European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 34 the stars and stripes sports thursday january 20,1994 the Sampras escapes against no. 60 australian open Kapelnikov finally bows in fifth set Byro Gloster Melbourne Australia a they traded blistering ground strokes for More than three hours slam ring shots All Over the court and staggering each other with their Power. And after Pete Sampras had barely outlasted Yevgeny Kapelnikov in a dra Matic fifth set wednesday to reach the third round of the australian open they marvelled at what they had done. The top seeded Sampras won 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, 1-6, 9-7 on Center court raising his arms in Triumph after the final Point. I mean i was trying everything staying Back coming in and he was coming up with Good shots Sampras said. It was a big scare for me i could easily have lost that Kapelnikov ranked 60th in the world kept Sampras on the defensive with pow Erful forehand and a whip like two handed backhand but was slowed by cramps at the end. He broke Sampras serve to tie the match 4-4 in the final set then had to break again to stay in the match at 7-7. But Sampras Fol Lowed that with his second straight service break and then had two of his 17 aces while serving out the match. Of course it hurts because i was two Points away from the greatest Victory of my life said Kapelnikov a 19-year-old playing Only his second grand slam tournament. I m going to go have some dinner in an italian restaurant to forget the match or else i will go Steffi Graf the top seeded woman had a much easier time advancing into the third round. She Defeated Nicole Provis 6-1,6-4 in 61 minutes. Mary Joe Fernandez seeded sixth needed overtime to Advance. She rallied from a 2-4 deficit in the final set to beat Ines Gorrochategu 6-3,2-6,9-7. Gorrochategu an Argentine ranked 55th in the world controlled the match against Fernandez a two time australian open finalist and the Only american Henri la cont of France is tended by an official after collapsing during his match wednesday at the australian open. Collapse sends Leconte to Hospital Melbourne Australia a Henri Leconte was hospitalized for two hours wednesday after fainting during the fourth set of his australian open match because of heat exhaustion. Tournament doctor John Fraser said Leconte 30, did not appear to be seriously ill and had been sent to the hos Pital for precautionary reasons. He was in very Good shape when he left Here Fraser said. I be seen much worse heat exhaustion than the temperature was 75 when the French left hander fainted. I must admit i Felt boiling hot on the court Leconte said. I never lost consciousness completely because i could hear people talking around Leconte who has had similar prob lems before during his Tennis career fell to the court and began twitching during his match against Martin Damm of the czech Republic. Two Points before he fainted be Conte appeared wobbly. After double faulting to open the seventh game of the fourth set Leconte was walking Back to the Baseline when he Bent Over and then fell to the court. Several fans began laughing think ing Leconte was taking a pratfalls. Be Conte one of the most colourful players in Tennis sometimes Falls to the court in mock disgust at his play. But those fans quickly stopped laughing when Leconte did not get up and his body began twitching. Leconte was waving to the crowd when he was taken from the court on a Stretcher. He defaulted the second round match to Damm. Among the top 10 women s seeds. From the beginning of the second set she started firing away Fernandez was having trouble playing aggressively because she was taking it away from no. 3 Conchita Martinez no. 7 Anke Huber no. 10 Kimiko Date no. 13 he Lena Sutkova and no. 16 Lindsay Daven port also advanced. But no. 12 Amanda Roetzer was beaten 6-1,2-6,6-3 by Chan a Rubin a Louisiana teen Ager who mixed lobs with Strong ground strokes to keep Roetzer off balance. My game plan was to think and attack and to put pressure on her Rubin said. I Don t