European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 b the stars and stripes sports saturday March 6,1993 w Norman fires 65 for Early Lead Kite 1 shot Back. By the associated press Miami a Greg Norman playing with and authority that once made leading performer scored tic the flair him golfs _ eight birdies in a 7-Undcr-Par 65 and took a one stroke Lead thursday after the first round of the $1.4 million doral open. A a in a not usually a Low first round shooter a Norman said. A a in a usually not focused that Well in the first round. A this just reinforces the feeling i have about my game right now the feeling in a taking into the Start of this  even normans fast Start however could not completely separate him from a starry Field that included such familiar names As Tom Kite Fred couples Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus. Kite the current . Open Champ and the Winner of his last two starts this season had a 15-Yard Chip in Birdie As the highlight of a 66. A actually i did no to hit the Ball quite As Well As i have been but obviously a lot of things Are going Good for me now a Kite said. A i made some Good putts and had that Chip in. When you do that a not so Good round turns into a pretty Good  he was tied at 6-under-Par with Dave Rummells a frequent contender this season but not yet a Winner in an 8-Ycar pro tour career. Paul Azinger and de Huminik were another shot Back at 67. Golf Tours couples the masters Champion and Watson who will serve As Captain of the american Ryder cup team this fall led a Large group at 68. A just like old times a Watson chortled after holing out a 130-Yard wedge for an Eagle-2 on the 11th Hole. Among those tied with Watson and couples were australian Steve Elking ton South Africa Fulton Allum Peter Jacobsen Tom Purtzer Robert Wrenn and Loren Roberts. Nicklaus 53, attempting to recover from the 1992 season that he called a the Low Point of my career a got in at 69. Payne moves in front Valencia Spain a Jim Payne of England collected six birdies and shot a 5-under-Par 67 Friday to open a three shot Leao after two rounds of the Mediterranean open. Payne the 1992 pea european tour Rookie of the year had a 6-under-Par, 36-Hole of 135 Over the Par-72,7,091-Yard Al Saler course on the Mediterranean Seaside. Jasper Pam Evik of Sweden also returned a 67 and was in second place at 138, while David Leherty of Northern Ireland after a 69, and Mike Harwood of Australia with a 70, were among five players tied for third at 139. Germany a Sterll Graf lunges into a return during her straight sets Victory Over Lva Fajolo of Croatia on  run ends for 16-year-old Delray Beach Fla. Apr one Day after upsetting Gabriela Sabatini 16-year-old High school Junior Lindsay Davenport was eliminated by Amanda co Etzer in fridays quarterfinals at the Virginia slims of Florida. Roetzer a South african seeded eighth swept the final three games of the first set and the last six games of the match to win 6-4, 6-2. Davenport who turned professional just last week was muck More erratic than in her Victory thursday Over the third seeded Sabatini. A a in a hit some Good shots and then cd space out and hit four fast errors in a Row a Davenport said. A a in be played a lot in the past two weeks and 1 think it caught up with . On thursday Davenport posted a 7-6 7-56-1 Victory Over Sabatini who is trying to shake a virus. Top seed Steffi Graf no. 2 Arantha Sanchez Vicario and no. 4 Fernandez All advanced to fridays quarterfinals with straight set victories thursday. Davenport made her pro debut at last weeks tournament in Indian Wells Calif., where she won three matches before losing to Mary Joe Fernandez in the quarterfinals. Already this year she has climbed in the world rankings from no. 159 to no. 73. Graf made sure Only one teen age upstart advanced to the quarterfinals sweeping 15-year-old Lva Majoli of Croatia 6-2, 6-2. The match was grass first against Majoli a rising Star ranked 43rd in the world. Greg Norman chips to the ninth Green during thursdays round in Miami. A a a. I a courier Rolls folds Indian Wells Calif. Apr top seeded air s a a uric won his third round match at the $1.7 million champions cup in straight sets thursday but no. Pete Sampras was upset by Alexander Volkov. Courier ranked no. 1 in the world Defeated Todi heart a 7-5, 6-2 to Advance to fridays quarterfinals where he ii face Marc Rosset of Switzerland. Rosset who upset seventh seeded Andre Agassi of wednesday beat Brad Gilbert in the third round 6-4 6-2. Sampras who suffered an injured right foot am ankle nearly three weeks ago and was questionable of this tournament As recently As last week lost to the 15th-sceded Volkov 7-5,6-4. Volkov of Russia will meet Fabrice Santoro o France in the quarterfinals. Santoro Defeated Jaim Loyzaga Opperuo 6-2,6-3 on thursday. Fdl roup a Hess fourth seeded Michae Chang halhed for a 6-7 7-46-3, 6-1 Victory Over 13th seeded Mahtat Washington fifth seeded Petr Kord of Czecho Lokia eliminated 12th-seeded Thomas mus 6ii 14th-seeded Wayne Ferrei Ati ugh Africa downed Richey Reneberg 6-3, 7-5 m 6 7-5� of arse Mil a outlasted Jim Grabl 1? a Cou a and Ferreira was to Mee Mancini m Friday s other quarterfinals. Take straight games in the first set to take a 5-2 Lead before courier won five straight game second set�?T6 w had few problems in inning to auit evs no Quot re a be ,?.b�,Ter and 1 did t Pla counter said. 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