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    European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 30, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 21 it v. Defending Champion Stefan Edberg delivers to. American David Pate on saturday. Wimbledon England a John Mcenroe raging at a Linesman and at wasted break Points stormed to a Seca Ond round Victory Over qualifier Sandon Stolle on a sunny saturday at Wimbledon. A defending champions Stefan Edberg and Martina Navratilova scored straight set victories while Jimmy Connors Dost Only eight games to Aaron Krickstein in his 100th Wimbledon match. Andre Agassi and Jim courier also won on the tournaments first painless fray but menus seeds Pete Sampras and Goran Ivanisevic were upset. Women s sixth seed Jana Novotna also was ousted. Mcenroe a three Lime Champion blew 13 break Points in the opening two sets of his 7-6, 5-7, 6-0, 7-6 Victory Over a player whose father he had met on court 15 years ago a Mcenroe vented some of his anger after two shots in the second set that he thought were out. T a ooh come on. That Ball was clearly a outside the line a he yelled after the first disputed Point.  Ball we re you watching that a a break Point. It did no to hit any Chalk it didst hit any Chalk at  a Connors the winning est Man in Wihib Ledon history Defeated Krickstein 6-2, 63, 6-3. He now has a record of 84-16 in 19 years at the tournament. A a there Sho pressure on me a said Connors who won Wimbledon in 1974 and 1982, a just serve them up and let me swing from the hip. And if they go in   it f Agassi the fifth seed won 7-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 against Goran Prpic and fourth seed Jim courier struggled to a 6-4, 7-6, 2-6, 46, 6-3 Victory in an All american encounter with Jim Grabb. T. Agassi looked. More comfortable against Baseline Prpic than in his first round match against Grant Connell a serve and Voll Cyer who took Agassi to live sets. A it a a a a a it has to do More than anything with Confidence a Agassi said a when you re confident on a surface like grass the momentum can roil in your  Nab 10th in Row Hanau. Germany a Freddie Pedroza scored five minutes into the overtime period to Lead Hanau to a 3-2 Victory Over the Baum hold or bears giving Hanau its 10th straight v corps soccer Crown and a shot at its fourth straight european title. A. The army european championship begins july 12. Pedroza took a Cross from Jeff Perkins and drilled a shot past Baum older keeper Danny Gonzales for the game Winner. Baum older led 1-0 at the half fat a Kevin Hilman a goal. Midway through the second half Kevin Heston put the bears up 2-0 with a Pill shot from 10 Yards out. The hornets battered Gonzales thereafter. With eight minutes left in regulation Jerry Mcneal scored for Hanau and in the 89th minute Oscar Najarro a goal sent the game into the extra period. Schwantz nips Netherlands apr Kevin passed Assen Schwant defending world champion1 Wayne Rainey on the outside of the final curve to win the dutch grand prix 500cc motorcycling race by a Mere .67. Seconds saturday. Schwantz the Lis ing Star from Texas averaged 109.36 Mph to finish the 20-Lap, 75.61-mile race in 41 minutes,.29.16 seconds. Kevin Schwantz fellow american Rainey who led the final stages of the race finished in second place about 35 Yards behind beating third place Wayne Gardner of Australia i3ut Rainey a finish lifted him into first place Overall in the season standings with a total of 148 Points after nine of the 15 grand prix events. Mick Doohan of Australia who quit the race after an Accident fell Back into second place at 143 Points. Schwantz stayed third at 123 Points even though the Victory earned him 20. The track was Slippery in certain places after rain forced suspension after the third Lap with Doohan out ahead Schwantz Rainey and Doohan formed the Lead group after the race resumed but the australian lost control of his Wimbledon other winning menus seeds were Michael Stich Karel Novacek and Guy forget. A a  Gabriela Sabatini Arantha Sanchez Vicario Mary Joe Fernandez and Jennifer Capriati were among 11 seeded women advancing to the third round. Mcenroe who said the disputed line Calls led to a loss of concentration that Cost him the second set Defeated his second generation of the Stolle family. As a teen Ager he beat three time Wimbledon finalist Fred Stolle in a 1976 tournament. A a it does no to get any easier that a what you learn a Mcenroe reflected the younger Stolle whose father was doing commentary on the match for an. Australian to station said playing Mcenroe at Wimbledon was a thrill. A a a a a he a someone in be always looked up to Quot Stolle said a i think the Guys just an unbelievable Tennis player. To play and to be on cent re court with him is something in be do amed  . Often Champion Sampras the eighth seed lacked consistency in his 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 loss to Derrick Rostagno. Sampras was overpowering on his serve at limes  suffered through Bolusi of wildness. A. A at the same time Sampras was walking. Off court a loser 10th seed Ivanisevic was netting a service return two courts away on match Point to briton Nick Brown ranked 591st in the world. Ivanisevic a 1990 Sci finalist who had mocked British Tennis before this years tournament lost 4-6. 6-3 7-6, 6-3 to Brown asked if the match had changed his opinion about British Tennis Ivanisevic said a not  Fredberg and Navratilova won  matches in straight  never lost his serve in a 6-2, 6% 6-3 Triumph Over David Pate that took exactly 100 minutes and Navratilova won 6-3, 61 Over briton Amanda Grunfeld �?o1 was a lot More comfortable out there today. It was t so Slippery Quot said Navratilova who survived a first round scare from Etna Reinach on  wire front wheel and wipe Pfout about Halfway through the race leaving the americans to fight out the remainder. Doohan walked away from the Accident unhurt. Rainey led most of the final stages but Schwantz gradually began closing a ,7-second Gap with five laps to go. Coming into the last Lap Rainey held Schwantz off to several lengths and  for Victory. But the defending Champion Cut it Loo close the last curve which rounds into the finish. He veered onto the gras and appeared to foul up a gear change getting Back on the track allowing Schwantz to pass. A a \ a Sainz marching in rally of new Rotorua new zealand apr world Champion Carlos Sainz of spam held a two minute Overall Lead going into sundays final stages of the five Day Rady of new zealand  a chances of catching Sainz s Toyota celica Gt-4 were dealt a setback when both its Drivers Juha Kankkunen of Finland and Frenchman Didier Auriol chose the wrong tires in saturdays 25th stage on icy roads in the Tokoro Forest. Sainz. Has a total time of 6 hours 14 minutes 34 seconds. Kankkunen is in second place with a time of 6 16.00, 35 seconds ahead of Auriol. The final stages of the race Are to be finish in Auckland where the rally began wednesday. A a  
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