European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 18, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 21 Navratilova makes history with Tough win Over Novotna Martina Navratilova returns a shot sunday in route to her 158th singles championship. A by Mario Fox Chicago apr Martina Navratilova became Tennis All time singles titles Leader sunday the hard Way. Navratilova narrowly beat Jana Novotna 7-6 7-44-6, 7-5 in the finals of the Virginia slims of Chicago Tennis tournament. A i was preparing my losers speech during the match a Navratilova said. A i had to Tell myself i could come Back. I said a if i can t break the record in Chicago where can i break it a a Navratilova won her 158th career singles championship and 12th Chicago slims Crown. She and Chris Evert who retired in 1989, had been tied with 157 singles titles. Jimmy Connors is the menus All time Leader with 109 singles titles. Navratilova who does no to plan to retire soon said she expects her record to stand for a Long time because of the tour is now More of a grind than it was when she started playing. A a physically and mentally its tougher a she said. A a you can to just go out and play  but Navratilova was thinking about winning the match not history against Novotna. A the moment took Over the history part. I was just trying to win the match and i had to Start hitting winners a said Navratilova 35, a dozen years older than her opponent. It looked As if Novotna would pull off her second consecutive upset and in similar fashion haying lost the opening set to top seed Steffi Graf before winning saturday nights semifinal. A a it a a credit to Martina for her comeback and her historic match a Novotna said. A i done to think she Felt the pressure of the record so much As the pressure i put on her. I was the one who pushed her to the  Novotna 0-6 against Navratilova used her blazing serve and some daring passing shots to the Corners in the two Nour and 24-minute match. The younger player was ahead 5-4 in the deciding match and forced Navratilova the no. 2 seed to match Point twice in the 10th game. But the Veteran rallied and the third seed Novotna double faulted to lose her sender. She questioned the Call and angrily slammed her Racket into the top of the net. A there were no bad Calls until the last set a said Novotna saying it was possible the close Calls might have gone against her because of the stature of her opponent. A a it a  Navratilova easily held service and took a 30-0 and 40-30 leads in the next game. The Winner was a lob that just fell inside the Back line As Novotna watched in despair. In the tiebreaker Navratilova rallied from a 3-2 deficit to win 7-4. Navratilova broke Novotna in the third game of the opening set but lost her own serve without gaming a Point in the 10th, which began three straight service Breaks. Novotna the fastest server on the slims tour had 10 aces one clocked at 105 Mph. The Winner earned $70,000 and the runner up got $35,000. After a Brief rest Navratilova team med with Pam Shriver to beat Zina Garrison and katrina Adams 6-4, 7-6 9-7 for the doubles Crown sunday. It was the 63rd time the czech native had won both the singles and doubles title in the same tourney. The winners split $21,000. Janzen picks up first pea tour Victory by Bob Green Tucson Ariz. Apr Lee Janzen sneaked a Peak at the Leader Board sunday when he stood on the 16th Green at the Tucson National Golf club. It showed him in a tie with Bill Britton for the Lead in the Northern telecoms open. A i knew what i had to do a Janzen said. And he did it confidently rapping in a 12-foot putt for the go ahead Birdie then nursing the Lead Home for the first Victory of his three season career. A i was so focused on playing one shot at a time i never really thought what was at stake a Janzen said after his bogey free 7-under-Par 65 provided him with a one stroke Victory. Janzen 27, who spent a couple of years on the min Tours before gaining his playing rights on the pea tour in 1990, won with a 270 total 18 under Par. The Victory was Worth $198,000 from the total purse of $1.1 million and increased his earnings for the season to $235,578, More than he won in either of his first two full years. But that was the last thing on Janzen a mind. A one of the hardest things i had to learn when i came out was not think about what a shot was Worth a he said. Britton had completed his round of 66 and was watching from beside the Green when Janzen came to the 18th needing a Par to win. Janzen a 3-Iron approach was on the putting surface but far to the right maybe 60 feet from the cup. He ran a wide breaking lag putt up about five feet Short then curled that right to left breaker into the cup for the Winner. A a Beautiful putt a Britton said. A that Green has the most severe slope out Here. To make a putt on that Green you have to make is quite an accomplishment a Britton said. Rookie David Toms playing about an hour in front of the other contenders had a 63 a the Best round of the tournament a but it was Only Good enough for third place at 272. Dudley Hart the third round Leader slipped to a 71 and was tied for fourth at 274, four strokes Back with Ken Green Joe Don Blake Jim Gallagher buddy Gardner and Olin Browne. Browne and Gardner had 66�?Ts, while Gallagher and Blake shot 69. Green had a 70. Janzen whose previous career High finish was a fifth at Hattiesburg miss., made a Quick move at the leaders Here with pirates on his first two holes. He reached the turn in 33, then birdied the next two. A i thought then that if i could Birdie two More maybe id Nave a Chance a he said. He got one on the 14th with an 8-Iron approach to 10 feet then ran Home the go ahead putt on the 16th. But his work was far from Over. He had to save Par from a Bunker on the 17th, making a 6-footer, then won it with the Long difficult two putt on the final Hole. A my heart was racing on both putts on the 18th, Janzen said a but i think i was pretty Calm considering. A i think i was pretty much in  and he was. Colbert defeats Archer in playoff at Tampa Tampa Fla. Apr Jim Colbert Sank a 3-foot Birdie putt on the fourth playoff Hole to defeat George Archer and win the $450,000 Sun coast classic on sunday. Colbert who started the Day two strokes behind Archer and three behind Kermit Zarley shot a 7-under-Par 64 sunday. Colbert and Archer both shot 13-under-Par 200s for 54 holes shattering the tournament record by seven shots. The Victory was Colbert a fourth in 11 months on the senior pea tour and earned him $67,500. Archer shot a final round 66 to earn $39,000. Colbert who finished with 66-70-64, and Archer who had 66-68-66, each parred the first three playoff holes before Colbert won on the 197-Yard Par 3 17th Hole at the tournament players club of Tampa Bay. A i knew i had to play Well and think clearly a Colbert said. A a in be been playing for so Long that sometimes i done to appreciate what a privilege it is to play out Here. When you get older you never know How Many More chances you will get to  Zarley began sunday with a 1-stroke Lead Over playing partners Archer and Bobby Nichols and the three battled for the Lead through the front nine. Colbert playing one group ahead birdied the 12th, 13th, and 14th holes to Lead by one stroke Over Nichols. At the 16th Hole Colbert salvaged Par with a 20-foot putt. He then missed a downhill 12-foot Birdie putt at the 18th Hole for the outright win. Archer birdied the 17th with a 30-foot putt then hit his approach to the Par-4 18th in the water and had to make a 7-foot bogey putt to Force the playoff. Nichols fell out of Contention at 18 after his approach shot landed in a greenside Bunker and he missed a 10-foot Par putt that would have put him in the playoff. Nichols 201 was Good for third place and $32,500. Zarley was fourth at 203 and earned $27,000. Defending Champion Bob Charles finished tied for fifth with Gary player Lee Trevino and 1990 Champion Mike Hill