European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 9,1993 sports the stars and stripes b Page 33 Las vegas Nev. Apr Riddick bowl will defend his heavyweight title sept. 10 against the Man he won it from if both fighters get through tuneup fights an official at Caesars Palace said sunday. Bowe will fight evander Holyfield in Las vegas in a rematch of their nov. 13 fight in which Bowe took a unanimous decision to win the undisputed heavyweight title. Rich Rose president of sports at Caesars Palace said Bowe would first defend the if and Aba titles sometime in May with possible opponents Jesse Ferguson and Alex Garcia. Holyfield who Hasni to fought since sustaining his Only professional defeat against Bowe would meet a fighter to be determined later sometime in june. Garcia and Ferguson also have been mentioned As possible opponents. Washington . Atlantic City nj., or Portland 100 pro Tennis Indian Wells Calif. A Jim courier overcame 100-degree temperatures to beat South african Wayne Ferreira 6-3,6-3,6-1 sunday to win the $1.7 million champions cup. Courier the top seed and no. 1-ranked player in the world pocketed $235,000 for the Victory while no. 14 Ferreira appearing in his first tournament final this year received $123,000. Courier 22, relied on his powerful serve to dominate Ferreira. Courier lost Only. 11 service Points in the first set one in the second set and six in the third. Five of the lost service Points came in the seventh game of the first set when Ferreira took courier to three break Points. It was the Only time during the match that courier was threatened. A i was never really in trouble. I did no to lose my serve the whole match a courier said. �?o1 think he made a lot of unforced errors he did no to expect to. I got a few free  Ferreira committed 51 unforced errors to couriers 19. The two went to Deuce twice in the second set before courier gained advantage with a shot that hit the top of the net and crawled Over for a Winner. Ferreira double faulted to give the set to courier. The Only game Ferreira 21, won in the third set was his first service game. Carrier went on to win the next five games. Courier who has been ranked no. 1 in play he is the. World for 50 straight weeks said he does t pay attention to the  the most important thing to me is to Well. That a what it comes Down to a be said. Quot my Confidence is High at this Point. I like to feel unbeatable. When in a confident i can go for my  sundays Victory ran courier s record in 1993 to 17-1. Ferreira a Silver medallist at the 1992 olympics representing and ranked 17th in the world is 13-5. In the doubles finals Henri Leconte and Guy forget of France Defeated Luke Jensen and Scott Melville 6-4, 7-5. The French team split $93,400, while the americans split $49,200. Graf triumphs Delray Beach Fla. Up top seed Steffi Graf won her second straight Virginia slims of Florida title sunday by cruising to a 6-4,6-3 Triumph Over second seed Arantha Sanchez Vicario in the final of the $375,000 tournament. The German Star won the tournament for the fourth time and ran her career record against the spaniard to 18-3. Graf won the Virginia sums of Florida in 1987 and 1989 and was the runner up in 1988 and 1991. The opening set featured five service Breaks including Breaks of Sanchez by Graf in the fourth sixth and 10th games. Graf broke Sanchez twice in the second set. Graf entered the tournament with a 94-16 career record in matches played in champions cup Winner Jim courier. Beats Wayne Ferreira the state of Florida. Since 1988, the Only opponent to beat Graf in Florida has been Gabriela Sabatini a eight times. Graf entered the tournament with records of 0-8 against the Argentine in Florida matches since 1988 and 53-0 against All other opponents. Graf ranked second in the world routed fellow German and fifth seed Anke Huber 6-1,6-1 saturday Toad Vance to the final for the sixth time in seven years. Sanchez Vicario wiped out eighth seed Amanda Roetzer of South Africa 62,6-2 to reach the final. Graf earned $75,000 and Sanchez Vicario $30,000. Norman finishes off Dora i runaway Miami apr gentle southerly breezes this week and the howling blasts of a killer Hurricane six months ago whittled the Blue monster Down to size. It was More Tike a Small Green Garden Snake. And Greg Norman killed it. Quot it makes me feel Good a he said sunday after a runaway 4-shot Victory in the doral open. Quot it makes me feel like bit the head Oft a Snake. This was important to  Norman who led or shared the Lead Alt four Days held a minimum advantage of four strokes throughout the final round and needed Only a solid 70 to confirm his comeback from the worst slump of his career. Quot this shows to me that in a capable of getting it Back a said Norman once ranked the no. 1 player in the world but a frustrated struggling also ran through the first two years of the 90s. Quot in a getting there. In a getting  he got there by virtue of a 265 winning total 23 under Par and by five shots the lowest score in the 32-year history of the doral. It does not detract from normans Triumph that he was not alone in playing fast and Loose with one of the most respected courses on the pea tour. Paul Azinger and Mark Mccumber who tied for second at 269, also beat the old course record of 270 set by Hubert Green in 1976. A <1 a Quot m Greg normans Putter helped him get to 23-under-Par when play ended sunday. Ore., were reportedly the Likely Sites for bowels May fight. Negotiations for the Holyfield Bowe fight were held overnight in new York with Bowe s manager Rock Newman confirming the tentative title defense sunday morning at a Midtown new York hotel. Since winning the title from Holyfield bowl has defended it once scoring a first round knockout Over Michael Dokes at Madison Square Garden last month. It s Lewis is. Tucker on May 8 by de Schuyler new York a because the boxing Community usually spends sunday mornings in Church its unusual to schedule press conferences at that time. But Don King made an exception to announce his May 8 wac heavyweight match Between Champion Lennox Lewis and challenger Tony Tucker. This is King said Quot another phenomenal event a and so he had no problem summoning the congregation still bleary eyed from the previous night s Pernell Whitaker James Quot buddy Mcgirt fight to the Early morning announcement. And if the audience was a Little sluggish. King was not. The self Proda Mcd worlds greatest promoter was in full Flower resurrecting the revolutionary War among other things for this match Between Lewis who lives in England and Tucker who was born in grand rapids Mich. Of King would not do anything so crass As to suggest that this is a Battle Between two nations. Never. Quot All i want a he said Quot is a Good boxing match. The brits will come and shout Cheerio a and the americans will come and shout a go get him  a Dan Duva who has a promoting piece of Lewis rolled his eyes. In his oratory lung mentioned the Boston Tea party the 13 original colonics a not including Las vegas a and among others William Jennings Bryan exc hour Thomas Carlyle King George King Arthur sir Lancelot Patrick Henry lord Acton and finally Winston Churchill. Somehow he left out Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Perhaps Kings finest moment came when he recalled Paul Revere Quot alerting the Countryside that the British Are coming the British Are coming a Quot and now a King said Quot Dan Duva is picking up the  again an Eye Roll. When Duva s turn came he said that Lewis no More represents Only England than King is mistaken for Robin Hood. King was touched at the reference. Quot i do give to the poor a he announced. The May 8 fight will be Lewis first defense of the wac title he was awarded after Riddick Bowe dumped the sanctioning body a heavyweight Belt a or one resembling it a into a London garbage pail. That act encouraged by bowels manager Rock Newman created another heavyweight Champion and ultimately a big Bucks unification fight Down the Road. Quot i want to thank Rock a King said. Quot wittingly or unwittingly he is responsible for this  Lewis had become the no. 1 wac challenger with a stunning two round destruction of Donovan Quot razor Ruddock last october a fight King had argued Ruddock should never have taken Quot it was abject edly stupid a the promoter said