European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 22 a the stars and stripes thursday november 15,1990 Tennis championships Agassi destroys Sampras Frankfurt Germany a Andre Agassi remembers the mauling he received from Pete Sampras in the final of the . Open. But he Learned something from it. He realized he had to work on his serve. Since the three set loss in that grand slam event Agassi has been doing just that. And when the two met tuesday opening Day at the at finals the roles were reversed. It was Agassi who fired 10 aces in demolishing Sampras 6-4, 6-2 in just Over an hour. Quot i was not really out to prove i can beat Pete a Agassi said. A i was More out to prove that the . Open was just a Day out in new York. A after the . Open i realized what a tremendous asset the serve can be. If you can serve that big you done to need a lot of other things to win  Agassi said that a Victory in the at finals a which pit the top eight players in the world in a season ending $2 million event a would be some Consolation for losing two grand slam finals this year. He also lost to Andres Gomez in the final of the French open. A but winning Here would not make up for the loss of two grand slam finals a Agassi said. A a in la take that to my grave. But winning Here would maybe solidify in Peoples minds that i can win big events. A it was a Complete opposite of the . Open a said Sampras ranked no. 5 in the world. A the played flawless ten Andre Agassi slams forehand against Pete Sampras in tuesday nights at match. Is. Agassi ranked fourth broke Sam Pras in the seventh game to take full control of the match. In other first Day matches Ivan Lendl no. 3, beat seventh ranked Thomas Muster of Austria 6-3, 6-3, while top ranked Stefan Edberg of Sweden Defeated no. 8 Emilio Sanchez of Spain 6-7,6-3,6-1. Sampras survives wednesday Sampras stayed alive in the at world championships by beating Emilio Sanchez 6-2,6-4 wednesday. Sampras displayed the powerful serve and Volley game that gave him the United states open title in september and demolished the eighth ranked spaniard in 63 minutes. After his tuesday loss to Agassi Sampras is now 1-1 m the tournament before meeting  Stefan Edberg. The loss virtually ended Sanchez a Hopes of reaching the last four. He is now 0-2 after losing to Edberg on tuesday. The american never struggled with his serve and lost Only four Points on his serve in the second set. Boris Becker chasing the no. 1 spot despite tearing a muscle in his left thigh 10 Days ago was to open against Andres Gomez. Graf grounds Capriati in first round new York a the unflappable Steffi Graf flapped. And when the smoke cleared at Madison Square Garden on tuesday night Graf had won her first round match at the Virginia slims championships 6-3, 5-7, 6-3, while teen age Prodigy Jennifer Capriati had won the crowd. After the match Capriati was first interviewed by television then signed autographs for the crowd. Graf left the court immediately for the dressing room where she vomited. A Steffi had a virus last week. She had a sore Throat and today she started to feel nauseated during the match a said Kathleen Stroia a physical therapist for the women a Tennis association who treated Graf during the second set. A she has a touch of the flu and a  Virginia slims the defending Champion and no. 1 seed Wasny to scheduled to play her quarterfinal match against Katerina male Eva until thursday or possibly Friday. Male Eva the no. 6 seed advanced to the quarterfinals tuesday night with a 6-3,6-3 Victory Over Helena Sutkova. In the first upset of the $3 million year ending tournament Conchita Martinez of Spain ousted no. 7 Zina Garrison 6-3,6-0. On wednesday night the first round was to be completed with no. 4 Mary Joe Fernandez taking on Nathalie Tauz iat of France second seeded Monica Seles meeting austrian Barbara Paulus and third seeded Gabriela Sabatini playing Jana Novotna of Czechoslovakia. A i would have like to have gotten farther but if i have to lose to her at least i played Well a Capriati said. It was an understatement. Their clash was one of the Best matches played at the Garden in years a classic Battle with two of the hardest hitters in women a Tennis. Graf needed 1 hour and 54 minutes to overcome the 14-year-old Capriati the games newest phenom. And Graf knew before she hurried to the dressing room that this Challenge was Only the beginning that the much ballyhooed Cannati was for real. A