European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. June 25,19b7 the stars and stripes Page 21 Navratilova romps at Wimbledon b Andrew War Sinaw Wimbledon England a mar Tina Navratilova seeking a record sixth consecutive Wimbledon Lille and an end to a disappointing year took jus 32minutes to defeat Claudia Porwick of West Germany 6-1, 6-0 in a first round match on Centre Conn wednesday. It was a Good Day for both the weather and seeded players. After rain the first two Days Blue skies could be seen an results ran True to form. Second seeded Steffi Graf of West Germany fresh from beating Navratilova for her first grand slam title in i French open Kepi her 1987 record unbeaten defeating Adriana Villagran of Argentina 6-0, 672. Graf won he last five games after trailing 2-1 in the second set. The last woman to win Wimbledon be sides Navratilova Chris even of the unil de states look 42 minutes to eliminate Britain s Sara Gomer 6-1, 6-0, in another first round match on a sunny Centre court. Also winning easily were Helena Suko a of Czechoslovakia the women s fourth wed who Defeated to Louis of Britain 6-1, 6-4 fifth seeded Pam Shiv or of the United states who downed Natalia Medvedeva of he soviet Union 6 2, 6-1, and ninth seeded Betlina Bung of West Germany who beat Claire Wood of Britain 6-3, 6-1. Other seeds winning were no. 11 Cal Arina Lindqvist of Sweden who beat Kathy Jordan of the United states 6-2,6 2 no. 12 Wendy Turnbull of Australia who downed american Debbie Spence 6-4, 6-2 no. Is Raffacla Reggi of Italy a 6-4, 5-2 Victor Over America s a Verlcy Bower and no. 16 Sylvia Hanika of West Germany who bested Dinky Van Rensburg of South Africa 7-5, 6-2. Among the men s seeds were fou american winners. Seventh seeded 7 Jimmy Connors beat fellow american Marty Davis 6-1, 7-6, 7-6. No. 10 Tim Mayotte beat Jean Leurian of France 6 2, 6-3, 6-3, no. 15 David Pate beat ser Gio Casal of Spain 6-4, 7-6, 7-5 and no. 16 Kevin Curren bested another yank Ben Testerman 7-6 7-57-6 11-96-3. Mats Wilander of Sweden the third seed and runner up in the French Opin beat South Africa s Gary muller6-2,6-1,6-4. Fifth seeded Miloslav Mecir of Czechoslovakia also advanced to the Sec Ond round with a 6-3, 6-2, 7-5 Victory Over american Mike Mcpalmer. Two frenchmen and a spaniard also triumphed no. 6 Yannick Noah beating Brad Drewell of Australia 6-4, 6-4, 6-4,no. 9 Henri laconic defeating Andre Agassi of the United states 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 and no. 14 Emilio Sanchez toppling american mite Bauer 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. 7-5. The third Day of the two week grass. L near perfect Martina Naii Tilora breezes to 32-minute Victory tuesday it Wimbledon. Court grand slam tournament opened under the Best weather conditions thus fur attracting a crowd that included the Duchess of York wife of Britain s Prince an Drew. After 1 / Days of rain brighter sides and ten some Sunshine were the order. Navratilova ranked no. 1 but struggling without a tournament Victory this year never had any trouble. Her game was close to perfect. She displayed it us the Sun shone on the All England club for the first time in this classic and both the weather and the Tennis brought an appreciative round of applause from the audience. Navratilova had singled out porn Klast year As a possible future Star but on wednesday she was Only a very Over matched 18-Ycar-old. Navratilova and Porwick each held serve to begin the match. The 18-Ycar-old West German right hander would not win another game on this Day and would capture just 13 Points in the last ii resumed really Well and she did t have that much Pace on her serve to give me trouble Navratilova was never truer than in the final game of the match when Navratilova boing after a record sixth consecutive Wimbledon singles title and eighth Over All ripped four winning service return Oslo close out her Victory. I Don t think i be Ever done that be fore hit four straight winners on service she s not a disastrous year. If you look at anybody else s record it s a great re Cord this year she said. Two semifinal losses four final losses including two grand slam australian and French open finals. It s not a disaster year but for me it s bad because i Haven t my game is Good and As Long As i m playing i la keep bouncing Back. Still think my Best Tennis is ahead of won her 40th match in a Row with the help of a Streak of sensational Tennis in the second set. She broke Villagran s service to tie at2-2, then won three consecutive games at love and took 16 of the final 17 Points. Evert three times a Wimbledon Cham Pion was almost As impressive. Comer Sonly game was the third in the first set when she broke Evert at 30."i be definitely got a shot Evert said when questioned about her chances of winning the title. There Are about five girls who can then the 32-year-old Evert issued a warning of ail the player Martina and i Are the she said. We be got the most to prove. Everyone seems to think there s a Chan Ging of the guard but we re both Cham pions we be won Alt he grand slam tournaments. We be got a lot of Pride and we d like to win the Sutkova who handed Navratilova he first British grass court loss in 35 matches in the final at Easl Bourne Las saturday was equally dominant against Luuis. She charged the net Al every Opportunity taking just 16 minutes to amp up the first set. Louis gave her More trouble in the second set particularly with her two listed backhand but Sutkova had too much for the 20-year-old briton breaking for a 3-2 Lead and serving out the match Wimbledon being Wimbledon officials ruled out the possibility of making up for the backlog of matches by allow ing play on sunday traditionally a rest Day. But. They did permit the starting time wednesday to be moved up and said play might Start earlier than scheduled in the next few Days. Legislators want to impeach Clements by Bob Lowry Austin Texas up amid Calls for gov. Bill Clements impeachment Texas attorney general said tuesday he will investigate whether Clements and other former sum officials used school Money to cover up a scheme to pay football players. Clements denied any attempt to cover up. Wrong doing at Southern methodist University calling the allegations absolute attorney general Jim matto said he reluctantly entered the sum Case Al
