European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 31, 1937 the stars and stripes Page 25 Graf overcomes Canadian threat Becker triumphs Paris a Stetti Graf of West Germany survived a scare from Canada s Helen Kelocsi and stretched her win Ning Streak to 36 matches to move into the quarterfinals of inc French open with a 7-6,6-2 Victory saturday. My final reaction was Damn Why did l i play better " Graf said. The other second seed from West Ger. Many Boris Becker also had problems before overcoming inconsistent play 10beat Henrik Sundstrom of Sweden 6-1, 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 and Advance to the fourth round of the men s draw. Becker will face american Jimmy Arias unseeded but a Winner Over the 10-year-old German in the Monte Carlo open Lasi month. Other winners As the men finished heir third round and the women started their fourth included Mats Wilander Yannick Noah Jimmy Connors Gabriels Sabatini Manuda Maleva and unseeded aral a Sanchez a 13-year-Oldfrom Spain. Graf last lost in the final of the Virginia slim1 championships Las december coming into the French open she Hadron six tournaments in a Row and was 32-0 since that loss in cold new York to Martina Navratilova. Through the first three rounds Graf was invincible dropping just five games and wrapping up her victories in less than an hour apiece. But against Kelesi on Center court Ona warm but Cloudy Spring Day grass Streak looked to be in jeopardy. Kelesi used Well placed ground strokes to run g Raf Back and Forth in the first set. Graf was within a Point of breaking Kalesi s serve for the first Sel at 5-4 when she hit a forehand Long. Kelesi immediately pounced holding serve and breaking Graf for a 6-5 Lead then Kelesi moved to set Point serving the 12lli game. Against almost any other player she probably would have won it. But Graf held on and sent the set to a tiebreak with a great return of a drop shot de Pinto the Bac coun which Kelesi just nipped with her Racket. In the Lic break Graf Slot to a 6-1 Lead then netted two a churns before clinching with a smash. The second Sel belonged of the 17-year-old, although Kelesi put up a Batik. In the quarterfinals Graf faces the sixth seeded Malcova from Bulgaria who also had to survive a first set lie breaker to beat Stephanie Rehe of the United slates 7-6.6-1. Connors the Lone american remain ing among inc men s seeds at no. 8, advanced to round 4 with 6-3, 6-1, 6-2viclory Over Franco Davin of Argentina. At 34, Connors is the oldest player left inthe men s Field at 17, Dave had been the youngest. Next up for Connors is another unseeded player Ricki Osterthun who beat fellow West German Damir a cyclic 6-2,5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Sabatini the seventh seed from Argentina Defeated Karen Schimper of South Afri Ca 6-4, 6-1, and next plays aral a in he first grand slam tournament who moved into the quarterfinals with a 6-1,6-4 Victory Over Carina Karlsson of Sweden. Arias advanced with a 4-6,7-6,62,4-6,6-2 Victory Over Jorge Arrise of Spain who eliminated 15th-seeled Brad Gilbert of he . In the second round. Wilander roared Back from dropping a second set tiebreaker to beat americana Ron Krickstein 6-1,6-7,6-0,6-2. Noah cheered on by a French full House on Center court Defeated Michil Schap cars of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 in 1 hour and 32 minutes. Becker started quickly against sunds trom with a patient style. But in the second set he started Rushing shots and spraying the Ball All Over inc court. Sundstron ranked sixth in the world in 198 but win soul a single Victory since sep tember 1986 before the first round Here stayed Back and hammered forehand a Germany s Boris Becker hit backhand against Sweden s i Len Rili Sundstrom. Becker who prefers the Quick kill of grass and hard courts Over he rhythmic play on Clay. In the i hid set Becker s Talent began to take Over. He built a 5-1 Lead with two service Breaks lost his serve in he eight game but broke Back for the set at love on a running backhand Cross court flick that rocketed past the charging swede the first game of the fourth Sel was Becker s Day m miniature. He opened with a Winner then double faulted. He sent backhand Long but got the Point Back when Sundstrom missed with a forehand. A Becker forehand landed in the net giving Sundstron break Point which he immediately lost on his own forehand error. Becker then look Over with a drop Volley set up by a deep forehand in pc landholding serve with an Ace. Becker Ihnn broke serve in inc secondhand fourth games Corning to the incl More frequently and occasionally Hying through the air to get to balls. While still hotline some shots that would mate a weekend