European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 24,1993 sports the stars and stripes b Pago 31ed Berg Sampras move to 4th round Melbourne Australia up a two time Champion Stefan Edberg dropped his first set of the tournament saturday but recovered his poise to and Vance to the fourth round of the $4.8 Mil lion australian open. Edberg the second seed behind american Jim courier got caught napping in the third set against israelis top player Amos Mansdorf. After recovering his poise and finding his strokes the swede advanced for a 6-3, 6-1,1-6,7-6 75 Triumph. �?o1 played one game in the third a bit Sloppy and he got the creak a said Edberg who won the event in 1985 and 1987 when it was still played on the grass of Jooyong. A i had to work very hard for the fourth set. 1 came from 0-40 twice and it ended up a really Tough  third seed Pete Sampras who a like Edberg a will take Over the world no. 1 ranking from courier if he wins the title next sunday used a shot of adrenalin against Tough austrian Alex Antonitsch to carve out a 7-6 7-56-4,6-2 win. Sampras staged a comeback from 1-5 Down in the tiebreaker secured the opening set and powered ahead to win. Earlier the pair had exchanged a few words at a tense moment after the Burly austrian called a Sampras Winner a just a Lucky  that got Pete hot. A there was a lot of emotion out there and 1 had a lot of pressure on myself a said the american a former . Open Holder. L4he was a Guy that i. Should beat. But after the incident was Over i think that we were both  Sampras said that his tiebreak Effort was the key to the match. �?�1 hit a couple of shots and before i knew it. That a the Way a tiebreaker can go a he said. T was Down and then 1 australian open was up. I won the first set and just went from  prior to Edberg a tussle misery for German Claudia Porwick meant Victory for women a no. 2 Steffi Graf. The second seed gained the fourth round when her opponent twisted an ankle and could not continue after losing the first set 6-1. After first round upsets Early in the week which resulted in Early exits for no. 4 Boris Becker and no. 8 Ivan Lendl Only minor seeds were sent out on saturday at Flinders Park. Unseeded Richard Fromberg kept aussie Hopes alive As the last local Man remaining beat Spain a no. 12 Carlos Costa winning 6-2,7-6 7-32-6,6-3. Amaud Boetsch of France hammered russian Alexander Volkov the no. 15, in 6-4,6-4,6-2 straight sets. Other winners saturday included no. 10 Wayne Ferreira and american no. 13 Mai Washington. Ferreira won his All Africa clash As he tamed Byron Black a Zimbabwe player whose goal is to amass enough Money from Tennis to buy a game Reserve and live in the Bush of Nis Homeland. Ferreira Cut the weeks Cash flow with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1,7-6 8-10 win. Washington beat compatriot Jonathan Stark 6-4,6-7 5-76-2,6-4. The male Eva Sisters scored a trifecta As All three won. No. 9 Manuela Maleva Fragniere beat american Ginger he Lucson 6-2,3-6, 6-4, Middle sister Katerina male Eva the 14th seed stopped German Barbara Rittner 61,6-1 and no. 15 youngest sister Magdelena advanced in straight sets against another German my inc Babel. Steffi Graf hits a backhand against fellow German Claudia Porwick who Tater  to . Ice dance Gold world notes from wire reports Phoenix a Renee Roca and Gorsha sur front runners All the Way won the ice dancing Competition at the . Figure skating championships on Friday with a sexy and nearly flawless free dance. Susan Wynne and Russ Witherby took second and also won a trip to the world championships in six weeks in Prague. Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow the 1991 champions finished third an important position because sur who defected from the soviet Union in 1990, Hasni to yet been granted . Citizenship. Roca of Rochester n.y., and sur Are thought to have the Best Chance of ending americans drought in ice dancing the ballroom dance form of skating which became an olympic sport in 1976. Jim Millns and Colleen of Gumnor won the Bronze medal that year the Only american medal so  signs with braves Atlanta a free agent Relief Pitcher Jay Howell on Friday signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta braves and was invited to Spring training. Contract terms were not disclosed. Howell 37, was 1-3 with four saves and a team leading 1.54 Era in 41 appearances last year for the los Angeles  add Parrett i Denver a the Colorado Rockies on Friday com lated their 40-Man roster by signing free agent Pitcher eff Parrett to a one year contract. Parrett a right handed reliever is coming off his Best season in three years posting a 9-1 record with a 3.02 Era in 66 appearances for the Oakland  draws $3,500 Fine new York a Ferris Ellison of the Washington bullets was fined $3,500 and Kik Smits of the Indiana pacers $1,000 by the Aba Friday for their involvement in an altercation during their game tuesday night. Aba vice president of operations Rod Thorn also fined Harvey Grant and Charles Jones of Washington and Greg driling Vern Fleming Sean Green George Mccloud Reggie Miller Malik Sealy and Kenny Wal Liams of Indiana $500 each for leaving the Bench area during the altercation. Ellison was fined for throwing a punch at Smits with 5 06 left in the fourth Quarter. Smits was fined for shoving , Hart share 1 St place Tucson Ariz. A former Champion Phil Mickelson and Dudley Hart who just missed winning last year were tied for the Lead Friday at the Midway Point of the $1.1 million Northern telecoms open Golf championship. Mickelson the 1991 Winner birdied the 16th and the 17th holes on the Tuscon National course for a 12-Urider Par total of 132. Hart Sank a 20-foot Birdie putt on the 18th Green at the Starr pass course to fire a 66 and go 12-under after two  defensive Back found dead Annapolis my. A Gil w. Greene a varsity football player at the . Naval Academy was found hanged thursday in a Shower stall the Academy confirmed Friday. His death was ruled a suicide. Greene 20, a Sophomore defensive Back and economics major from Santa Ana calif., was found about u . Thursday by an Academy staff member. He was discovered in a private bathroom on the second floor of Ricketts Hall according to cmdr. Mike John an Academy spokesman. No note was found Heinzer grabs another downhill vey Ponnaz Switzerland world Champion Franz Heinzer of Switzerland won his third downhill of the season saturday holding off olympic Goki medal Winner Patrick Ortleb of Austria by .01 second in the closest possible finish. Heinzer mastered the Tough 3,347-Mclcr course about 2 Miles in 1 minute 59.53 seconds. It was the last world cup downhill before Heinzer sets out to do fend his title at the Alpine world championships in Japan. William a Csc of Switzerland had the fastest intermediate times saturday but lost the race on the finish Bend. He finished third behind Oral Tab at 1 59.60. Overall world cup Leader Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg finished 1.02 seconds behind Heinzer but his placing among the leaders left him with an excellent shot at winning the combined a paper race that combines the downhill with results of sundays  leads Monte Carlo rally Paris a Frenchman Francois Delacour driving Ford escort co Worth took the Early honours Satur in the Monte Carlo rally leading italian Andrea Ang Hini Lancia i if by 33 seconds after the first three special timed stages. Last years Winner Didier Auriol Tost one minute 51 seconds after a Flat Miles from the end of the second trial. Other leading Drivers also suffered ill Luck. Reigning world Champion Carlos Sainz of Spain Lancia lost 1 21 to a Flat and italian Mikki Biasion Ford escort co Worth was delayed with a cracked Axle. 3 a a 1 sports on the air crop my Tim an television pro basketball a Chicago at san Antonto 6 30 . Sunday Portland at Utah 9 30 . 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