European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Seles Fernandez in final australian open a Monica Seles returns a serve to Arantha Sanchez Vicario during her semifinal Victory. By Steve Wilstein Melbourne Australia a the mystique of Monica Seles has nothing to do with her Tennis As she showed once More thursday in reaching the australian open final with an unequivocal Baseline bashing of Arantha Sanchez Vicario. Seles the 18-Ycar-old defending Champion thwarted every tactic Sanchez Vicario tried and beat her 6-2, 6-2 in a one hour match that was As straight Forward As Selest grunting ground strokes. She will face no. 7 seed Mary Joe Fernandez of the United states in the final. Fernandez upset no. 3 seed Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina 6-1, 6-4 in the other semifinal. Seles 8-0 against Sanchez Vicario whale away with Power and precision tattooing the lines repeatedly while the 20-year-old spaniard tried in vain to respond. Whether Sanchez Vicario stayed Back to rally or rushed the net to apply pressure Seles ruthlessly riddled her with forehand backhands and the occasional overhead on Short lobs. A i definitely hit much better than any other match a Seles said. A at least i was Happy with my serve. As the tournament started i Wasny to feeling 1 was playing great Tennis. But in be improved each the High moment for Sanchez Vicario came in the first game of the match when she broke Seles at love. But Seles broke right Back and at 2-2 went on a Streak to win seven straight games. A she had More Confidence As the match went on and she started hitting More winners a Sanchez Vicario said. A i have to improve my serve to play against Monica. One just controlled the Points better than Seles will be going for her second consecutive grand slam. She followed up her australian open Victory last year with wins in the French open and . Open losing out on the full grand slam Only by missing Wimbledon because of Shin splints. Seles seemed to cultivate an air of mystery last year with her Wimbledon absence which was initially unexplained and her attempts to shape an image As a Hollywood style Tennis Starlet. She expected a much tougher match against Sanchez Vicaro. In los Angeles last year on a similar hard court she barely beat Sanchez Vicario 6-7 5-764, 6-4. Sanchez Vicario also had the advantage of an extra Days rest this time getting a free pass to the semis when Man the stars and stripes sports january 24,1992 b Page 28 inside sports Ole miss knocks off Alabama a Page 22 nil summaries standings a Page 24 Barkley leads 76ers by kicks a Page 25 Bennett and Mann on Mission a Page 26 Uela male Eva Fragniere defaulted because of a toe injury. Fernandez figured the key to beating Sabatini was to follow her example. Fernandez a 20-year-old floridian who reached the finals Here two years ago and the semis last year has been frustrated by her inability to Transfer to matches the approach and Volley skills she works on in practice. �?o1 still done to play the Way i practice a she said before beating Sabatini. A i am practising Well and coming in a lot and playing aggressive. Still when you get up there in matches it is hard. Once you see you win a certain Way you done to want to try another Way. A i am not to the Point yet where i just go and done to think about the outcome. I think about the parts of my game i have to work on and that a difficult. Hopefully Little by Little it will happen. Salatini went through the same thing. And just one Day it happened against me where she took chances and it paid off. Then she started doing it a lot. That a what i need a one of those matches where i see that it works to give me Confidence to do it in the we need to know about sunday s game by de Schuyler or. A sports writer figuring the super bowl xxvi. Quot this play is under review will be intoned by i he referee four limes. Twice he will say Quot the play stands As called on the the Bills and the redskins each will gel one reversal. After All this is the age of parity. There will be 19 plays rerun from seven different angles in two different speeds. The longest play to be rerun will be Ernest Rynor s 67-Yard touchdown run. The shortest will be byner s 2-Yard touchdown run. Temperature at Kickoff sunday will be about 70 degrees. First Quarter winners in the 107,386 office and Tav Ern pools will he those who have Washington 4 and Buffalo 3. Score 14-3. Uncomfortable in 70-degree weather in january Many Buffalo fans will go outside the dome and listen to the game on the radio. There will be 15 to shots of fans with signs in the metronome. All but one will contain the letters of super bowl commentary network. An example a Charles Mann handles Quot buffaloes Kelly and Thomas Quot skins shortchange Bills with the Kickoff set for 6 18 . Est and Many parties set to begin in Early afternoon several million fans will Nap through Quot Winter magic a the halftime show. To coverage of an and seb begins with the pre game show at 9 30 . Get a lot of Buffalo fans will not leave a makeup Call for the second half. To viewers will get at least four shots of those Burly Washington fans who Wear women a dresses and hats. You know those Guys with the apparently fake noses. Quot first Quarter Pool winners also will collect at halftime. Score redskins 24, Bills 13. Cornelius Bennett the Bills linebacker will make nine tackles three sacks and recover a Fumble in a losing cause. Mark Rypien the redskins quarterback will Tell the nation that he is going to some amusement Park. A flail to the redskins will be the song of the Day. There will be 11 Hardy pickets in a foot of Snow outside the metronome protesting that Quot redskins mocks native americans. One heckler will shout a a what a the fuss the redskins Are winners. You ought to picket in Cleveland during the baseball the nearly Frozen protesters will have left by the time Quot Winter magic begins. Eight and 6 will the winning numbers for the third Quarter. Score redskins 38, Bills 16. Art Monk will come to the fore in the third Quarter by catching touchdown passes of 48 and 84 Yards the second on a halfback option from Ernest byner. Scott Norwood s third Field goal of the game for the Bills is from 55 Yards but he misses from 28 and 25. One Brief television shot will show that there is one Heck of a party going on in Jack Kent cookers private Box. Early in the fourth Quarter Cooke anticipating Victory Breaks with tradition. Instead of waiting for the final gun he places a Call to the White House Only to be told the president is enjoying his own Winter magic by ice fishing at Kennebunkport Maine. Final score redskins 55, Bills 16
