European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 5, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 25 French Ope Seles sails Sabatini swamped by Martin Lader Paris up a second seed Monica Seles swept the final 11 games to and Ance to the quarterfinals of the French pen monday while no. 4 Gabriela a acini was eliminated in straight sets. Seles stretched her winning Streak to 9 matches by overwhelming no. 16 Ura Gildemeister 6-4, 6-0, allowing merely four Points in the second set. Seles thus avenged her most recent Oss a 6-1, 7-5 defeat to Gildemeister at he Virginia slims of Florida Early in Arch. In the 29 matches since Seles As dropped Only one set. Seles who made her grand slam but in the 1989 French reaching the semifinals As a 15-year-old, could face 4-year-old Jennifer Capriati in this ears semis. Sabatinis late comeback bid fell Short s she lost to 11th seed Jana Novotna 6,7-5. Two More menus seeds were upset by on seeded players. Frenchman Henri Leonte a wild card entry scored a popular 6, 6-3, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3 Victory Over no. 8 an Rei Chesnokov and Jonas Svensson of Weden Defeated no. 15 Guillermo Perez Oldan 2-6,6-4,6-2,6-2. Leconte who will play Svensson in the quarterfinals now has a 6-0 career re Ord in five setters at the French open. The quarterfinal Fields were com lated when seventh seeded Thomas uster beat loth seeded Martin Jaite 76-3, 6-2 Goran Ivanisevic of Yugo Lavia beat Nicklas Kroon of Sweden 6-2, �?�4, 7-5 and French qualifier Thierry Hampton beat Karel Novacek of Czechoslovakia 6-3,4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-3. Sabatini fought Back from a 5-1 deficit n the second set to draw even at 5-5, but Quot Novotna broke her in the 11th game. Sabatini had a break Point in the 12th lame but from Deuce she netted an easy backhand to give Novotna her third watch Point. Novotna converted this one Dien sabatinis backhand hit near the of of the net and bounced Back. A it was just a bad Day today a said the 0-year-old Argentine who was bothered y the wind at Center court. A i did no to feel Ery comfortable playing. I was hitting the All too late. From the beginning i did no to eel very Good playing my  Novotna broke sabatinis service on Light of 11 opportunities. In the third game of the second set Novotna fell near the Baseline while run my to her left. The match was halted for Ive minutes while a Trainer taped Novotnak a right ankle. When play continued at Deuce Novotna completed the service break and in the next game Sabatini gave away four consecutive Points with unforced errors. There were seven Breaks in the first eight games of the match As Novotna built leads of 4-0 and 5-1. Novotna said she let up in the second set after blowing two match Points at 5-1. A i relaxed mentally and Gabriela took advantage of it a she said. A in a still ahead 5-2 so i Felt if i done to do it now i can do it later but then Gaby started playing much better and suddenly it was 5-All.�?� the 21-year-old czechoslovakian ranked no. 15 in the world said she has had trouble with the ankle before. A when it happens you usually can continue a she said. A the worst part is the next  Gildemeister broke Seles in the fourth game then saved two break Points against her to take a 4-1 Lead. But she was unable to win another game in the court one match. Gildemeister from Peru double faulted on break Point to open the second set and Seles closed out the second game with a pair of aces. She needed Only 16 minutes to finish the set. A i was starting to play better in the second set and going for the Ball a said Seles a yugoslavian who lives in Florida. In the quarterfinals Seles will play sixth seed Manuela male Eva and Novotna goes against no. 8 Katerina male Eva. In the other quarterfinals it will be no. 1 Steffi Graf against no. 9 Conchita Martinez and no. 7 Mary Joe Fernandez against Capriati. Leconte after allowing a two set Lead to evaporate won the first seven Points of the fifth set but allowed triple break Point in the second game to slip away. The 26-year-old left hander ranked 33rd in the world gained the Only break of the set in the eighth game. He went up 15-40 on a forehand Volley at the net and followed with his third service Winner of the game. A the can win unbelievable Points but he can lose them too a said Chesnokov ranked no. 10. A my problem was that when he went to the net i was in a  Svensson ranked 24th, reaching a grand slam quarterfinal for the second time said the difference now is that he has Confidence in himself. A the most important thing is to believe in yourself a he said. A a that Hasni to always been the Case. This is one of the first time i believe i can  Monica Seles bites Down while double listing a return in her fourth round win. Chang and Agassi pipe alike but different by Larry Siddons Paris apr How can two Tennis players so different be so much alike Andre Agassi is flamboyantly ant establishment calling the sports Hierarchy a a bozos and spawning a generation of Andre wannabes in Day glow Tennis outfits. Michael Chang has More the appearance of a scholar than a sports superstar. He equates a grand slam tournament with tackling schoolwork Speaks openly of his religious beliefs and draws inspiration from those who die Tor political  Only similarity would seem to be their . Passports. But these two members of Tennis muscular Young generation will share Many traits when they meet in what promises to be the most intriguing quarterfinal at the French open tuesday. A have a similar game in that we Ooth he from the Baseline a said agas let the third seed and the top ranked Man left among the final eight. A that is our Strong  a i think Andre is very Tough from the Baseline a said Chang the defending menus Champion and this years 11th seed. A a he a also improved his serves and vol Agassi Chang Assi won six tournaments. Since then Agassi the older by two years has suffered a disastrous 1989season, while Chang has become the youngest French open menus Champ and developed into one of the worlds top  Chang and Agassi have been increasingly Tough As they have moved through the draw on the Clay of Roland Garros. Each played his Best so far in the fourth round a Chang beating Javier Sanchez 6-4,6-4,6-2, Agassi coming Back from a Hammer and Tong first set to defeat old rival Jim courier 6-7,6-1,6-4,6-0. Agassi holds a 2-0 career Lead Over Chang both matches in 1988 when a players. That does no to mean that Chang has the Edge. Agassi has been working on his conditioning and is Back up to no. 5 in the world. Courier who beat Agassi in the third round Here a year ago noticed a big difference. A the is definitely in better shape than last year a courier said. A and i do think that he is quicker because last year he Wasny to there to get some of my balls Back. This year not Only was he Able to get the Ball Back but on top of that he was Able to Send a pretty Strong Ball  Chang said Agassi a is huge now he is a monster. He is a lot stronger he has worked a lot  Agassi credited a program developed by Trainer Gil Reyes a and a bad memory from two years ago a for pounding him into shape. He was one set away from upsetting Mats Wilander and making the finals of the French open in �?T88 when his body gave up. Like Agassi Chang has slumped since doing so Well in Paris. He was stopped in the fourth round at last years Wimbledon and . Open won just one tournament the rest of the year and suffered a bad hip injury last Winter. As he began defense of his title Chang had won just two matches All year a and none on Clay. But As with Agassi he has gotten better and better each round. And As with Agassi he is in a position to Benefit from the upsets that knocked out favourites