European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday March 15, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 23 Graf upset by Sabatini in Fla slims Boca Raton. Ha., a Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina upset an error prone Cleffi Graf 1lic world s lop ranked woman player 2-6, 6-3. 6-1, in the final of he 1300,000 Virginia slims of Florida sunday the 17-Jcar-old Sabatini who had Heater second seeded Chris Evert for the first Lime in inc semifinals won the last sin games from Graf to Lake the suo.000 first prize la was her first Victory Over he West Ger Inan after 11 straight losses. I guess it s the Best week of my Carver Shalini said it s important to win i is kind of match. Every one wants to beat her. This proves it con be done. My goal is to become no. I. That s what i worked Sabatini. Ranked fifth in the world and seeded fourth Isi the Tournai mini snapped grass in a Ralrh winning Streak to hand the 18-year-old her third loss in 108 matches since the Start of last year. Graf who won $24,00 1 second place Money lost twice to Martina Navratilova last year in the Wimble Don and . Open finals the difference in this match and All the others i loss to Graf was More Sabatini said after the two hour Duel. I concentrated More and had Confidence. Vilican the third set started i thought now 1 can win " the match was decided in the second set Graf said. I was up 3-2,30-love, and gave the game Graf who commuted 39 unforced errors won the first set handily winning the first three games with two service Breaks. But she had two bursts of unforced errors in inc second set thai proved costly. She committed six straight errors to lose service in the sixth game and put the South american up 30-0 in the a Venlo. Then Sabatini broke grass service again in the eighth game. Graf up 40-15, i splayed seven of the Neit eight Points As Sabatini went ahead 5-3.30-0, Sabatini earned set Point with a forehand placement to the Corner and converted it by forcing a sideline error. Graf held service to open the third set needing three game Points before convening wit i a half Volley Winner. Sabatini won the next sin zanies hut not easily. She needed three break paints against a stubborn Graf in the third game. She produced a running Cross court pawing shot to break through in the fifth held from 30-Ali for a 5-1 Lead As Graf Organ missing backhands and then got help to close it out from 30-Nll in the last game As Graf hit two forehand Sabitino i turns a inuit to so Tell Snifen rout to an upset Victory Over the works lop ranked Woun player. A Nde a bears darkness to win Hondo by 2 Coral Springs Fla. A five year tour Veteran Joey Sinclar beat the gathering darkness to the final Hole Sun Day to capture the Honda classic by two stroke Over Sandy Lyle de finn and Payne Stewart. It Gol Down of in Point where technically we would have stopped it on the last Sinclar Aid after a Long slow trip Over the pc course at Eagle Trace. The wind which helped produce some exotic scores 11 on a Par for Ciao Pic slowed things Down even with the Field playing in twosome and there was a major stack up of players on the Tec on the isl holc. The result 4 hours and 20 minutes for the inh twosome to finish. And that raised the distinct possibility that play would not be completed that Sindelar and Scotland s Kun Brown would have to return monday to finish their rounds. " pea tour official Mike Shea was waiting for us on the isl i Tec Sindelar said. He asked is there a problem with the darkness we could t see everything we wanted to see but nobody wants to conic Back the next Day Sindelar said. Ten minutes later and it would have been a different As it was Sindelar finished in the shadows of Early evening not quite in darkness but certainly not Daylight. Sin Clur. One stroke ahead when the Day s play started was tied at limn but never trailed in gaining inc fourth Victory of his career he won this one with a 276 total. 12 strokes under and by a More comfortable margin than he thought "1 did t know Lyle had made bogey on the i fish until i got on the Green and a Spectator yelled of pc got three to get Dawn " Sindelar said. He got the 2-putt Par and Fin Ishad with a round of 70. The Victory was Worth s 126,000 from the local purse of 1700,000, and gave Sinclar j209.212 for the Young season. Lyle Tori and Stewart All of whom Iha Rcd the Lead at one Point or another lied for second at 278, australian Wayne Grady. Bob Lohr Jodie Tidd and Tom Byrum were an other shot Back. Lahr had a closing 67, Grady shot 68. And Mudd and Byrum each had 70. Sindelar s task was cased slightly by the Tricky winds which helped destroy the chances of at least four challenges Veteran rav Floyd Brown Byrum and Davis love ill. Love and Byrum were in Contention until they got to the Par-3 seventh. By Nim 1m into the water and made a in pc Bejcy 6 that look him out of it. Love hit three into the Pond and wound up with an 11. Lie finished with a 76 and was far far Back at 2s9. Henning wins seniors classic by 3 strokes Simi Valley Calif. Api Harold Henning playing a steady round while his competitors were faltering in Strong winds shot a 1-Ovcr-Par 73 at Wood ranch sunday to win the $275.000 seniors classic by three strokes. The 53-year-old South african who started the Day tied for the Lead with Larry Moury had 17 pan and one bogey despite Tricky gusting winds to finish the 54-holc tournament at 2-under-Par 214, his Only bogey came on the i Ith Hole when he three putted Mowry had the Best Chance to catch Henning Early in the Day but took him self out of the tournament at the 3m Yard eighth Hole where he hit three u Edge Choli in to a Lake to Sake a 10. La inning was the Only player in the 72 Rhian Field to break Par for the tournament. It marked the first Lime since october 1996 that Only one player finished a seniors tour event under Par Bruce Crampon one of Only three players to break Par sunday with a 71, finished in a lie for second at 217 with Dale Douglass who had a 72. Don Bies. Who started the Day two strokes Back fell to four Back with a Dou ble bogey at the Losili he wound up with a 76 to finish in a tie with Walt pc Maris i. Orville Moody and Butch Baird at 218. The win the second of i seniors Ca reer As Worth $41,250 to Henning. His other Victory came in a match play event in i9bs. It was very exciting for me to hold my game together on a course like ii Henning said of the layout that features hard crusty greens and Long grass in the rough. It s easily the toughest course we play All year. There arc not Loo Many birdies out there. I think 1 won because 1 went Alt week without a Henning said he Felt sorry for Mowry when he look his 10