a in a Happy even though i lost a Cannati said. A i could have come to the net More. I could have hit Down the line on the backhand More and i could have returned  devils end tie beat Montreal by the associated press East Rutherford . Dave Maley and John Maclean scored 44 seconds apart in the third period tuesday night As the new Jersey devils broke a 3-3 tie and beat the Montreal canadians 6-3. Maley put new Jersey ahead 4-3 when he took a drop pass from Pat Conacher and drilled a shot Over the stick of Montreal goaltender Patrick Roy at 8 12. Maclean scored a close in goal and Laurie Boschman added a Short handed Coal at 11 35, 6 the devils out shot Montreal 17-9 in the first period and led 2-1 on goals by nil Roundup Alexei Kasat nov and Patrik Sundstrom. Montreal pulled even on a Short handed goal by Russ Courtnell at 5 16 of the second period. Brendan Shanahan put new Jersey ahead again at 14.37 and Montreal a Mark Pederson tied it for the last time at 6 31 of the third period. Rangers 1, flyers 1 Philadelphia a new Yorkus Jan Erixon and Philadelphia a Keith Acton traded goals Early in the second period and Erixon put the rangers ahead with a Short handed goal at 2 07. Penguins 4, North stars 1 Bloomington Minn. A goalie Frank Pietrangelo Back after a two game benching made 42 saves and Zarley Salapski scored a Short handed goal for a 2-0 Pittsburgh Lead. The North stars out shot the penguins 43-23. Blues 4, Nordques 2 St. Louis Brett Hull flipped in a rebound for his second goal of the game to break a tie with 1 46 remaining As St Louis handed Quebec a club record 11th straight loss. The setback tied the franchise record set last year. Tarpley out for year Dallas apr Star Forward Roy Tarpley will miss the rest of the Dallas Mavericks season after ligament tears were found in his right knee tuesday. The damage was found during surgery Tarpley was injured in the first Quarter of fridays 111-99 Victory Over Orlando but the Mavericks thought it was just a dislocated Kneecap. Or. Pat Evans said a the arthroscopic surgery on Roy revealed a fresh tear of the Anterior cruciate ligament with Complete detachment in an area of previous tearing. It also revealed a tear in the Back portion of the lateral cartilage. Tarpley averaged 20 Points and 11 rebounds in five games and shot 54 percent from the Field. Tarpley could return in May for the playoffs. Evans also performed an arthroscopy on the right knee of guard fat lever who will be sidelined from four to six weeks. Aba from Page 17 from Sikma and kept rolling building the Lead to 22 at the half and to 34 with 38 seconds left in the third Quarter. Suns 112, lakers 111 Inglewood Calif a Phoenix overcame 36 Points by James worthy and took advantage of his missed free throw with one second remaining to defeat struggling los Angeles. The suns got 24 Points from Kevin Johnson and 20 from Tom Chambers to run their record to 4-1 and record their first regular season Victory at the forum in 18 attempts. Bulls 84, jazz 82 Salt Lake City Michael Jordan a jumper As time ran out gave Chicago the Victory Over Utah. A Basket by Mark Eaton gave the jazz an 82-80 Edge with 2 52 remaining but the jazz never scored again and John Paxson a jumper tied it with 1 35 left. Karl Malone who scored 28 Points for Utah missed shots on Utah a last two possessions. Jordan led All scorers with 29 Points. Warriors 128, spurs 124 Oakland Calif. A Mitch Richmond scored 31 Points and Tim Hardaway and Chris Mullin had 24 apiece As Golden state outlasted san Antonio the Effort by the warriors Trio overcame a 32-Pomt, 18-rebound Effort by spurs Center David Robinson. Hristos 90�?Timenvolves 88 wed tipped in nuustonan89-88 hrs Vernon Maxwell s missed free throw was rebounded by Thorpe who finished with 20 Points and 13 rebounds por Al in 1s5�?T nu88ets 129 had 39 Points 11 refunds As undefeated Portland beat wingless Denver. Orlando Woolridge the a bad a second leading scorer with a 31.8 average had 30 Points for the nuggets 0-7. Portland jumped to an 81-59 halftime Lead. The blazers 6-0the a bad a Only unbeaten team connected on a team record 38 of 56 Field goals 68 percent m the first half surpassing their previous High of 35. F kicks 116, supersonics 110, of Seattle Trent Tucker hit a 3-lint Basket and Patrick Ewing Sank two be throws in the final minute of overtime giving new York its first Victory Seattle since feb. 5,1985. 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