European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday March 5,1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 27 sports wire Gilbert hammers swede for dutch Crown from wire reports Rotterdam Netherlands a top seeded Brad Gilbert swept past an erratic Jonas Svensson of Sweden 6-1, 6-3 sunday winning the an world Tennis tournament for his first Victory of the year. Gilbert put pressure on the error prone swede almost throughput the 80-minute match and hardly broke a sweat in earning the $65,000 first prize. Svensson 29th in the at rankings had beaten defending Champion Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland with Brilliant Tennis in the semifinal but his play never matched that in the final As he bungled shot after shot. He still won $38,100. A the just tracks everything Down a Svensson said. A and every time i came to the net he passed  Gilbert 28, ranked fourth in the world again used his solid if unspectacular play to perfection. A i improve with age a Gilbert said. A i already surprised a lot of people being no. 4. If i go higher i will Shock  tour is Money in the Bank Rotterdam Netherlands a some players who created it May be critical of the new at tour but after two months they Are making More Money than Ever before. Ivan Lendl the worlds top ranked player has already earned $530,937 this year compared to $208,973 he won at this Point on last years grand prix circuit. Second ranked Boris Becker has $259,196 in 1990 earnings compared to the $140,001 he had at this time in 1989. In fact earnings of the top 250 players have increased 84.6 percent compared to last year according to an at tour statement. However Many of the top players such As Lendl and John Mcenroe have expressed their displeasure with the new system. Complaints have entered on the number of mandatory tournaments each has to play. A Mcenroe and Lendl have to complain about everything a Brad Gilbert said after winning the an world Tennis tournament on sunday. A their criticism is unmerited. So Many things have improved. It is  advances in Calif. Indian Wells Calif. A top seeded Martina Navratilova Rode her Strong serve to a 7-6, 6-1 Victory Over Katerina male Eva of Bulgaria saturday and advanced to sundays final in the Virginia slims of Indian Wells tournament. Navratilova aiming for her third 1990 title will meet third seeded Helena Sutkova of Czechoslovakia who Defeated Amy Frazier 7-5,6-4 in the other semifinal , couples tied in doral Miami a Paul Azinger a last Hole bogey enabled Fred couples to regain a share of the Lead saturday in the third round of the doral open Golf tournament. Azinger who once again got away to an Eagle Birdie Start held a one stroke Lead but had missed the Green on the final  failed to get it up and Down in the drizzling rain and finished with a 2-under 70 and a 54-Hole total of 204,12 under Par on Doralys Blue monster course. Couples who started the dreary blustery Day in a tie for the Lead trailed by As Many As three strokes on the Back nine before Azinger a misfortune on the final Hole restored him to a share at the top. Couples also shot 70 for a 204  leads Chrysler by 3 Indian Wells Calif. A Lee Trevino continuing to Roll on the senior pea tour shot a 5-under 67 saturday to move into a three shot Lead in the $400,000 Vintage Chrysler invitational. Trevino who has broken Par in All 11 rounds he a played since joining the senior tour entered sundays final round at 11-under 133. He has scored two firsts and a second place finish since he came on the senior tour this year. Don Massengale was three strokes Back after shooting 69 on the 6,668-Yard Vintage club Mountain course Ben Smith and Jim Dent Are tied for third at 138.edge holds 1-shot Lyga Lead Wailea Hawaii a Mitzi Edge fired a 2-Over 73 saturday but maintained a one stroke Lead after three rounds of the $500,000 women a Kemper open. Edge who led Rosie Jones and Laura Davies by one shot carded two birdies to Post a two under 33 at the turn saturday. But she finished with four bogeys on the Back nine including two three putt greens slipping Back to 1-under 212 for the tournament played on the Island of  rides Eagle to Victory Marbella Spain a Ian Woosnam of Wales braved swirling winds to score a go ahead Eagle-3 on the 12th Hole sunday then held on for a 74 and a three stroke Victory in a Mediterranean open that was shortened to 54 holes because of poor weather. Woosnam the overnight Leader with 4-under-Par 68s thursday and Friday finished at 6-under-Par 210 in dark skies at the Par-72 