European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse . Women exit Jennifer Capriati shows her disgust after missing a shot against Steffi Graf. Long Beach shuts Down no. 1 jays Melbourne Australia a american women Are Down and out Down under As the last survivors Jennifer Capriati and Mary Joe Fernandez lost in straight sets tuesday at the australian open. Steffi Graf sent Capriati scurrying on a frenetic Chase from Corner to Corner wearing her Down in a total reversal of their epic Duel for olympic Gold. Graf a three time australian Champion took the sting out of Capriati a new net attack pinning her to the Baseline to reach the semifinals 75,62. Arantha Sanchez Vicario used much the same strategy in beating Mary Joe Fernandez 7-5, 64, to set up the Semi final match against Graf. On the other Side of the draw third seeded Gabriela Sabatini had to stave off three match Points before she beat Ca Hadian born French player May Pierce in their quarterfinal 46,7-6 14126-0. The lanky Argentine overcame seven service Breaks to oust the 18-year-Oid Pierce and Advance to a semifinal meet ing with two time defending Champion Monica Seles the top seed who won a Battle of attrition to oust unseeded Julie Halard of France 6-2,6-7 5-760.australian open Fernandez an australian finalist in 1990 and 1992 and a semifinalist in 1991, worked her Way to the net More frequently than Capriati but gave away too Many tree Points by dumping easy volleys into the net. Fernandez also double faulted to lose the first set and blew two leads in the second set at 2-0 Maitti 4-2, with loosely played games. Fernandez won Only two Points while getting broken on her last two service games. Sanchez Vicario a finalist at the . Open last summer and the 1989 French open Champion reached the semis Here the last two years before losing. Grass deep ground strokes teasing drop shots and occasional forays to the net exposed Capriati Slack of quickness. The 16-year-old Capriati who played most of last week with a virus and fever showed no Lack of Power though she looked tired in the second set. Capriati simply could t get to the net with grass shots Landing near the Baseline and could t reach drop shots when she charged in. The stars and 27,1993 page36 when Capriati won the Gold at Barce Iona it was just the other Way around As Graf chased deep balls on the Clay courts. Quot i kept her running around Quot said the second seeded Graf who won Only one grand slam title each of the last two years Wimbledon and is hoping to regain the no. 1 ranking. Capriati no. 7, approached the net More than 50 times in some of her earlier matches last week but against Graf Capriati went to the net Only 11 times winning just five Points on approaches. Graf won nine of la approaches. More significantly Capriati had 41 forced errors to grass 17. Graf lost 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Capriati at Barcelona but holds a 61 career advantage Over her. College basketball by the associated press Lawrence Kan. A top ranked Kansas played so poorly against Long Beach state that coach Roy Williams ran out of suggestions. During a second half timeout in the Jay Hawks 64-49 loss monday night Williams got so frustrated that he let his assistants do All the talking. A i Felt if 1 continued to talk i say anything constructive so i let the assistants handle it a Williams said. �?o1 can never remember sitting Over there feeling that while Williams Felt helpless his team looked hapless. A a the Jay Hawks the nation s Best shooting team at 55 percent shot Only 37 percent in the first half and went scoreless for six min utes As Long Beach built a 14-Point halftime Lead. It did no to get any better in the second half. Jay Hawks fans began leaving foldout Allen fieldhouse with seven minutes remaining in the game. A they did no to just beat us they beat us bad guard Rex Walters said. A they accomplished what not too Many teams have they Nad nothing to lose and they played like the loss snapped a 14-game Home winning Streak for Kansas 16-2which has lost Only three of its last 55 games at Allen fieldhouse. What made the defeat even More surprising was that Long Beach 14-3 had dropped two of its last three games including a 34-Point loss to Virginia common wealth on saturday. The slump knocked the 49ers out of the a rankings after a one week stay at no. 25, Lucious Harris scored 24 Points for Long Beach while Tower added 15. Darrin Hancock had 16 Points and 13 rebounds for Kansas. In mondays other game involving a ranked team Virginia 93, William amp Mary 84, of Williamsburg a a no. 15 Virginia snapped a two game losing Streak but did no to look very impressive. Ted Jeffries scored six of Virginia s 17 Points in overtime and Cory Alexander had five. Alexander led Virginia 12.2 with 26 Points while Jeffries had 23 Points and 10 rebounds. Kurt Small had a career High 27 Points for William amp Mary 9-6. Kansas defensive stylist Wade Phillips moves up to succeed recently fired Dan Reeves As Broncos head football Job goes to Phillips Denver apr Wade Phillips who built an aggressive Ball hawking defense during four years As the Denver Broncos defensive coordinator was named head coach on the team on monday succeeding Dan Reeves. Owner Pat Bowlen announced his decision four weeks after he sacked Reeves his selection of Phillips followed reports that his apparent first Choice for the Job 49er offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan had decided to remain with san Francisco "1 want to make sure you understand Ltd there is a lot of speculation that Wade somehow was the second Man for the Job and that s not True Quot Bowlen said Quot the Guy who should have gotten the Job got the Job Quot Phillips 45, has been considered prime coaching material for some time following in the footsteps of his father bum Phillips who coached at Houston and new Orleans. He coordinated the Denver defense the last four seasons developing a stingy unit that once went 31 games without giants hire Reeves a Page 35 giving up a touchdown against a two minute Drill. A yes Quot he shouted when introduced by Bowlen a i certainly will work to do the Best i can like 1 always have certainly for this football team and these fans. In a excited about this Opportunity a he said. A it was Well worm the Phillips signed a three year contract Worth a reposed $400,000 a year. Weeks of speculation preceded mondays announcement most of it entering on Shanahan 40, who was Denver a offensive coordinator from 1985-87 and again in 1991. But Shanahan apparently decided to extend his 49er contract after negotiations with Bowlen did not yield an agreement
