European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 b the stars and stripes thursday november 19, 1992mcneil Rolls past Graf in slims upset by Bob Greene new York apr Chipping and charging Lori Mcneil turned aggressive and rushed Steffi Graf right out of the Virginia slims championships. Tuesday nights 7-6 7-16-4 Victory was the biggest of Mcneil a nine year career and her first in nine meetings Over the German who had ruled women a Tennis with an Iron hand Only three years ago. It was grass earliest exit from a tournament in seven years snapping a Streak of 100 consecutive tournaments in which she a cached at least the quarterfinals. A i stayed aggressive a Mcneil said. A a that a the  Mcneil won her first match in five appearances in the slims event. For Graf it was the first opening round loss in eight years in the season ending tournament. The last time Graf lost to a player ranked lower than Mcneil a no. 18 was in 1985 when at age 18, she was beaten by Ann Minter. Graf came into the slims on a Roll having won her last four tournaments and 20 straight matches since being ousted in the quarterfinals of the . Open. Known for quickly dispatching opponents Graf appeared headed for yet another fast match on tuesday. By the time the fans had settled in their seats Graf led 51 and Mcneil had yet to hold serve. In the seventh game Mcneil broke Graf for the second time in the match beginning a four game stretch that saw her pull even. That woke up the crowd which until then had produced Only polite applause. In the first set tiebreaker Mcneil turned up the pressure and produced some of her finest Tennis taking advantage of errors by Graf for a 6-1 Lead. When Graf double faulted on the eighth Point of the tiebreaker Mcneil had drawn first blood. Graf appeared to have her game Back in sync breaking Mcneil to begin the second set then holding for a 2-0 Lead. But Mcneil had trailed before and again she rallied to pull out the Victory. A she got tentative and started Rushing a Little bit a Mcneil said of Graf. Jana Novotna of Czechoslovakia pulled off the nights cd it Quot  Pete Sampras reaches for a forehand shot during has at Victory Over Boris Becker in Frankfurt tuesday  stops Becker second upset knocking off sixth seeded Mary Joe Fernandez 7-6 7-36-2. The Victory sends Novotna into a q terminal matchup against top seeded Monica Seles we in the nights final match no. 8 Conchita Martinez of Spain became the Only seeded player to win on the tour Numen is second Day. Martinez Defeated bulgarians Katerina  6-4, 6-3 and will play Mcneil next. Frankfurt Germany apr Pete Sampras Learned How to handle a hostile crowd tuesday. He also taught Boris Becker a couple of new shots. With 9,009 germans stomping their feet and screaming in support of Becker and with the German holding a set Point Sampras stayed Cool. The american who is the defending Champion also survived 15 aces by Becker to win his opening match in the at world championship 7-6 7-57-6 7-3. It was the first indoor win Over Becker for Sampras. Beckers four titles this year All came indoors and the German came into the tournament after winning the Star studded Paris open. Sampras is ranked third in the world and could claim the no. 1 spot if he wins the tournament. Stefan Edberg seeking to regain the no. 1 ranking for the third time this year beat Petr Korda 6-3, 7-6 in his opening match. No. 1 Jim courier had a Day off tuesday and was to face Richard Krajicek on wednesday. The at world championship pits the top eight players in the world split into two round Robin groups with the top two in each advancing to the semifinals. In the last match of the Day Goran Ivanisevic beat Michael Chang 7-6,6-2. Sampras and Becker gave a powerful display of serve at world championship and Volley Tennis never breaking each other. After converting his fourth set Point to win the first tiebreaker 7-5, Sampras had a Chance to break Becker in the fifth game of the second set. But Becker produced three aces in a Row. Sampras himself survived a break Point in the 10th game and the second set also went to the tiebreaker. A the crowd was really starting to get into it but 1 kept my concentration a Sampras said of the moment when he was Down 30-40, 4-5. Becker hit a forehand Long and Sampras scored with two volleys to even the score. The american took a 2-0 Lead in the tiebreaker with an incredible shot. Becker placed a