European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 b the stars and stripes tuesday january 21, 1992mac s magic turns pm on Melbourne Australia up the sports mad australian Public lapped up John Mcenroe a glory run at the australian open under headlines lauding that a old Mac the american Tennis legends wins Over defending Champion Boris Becker and 13th-seeded spaniard Emilio Sanchez brought the $4.7 million tournament alive. A Mac wifi cent proclaimed the Back Page headline on Melbourne s mass circulation her Ald Sun monday after the eclipse sunday of Sanchez in five gripping sets. A Mcenroe was gone so Many times there should have been an undertaker waiting outside a another set and there surely would have been a wrote the newspapers awarding winning writer Bruce Matthews. A spellbound by the feats of Mandrake Mcenroe was the headline on the sports pages of the National newspaper the australian. The front Page of the same paper acknowledged Mcenroe a from super brat to Darling Sony after Mcenroe survived three match Points in winning 7-5, 7-6 7-44-6, 2-6, 8-6 in 4 hours 41 minutes. A John Mcenroe once the super brat of Tennis has become the Darling elder son of sports fans who have packed Center court for the australian open a wrote the australians Michael Davis. A forget All the rhetoric and fruitless debate about the Many a personality. At Flinders Park sunday after almost five hours in blazing heat John Mcenroe proved himself one of the greatest competitors in sporting history. A the Victory will go Down As one of the most memorable in australian open the australian columnist Jeff Wells waxed lyrical. A Sanchez the sensational versus Mandrake Mcenroe a there Hadnot been a Battle like it since Morgan be Fay beat Merlin in five sets on the court of King Arthur a Wells wrote. Herald Sun sports columnist Ron Reed had never seen a More dramatic Tennis match. Quot you d like to own the franchise on the videos of it they Are collectors items already Quot Reed wrote of a Battle settled on the ninth match Point. Mcenroe played to two sellout 15,000-Strong crowds for his matches against Becker and Sanchez. The live telecast of the Mcenroe Beeker match was watched in Melbourne by a staggering 67 percent of the available viewing audience at its 11 . Peak Friday night. The Mcenroe Sanchez match Drew a 60 percent figure at its , Stich Triumph to reach quarterfinals second seeded Jim courier smashes a backhand in his australian open Victory Over Marc Rosset sunday. By John Bagratuni Melbourne Australia up second seeded american Jim courier and fourth seeded German Michael Stich monday rolled into the quarterfinals of the $4.7 million australian open. Courier routed Swiss Mark Rosset 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 in i hour and 41 minutes before Stich proved too Strong for the last australian Wally Masur 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 7-564, in the fourth round. Meanwhile 30th-ranked american Aaron Krickstein was forced to retire in the heat in his fourth round match against israels Amos Mansdorf trailing 4-1 in the fifth set. Courier Stich and Mansdorf joined a menus quarterfinal Field that includes John Mcenroe no. 1 Stefan Edberg no. 5 Ivan Lendl and Wayne Ferric a. Mcenroe sunday Defeated 13th-secded spaniard Emilio Sanchez 7-5, 7-6 7-44-6, 2-6, 8-6 to follow his earlier Victory Over no. 3 seed Boris Becker. He has dominated the tournament like Jimmy Connors did at last years . Open. Mcenroe plays South african Ferriera in the quarterfinals. Edberg and Lendl Square off in the quarterfinals courier plays Mansdorf and Stich meets the Winner of a monday night match Between Richard Krajicek of Holland and Christian Bergstrom of Sweden. Courier played an almost flawless match breaking 21-year-old Rosset six times and committing just 10 unforced errors compared to his opponents 40. A today s match was a Little easier than my first two matches but you still have to fight the whole Way a said courier of Dade City Fla courier has slipped into the quarterfinals almost unnoticed because of All the attention Mcenroe has received. A i am Happy to keep playing and let others grab the attention letting me just slip through Quot courier said. A Fame is something 1 done to really need. Stefan is a Good example of one who lets the action on the court speak for Edberg