European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday August 25,1986 the stars and stripes Page 17 sports Mcenroe ousted in 1 St round by Bod chem hew York a John Mcenroe tamed his ice per but nol his Tennis tuesday and became a first round casualty in the . Open. Of full like 1 was in a reasonably Good Frame of mind said Mcenroe playing in Only his fourth tournament since a seven month Layoff. I Felt like i gave a a icily Good Effort and was trying the Best thing mat 1 could it was t enough. Paul Annacone buckled Down to beat he ninth seeded Mcenroe 1-6, 6.1,6-3.6-j. I just hoped that 1 would go out an play Well today Annacone said and if i did then i d have a Chance. Fortunately i got a lol of Mcenroe has won the open four times Wimbledon three times and was ranked no. 1 until a year ago. He be came the first finalist to lose in the first round of the next us. Open since Tom Okker of the Netherlands loll to Bril Ain s Mark Cox in the first round in1969. In 1968, Okker lost to Arthur Ashe in the title year Mcenroe fell to Czechoslovakia s Ivan lend in he men s tuesday Lindl followed Mcenroe onto the Louis Armstrong stadium court and crushed Glenn Layendecker 6-3,6-2, 6-0."it does t affect me at All the Tori seeded Lindl said of Mcenroe s shocking defeat. I mean i have to play Robert Seguso in the second i could have played Mcenroe in the quarters but it s a Long Way there for me and for him. For him it proved to be Loo Long. I Hope in does t prove to be Loo Long for s Guillermo Vilas who won the tournament in 1977 when it was played on Clay was ousted by Paul Mcnamec of Australia 7-5, 5-7, 2-6, 6-1, 6 3, later in the Day. David Pale upset12th-sceded Thierry Tulane 3-6, 6-3, 6 1, 5-7, 6-4. Kathy Rinaldi the women s no. 10, fell to Michelle Torres 6-1,6-4.defending women s Champion Hana Mandrikova of Czechoslovakia and top seeded Martina Navratilova easily moved into the second round. Mandrikova the fourth seed cruised past Marie Christine Alicja of France 6-2, 6-2.navraiilova Defeated Czechoslovakia s Andrea Holikova 6-4, 6-2,, seeking her third . Open Crown in four years simply Over whelmed her Young opponent breaking her service in the third game of both sets and in the seventh game of the second. The world s no 1-ranked woman and reigning Wimbledon Champion then closed out the match at love the final t i unseeded Paul Annazone left celebrates tuesday after upsetting John Mcenroe right in the first round of the . Open. Point coming on a service look just 95 minutes to Beal her French opponent. Playing in her ninth . Open Mandrikova traded Servic Breaks with Calleja in the fourth and fifth games before the world s fourth ranked woman player took the next three games to close out the 33-Minule second set was even quicker As Cal Toja made numerous unforced errors. Other seeded players to win their first round matches tuesday included no. B Henri Luconte of France and no. 15 Brad Gilbert. Leonle was a 6-3.6-4.6-4 Winner Over Argentina s Martin Jane. Gilbert Defeated Tomm a Ameck 2-6,6-4, fr3,6-i.h was Annazone a hard serving right hander who was dominant As Mcenroe constantly found himself out of position or committing unforced errors. The match ended when Mcenroe once almost untouchable at the National Tennis Center hit a Volley wide when he had most . I m sorry that he lost Annacone Saidof want to Sec him come Back because i think he s great for Tennis i m not sorry that i won but it feels kind of awkward beating the defeat Mcenroe dropped to at least 21st in the world computer rankings his lowest Ever. Sixth ranked Jimmy con nors is now the Lone american ranked in the top 10.annaeone finished with 23 aces to Only three for two played last week in the Hamlet cup in nearby Jerico n,y., and Mcenroe won 6-3, 6-2. And at first it looked like Mcenroe would Post another easy Victorya he ripped through the first set breaking Annazone at 30 in the first game and from Deuce in the second. But that was the last Lime Mcenroe would break Annacone s feeling of the match changed and he was More in control Mcenroe said. He got better and i got worse As the match went sprayed unforced errors in every direction 17 off the forehand. Ii off the backhand and even slamming two smashes so Long the Ball almost hit the Wall at the Back of the s frustrating at missing easy shows Mcenroe said and i be been missing a lol of left hander who had been consid ered a legitimate contender to win ii tournament the year s final grand Start event wound up with nine double faults. Annacone ranked 20th in the world had Lour. Reds Beof pirates 5-4 As Parker silences leers from press dispatches Pittsburgh Dave Parker knows the Best Way to silence the Pittsburgh pirates fans who boo him. Parker homered and drove in four runs including the tie breaker with a sacrifice Fly in the a Mph inning tues Day night that gave the Cincinnati reds a 5-4 Victory Over the pirates. I Don l care what he says when he comes Here he wants to do manager Pete Rose said. You can see it the Way he goes after the Ball Here and the Way he takes batting Parker was a controversial figure no Roundup during his 11 seasons with the pirates. Earlier this season the pirates tiled suit against him seeking Relief from deferred contract payments. The team contends Parker misrepresented his physical condition because of his admitted cocaine use. I gel fired up in View of every thing including the cheap shot there taking at me Over the deferred payments Parker said. I like to re mind them thai i was a Quality player Here and that i m a Quality player for sea i. On Page 22 Angels top yanks on Witt s 4-hitter from press dispatches new York California s Mike Witt won his seventh straight Start a career Best with a four hitter tuesday night As the Angels beat the new York Yankees 2-0. The Victory was California s third in a Row while the Yankees have lost four straight. Witt 16-7, walked one struck out five and retired the final 14 hitters he faced. Ii was his third shutout and american league leading 12lh Complete game Wilt has allowed just one earned run in his last 43% innings and has not lost since Boston s Roger Clemens beat him 3-2, on july 12. Will threw a six hitter in Al Roundup that Felt tonight pretty much the Way i have fell the last seven or eight games pretty Good stuff pretty Good com Mand said will. He pitched the major leagues last no hitter a perfect game on the final Day of the 1984 season. The Angels took advantage of the Texas rangers g-1 loss to the red sox to move into a four game Lead in the Al West the Yankees fell seven games Back of Boston in the Al East race manager Lou Piniella said the Yan Kees who were not scoring runs to begin with were further weakened when see Al on Page 22