Hacker cringe he was in control. Arias battled front behind to take the second set info a tiebreaker which he won 7-4. Arrise surged Back in the fourth set bul was having problems with volleys and that finally proved fatal. Arias broke fora 4-2 Lead in the fifth set held for 5-2 and moved to match Point on Arrise serve. The spaniard caved it. Bul Arias quietly grabbed it Back and won when Arrow netted a Volley. Lady rams flyers take volleyball titles by Dave Diehl staff writer Raf Wethersfield England the Ramstein lady rams and the wies Baden flyers pulled through the 1987 Safe volleyball championships sat urday to Lake Home titles from the four Day 12-Leam Lourna Mcnol. The Ramstein women shut Down their Continental sports conference rival the Sembach tigers in three straight games 15-11, 16-14 and 1s-6, in the  championship match to Lake their Sec Ond consecutive Safe women s volleyball title the Wiesbaden flyers the Csc top men s team held together through a five game Battle at the net with the Medik a Ranegan sports conference s incur life braves to win 15-13, 15-12, 14-16, 9-15, 15-6. The flyers offence led by All army hitter Rodney pet Chen and Bill Morise put no fewer than 18 spikes through the braves defense in la championship match. Wiesbaden Captain and tournament most valuable in s player Tommy Roberts predicted before taking it courts with the braves that the Mac learn would t be Able 10 maintain the intensity in would Lake to win the three games. He turned out to be right bul barely. A three Way men s lie Between a con Bury in Ciurlik and Wiesbaden forced a playoff Between the iwo lowest scoring tears in Ciurlik and the spartans. The in Ciurlik men took two straight 15-7, 15-10 wins from the  s Alconbury to earn a place in the finals. Wiesbaden opened up the championship contest against in Ciurlik with non Stop spikes and kills from the front Row duo of Roberts and Bill Morise to beat the braves defense. In the second game in Ciurlik lost an Early Lead in had Over the flyers loan eight Point rally on Pedersen s service. In Ciurlik prevailed in a lifeless two games that followed after Roberts pulled a leg muscle. With the momentum gone from the flyers inc braves came from behind twice in the third and fourth games to beat the flyers and Force the final game. We had to do a Little soul searching said flyers setter hitter Morise. He said icy made up for the absence of All air Force player Roberts who seemed to be the heart of the Wiesbaden team throughout the tournament. It had an emotional effect on the  Morise said bul we had Guys to make up for  and that s exactly what they did As they toppled the braves 15-6 in the decider. In the Early going of the Toumey Onishe women s Side of the House the sem Bach women s coach Wayne Brandt said his team was inc one to beat in this tournament. He was right. The lady rams came into the championship Day with a 9-1 record thai included two wins in the third Day of round Robin play Over Sembach the lady rams playing tactics differed Little in this championship final. They exploited a marginal Sembach de sense. We pushed a lot of our shots to their Back raw said Ramstein Captain Peggy Dipaola. We beat them the same Way we beat them before we took advantage of their weak defense she said. Simbach entered the finals with an s 1 record and 140 Points to its opponent s 84. But Ramstein held its opposition to 76 Points while the rams scored 143. Sembach looked like ii would pull a win out of the second matchup when the tigers led throughout the first half of the game by a five Point service rally from Dipaola ended the tigers Hopes. The Ramstein women played hitters Mary Hollcr Slater and Marilyn Savage on shenet to Lead their offensive strike. Others Lazier slammed through the Sam Hach defense with eight kills in the three game match. In 1986. The lady rams Cru id through the Safe championship sweeping Hahn in the finals to Complete a 17-game winning Streak. Wiesbaden s Roberts and Shinbach s hag were named maps in a vote among coach pcs and officials at the end of he 87 tournament. The men s All Star first team was made up of in Ciurlik s Roberts Fedum a and Carlos Mercado rare slain s Harvey Richardson or. And Chicksands Sammie Hodges and Torrejon s Dave Evans. The second learn included Ramstein Jeff Brown Alconbury s Jay Gould and Steve Owen in Ciurlik s Samuel Mensier Macher and Ramstein s John Dipaola and Dexter Villaverde. The women s first team is Hage and Rogstad from Sembach Dipaola of Ramstein and Carol Gibson qty cretan ice and Kara Whiting from Aconbury. The second team is Kim Powell an Christy Miller from Bent Walers san Vii s Cmya Little and Carlene Forrest and Torrejon s Beth quirk and Macique Balisle