European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. May 31, 1988 the stars and stripes Pago 25 Graf hammers Fulco 6-0, 6-1 booming forehand paves Way to French open semifinals by Charles Campbell Paris a defending Champion Steffi Graf. Her booming cores ends Cut line through a cold driz7lc. Beat Battin Fulco or Argentina 6-0, Fil monday to Advance to the French open semifinals. Graf the top woman s sued. Ion Juh three Point in the first i before Clai Iris slightly Lawant the Conj of the 43-Minule Center court Maicott. Fulco 1�, n on just 13 Points in drop Ping he first 11 games hut then look 10 Point in the last two games one of which she won. Graf won 56 Points during the match. Mostly with her forehand. La was terrible a terrible feeling Fulca said i played her four times last year and the ones on red Clay were Prilly close so i was really surprised  Fulco never has won a set from Graf. Her Best Effort was on Clay in the quarterfinals of the 1987 italian open when she lost 6-4, s-4. My forehand is getting stronger Graf said i m playing Marc risky and More aggressively and not making Many  the Start of play was held up 20 min utes by rain which continued intermittently through the match. In Early afternoon the showers turned into n downpour halting play and threatening the rest of the Day s schedule. The 18-year-old West German became the first player to qualify for the semifinals in a tournament where youth is run Ning rampant. Over the weekend teenagers ousted four favored veterans including Long time champions Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova. A fifth upset victim sixth seeded Van Nick Noah lost to Spain s Emilio san Chez who celebrated his 23rd birthday on sunday with the Victory that put him in the quarterfinals. Still another youngster 18-year-old Andre Agassi advanced to the Quaner i nals with a 6-4.6-2.4-6, 6-0 Victory Ove Magnus Gustafsson of Sweden. It was no upset but Agassi became the youngest american in make the quarterfinals of a grand slam tournament since the open Era began in Tennis 30 years ago. Agassi s opponent will be is year old guilty rom Pem Roldan of Argent a who beat second seeded Stefan Edburg of swe Den 7-i, 6-3. H-3. Perez Roldan has experience winning in Paris after taking the Junior French Upen title the past two years. So Coral seeded Navratilova 31. Was eliminated sunday by 17-year-old Natalia Zvereva of the soviet Union last year s Junior women s Champion at the French open . Open and Wimbledon. Zverova s quarterfinal will match her against Siili sced cd Helena Sutkova who at 23 is the Only surviving female con tender who is out of her teens. Evert 33. Lost her third round match saturday to Emilia s sister 16-year-old a Anua Sanchez who came Back the next Day to beat Catherine Tangier of France 6 2,6-0 and qualify for the quarterfinals her opponent will be australian Nic Ole proves. In who won 7-6,7-6 Over 28 year old Sylvia Hanika of West Ger Many the Lily seed in the tournament. Emilio Sanchez goes in the quarterfinals against no. 3 seed Mats Wilander who Defeated Ronald Agenor of Haiti 6-2, 4-6,6-0. Wilander is a Veteran but a Young Veteran. He is a two Lime French Ope Champion having won for the first time in 1982 when he was just 17. Navratilova said that As far As she was concerned it was Loo soon to turn Tennis Over to the new generation. I m not finished playing yet she said. The Era s not Over yet. It s Over when i say it s Over not when you Guys St Ltd grass Lill Nuj backhand took a Back scat to her for than monday. Say it s  Evert a seven Lime Fitch open win Ner said she planned to rest her injured foot for a week to 10 Days at Home in Flor Ida before Starling to train for Wimbledon which begins in three weeks. She said a cortisone shot taken to numb pain from the Bone Spur in her right Heel Lea her playing at about so to 85 percent other potential. If m not 100 percent Ihen i m suing to Inse to a Loi More players she said. Hut she said she hoped to be Back Nei year to try for another French open title rather than let her injury Haniph Rcd of fact Here stand As her last performance. I just really love this  she said. If this would be my last French Idon t know if ii is or not i would t want it to end on a note Tike thai Ramstein sweeps volleyball titles lady rams Roll up third a Fraight Safe Crown . Bureau Raf wethersf1eld, England the Ramstein rams and sister learn the lady hams together swept the Safe volleyball championships monday in six straight games by soundly defeating their playoff opponents in the final Day of the three