European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Rob Gloster Wimbledon England apr Michael Stich slammed 15 aces and used his sweeping backhand to defuse the serve of German compatriot Boris Becker As he won the Wimbledon menus title 6-4, 7-6 7-46-4 on sunday. Stich playing in his first Gravid Siam final dominated on his serve and broke Beckers serve four times a mostly with backhand winners on service returns. The Davis cup teammates embraced at the net after the match the first All German menus final at Wimbledon. Stich 22, the sixth seed played nearly flawless Tennis As he won Only the second Wimbledon tournament of his career. He had 51 service winners and returned 26 Becker serves for winners. A i got the feeling i could touch every Ball i wanted to a Stich said. A i Felt pretty comfortable and confident out  Becker a three tire Wimbledon Champion never got unt racked in the 104-degree heat on the court. He yelled at himself in anger throughout the match and seemed disconsolate at times. A i just got the feeling that he was out of his mind a Little bit that he did no to know what to do a Stich said. A a it always gives you More Confidence when your opponent Isnit playing Well and he stalking to himself All the time. It just shows he was really  Becker had four double faults a three in the first set a and said he nver was mentally into the match. A it Wasny to me out there id say a Becker said. A my mind was very tired and i Wais not up to my Normal standards and that a Why 1 lost. At this stage i feel very  Becker said he was tired from having to play four matches in five Days a situation caused by incessant rain that created a huge backlog of matches during the tournaments ripening week. The Victory was Worth $384,000 to Stich Becker won $192,000. Stich completed a German sweep of the Wimbledon singles titles with Steffi Graf winning the women a title on saturday. Becker and Graf also achieved a German double in 1989. Stich became the Only person other than Stefan Edberg Ever to defeat Becker on Centre court a place where Becker won championships in 1985, 1986 and 1989. Edberg beat Becker in the final in 1988 and 1990. Stich opened the match by breaking Beckers serve and never looked Back. He had another service break in the seventh game of the set. A what 1 think was very important was that 1 broke him in the first game a Stich said. A from that moment on 1 Felt pretty Good and i Felt that i could really win the  up Crown set win Germany a Michael Stich charges to a 6-4,7-6 7-46-4 championship Victory sunday. Lemond takes loses Lead Lyon France apr Greg Lemond aided by Bonus seconds in intermediate sprints stayed within seconds of the Overall Lead after the first weekend of the touts de France. Lemond seeking his fourth Overall title held an 11-second Lead Over Erik Breukink of the Netherlands following the individual first stage sunday. Later in the afternoon Lemond dropped to second when his z team came in just fifth in the team time trial. Rolf Sorensen of the winning Arioste team gained the Overall Lead from  de trance in the first stage soviet Dja Olidine Abdou Saparov won in a final sprint Over Sean Kelly of Ireland and Lemond. Lemond was in a group of 11 that took control of the individual stage about Midway through the 71-mile leg around Lyon. The group finished about 1 minute 40 seconds ahead of the main pack. �?o1 took the Opportunity when it came. I knew that if i went ahead the others be Hind would hesitate a Lemond said. Lemond earned Bonus seconds awarded to riders in the top three in sprints along the Way that let him erase his three second deficit. In the team trial Arioste took the 22.7-mile race from Bron to Chassier. Castorima was second with the Panasonic team third Breukink spam team was fourth 9 seconds ahead of Lemonds z team. Today the riders leave Lyon for a 131-mile leg to Dijon minus 1987 Winner Stephen Roche of Ireland who was disqualified for being late to sundays Start. The stars and stripes july 8,1991 Page 28 Mansell outruns Prost Nevers France up Britain a Nigel Mansell robbed of Victory in the last two races scored a commanding win in the French grand prix on the new Magny Cours circuit sunday. Mansell drove his Williams Renault Driver past Alain Proste a Ferrari after an exciting Battle that indicated the englishman would be challenging Ayrton Senna for the world title. The brazilian finished a Distant third ahead of the second Ferrari Driver Jean Alesi of France. Riccardo Patrese of Italy who beat Mansell by a second in last months mexican grand prix was a Lap behind in fifth place in the other Williams. A Andrea Decesaris of Italy in a Jordan Ford finished sixth ahead of three time More Auto racing on Page 25 world Champion Nelson Piquet of Brazil who was handed Victory on a plate in the Canadian grand prix when Mansells Williams stalled half a Lap from the finish line. A a it a a great circuit a Mansell said after his 1-hour, 38-minute, 0.056-second Victory. A but they All Are when you  Prost finished five seconds behind and Senna was 34 seconds Down. It. Was Mansells 17th. Grand prix Victory making him the winning est English grand prix Driver of All time. The previous record of 16 grand prix wins was held by Stirling Moss. Mansell is eighth on the All time list with his first win since the portuguese grand prix last october. A it might seem silly after All these years in formula one but its fantastic to break Stirling a record a Mansell said. Prost who plotted a House revolution at Ferrari after a terrible Start to the season said the new 643 Model making its debut at Magny Cours gave the team a Chance to get into the championship race. A there Are one or two snags but basically we now have a competitive car. We had to concede second Best to Nigel today but in a confident for the rest of the season a he said. Senna stayed top of the championship with 48 Points ahead of Mansell with 23 and Patrese with 22. Prost moved into fourth place with 17 Points. Inside sports British Miler finally nabs dream a Page 22 expos relievers halt pirates homers bring twins Back in Chicago a Page 26 tribe axes Mcnamara hires Hargrove Page 27