European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 29,1990 <3 t 9 a i a a the stars and stripes Vav. I isl1 qty a a it a can a \ it v a a a Law w Al a a Page 21lendl serves notice swings into 3rd round As does Navratilova. A Ivan Lendl sweeps Jakob Hlasek 6-1,6-3,6-0 while trying to win his first Wimbledon title. Wimbledon England apr Ivan Lendlr a Mission to finally win Wimbledon took another powerful step Forward in thursdays second round. The top ranked player in the world used pounding serves sharply angled volleys and a lot of skill to beat Jakob Hlasek of Switzerland 6-1, 6-3, 6-0 to Advance to the third round. A the made me look bad because he played so Good a said Hlasek ranked 50th in the world. A but not Only did he play Well he has really improved on grass. The whole game a the Volley the serve the Confidence.  another player who has dedicated the season to winning Wimbledon second seeded Martina Navratilova looked overpowering too. She beat Anne Smith of the United states 6-2, 6-3. Also advancing although with a bit More difficulty was Gabriela Sabatini. The women a fourth seed from Argentina beat Anke Huber of West Germany 6-2,7-6. Out of the tournament went Henri Leconte. The 15th seed from France was eliminated by Alex Antonitsch of Austria 2-6, 6-4, 7-6, 2-6, 6-3. As the fourth Day of the grand slam tournament played out in Cool Breezy weather a bomb scare paralysed part of the ground outside Centre court for about a half hour. Play was suspended on three outside courts after a suspicious item a it turned out to be a camera in a leather Case a was found near the main Gate. Police bomb squad officers gave the All Clear after checking the item with a portable a Ray machine. It the Victory by Antonitsch was built on a x it. It sri booming serve and passing shots and Leconte a mistakes. The Frenchman double faulted and flubbed a Volley in the eighth game of the fifth set to give Antonitsch the service break he needed for Victory. Leconte was the eighth seed ousted from the menus draw with the third round not even finished. He had been seeded to meet Lendl in the fourth round. Lendl played almost perfect Tennis in racing by Hlasek in 78 minutes. His Only lapse came when he tried to be perhaps to Wimbledon fancy in his first service game after opening with an Ace. He double faulted to 30-40 when he smacked two hard serves instead of trying to get the second serve in then lost the game on a lob by Hlasek. After that Lendl toyed with Hlasek who beat the top seed in the masters in new York in 1988. Lendl won six straight games and never lost serve again. Lendl polished off the match with a 20-minute third set in which he seemed at times to be playing in slow motion winding up and gunning shots left and right at the helpless Hlasek. He ended the match with an Ace and a pair of service winners. A i returned Well i lobbed Well Quot Lendl said. A i think 1 can play a bit better. I can definitely make More first  Lendl hit on Only 62 percent of his first serves the same As Hlasek. Other seeds advanced easily. Menus ninth seeded Jim courier beat Jason Sto a Etenberg of Australia 6-2, 7-6, 6-4. Women a no. 7 Katerina male Eva beat Kimiko Date of Japan 6-1, 6-4, and no. 14 Judith pics nor of Austria beat Karine que Trec of France 6-3, 6-3. The 1985 semifinalist american Kevin Curran beat South africans Gary Muller in a Marathon match 6-7 1-764? 7.6 7_4 t 6-7 3-76-4. Muller eliminated seventh seeded Tim Mayotte in the first round. Third seeded Stefan Edberg displayed exceptional shot making and court Cov Croc in a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 Triumph Over Vii los Lav Mccier of Czechoslovakia. A first round loser at the French open the swede showed the form that earned him the 1988 Wimbledon title. He responded to Mecir a versatile play by drilling his approach shots into the Corners and constantly turning volleys into winners. In another late match 13th-Sccdcd Michael Chang beat fellow american Jim Pugh 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Anders Jarryd pulled out of his singles match with bruised ribs that forced his team to quit a doubles match the night before. Overnight rest failed to ease the pain enough for Jarryd to play and he defaulted his singles match against Mark Kratzman. A id Jav Volhov Imi Vii a a a a a r a germans fill spots heeding into czech game a a a a a a a Riedle 24 will team with inter Milan newsmen that he still sees the world Cir a a a Star Jurgen Klinsmann in the German final heme Between his team and Ita y. Against a Italy up a West German h Franz Beckenbauer thursday con so that midfielder Thomas Hassler world cup �?T90 for the -. Attack Ajjawi his services. He will join Juventud at Czechoslovakia conclusion of the world cup but despite being without two of his stars of play in the world cup Quarter i  us against Czechoslovakia sunday. Only Diego Maradona $11.24 Mullion making after his squads morning and Ruud Gusit $8.95 million rate a a aut Beckenbauer said Hassler had 0f Hassler in the financial stakes lumbering up exercises and run Rockenbauer Conn and although Ball work was not used until an evening training ses Lulu for the quarterfinal clash Beckenbauer retained the Confidence he wednesday Beckenbauer confirmed that Karlheinz Riedle will play m the d the cont Odence be . Sunday game in Milan in place of disc Ayed after his suspended striker Rudi Voller. Team beat Holland filler who was involved in a double sending off with Hollands Frank Rij Appel for Len Syb 4 soccer federation was reject by a world soccer a governing body. We Unni an evening framing acne said he was sure Hassler will not Idy in time for saturday e experienced Pierre Litzbarski will n place of his former Cologne club Hassler at the san Siro stadium in i Beckenbauer said Ssler missed the game against the Elands after pulling thigh Muscles m be two minutes left in the 1-1 group b world soccer a described the sen the Colombia june 19. Beckenbauer first Desen bed m became the third most expensive bin pcs As a p the Day claimed the i m the world in april when Juven to live my nut a / f Turin agreed to pay $8.8 million sending very 2-1 sunday. Quot a we must underestimate a a Czechoslovakia a Riedle he said thursday. A they Are Strong team. There is nothing but Strong teams left at this stage of the world cup finals. But if we play the Way we did against Holland i am convinced that we can  Beckenbauer went on to restate to newsmen that he still sees the world cup final being Between his team and Italy. Meanwhile the czechoslovak part arrived at its cer Nobbio training Headquarters on Lake Como where coach Josef Venlos put his squad through two training sessions thursday. His Only injury worry is midfielder Vaclev no Mycek who is recovering from a leg Bruise. Regardless of the outcome sunday Venlos will step Down As National coach after the world cup. The czechoslovak soccer association wednesday named his successor As Milan Macala. Fifth sports television baseball a Cincinnati at new Ork mets 1 30 . Saturday. Radio _ baseball a new York Yankees at Chicago White sox 2 . Saturday