drop Volley close to the net. Sampras raced across the court and sent Back a shot that skimmed the Cord and dropped at the base of the net. A a in be never seen a shot like that a Becker said. Becker double faulted for the fourth time to give Sampras a match Point and the american took it with his 12th Ace winning the tiebreaker 7-3, his Victory took 1 hour 46 minutes Edberg finally prevailed 11-9 in his decisive tiebreaker with Korda converting his third match Point to win the encounter in 1 hour 47  twins Lead bulls bullets to wins Aba by the associated press Horace and Harvey Grant pulled off a twin killing against Boston and Minnesota. Horace hit 10 of 12 shots and scored 24 Points in the Chicago bulls 124-103 rout of the Timber wolves in Minneapolis on tuesday night his twin brother Harvey matched his career High with 34 in Washington s 10197 decision Over the struggling celtics. Horace whose Point total was four Short of his career High also gave a defensive lesson to Rookie Christian Lattner who scored most of his 17 Points after the outcome was decided. Quot my main goal was to use my experience a Horace said. A you done to want a Rookie to come in and Embarrass you. You done to want your teammates to give you the business on the team  Michael Jordan scored 32 Points and Scottie Pippett had 12 assists a All in the first three quarters a As the bulls rolled to their fifth consecutive Victory. Chuck person had 26 Points and 12 rebounds for the  101, celtics 97 Landover. My. Harvey Grant averaging just 13.5 Points stepped Forward in the absence of injured starters Pervis Ellison and Rex Chapman. Quot we did no to have Pervis or Rex so 1 tried to get to the Hole a Little bit More and look for my shot More than i had in the past Quot Grant said. He made 12 of 19 shots and 1 1 of 12 free throws against the celtics whose 2-5 Start is their worst since going 1-6 in 1978-79, the year before Larry Bird arrived supersonics 100, kicks 90 Seattle a Derrick Mckey scored eight Points in the last six minutes and Reserve Eddie Johnson had 28 Points leading Seattle past new York. Patrick Ewing led the kicks with 25 Points and 12 rebounds. Shawn Kemp scored 22 Points for the  115, pistons 106 los Angeles the clippers scored the first 10 Points of overtime against Detroit behind 21 Points each from Danny Manning and Ron Harper. Joe Dumars scored 28 Points and Orlando Woolridge 25 for the pistons. The pistons played without Dennis Rodman who has tendinitis in his Righi knee. They also lost Isiah Thomas with a bruised left leg in the third  114, Hawks 106 Atlanta a Alvin Robertson had a Brilliant All around game with 20 Points. 10 rebounds nine assists and sewn meals in Milwaukee a Victory Over Atlanta Frank Biekowski be died 10 of his 22 Horace left and Harvey Grant Points in the final six minutes for the Bucks Dominique Wilkins led the Hawks with 34 Points. Rockets 116, Kings 109 Houston a Hakeem Olajuwon had 34 Points 10 rebounds and seven blocked shots leading Houston past Sacramento. Olajuwon scored 15 Points in the first Quarter when the rockets had a 23-0 run and 12 in the fourth period. Spurs 106, Cavaliers 95 san Antonio Dale  scored -0 Points and Daud Robinson had 19 Points and 13 rebounds As the spurs averted their worst Start Eer a defeating t Levchin.  Nance led the Cavaliers with 22  128, nuggets 98 Indianapolis a Rik Smits continued to make a career of playing against Denver scoring 27 Points in 23 minutes As Indiana won its fourth straight. Smits the pacers 7-foot-4 Center has had the top three scoring games of his career against the nuggets a 34,32 and 31 Points. Jazz 108, nets 97 East Rutherford . Karl Malone had 29 Points and 16 rebounds As Utah improved its Road record to 3-0 with a Victory at new Jersey which has lost its last 10 games to the jazz. Drazen Petrovic and Kenny Anderson each scored 25 Points for the  125, heat 119 Miami a Tim Hardaway scored 10 of his 26 Points in the final three minutes As Golden state snapped a four game losing Streak by beating Miami. Hardaway also had 11 rebounds. Billy Owens scored 24 Points and Chris Mullin 20 for the warriors. M Miami was led by Rony Seikaly with 27.hornets 134, Mavericks 111 Charlotte . A Larry Johnson scored 21 Points but starting Forward Johnny Newman broke his left hand in Charlottes Victory Over Dallas. Rookie Alonzo mourning had 15 Points 14 rebounds and our blocked shots for the hornets