trounced Andrei Chesnokov of Russia 6-1, 75, 6-2 and Lendl dropped Italy a Omar Camporese 7-6 7-46-1, 6-3. In a late sunday women a matches no. 5 Jennifer Capriati beat american compatriot Zina Garrison 6-4, 6-4, and no. 7 Mary Joe Fernandez routed Patty fend ick 6-4, 6-1 in another All american match. In the quarterfinals she will play another american Amy Frazier who Defeated Belgium s Dominique Monami 6-3, 6-4. No. 9 Manuela male Eva Fragniere of Switzerland downed no. 8 Conchita Martinez of Spain 6-4, 2-6, 6-2.Mcenroe creates medical controversy by Elliott Almond the los Angeles times Melbourne Australia John Mcenroe is the focus of another Tennis controversy but it has nothing to do with his game. After a dramatic five set nearly five hour Victory on a surface on which temperatures reached 124 degrees Mcenroe used intravenous fluids to recover from possible dehydration. The procedure not unusual in american professional sports was criticized by australian medical authorities who claimed the practice might give a player a competitive advantage. Dehydration is the process of replenishing vital elements lost through sweating. The essential minerals and chemicals Are commonly replaced by drinking specially mixed fluids. Sometimes intravenous fluids Are administered when a person is so nauseated he or she cannot hold Down fluids. According to a doctor and Trainer who administered the in to Mcenroe he had none of the signs that would necessitate intravenous dehydration. The in drip was requested by Mcenroe and his coach brother Patrick and manager said Hanna of the association of Tennis professionals the organization that governs grand slam events such As the australian open in Melbourne. Hanna said that the procedure carries the risk of infection in the Arm where the Needle is inserted into a vein and possibly an air embolism that can Lead to a stroke if the in is administered improperly. The australian open doctor who agreed reluctantly to give Mcenroe the in ultimately took responsibility for it hut expressed Strong reservations about its use. Still Many players including Jimmy Connors at last Summers . And French opens have replenished vital fluids intravenously. Gary Wadler a new York internist who has worked at the . Open called the assertion that the in was unnecessary ridiculous. Wadler said it takes simple clinical judgment to determine whether to give fluids orally or intravenously. A there is no controversy Quot he said sunday night. A whether this is Good Medicine or bad Medicine is not the right Way to View this. It is what is right for the Wadler said ivs Are not used often in Tennis As compared to american football but a we do do it. It is not a Quick fix. By doing so doctors can guarantee that the fluids will be absorbed into the a a Wadler said there is Little risk of infection if Basic medical practices Are followed. Peter Brukner president of the australian College of sports Medicine said in an interview that intravenous fluids Are used Only in medical emergencies in Australia. The vital signs that would indicate such use include hyperthermia Pale cold skin an unstable mental state and abnormal pulse blood pressure and temperature. Mcenroe 32, had none of those doctors said but May have requested the Ivas a preventive measure for muscle cramps and As a Way to Speed his recovery to train for his quarterfinal match which will be held wednesday. Michael Chang in a dramatic French open match against Ivan Lendl three years ago did not use intravenous fluids. He won despite cramping that left him unable to serve overhead. Brukner who handled some of the players competing in the open said doctors from his olympic Park sports Medicine clinic Tell athletes to acclimatize themselves before competing. He encourages athletes to take lots of fluids before engaging in serious physical activity particularly on hot Days. Mcenroe declined to discuss his treatment. �?o1 want to keep it quiet in order to facilitate hopefully a Victory on wednesday a he told the associated press. A a everything a Fine though. I feel of now. I feel like ill do what a necessary to be ready and whatever the advice of the people that i work with my coach and my brother. Whatever they Tell me to do ill listen to. Ultimately i make the decision but 1 just done to feel like making a big Deal out of it. I prefer to just keep it
