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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday february 27,1989 the stars and stripes Page 27 sports wire Becker beats Mayotte for pro indoor title from press dispatches Philadelphia second seeded Boris Beckerton his second grand prix title in As Many weeks wearing Down no. 3 seed and two time defending Champion Tim Mayotte 7-6 7-46-1, 6-3 sunday in the $602,500 . Pro indoor Tennis championships. Becker won the 2-hour 28-minute match and the$123,800 top prize by winning five straight games from 1-3 in the final set just a week after taking the Stella Artois indoor in Milan Italy. The players battled evenly to 6-6 in the first set Matching service Power with excellent volleying. May Otte escaped a break Point in the second game when Pecker returned a Cross court Volley out of court. May Otte served three love games and Becker one. Mayotte took a 2-0 Lead in the tie breaker but Becker won four straight Points before Mayotte scored an acutely angled Volley placement to make it 4-3. Beck Erthen served an Ace and his next serve was returned by Mayotte s backhand into the net to put Becker at set Point. Mayotte made another angled Volley to close to 6-4, but Becker won on the second set Point with backhand return of service Down the line. Becker s Power asserted itself during the second set and he made numerous Swift passing shots from Back court often on recovery plays. Becker broke Mayotte s service in the fifth game Togo ahead 4-1 and again in the seventh to win the set with a Strong backhand Cross court passing shot. Mayotte won three straight games from 0-1 in the third set breaking through Becker s service for the first time in the match in the third game. Becker double faulted twice and finally lost with a Cross court passing shot that went wide. Mayotte followed that win with a love game but he returned three successive serves out of court in the next game As Becker closed to 3-2. Mayotte lost his service in the sixth game after Lead ing 40-0. He had difficulty getting his first serves into play and his hitting was less forceful than Becker  Becker gained his second break Point with a backhand placement shot Mayotte backhanded a vol Ley into the net evening the score at 3-3. Despite making his 12th double fault of the match Becker regained the Lead 4-3 with a serve that Mayotte for handed out in a Deuce game. Mayotte hit the net with an attempted passing shot from backcourt to lose his service again in the eighth game and fall behind 5-3. Becker s ability to make sharply angled shots an make Mayotte reach for the Ball continued into the final game which Becker won by serving out at  reached match Point with an angled shot that Mayotte backhanded into the net. Becker then serve sharply and Mayotte replied with a forehand Over the Baseline. Svan wins 3rd nordic Gold Lahti Finland Gunde Svan became the Only triple champi9n in the world nordic ski championships by winning the final 50-Kilometer freestyle Cross country race sunday ahead of fellow swede Torgny Mogren. Svan who led Sweden to a medal sweep in the 15kfree monday and skied one classic style Lap on the winning swedish relay quartet four Days later covered the grueling race in 2 hours 15 minutes 24.9 seconds. Mogren who also finished runner up in the 15kfree, was 44.3 seconds behind. At 27, Svan now has won 13 medals in world championships and the olympics. Aleksei Roku Roro of the soviet Union came i third in the 50k, 53.9 seconds off Svan s Pace. Earlier sunday Jens Weissflog of East Germany was declared the Winner of the 70-meter ski jump As fog and wind wiped out the second round. Weissflog soared 89meters for 114.3 Points in saturday s opening round. It was the Only Gold for East Germany. Ari Pekka Nikkola of was second with 110.5 Points 87.5 meters. Third placed Heinz Kuttin of Austria also hit 87.5 meters but collected 108.5 Points fro the judges. Matti Nykanen the olympic triple Champi on was fourth. Mike Holland of Norwich vt., was the top Ameri can in the 70-meter ski jump sunday. He placed 25th after hitting 80 meters for 93.5 Points. Audun Endestad of Fairbanks Alaska had the . Finish in the 50k, placing 28th in 2 27.01.2 out of 53 finishers. Todd Boonstra of Burlington vt., was 31stgreg Stone of Ketchum Idaho was 32nd and Kevin Brochman of Park City Utah was 43rd. Olazabal wins Tenerife Golf Santa Cruz de Tenerife Canary islands Jose Maria Olazabal of Spain shot a 2-under-Par 70 in the last round sunday and captured the $352,000 Tenerife open Golf tournament by three strokes. Olazabal finished with a 13-under Par 275 on thear-72, 6,384-Yard course. First place was Worth 61,163. David Gilford of England and Jose Maria Canizares of Spain shared second place at 278, each earning $38,995. Gilford had a 67 sunday while the spaniards hot a final round 72. Webb ends Aba wingless skein Peoria 111. Wayne Webb broke a four year Victory drought saturday by rallying to beat Venezuela s amleto Monacelli 216-207 in the title game to capture the professional bowlers association $ 150,000true value