European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 a a a the stars and stripes monday septembers 1990gilbert, Chang Ivanisevic ousted by Steve Wilstein a Tennis writer new York a Brad Gilbert wobbled wearily to the end Michael Chang saved three match Points be fore succumbing and Goran Ivanisevic simply quit trying As three More menus seeds tumbled from the . Open on saturday. Defending Champion Boris Becker had no difficulty in avoiding the same Fate. He beat Tomas Carbonell 64, 6-2, 6-2 in a night match to set up a fourth round match against surprising australian Darren Cahill. Jennifer Capriati and Steffi Graf skirted the upset that befell Monica Seles in the third round and set up a rematch of their Wimbledon clash. Capriati never a shy teen says she so psyched up a . Open and set to attack the no longer invincible Graf in the renewal of their growing rivalry. Capriati 14, the youngest player to reach the round of 16 in . Open history played superbly. She beat Sweden a Maria Tandlund 6-1, 6-4 before a packed crowd on the stadium court. On the More intimate grandstand court though grass slicing backhand seemed to be attracted to the net. Her powerful forehand soared frequently beyond the Baseline until she found her rhythm in the third set. She beat Elna Reinach 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. In grass first two victories she dropped Only six games without losing a set. The menus seeds struggled once More adding to the list of Early victims that includes no. 1 Stefan Edberg no. 5 Andres Gomez and no. 16 Martin Jaite. Amos Mansdorf of Israel ranked 41st, knocked out no. 8 Gilbert 5-7, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5, 6-1 in a 4-hour match that wore Down Gilbert until he was barely Able to move in the final set. Mansdorf gave up Only one Point in the last three games then a dryly hopped Over the net to shake the weary Gilberts hand. A i really got tired in the fifth a Gilbert said. A i gave it everything i had in the fourth. His backhand passing shot was unbelievable. He did no to miss a thing. I ran out of soviet Andrei Cherkasov ranked 50th, had Little problem taking charge at the net and knocking off an error prone Chang the 1989 French open Champion at age 17. Changes Baseline game so effective on the Clay in Paris remained ill suited for the Speed of hard courts. A in this Day and age there Are so Many Good players its difficult to go out there and beat everybody comfortably a the 11 the seeded Chang said. A a that a Why you see so Many Michael Chang reacts to dropping a key Point. Cherkasov won 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, and will play Christo Van Rensburg of South Africa who beat brazilian Luiz mattar6-l,6-4, 5-7, 6-4. A i had trouble staying with him a Chang said. A a in a get into a rally and just miss. We both have similar styles but he played a lot better than i did. My heart was there. My heart was willing to fight. But my body stay with my Cherkasov said he played a maybe the Best match of my career. 1 Felt like i miss the Early in the third set Cherkasova a legs tired and began to cramp a problems he a had before but he managed to Cope with it this time. Andre Agassi the menus fourth seed had an easy time without a repeat of his cursing and spitting act a few Days earlier. He advanced to the fourth round with a 7-5, 6-4, 6-0 Victory against Franco Davin. Agassi said he a playing As Well As he can and is in Good position to go for his first grand slam title Here. A a in a not going to complain with that draw a said Agassi who is seeded to meet defending Champion Becker in the semifinals. A if seeds go accordingly i m physically prepared and i think Best of five is definitely to my Cahill ranked 48th, upset Ivanisevic the 15th seed 4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 7-36-0, then slammed the 18-year-old yugoslavian for a a tanking the final set. A the fifth set was a pretty gutless Effort a Cahill said. A after i won the first game of the fifth set he gave it to me. This is an area he might have to work on. When you re two sets All you should be prepared to give it every Opportunity. I Aono to know what makes someone do that. These grand slams Are the four biggest tournaments of the Ivanisevic who beat Becker in the French open and lost to him in a Brilliant Wimbledon semifinals admitted he gave up when the Cahill match turned against him. A after 2-0 in the fifth Petit was tanking a said Ivanisevic who performed similarly when he got skunked by Becker in the third set of their four set Wimbledon match. A a in a not trying. I just want to finish the grand slam chief of supervisors Ken Farrar investigated the incident. A player can be fined for not giving his Best Effort according to the code of conduct. The Fine can be up to $5,000. Farrar said Ivanisevic who Speaks a broken English a misconstrued the use of the term Farrar said that in talking with Ivanisevic it was Clear that what he intended to say was that after the second game in the fifth set Quot he was mentally beaten a and Quot could not continue to play up to the expectations that he wished he could a in my opinion this was a mental letdown that led to a physical letdown in which he consciously or unconsciously was a beaten player accordingly no disciplinary action was Aaron Krickstein no. 9, had a Tough time but got by former Wimbledon Champion Pat Cash 6-4, 7-6 747-6 7-2. Krickstein will play Mansdorf in the round of 