European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. June 27,19b7 the stars and stripes Page 21 sir arts 70th-rated Doohan stuns Becker by do Greene a Tennis writer Wimbledon England Wilh a magical performance australian Peter Doohan made defending Champion Boris Becker disappear Friday halting inc West German s bid for history at the Wimbledon Tennis championships. It was like magic inc Way he guessed Becker said after Doohan s 7-6, 4 6, 6-2, 6-4 second round Victory. He just could t in was inc first time he top seeded Becker had faced Maich Point at Wimb Ledon his Only defeat coming when he was forced to retire with an injury in 1984. Since then the 19-year-old redhead had Ridden his booming serve and acro Batic tumbles at the net to iwo consecutive Wimbledon titles. He was trying to become Only the third Man in the mod Ern Era 10 win Ihrck consecutive crowns in the grass court grand slam event and the first to do it before he turned 20. Instead it was Doohan ranked 70lh and wingless in four previous Wimbledon appearances until this year who con trolled the match and eventually the crowd to Prev Cal a rewrite of history it also marked inc first time since Charlie Pasarell Defeated Manuel Santana in the first round that the defending Wimbledon men s Champion had left the a England club a loser so Early. Every time he would guess where i was going to put inc Ball he would be right Becker said. Then he was gues sing lob and i hit a lob. The Guy jus could not miss Ivan lend of Czechoslovakia inc world s top ranked player and seeded second barely escaped an upset bid by Paolo Cane edging inc italian 3-6, 7-6, 6-7,7-5,6-1. Becker was not alone among the seeds in his Early elimination. Others losing were no. 6 Yannick Noah of France and two americans no. Is David Pale and no. 16 Kevin Curran in the men s singles and no. 10 Lori Mcneil of the United states no. 12 Wendy Turnbull of Australia and he Malleva Sisters from Bulgaria no. 7 Manuela and no. M Katerina in the women s singles. Twins tip indians Minneapolis a Dan Gladden Kent Hick and Roy Smalley homered in support of Bert Blyn Cven who won a Battle of pitching old timers with Phil Nick Roas the Minnesota twins beat the Cleveland indians 4-3 in the Only american league game scheduled thursday. The 36-year-old Bly Leveri 6-6, allowed eight hits and five walks in a Roundup six innings improving his. Career record 10 235-203 and increasing Minnesota s Lead in the american league West to 4 / games Over second place Oakland. George Frazier pitched one in Ning of hit less Relief and Jelt rear Don finished with two shutout innings for his 15lh save As the twins won for the i5 h Lime in their last is games. Rcardo struck out four. Seeded men to Advance in Friday s chock full schedule included no. 3 Mats Wilander of Sweden no. 4 so can Edberg of Sweden no. 5. Miloslav Meci Rof Czechoslovakia no. 7 Jimmy Connors of the United states no. 8 Andres Gomez of a. Quador no. 9 Henri la conc of France no. 12 Brad Gilbert of the u.s., no. 13 Joakim Nystrom of Sweden and no. 14 Emilio Sanchez of Spain the women s winners included no. 2 Stetti Graf of we Germany no. 3 Chris Evert of the u.s., no. 4 Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia no. 5 i am Shrive Rof inc u.s., no. 6 Gabriela Saba Tini of Argentina no. 8 Claudia Kohide Kilsch of West go Rainy no. 9 Beduina Bunge of West germ and. No. 11 Calarina Ltd Qvist of Sweden no. 13 Barbara Poitier of he u.s., no. 15 raft Ella Ruggi of Italy and no. 16 Sylvia Hanika of West Germany. A Day after rain washed out nil but one Malch More than 75 were played. The Sun made several appearances Friday in the rain plagued tournament but it was Doohan who shone brightest on this Day. When i Drew Becker in the second round at Wimbledon i thought Here s another bad draw and started thinking about plane reservations out of Here Doohan admitted. Instead it is Becker who is lying Home on saturday. To get i Becker s serves Back you have to guess the right Side said the australian who played at inc University of Arkansas for fou years. After awhile you get a feeling for where his serve is going
