $90,660 from the $700,000 purse. Mario Andretti who won the inaugural Meadowlands race in i9s4, beat his son o he first turn at the Start and led the first four laps. However Michael a 23-year-old Charger who held onto the Lead in the season standings despite his bad Luck sunday moved into the Lead on Lap five. The. Elder Andretti s car had a broken water line and hit engine seized on Lap 9, ending is racing Day. Meanwhile Michael who has won twice and led in All six indy car races this season move steadily away from second place Guerrero to a Lead of 20.5 seconds after 22 laps. On his next trip around the course built on parking Loli and Access roads Between giants stadium and Byrne Arena the younger andr Citi s engine gave Way with a Bittow of smoke giving Guerrero the Lead. That s the Way it stayed until Guerrero made his second scheduled pit Slop on Lap 72. Sullivan running third Al the Lime also ducked into the Pils moments later while Rahal crossed the finish line in the Lead. Guerrero s co Worth engine died and bad to be restarted Wilh an electric starter and Sullivan beat him Back onto toe track to take second place. On Lap 74, Rahal made his pit Stop. It was a Quick one and he just got Back onto the track in front of Sullivan. The latter stayed right behind for a Lap before making the move that got him the Lead for Good. The pc Sec team now has 46 indy car victories. This was he longest the learn has gone without a Victory in a season since 1978. Roger Penske who owns and operates the team took both Sullivan and team mate Rick mean to Liny Wall stadium in Central new Jersey sunday Al 6 . For what he called a Shakedown session since both cars had new engines installed and some other changes made saturday night. The Early morning Effort on he one third of a mile High banked Oval paid off with Sullivan s Victor 1, although cars went out Early with a fuel pickup prob Lem and finished 19th. Unser who ran As High As third in he Early going lost eight laps after spinning on Lap six and having to be Lowed Back to the pits for a restart. Tom Snova who now trails Michael Andretti 70-56 in the Point standings wound up 17th after his engine quit on Lap 35. Unser is third Wilh 50 Points followed by Sullivan 43, Kahal 42 and Fittipaldi 38. There were several accidents in inc race Wilh no serious injuries reported. Kevin Cogan who won the season opener Al Phoenix in april suffered a bruised leg in the most serious crash. Ludwig takes Noris ring 200 Nuernberg Germany a three Lime la mans Champion Klaus Ludwig of West Germany drove his porsche 956c to Victor sunday in the "200 Miles of the no rising race for prototype cars. Finishing second was Eddie Che Crof the United Stales in his Jaguar xjr-6, and third was Derek Warwick of England also in a Jaguar xjr-6. Both arc formula one driven. Ludwig completed the race in 1 hour 7 minutes and 0.36 seconds averaging 101 Runph on the Noriar ing track before 70,000 spectators. Cheever was 7.67 seconds of the Pace and Warwick 14.75 seconds and a Lap behind. Frank Jelinski of West Germany and James Weaver of England came in fourth and fifth in porsche 962c Ludwig and countryman Hans Joachim stuck the Point Leader inthe prototype race world championship standings kept exchanging the Lead in the Early going before stuck had to Slop to have a faulty electrical plug fixed. Television baseball sin Diego Al Houston tape10 30 pin. To Day. Radio baseball us Francisco it at Lanta 135 . Wednesday  
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