European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse A Capriati beats Sabatini with sneak squeak Jennifer Capriati s forehand is a blur As she returns a shot against Gabriela Sabatini. By Hal Bock new York a dancing defiantly near the service line her sneakers squeaking on the hard court surface Jennifer Capriati issued the noisy second serve Challenge at the . Open. Here i am it said. Hit the Hall and let s see what happens. Gabriela Sabatini tried tuesday night. Of did she try. The defending Champion could not respond though committing six double faults As Capriati vaulted into the semifinals with a 6-3,7-6 7-1 Victory. What was All that jumping around about was it just the exp therance of your average 15-Ycar-old who has won almost $365,000 this year a i was t planning you know on being obnoxious or annoying or anything like that a Capriati said. A it was just that 1 wanted to intimidate her a Little bit show her that i was going to attack her serve. And i think i did because she made a couple of double Sabatini said she heard the sneaker serenade but did not blame it for her second serve blues. Quot that is not the reason i did the double faults Quot she said. A i did t play Well. I made too Many errors. A couple of moments i was t there mentally. 1 was t Strong enough to win those still Sabatini did not surrender her title without a fight. She twice broke Capriati As Jennifer served for the match forcing the tiebreaker. But she was no match for Capriati in the extra session winning just one Point. Was the sex Champ impressed a Jennifer is playing very Sabatini said. A she has the mentality to win the and maybe the right tactic As Well. Capriati has used the sneaker squeak successfully before most notably against Martina Navratilova whom she beat at Wimbledon. That Victory seemed to thrust her to another level. She has played dominating Tennis Ever since and for the first Lime she feels capable of winning a grand slam event. A a in be come close Quot Capriati said Recal the stars and stripes septembers 1991 c Page 24 Ling a semifinal berth at the French open in 1990 and the semis again this year at Wimbledon where she lost to Sabatini. Quot now i want to go All the Way. Winning this would mean the next Shell play second seeded Monica Seles who advanced easily with a 6-1, 6-2 Victory Over Csigi Fernandez. The have played three times before with Seles winning the first two and Capriati taking the last one in san Diego. A i m going to try and play like i did against her in san Diego Quot she said. �?o1 am going to try to be aggressive and really go for it and do the same on her both Seles and Capriati have played dominating Tennis in the open. Seles has been broken just four times in 41 service games and lost just one set in her first five matches. Capriati has won each of her matches in straight sets. Seles was on top of her game against Fernandez needing just 53 minutes to Seal the Victory. A she came out really Strong and she was jumping All Over my serve and serving really Well a Fernandez said. A she hits the Ball really Well. It is hard to but Seles brings other weapons to the War. According to Fernandez. A she has an unbelievable mind very tenacious fighting and thinking Quot she said. A she is a very smart player and she keeps coming at West leaders win to stay tied by the associated press los Angeles one of dodger stadium s ubiquitous fans made a catch he should t have made. But it did t matter in the end because Todd Zeile made a throw he have made. The St. Louis cardinals third baseman was the be of the storm tuesday night As the dodgers remained tied with Atlanta for first place in the . West with a 5-4 Victory. Earlier tuesday the braves beat the expos 4-1 in Montreal. Zeile whose two run double in the third inning was the Center of controversy because of fan interference later made a wild throw that allowed Pinch runner Tom Goodwin to score the winning run for the dodgers. Goodwin and Dave Hansen iwo rookies who did not Start the season with the dodgers played an integral role in the winning rally. Hansen led off the ninth As a Pinch hit Ter for Mike Sharperson and singled off reliever Scott Terry 4-3. Goodwin then ran for him and took second on Alfredo Griffin s sacrifice. Chris other major league games on p. 22 Gwynn hit for winning Pitcher Jay Howell 6-5 and hit a grounder thut Zeile fielded on the infield grass which is usually wet from Dew at that time of the night. Ilis throw sailed Over the head of first baseman Gerald ferry As Goodwin came sprinting into his teammates w ailing arms. The dodgers who still have one Home game left before they leave for Pittsburgh failed to protect a 4-3 Lead for starter Mike Morgan. Jose Oquendo drove in the equalizer hitting a Blooper into Center Field Between Brett Butler and shortstop Griffin. But Oquendo did not receive a hit As Butler threw to third Lor the Force on Milt Thompson. Eddie Murray capped a four run third inning for los Angeles with a two run Homer. Morgan allowed six hits and was charged with All four runs. He struck out five and walked four two in the ninth. The cardinals scored three times in the third inning after one of the 26.793 spectators reached Over the Low Fence to Glove a double by Todd Zeile with one out and runners at first and second. The interfering fan was led away in Handcuffs by dodger stadium Security police. After third base Umpire dutch Rennert ran Down the line to follow the Hall second base Umpire Jim Quick motioned Ray Lankford Back to third allowing Only Oliveras to score. Quot but St. Louis manager Joe Torre argued the decision and Crew chief Doug Harvey awarded the cardinals their Seigt Ond 4, expos 1 Montreal a John Smoltz pitched six hit Hall for 6-> innings and David Justice drove in three runs with a pair of hits As the braves snapped a three game losing Streak. A a a a i he braves managed Only four hits but took advantage of five walks issued by Montreal Pitcher Brian Barnes As the inside sport dolphins Swap first round pick to cards a Page 18eagles sign sex Jet quarterback As backup a Page 18irish coach backs his a a despite arrest a Page 21irish eyes smile on Abc to Page 23 sent the expos to their first loss in live games. Smoltz 11 -13 struck out three and walked three As he won for the eighth time in his last 10 decisions. Alejandro Pena acquired from the new York mets last week pitched the final two innings for his first save As a Brave and his fifth of these a son