16. Capriati and Graf meet monday in the fourth round the same round in which Graf beat her in their first match at Wimbledon. That one Wasny to close with Graf winning 6-2, 6-4.al from Page 21 survived 10 walks and four bases loaded jams to win his 11th straight game As Texas broke a four game losing Streak beating Oakland 3-2. Witt 14-8 walked seven in the first five innings but the a a left 10 runners on base in that Span As Witt struck out seven to work out of three jams. Witt struck out 10. His 10 walks tied a team record set last monday by Charlie Hough. Blue jays 8, indians 0 Cleveland a Fred Mcgriff had the first five hit game of his career and drove in three runs As Toronto beat Cleveland. Mcgriff had three singles a double and his 29th Homer a two run shot in the ninth to Back Todd Stottlemyre 1214who allowed six hits walked one and struck out three before being relieved by John Candelaria with one out in the eighth. Kelly Gruber also homered and Junior Felix drove in two runs with a bases loaded single for Toronto which has won three straight after losing five in a Row. Tigers 9, twins 5 Minneapolis a Mike Heath snapped a 3-for-25 slump with a two run single that keyed a two out five run rally in the second inning As Detroit won its fourth in a Row. Randy Nosek 1-0 allowed five runs and six hits in six plus innings to earn his first major league Victory for the tigers. Mike Henneman finished for his 19th save As Detroit won three in a Row at the met radome for the first time since 1984. Allan Anderson 6-17 became the majors biggest loser this season giving up six runs and seven hits in 2 a a innings. Heath and Travis Fryman each drove in two runs in the second inning outburst. Brewers 4, orioles 3 Milwaukee a Robin Yount had a two run single and Paul Molitor hit a Solo Home run As Milwaukee beat Baltimore. Milwaukee starter Ted Higuera 9-6 gave up three runs on nine nits in 7% innings. Dan Plesac Milwaukee s third Pitcher pitched a scoreless ninth for his 2nd save. Younts single in the fifth off Ben Mcdonald 5-4 broke a 1-1 tie and Molitor hit his 10th Homer in the seventh As Mcdonald lost his fourth straight decision after winning his first five. Mariners 3, royals 0 Seattle a Russ Swan pitched 6 Xhu innings of no hit Ball and combined with Bill Swift for a two hitter As Seattle scored three runs in the seventh for a Victory Over Kansas City. Swan recently recalled from a rehabilitation assignment at Calgary after being placed on the disabled list july 8, lost his no hitter with one out in the seventh when Bill Pecota grounded a first pitch single to left. The Rookie left hander walked five and struck out five. Swift who originally was scheduled to Start saturday night replaced Swan at the Start of the eighth and pitched two innings allowing one hit to earn Bis fourth from Page 21 indifference and Dave Rohde flew out to Center. Casey Candaele was intentionally walked to Load the bases and Rhodes followed with a single to Center. Dave Smith 5-5 pitched the final two innings for the Victory. Reds 8, cubs 1 Chicago a Rick Mahler gave Cincinnati a injury plagued pitching staff a big lift with a four hitter As the reds beat Chicago. The no West leading reds trying to hold off los Angeles and san Francisco had placed right hander Jack Armstrong on the disabled list late Friday night. Eric Davis hit his 18th Homer in the second inning doubled in a run in the fourth and singled and scored on a two run triple by Mariano Duncan in the sixth. Mahler 7-5 won his third straight Start walking none and striking out three. He retired the first nine batters before Jerome Walton tripled in the fourth and scored on Ryne Sandberg a grounder. Expos 6, dodgers 0 Montreal a Oil can Boyd pitched a three hitter As Montreal beat los Angeles dropping the dodgers 6vi games behind first place Cincinnati in the no West. Andres Galarraga Tim Wallach and Mike Fitzgerald each had two Bis for the expos who beat the dodgers for the second straight Day. Boyd 8-5making his first career Start against los Angeles struck out eight and walked two in route to his third shutout and ninth of his career. He retired 17 straight before Lenny Harris reached on an infield single with one out in the ninth. Braves 4, cardinals 3 Atlanta a Paul Marak gave up two runs Over 7 a innings in an impressive major league debut and Atlanta rallied for three runs in the eighth inning to beat St. Louis. Phillies 3-2, padres 2-1 Philadelphia a Darren Daulton singled Home John Kruk with the go ahead run in the eighth inning As Philadelphia beat san Diego to Complete a sweep of their twi night doubleheader. In the opener kinks run scoring single with two outs in the Bottom of the 10th gave the Phillies a 3-2 Victory. Reliever Rich Rodriguez 1-1 retired the first two batters in the Bottom of the eighth before walking Kruk Charlie haves singled Kruk to second and Daulton followed with a single to right. Kruk barely beat Tony Gwynn a throw to the plate As the padres lost their fifth straight game. Darrel Akerfelds 5-1 pitched one scoreless inning for the Victory and Roger Mcdowell got the last three outs Fortis 17th save. In the opener Rookie Mickey Moran Dini called up Friday after Tommy Herr was traded opened the 10th with his first major league hit a single off Greg Harris 7-7and Pinch hitter Rod Booker sacrificed him to second. Von Hayes was walked intentionally and Murphy struck out before Kruk hit a 2-2 pitch into Center Field for the game winning run
