European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes monday june 8,1987 Lendl beats Wilander to retain French title Paris a Ivan Lindl of his men s singles title at the French open Tennis championships sunday beating Sweden Smaris Wilander 7-5, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 in a match that finished in rain and Semi darkness. Lindl who was appearing in his fourth Succes Sive final took 4 hours 17 minutes to Clinch he title for the third time. He won last year and in 1984, but was beaten in 198s by Wilander. It was the fifth grand slam Success for the 27 year old czechoslovak the world s no. 1 player who has also won the . Open twice. The match was interrupted by Tain in the Middle of the fourth Sel Wilh Lendl leading 3-2. When play resumed under Gray skies 3s minutes later Wilander appeared less troubled by the won the first six Points holding serve for 3-3 and moving to Loye-30on Lendl s service. But he defending Champion recovered his concentration hit three winners and rallied to hold for both player then held at love and Wilander twice had to serve to save the match first at 4-5 and then at 5-6. He succeeded both times and took these into a tiebreaker. As the ruin began to fall again the Center court crowd huddled under umbrellas and Lindl seemed in a hurry to gel the tiebreaker Over and Lake the1195,000 Winner s paycheck. He ripped off the first four Points in style but let the swede Back in Wilh two Sloppy errors. Bui a fantastic stretching backhand pass Down the line took lend to 5-2, and he moved to 6-2 and four match Points after Wilander hit a service re turn Laic and Long thinking the ser t was out. The swede saved one match Point with a smash but then hit a forehand Long on the next to give Lendl the Victory. Wilander who was also going for his third French Crown after winning in 1982 and 1985,came into this year s championships As the no. 4 seed and a Strong favorite after taking two big Clay court titles in Monte Carlo and Rome in the pre Vious six weeks. He had Lendl in trouble in the third set and Al times in the fourth. But he was nol As consistently positive As be was in earlier matches including Bis straight set victories Over Yannick Noah of France and two time Wimbledon Champion Boris Beckeroff West Germany in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively. Len who showed great menial toughness a vital stages of the match said that he had never bad s Iran Lendl. Wins 3rd French open Crown a harder Challenge. I have played Many Tough matches in this tournament Lendl said. "1 think this Overall is the hardest of the five grand Sam titles 1 have Wilander said his game Plait went All wrong. I did not play the came i wanted to play. My tactic was not to play like that but i did not get the feel to get offensive i was playing of in the first Sci and the second just ran away from me. The third was too late the swede said. The championship match was marked by Long often tedious Baseline rallies especially in the firs set but improved in Quality toward the end As the rain threatened to cause a postponement until monday. Lend was dominant for the first two Seis serving Well and Hilling . He continued to hold serve easily Al the Start of the third set and looked As if he could finish the match in straight sets. Navratilova Shriver a n doubles slam Paris a Martina Navratilova and Pam Shaver combined for the women s doubles Crown sunday As they Defeated Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini 6-2, 6-1, at the French open and gained another doubles grand slam. The pair have not been beaten in the last 10 tournaments and have won the Wimbledon ., australian and French titles since last july. They have won 16 grand slam women s doubles Crown together. Previously they had won eight straight grand slam tournaments before a toss in the 1985 wimbly Dedon. It was Shriver s second title at this sear s French open. Saturday she won the mixed doubles championship with Emilio Sanchez of Spain. Shriver was not entered in the singles. Navratilova had lost to Graf in the women s sin Gle. She also won last year s women s doubles title with Andrea Temesvar in saturday s Lale match Andres Jarryd of swe Den and Robert Seguso of Ibe United slates came from behind to capture to men s doubles title at the French open by defeating frenchmen Yannick Noah and Guy forget 6-7 5-76-7 2-76-3, 64,6-2. Jarryd and Seguso had to make a search for each other when their original partners bowed out with leg injuries last week Seguso was teamed with John Mcenroe while Jarryd had Stefan Edberg. For Jarryd it was the second straight five set final Al the French open. Jarryd and Seguso