open. Webb who admitted after the match that i thought Monacelli had me was 27 pins behind through five frames and did not take the Lead until the eighth. Monacelli could have captured the $27,000 to prize with two strikes plus eight pins in his final Frame but left a 3-pin on his first shot. Monacelli who Quali fied first settled for second place Money of $14,000. Leading by 26 pins in the sixth Frame Monacelli left the 2-4-10 split and failed to convert giving Webb the Chance to pull within five in the. Seventh Frame. That was my break. At that Point i had to capital ize. In the 10th Frame i was so scared i could barely throw the Ball Webb said. Webb As the second qualifier knocked out 1985pba player of the year Mike Aulby 236-176 in the semifinal. Aulby earned third place Money of $8,500. Aulby had claimed his semifinal berth by beating Jack Jurek 256-192. Jurek who placed fourth and won $7,000, opened the finals by eliminating Del Bollard or. 268-226. Ballard earned $6,000 for fifth place and remained no. 2 in pm earnings for the year with More than $71,000. Henning Littler share Lead Naples Fla. Harold Henning and Gene Little shot 70s saturday to share the Lead after two rounds of the $300,000 senior Challenge. Henning and Littler who also shot 70s on Friday Tooka two stroke Lead Over Bruce Crampton. Bob Charles Chick Evans and Miller Barber were next at 143.charles, who Defeated Henning in a playoff last week to win the Sun coast Gas sic shot a 69 saturday tying Lou Graham for the lowest round of the tournament. Graham was tied at 144 with George Lanning an Mike Hill. Dale Douglass was at 145. I played Well but there Are at least 10 Guys with a Hance to win this thing Henning said. This is the kind of course where an explosion can happen at any Hole. A one shot Lead is  Henning had a Chance to take sole Possession of the Lead but bogeyed the 18th Hole. Defending Champion Gary player shot a 6-Over-Par 78 to fall nine strokes off the Lead. Glasson saves doral Lead Miami Billy Glasson Sank a 50-foot Sand wedge for a Birdie on the 18th Hole saturday to preserve a one shot Lead after three rounds of the $1.3 million Oral open Golf tournament. Glasson came to the final Hole tied with Mark Calca Vecchia and appeared to be in danger of losing his share of the top spot when he plunked his second shot into the Sand on the final Hole of the Blue monster course at the doral country club. But Glasson who twice holed out from off the Gree non Friday blasted the 50-foot shot into the cup for a Birdie that finished off a round of 5-under-Par 67 an left him at 13-under 203 after 54 holes. Calcavecchia already a two time Winner this year had finished his 66 and was standing by the Green when Glasson s Sand shot trickled into the cup an deprived him of the tie. It did t really faze me said Calcavecchia who completed three rounds in 204. What other people do i can t control. Maybe he Lido it again tomorrow on the same Hole. If he does that s Good for him. There s nothing i can do about  Only thing that is going to be on my mind is my own game what i m doing and what i have to do Calcavecchia said. Nancy Brown pacing Kemper Princeville Hawaii Nancy Brown overcame winds gusting up to 35 Mph and birdied four of her final five holes saturday to shoot a 4-under-Par 68 an take the Lead after two rounds of the $400,000 women s Kemper open. Brown was at 5-under 132 heading into sunday final round of the rain plagued tournament which was shortened to 54 holes when thursday s opening round was washed out and further reduced Friday when two holes at the Princeville resort were  Walker shot a 3-under-Par 69 and was Sec Ond at 133, one shot ahead of Jane Geddes who also shot a 69. Norman wins Sydney tourney Sydney Australia Greg Norman of Australia shot a 5-under-Par 67 sunday to score a two shot Vic tory in the $410,000 australian players championship tournament his second Victory in a week. Norman won the australian masters at Melbourne last week. The australian clinched his Victory at the Par-4 12th Hole which he Eagle after by firing a 280-Yard tee shot to within a Yard of the Hole. Norman the defending Champion finished with a 276, 12-under Par. He earned $73,800. Fellow austra Lian Roger Mackay who had a final round of 69, was second with 278. Rodger Davis of Australia and american David de Long tied for third at 280. De Long of san Francisco had a 72 on sunday while Davis fired a 69. Myricks sets year s Best Sindel Fingen West Germany american Larry Myricks leaped 27 feet 3 a inches Here sunday setting a year s indoor Best in the Long jump. The so Delfinger meet was one of the last major events before the world indoor championships in Budapest Hungary Friday through next  am really looking Forward to Budapest Myricks said. I needed a Strong Competition  Steve Lewis of the United states the olympic Champion took the men s 400 meters in 45.86 seconds the fastest indoor time this  Joe Deloach the olympic 200-meter Gold medallist won that event in 20.60, another Best indoor performance this year. 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