Day tourney. The lady rams opened the Day taking three games from inc Hahn Hawk ettes to pick up their third straight Safe championship we Hung Lough said Captain and All air Force Spiker Scuyr Cheryl Robur son we played As a team Roberson said after leading her team to the wins Over their Continental sports Confer ence rival Hahn coach Joe Koszarck knew his women would have to come up with Strong defense to beat the Power of Roberson Peggy Dipaola Mary Olla Slat Ter and Marilyn Savage. Komarck s six some had beaten the lady rams during inc regular Mason. He knew from experience that his women would have to Beal inc rams front Row and get the momentum at the outset of the final Day. They did nol. The lady rams came on Strong from the opening serve. Dipota Captain Ofrim year s winning lady rams came through with resound ing and demoralising spikes while Olla Staller and Roberson led inc front Row to refuse and shut Down the Hahn offence. The lady rams took inc opening games with two easy wins at 15-1. 15-9. But the Hawk Ellis gave inc defending champs a hard Lime in the third game when they came Back from a 4-0 deficit and led the game at one Point 10-6. However the lady rams put their de sense Back together again before pulling out four straight Points on com Bact service from Dipaola. The lady rams finished up with a 15-12 win Roberson had a particular Good Day monday. On lop of leading her team to inc Safe Lilic the four and a half month pregnant officer was promoted to Captain and named inc tournament s most valuable player. The lady rams were 9-1 before the last Day of the tournament Hahn Wai the Only team to beat them in regular round Robin play when inc Hawk Les look one from the lady rams sunday by a score Ofli-13. The men from Rar Stcin however proved unbeatable going 13-0 in the tourney. The rams gave up Only 52 Points in 10 games and last Day rival Torr Jon Only managed 12 Points in three games against the rams. Superstar Spiker let Ysagiro led therms through the tourney and inc sea son according to player coach Dexter Villaverde. We have Star said Villaverde of All air Force volleyball or Ysagiro. He s our nucleus he s a threat. He takes two or three people to work on him and so it was As the rams easily Cal the raiders is i 15-1 and 15-6 in the final three game. Tom Jon never came close to Healing the dominant rams. The tournament started saturday with among the six men s and is women s teams. The top two teams from inc men s and women s division of the United kingdom Mediterranean and Continental sports con fences competed. The other teams competing a re inc Zaragoza and Comiso representing the Mac women and Benl Waters and arc Cham common for the . Bent Waters and Lakin Halh represented the . Men. The rams were joined by Csc rivals Spang Dahlum and the other Mac men s team was Zaragoza. On inc last Day of inc tournament the Safe All Star volleyball learns were picked by the coaches and officials the women s first team included olt Ersial Ler Roberson and Dipaola Ramstein Christy Miller bin Walers Rolanda Bivon Hahn Towanda Robertson arc Unhan common. The mens first team included Ysagiro Mike Brake Jeff Brown Roslein car los Mercado Zaragoza Derek hoops bunt Waters chosen to the a omens second team arc Cindy Schauf tar Tammy ones. Hahn Kirstie Taylor Kim Powell and Jennifer Ruttedge Bent Waters Rislan Filer Zaragoza picked for the men s second team were Dave Evans John Dipaola and Villaverde. Ranu Tein Joel Simmons Span Dahlem Dennis Gramling Binl Waters Greg Rose Lakenheath. Youth bowlers reach Yaba championships Heidelberg four Macri can teen agers have earned trips Losi. Louis mp., for inc Youn America Bowling Alliance nation Al championships by winning their divisions in the Yaba euro Pean championships which ended sunday night. Brad o Connor of Hahn and Stephanie Brashcars of Ramstein won the boys and girls scratch divisions and Jason Mcrriman of wort him and Chandra to Harty of Frankfurt look inc Handicap division titles during sunday s Corn petition for ninth through 12th graders o Connor rolled an eight game total of 1497, averaging 187, and brn cars totalled 1363, a 170 average for eight games. Each also pos cd the Day s High game o Connor a 226 and lire shears a 222. Mcrriman totalled 1915 pins and Doherty racked up 1797, each with Handicap to Cam their slate Side trips. In the Yaba nationals scheduled for july 14-17. Then acc bowl in will be competing for  in College scholarships. The three Day european championships held at inc Heidelberg Bowling Center Drew 540 Young sters of nil Ages