Las Briskas course which was still soggy from the Rains that caused the cancellation of saturdays third round. Eduardo Romero of Argentina and Miguel Angel Martin of Spain tied for second at 4-under-Par 212. Ireland a Christy of Connor jr., was fourth at 213 and Mark James of England finished fifth another shot  gymnast Champ out Fairfax Virginia a defending Champion Brandy Johnson coming off a spate of physical problems stumbled three times during her floor exercise fell during her uneven Ter routine and was eliminated from the american cup gymnastics Competition saturday. The soviet unions Natalia Kalinina 16, finished first in the preliminary round winning or sharing first place in three of the four events. Americans Sandy Woolsey 17, and Kim Zmeskal 14, placed second and third respectively. Johnson 16, the . National Champion finished 22nd, with Only the top eight finishers advancing to sundays finals. In menus Competition american Lance Ringwald was the top finisher in the preliminary round with cubans Felix Aguilera  mond 16th in time trial Paris a Greg Lemonds return to cycling Competition in Paris on sunday Wasny tas successful As his last race in the French capital. But this time it did no to count As much. Last july the american cyclist capped an incredible comeback Story by winning the final time trial and his second tour de France edging Frances Laurent Fig non by eight seconds Overall. In sundays first stage of the Paris Nice race the opening major race of the cycling season mignon outdistanced Lemond although the temporary Lead went to a second year pro Francis Moreau. A i am a Little behind in training. It has been a mild Winter in Europe and All the riders Over Here Are really in excellent shape a Lemond said. Mignon also a two time tour de France Winner has made the Paris Nice race one of his first objectives this season. The 690-mile event lasts a week and finishes with another time trial on a Mountain outside Nice. A it was a significant time trial a mignon said. A fall the Best Are up front. I think the final Winner of Paris Nice is in the top 10.�?� Lemond was 16th in the time trial. After an off season enjoying the fruits of his tour de France and world championship year in 1989, he is just looking for some training races with the major objective a the tour de France a still almost four months Down the Road. Lemond ended up 17 seconds behind mignon Over the 4.2-mile course Over the streets of Eastern Paris. Moreau a Short course specialist won in 9 minutes 15.09  tops drag racing Mark Baytown Texas a top fuel Driver Darrell Gwynn recorded the quickest elapsed time in drag racing history during qualifying saturday for the third annual Fram super nationals at Houston raceway Park. Gwynn of Miami covered the Quarter mile distance in 4.909 seconds 280.46 Mph to surpass the previous Mark of 4.919 set by Gary Ormsby last october at the Texas motor Lex in  qualifying leaders for sundays final eliminations induce John Force in funny car and Mark Pawuk in pro Stock. The $1,152,900 event is the third Stop in the 19-race, $18 million Nora drag racing series.f3000 season opens Suzuka Japan a Kazuyoshi Hoshino starting from the pole position drove his Lola t90-50 to Victory sunday in the seasons first f3000 race. Hoshino sped 35 laps around the 3.633-mile Suzuka International circuit m in 1 hour 5 minutes 07.183 seconds at an average Speed of 117.03 Mph. Ross Cheever of the United states driving a Reynard 90d, came in second in 1 05 16.599, followed by Keiji Matsumoto of Japan in 1 05 51.466. Matsumoto drove a Lola t89-50.colombian wins . Marathon los Angeles a Pedro Ortiz of Colombia broke away from Antoni Niemczak with less than a mile to go to win the fifth los Angeles Marathon sunday in a personal record time of 2 hours 11 minutes 54 seconds. It was the first Victory in five marathons for Ortiz whose previous Best was 2 13 28 when he finished second Here last year. In the women a race Julie isphording of Cincinnati solidified her comeback from major Back surgery in 1987 by shattering the course record with a time of 2 3z 25. She erased the previous course record of 2 34 42 set by Vloya Ivanova of the soviet Union last year. Ivanova did not defend her . Germans take Speed skating Zinzell West Germany a East germans Jacqueline Boerner and Gunda Kleeman skated to Victory in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters races sunday in the final Day of the women a world cup Speed skating event Here. 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