European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday May 13,1989 the stars and stripes Page 25 Baylor Rosenthal win doubles title b Walt Morrissett staff writer ludw1gsburg, West Germany Wurzburg Skaly Baylor and Mary Rosenthal arc going for the triple Crown in this wisc All stars championship. First Baylor and Rosenthal helped the Wurzburg strikers win the team championship wednesday. They were in on a four Way split with Elk Holdron an Constance Madsen of $535 for that Victory. Then thursday Baylor and Rosenthal shot a 2201to outdistanced Pat Marshall and Judy Facey of Gra Len Wohr by 36 pins for the doubles title and the duo will split $328 for that accomplishment. Not bad for their first european All stars tournament after Bowling in a Friday night mixed couple league. They were going for the last jewel of the Crown in Friday s singles the last event in the wisc championships. The amazing thing is this is the first time we be Ever bowled in a masters Baylor said. I tried to bowl last Rosenthal said but the baby got in the Way. 1 could t bowl when i was eight months the jitters set in when the assistant tournament director Arnold Mahlum introduced the bowlers As he has at the beginning of each shift. Those who had a 600 series or a High 200 game got wisc All stars introduced Rosenthal . But when we applied i april we had t had ours. I got mine april 7 636 i got my first 600 last sunday Baylor said. She rolled a 620 May 7 before coming to Altonville. At first we were just Bowling with the ladies Rosenthal said. Then the announcements came and we got nervous the com Petiton is but we bowl together just like a team whether Wear doing team doubles or Rosenthal said that helps Baylor also credits her other team her unit. I be been getting great support from my first ser Geant and my commander when i need to Sai Baylor who is Headquarters platoon sergeant of the 57th maintenance company in Gie Belstadt. Before came Here the whole company was rooting for Marshall fancy earned $265 for finishing second while sue Bradley 606-5661172 and Mina Smith 513-476989 of Munich earned $214 for taking third. Bradley fired three Deuce games of 213, 212 and201. Marshall bowled a 571-4661037 set and Facey rolled a 580-548ii28 line. Bradley has the upper hand when it comes to the Sweet 16 masters Cut the top 16 bowlers out of the 208 entries that was to be determined at the conclusion of singles late Friday night. She was to bowl on the 9 30 . Shift the last one before the masters. So Shell know exactly what she needs to make the Cut. The Beauty of this for the women is they arc already Here. So the ones who qualified were to Check in at the King pin Bowling Center saturday morning at 10 . For the and spares red Jackson of ans Bach fired an 1144 set in singles Friday morning to finish with 3260 pins a 181.1 average and a Perch atop the All events Leader Board Friday afternoon. She was also the singles Leader. Anita Popp Clwell also of Ansbach was second Over All with 3243. A third Ansbach Bowler Mary Martinez was tied for third with Debbie a Deslon of Stuttgart with 3220 the so near yet so far department. Robert Kemp of Bremerhaven finished 32nd in the Abc just missing the masters Cut. But As first alternate he was selected to compete in his first masters beginning saturday. Kemp replaces Geoff Buck of High Wycombe who made the Cut at 19th but declined to make second trip from England to compete in the masters. Also Ken Dunlap of Wiir Burg who qualified at26th cancelled out Friday afternoon. So 33rd place filomino Racpan of Frankfurt is in if he can get Here before 2 . Saturday. Steeb ousts Connors Lendl Becker cruise Hamburg West Germany a Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker the top two seeds. Friday reached the semifinals of the German open men s Tennis tournament. Lendl beat Jonas Svonsson of Sweden 6-2, 6-2, while Becker advanced when his quarterfinal opponent Paolo Cane of Italy defaulted because of a strained hamstring. In saturday s semifinals Becker will play Horst Skoff of Austria who beat Michael Westphal of West Germany 6-1, 6-3 in another quarterfinal match Fri Day. Lendl will meet Carl Urc Siccy of West Germany who ousted Jimmy con nors of the United states 6-4,6-1. Stemb broke Connors serve in the opening game and never trailed. Connors regained the break in the sixth game helped by a no lord Roll. Although the 36-year-old american broke St cab s serve twice More he was not Able to hold his own again in the match. The