European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 5,1989 the stars and stripes Page 21 Chris Eert serves against Monica Seles beating the teen Ager to reach the . Open quarterfinals for the 19th straight car. Evert keeps dream alive Becker struggles to Victory by Steve w1lstein new York a Chris Evert playing nearly perfect Tennis against a teen Ager who was t quite ready for prime time postponed retirement Sun Day and kept her impossible dream of a final . Open championship alive. Wimbledon Champion Boris Becker though struggled again in his bid for his first . Open title losing the first set before taking 27 of 30 Points in crucial stretch to beat miracl perfors 5-7,6-3.6-2,6-1. Becker s 3 a hour Victory put him into the quarterfinals against unseeded Yannick Noah who upset loth Sec did Albert Mascim 6-3, 3-6,6-7,6-3,6-3. Evert 34, looked As Youthful in Pink and White with a Rose ribbon in her Short Ponytail As her opponent 2th-sccded 15-year-old Monica Seles. But Evert showed greater patience and precision to reach the quarterfinals for the 19th straight year. Evert the fourth seed and six time open Winner moved Seles around the . Open court like a puppet on a string sending her chasing balls from Corner to Cor Ner in and out to win 6-0, 6-2. In rallies that sometimes lasted More than 50 shots Evert matched the Moon balls and Power strokes of Seles and wore her Down with angled and deep shots that frequently kissed the lines. I Don t know where it came from Evert said. I Haven t seen that form All  the Only trouble Evert encountered came in the fifth game of the first set when Seles had six break Points on Ever t s service. But Evert Hung on As Seles wasted opportunities with forehand in the net. Then Chris capitalized on her first advantage and put the game away. I Felt if she had won that game she would have gotten Back in there Evert said. Evert said she Felt like Margaret court the former open and Wimble Don Champion who was at the Peak of her career when Evert first played an beat her at age 15. Up until two Days ago. I did t expect to win the match the Way i be been playing she said. When i first saw that i would be play ing her 1 said in t it ironic. It would Bemy last big match and i d lose to her maybe that was Fate. It entered my mind for one second. All those things made me More determined. I concentrated Well i moved Well. I m so pleased it happened  Seles who had said she was worried about the match and might feel sad if she were the one to end even s career in major tournaments did t play close to her own potential. Seles a left hander with two listed shots on forehand and backhands certainly was not the player who beat Evert in the finals of a tournament in Houston this year. That match was on Clay this one on a faster hard court. I was prepared to win. I was pre pared to lose Seles said. I was pretty see open on Page 26 giants sweep mets by he associated press san Francisco the san Franciso giants enjoyed their biggest division Lead of the season sunday after Don Robinson seven hitter and Matt Williams two run Homer sparked a 4-0 Victory for a three game sweep of the new York acts. Robinson went the distance for the fifth time this season and posted his first shutout among 16 for the giants. In winning five straight from new York san Francisco pitchers limited the acts to three runs. The acts were outscored 17-3 in the series. The giants also had consecutive no Roundup shutouts in the last two games of a three game series against the acts last month in new York. Williams connected for a two run Homer off loser Bob Ojida 10-10. In the sixth inning. It was his 15th Home run. It s unbelievable to think what Matt might do next year with 600 at bats Man Ager Roger Craig said after the giants concluded a 5-4 Home stand with four straight victories and a season High six game Divi Sion Lead Over the Houston astros. Robinson said he had added incentive to pitch Well for two reasons the fact the giants knew Houston had lost and his Pursuit of a shutout. Knowing the astros lost gave us some incentive and i had some Good stuff going Robinson said. I had my Adrena line pumping and i wanted the shutout because i had t pitched one All  the mils finished a 3-6 West coast trip and were Happy to be going Home to face the division leading Chicago cubs the St. Louis cardinals and the Pittsburgh pirates. I d rather be optimistic said Ojida who lost for the first Lime since july 16 after posting five wins Over eight starts. We left Home 3vi out and we re going Back 3v out so we did t dig our Hole any  in other games sunday cardinals 4, astros 3 St. Louis Leon Durham batting .083, hit a Pinch hit sacrifice Fly in the ninth inning for his first rib of the sea son to Climax a St. Louis comeback Vic tory Over Houston. Durham who came in to face reliever Danny Darwin 11-4, having just one hit in 12 at bats hit a Flynall to Center with the bases loaded to score Terry Pindle ton with the winning run. Pond Luton led off the inning with a single and Denny Walling 4 for 6 with an rib against his former team singled Pond Luton to third. An intentional walk loaded the bases. Braves 8, cubs 5 Atlanta Jeff Blauser had three singles and three Bis As Atlanta Over came two homers by Andre Dawson to end a six game winning Streak by Chi Cago s Mike  capped a three run first inning with an rib single and highlighted a live run fourth with a two run hit. Bie Lecki 14-6, had won eight of his last nine decisions. Pete Smith 5-13, allowed five runs and seven hits in six innings with one walk and seven strikeouts. Mike Stanton the fifth Atlanta Pitcher worked the see no on Page 26