shared a top prize of 575,000. In the mixed doubles Shriver and Sanchez took the Best of americans Lori Mcneil and Sherwoo Stewart 6-3, 7-6 7-4. World Mark set As leu Bruins win track titles Baton Rouge la. A Butch Reynolds Ohio stale s Brilliant Quarter Miler sped to a sizzling Victory saturday in the Mcaa outdoor track and Field championships while Urcla won the men s title by a record margin and Louisiana stale University took the women s Crown in a controversial finish. The meet featured a world Best in he women s triple jump As Sophomore Sheila Hudson of California leaped 45 feel 2 i inches and a collegiate record of 3 minutes 00,55 seconds in the Meny 1,600-meter relay by Urcla. Reynolds was limed in 44.12 the second Best at sea level and the fifth fastest Ever for 400 Mcleis As he beat Urcla s Danny Evyrell and arkansas1 Roddi Haley the time was just off his personal Best of 44,10 the Best Ever Al sea level. The time smashed the Mcaa meet record of 44.30,set last year by Gabriel Tii coh of Washington state. I think this proves that i m a world class Al fete " Reynolds a Junior said. The world record is the 400 record of 4j.86 by Lee Evans of the United slates at the 1968 olympics is one of the oldest in i Hereford books. Everett s second place finish Worth eight Points clinched the title for the Bruins who finished with 81 Points. Everett gained a measure of Consolation for his loss in be 400 by anchoring the record setting Bruin 1,600-meter relay team of Anthony Washington Kevin Young and Henry Thomas. Urcla s winning margin of 33 Points Over runner up trias which finished with 28, was the largest in meet history. The previous Best was 48 Points when Urcla amassed is and second place Brigham Younghan 33 in 1966. Texas Christian was third with 27 Points followed by Arkansas with 26 and Louisiana stale with 25. The seven titles made the Bruins the second win Nin Gesl team in the 66 years of the championships. Southern California is the Leader with 26. Among the women leu finished with 62 Points to 53 for second place Alabama its Southeastern Confer ence rival and 51 for third place Southern California. Alabama appeared id have won the title after Fin Ishing first in the 1,600 relay the final running event on the program. Bui the Crimson tide was. Disqualified for passing out of the zone on be second Exchange costing it 10 Points and leu which had finished fourth was moved to third collecting six Points instead of four. It was the first outdoor title for leu which won the indoor championship in March. Meanwhile Hudson recorded the world s longest outdoor triple jump on her final attempt. Her record leap surpassed the world Best of 45-ow, set last month by Flora hyacinth of Alabama and the . Virgin islands. It also exceeded the american record of 44-11% established last month by Wendy Brown of Souther California. Alabama s Lillie Leatherwood King won the women s 400 meters for the second consecutive year in Anncar meet record 50.90. The time broke the Mark of 50.94 Sci by Urcla s Florence Griffith in 1983. Leal Farwood also finished second in Friday s 200 and ran on Alabama s third place 400-meter relay least. Laura Lavyne became the first Washington slate woman to win a title in the Mcaa outdoor championships capturing the discus throw. Lavine a Junior burled the discus 184 feet 2 inches to beat Lacy Barnes of Fresno slate who had 182-10. Dodds cagers finish 3rd in French tourney chateau Roux France the Dodds Germany All stars used a 14 2 spun Lale in the first half and a 14-1 Binge in the first for or minutes of the second half and rolled to a 124-87 Vic tory Over Belgrade partizan in the third place game of he Junior National basketball tournament Here sunday. The american held a 26-22 Edge with 9 04 remaining in the first half bul Wuerzburg s Mike Brown and Pitburg s Mike Tolbert led the 14-2 spree for a a 57-40 halftime advantage. s Lawrence Jackson scored eight Points Al the outset of the second half and the Dodds cagers were out of reach. They could t handle our full Tourt press Dodds coach Tom Leblanc said. We were in much better condition and simply wore them Brown led a six Man double figure contingent Wilh 27 Points. He also had eight rebounds nine steals and five assists. Jackson followed with 24 Point Sand 10 rebounds. Tolbert added 17 Points to the win Ning cause Gissen s Calvin Peterson followed Wilh 14 and the a Luigart Ian dem of Ron Thomas and Sieve Butler contributed 13 apiece to the Victory Parade. Peterson and Thomas had five steals apiece. Miladin Muil Adzic sparkled in do font for partizan with a same High -29 Points and 12 rebounds. Dranko Sag Cic scored 12 Points and Jovan a Rinkov Chad 10