players traded Breaks after con nors tied the score 3-3, but another break gave St cab a 5-4 Lead before rain caused 15-Minulc delay. St cab came Back to serve out the set. Sloppy play by Connors and a series of unforced errors allowed Streb to take a 3-0 Lead in the second set. Connors seemed to get Back into the match after winning the next game on so cab s serve. But the american s serve deserted him again and he fell behind 5-1. Serving to stave off defeat Connors sent an easy Volley wide and netted simple backhand that gave St cab the Vic tory. Lendl is the top seed in the $692,500nabisco grand prix Clay court tournament while Becker is no. 2. The seed Ings reflect their current world rankings. He is so pumped up after winning the tournament of champions he is playing very Well coach Tony Roche said of Lendl. He is looking Forward to the French Lendl won the tournament of Cham pions last week without losing a set in five matches. It was his fourth title of the year. He has not lost a set in three matches in the German open losing Only six games in the last two. Svensson ranked 21st in the world upset Lendl in the quarterfinals of the French open last year but the had lit Lechance against Lendl on Friday. Lendl lost his no. 1 world ranking Tomato Wilander of Sweden after failing to win a grand slam tournament last he has returned to form after a shoulder operation and regained the top ranking. The year has been Good so far forme Lendl said after beating Svensson in i hour 18 minutes. I Don t have trouble motivating my self. I like winning. My next goal is the French open an then Wimbledon. I d love to win Wimb Wimbledon is the Only grand slam tournament Lendl has not won. If i won Wimbledon and the dropped to 270 in the world rankings at the end of the year i d be Happy he said. Becker has demonstrated a new found Confidence on Clay courts in winning his Ivan Lendl barely broke a sweat against Sweden s Jonas Swensson winning 6-2,6-2. First two matches in this tournament. To take Over the no. I spot from Lendl i have to play Well on Clay he said. Becker 21, won Wimbledon titles in1985 and 1986 but has not won a tournament on Clay. He has climbed Back to the no. 2 ranking after a three years absence. I am More experienced now than three years ago Becker said. "1 have Learned from my defeats. I have Learned to be More patient especially on Clay. But i am not under pressure to re place Ivan at the lop. It s the biggest and the most difficult Tauz iat blisters no. 7 Wienser in italian open Rome a France s Nathalie Tauz iat scored her second straight upset Victory beating no. 7 see Judith Wienser of Austria 1-6, 6-2. 6-2 in a Quarter final match Friday in the $300,000 italian open. In another quarterfinal match fourth seeded a Anta Sanchez of Spain trounced Sabrina golds of Yugoslavia 6-0, 6-3 in 50 minutes. Sanchez overpowered golds with forehand and backhand smashes. Sanchez will play Tauz iat saturday in the semifinals. Tauz iat the no. 14 seed had reached the quarterfinals by upsetting second seeded Manuela male Eva of Bulgaria on thursday. Although not a spectacular player Tauz iat 21, has few apparent weaknesses. I beat Wiesner about a year ago Tau Zial said. She likes to play at a fast Pace. The harder you hit the harder she hits it Back. The Best Way for me to win against her is to slow her Down to try and Knock her out of her As in her match against Malcova Tau Zial played poorly during the opening set. She continually was Lateon Wisner s stinging Baseline shots. At incl Tauz iat appeared flustered and off balance. I knew before the match that 1 was going to have to slow Down the action Tau Zial said. But even so i came Oul too anxious. I wanted to close my Points quickly to hit winners right in the second set Tau Zial began to move with Confidence having assessed Wiesnor s tactics. And she appeared to Antic palc Wisner s every move. Tauz iat began hitting winners off sinking passing shots she had batted into the net during the first set. She also started finding the Corners with her Strong overhead to finish important Points. As for her match against Sanchez Tauz iat said she s a Good Clay player. 1 can t make any mistakes against her or it s Over. But 1 also know that i be just beaten two very Good Tauz iat is ranked 33rd in the world but thinks she can reach the top five. Steffi Graf the no. 1 player in the world she s not a robot she said. She s like me. A person. She s the Best player in the world because she s earned it wit hard
