European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes saturday october 20,1990 a amps us Schuettner a amps Gus Schuettner of cent a Jorg Haffner left was the top seed but suffered a 6-1,6-0 loss to patches Chris Foulk in fridays semifinals of the Dodds Central europeans at Nordenstedt. Foulk bounces Haffner by Walt Morrissette staff writer Nordenstedt Germany third seeded Chris Foulk the Patch Sophomore Southpaw used his blistering backhand slice to upend top seeded Jorg Haffner of accent 6-1,6-0 on Friday in the semifinals of the Dodds Central european Tennis championships. Foulk will face eighth seeded Christian von Sievers of shape in the boys final. Von Sievers outlasted berlins Matt Mcqueen 6-1,3-6,7-5 in the other semifinal. In the girls final no. 2 seed Alia Naf four of Kaiserslautern will try to derail the juggernaut Quot the is girls a Stephanie Seddon Brown of the International school of Brussels. Seddon Brown lost Only two games in three matches Friday As she blasted her Way into the final. Those two were to Wiesbaden Sangie Pabalate who fell 6-2, 6-0 in the quarters. Seddon Brown loved out Heidelberg a Andrea Pope in the second round Ana berlins Mary Mcqueen in the semis. Naff our reached the final by beating of cent a Nanna Jurgens 6-3, 6-2 in the quarters and a Mont tip Morris 6-2,7-6 7-1 in the semis. Haffner cruised past Patrick Shaffer of Nurnberg 6-2,6-2 in the quarters but was stumped by Foulk the first lefty he faced. Foulk blew out Haffner 6-1 in the first set and put away the first game of the High school Tennis second set with an Ace. Foulk kept Haffner off balance with his booming serve and threaded the Needle with backhand passing shots to the Corner a including one directly on the Baseline to win a Point. Down 1-6, 0-3, Haffner had to take More chances and made More unforced errors in the process. A i had three easy matches before this one a Haffner said. A i really did no to have to hit it hard until i had to play him Foulk a Foulk a self taught player who Learned the game playing off a a magic Wall in Burke va., near Washington put it this Way a since in a left handed the spin is very Low on this carpet and my serve just spins right off the court. A i just got Here three months ago. I had been playing tournaments in Virginia for Robinson High school in Fairfax county a this will be his Only year at Patch since his family will move to Ansbach when his father takes Over a battalion there. Foulk came to Europe with the strokes and Patch coach Shane Washington honed Foulks strategy. A i just guided him in the right direction in three easy Steps a said Washington who plays no. 1 singles for a club team in Stuttgart. A on his serve to the backhand Side he has to move the player Way off the court. Then he has a backhand slice that does no to come up from the floor so he has to use that. A then i told him to concentrate More. Because when you win the first set 6-1, you tend to lose your concentration. He was seeded third but i told Tom Leblanc the Dodds sports director that he would be a von Sievers a shape senior had a tougher time with Mcqueen. A i was ahead 3-1 and 4-0 in the last set a von Sievers said a but when he was ahead 5-4 with his serve i had to come Back. I Wasny to playing As hard. I was just trying to avoid mistakes. But Matt played a helluva von Sievers won the last three games to take the match. A the picked up his game and i did no to serve As Well in the end a Mcqueen said. Von Sievers a slender 6-foot-2, will have the height advantage Over the 5-8, 140-Pound Foulk on saturday. But Washington has a strategy for that too. A tall players Are different a Washington said a but hell still have to get Down there to return that the girls final is saturday at 9 . And the boys final is at 11 . Roger Smith and Mike Williams of Wurzburg and Mannheim a Jay by Travis a amps Gus Schuettner Isbos Stephanie Seddon Brown. Swings into title match Burgess duo will Square off in the boys doubles final at 9 . Emy Nakajima and Laura Lindner of Berlin will face Kaiserslautern a Gina Grinsel and Jenny foe Ike r in the girls doubles final at 11 . After splitting the action among three Sites for the first two Days the final matches will All be played in the Vitis Tennis Center in Nunn Cooks Curry by to in Paris by the associated press Paris a world Champion Michael Nunn invited Donald Curry to show he had the punching Power of a middleweight. Curry failed. Nunn proved his Point and kept his International boxing federation title thursday night. Nunn overpowered Curty with 15 unanswered punches in the 10th round that floored the challenger and referee Denny Nelson ended the fight. The 27-year-old Nunn of Davenport Iowa who won the title from Frank Tate two years ago is unbeaten i boxing Roundup 36fights. Curry 29 of fort Worth Texas slipped to 33in other fights thursday night Mendoza retains Aba Crown Paris a Luis Mendoza of Colombia retained his world boxing association super bantamweight championship with a majority decision Over Frances Faunce Benichou. Mendoza won the title a month ago and defended it for the first time. Mendoza is 28-2-2 and Benichou 26-10. Ortega keeps wac title Washington a world boxing Council super bantamweight Champion Jemal Hinton scored a fifth round knockout of Rafael a in Dion Ortega to retain his title. Hinton of the Kronk gym in Detroit improved his record to 15-0 with 12 knockouts while Ortega dropped to 11-5