usually use Moon balls but they helped to change the Pace of the no. 3 Jim courier seeking his third straight australian open title advanced with a 6-1,6-4,6-4 Victory Over Marcos on Druska. Other men s seeds to reach the third round were no. 5 Goran Ivanisevic no. 10 Magnus Gustafsson no. 11 Marc Ros set no. 13 Wayne Ferreira and no. 15 Ivan Lendl a 5-7, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 Winner Over fellow american Richey Reneberg. Army air Force basketball standings m. " army Rhelna cd Pfalz league men l pet go Mannheim 13 2 .867 Kaiserslautern 13 3 .813 .5 Baum Ozior 10 4 .714 2.5 Pir masons 11 6 .647 3 a Esau 87 .647 5 share 8 .500 5.5 Stuttgart 8 6 .500 5.5 Karlsruhe 9 .471 6 Lan Stuhl 5 9 .357 7.5 bad Kreuz Nach 6 it .353 8 Heidelberg 5 10 .333 8 Wiesbaden 3 10 .231 9 Worms 2 13 .133 11 teams wore of saturday and sunday for Martin Luther King Holiday saturday s games Miessau at Kniser Slatlem 2p.m. Bad Kreuz Nach at ,2 . Baum older at Pir Masens 3 . Wiesbaden at Worms 3 . Stuttgart at Heidelberg 3 . Shape at Mannheim 2 . Sunday s games bad Kreuz Nach at Pir Masens 3 . Worms at kaisers Autem 3 . Karlsruhe at Stuttgart 3 . Heidelberg at Miessau 2 . Land Lull at Wiesbaden 2 . Shape at Mannheim 3 . Women w l pet go Kaiserslautern 13 1 .929. Baum older 10 2 .833 2 Mannheim 113 .788 2 Worms 86 .571 5 Stuttgart 7 6 .538 5.5 Karlsruhe 4 6 .400 7 shape 8 .333 8 Heidelberg 4 9 .208 8.5 bad Kreuz Nach 3 12 .200 10.5 teams wore off saturday and sunday teams for Martin Luther King Holiday saturday s game Baum Moldor at Pir masons 1 . Wio Badon at Worms 1 . Stuttgart at Heidelberg 1 . Shape at Mannheim 1 . Sunday s games bad Krou Zach at Pir masons i . Worms at kaisers Autem t . Karlsruhe at Stuttgart 1 . Shape at Mannheim 1 . Frontier league men Darmstadt Kirc Goens Frankfurt Hanau Babenhausen Fliege Horst Nedberg. Bodinger Fulda thursday s results Budinger 73, Frankfurt 110 Kirc Goens 66, Friedberg 85 sunday s result Kirc Goens 90. Darmstadt 108 flgerrtorst95, Budinger 81 monday s results Darmstadt 112, Friedberg 85 Babenhausen 100, Kirc Goens 101 thursday s game Bodinger at Badenhausen 7 . Kirc Goens at Fliege Horst 7 . Darm Stavft at Frankfurt b 30 . Saturday s games Fliege Horst at Hanau 1 . Frankfurt at Kirc goons 1p.m. Babenhausen at Friedberg 1 . Sunday s games Darmstadt at Bodinger 2 30 . Of hegerhorst at Babenhausen 1 . Friedberg at Kirc Goens 1 . Women Hanau Darmstadt Fra Murt Budinger Fulda 0 0 3 3 4 1.000 1.000 .400 .400 .000 1 2.5 .2.5 4 7 66 6 4 4 3 32 1 1 3 4. 4 66 68 .875.857 .667.600 .500.400 .333.333 .111 .5 1.52 34 4.54.5 65 thursday result bub men 51, Frankfurt 54. Thursday game Darmstadt at Frankfurt 7 . Sunday game Darmstadt at Budinger 1 , bavarian league men Schwon Furt 4 0 1.000 Wurzburg 0 1.000 Nurnberg 3 1 .750 2 Ansbach 3 1 .750 2 Vilseck 1 .750 2 Berlin 1 2 .333 2.5 Hohenfels 1 3 .250 -3 Augsburg 03 .000 3 Bamberg 04. .000 4 Grafe Vohr 0 4 .000 4 saturday s games Numberg at Augsburg 3 . Schweinfurt at Ansbach 3 . Vilseck at Wurzburg ,3p.m. Berlin at Grafe Woehr. 3 . Women Schweinfurt 2 0 1.000 Ansbach 10 1.000 .5 Numberg 1 0 1.000 .5 Wurzburg 1 0 1.000 .5 Vilseck 1 .500 2 Augsburg 1 2 .333 2.5 Berlin 0 1 .000 1.5 Hohenfels 0 2 .000 2 saturday s games Numberg at Augsburg 1 . Schweinfurt at Ansbach 1 . Vilseck at Wurzburg 1 . Air Force Continental sports conference men w l pet cd Pitburg 11 i .917 Span Dahlem 93 .750 2 Ramstein 75 .583 4 Rhein main 6 6 500 5soesterberg 3 9 -250 b5 Sembach 0 12 .000 11 Friday s at Rhein main 8pm. Pitburg at Oesterberg 8 . Saturday s game Ramstein at Oesterberg 8 . By but at Rhein main 4 . Sembach at Span Dahlem. 4 . Sunday s Gam Ramstein at so Osterberg 2 . Friday s result Rhein main 88, Sembach 73 saturday s results so Storberg 76 Span Dahlem 106 Pitburg 92, Ramstein 86 sunday s results Oesterberg 57, Span Dahlem 106 Sembach 58, Pitburg 95 Rhein main 73, Ramstein 89 women. W l pet a Rhein main 9 3 759 _ Ramstein 3 759 _ Spang atom 8 4 $67 i a a 2 10 i67 7sembach 4 8 333 5 Oesterberg 2 10 .167 7 Friday s at Rhein main 6pm Pitburg at Oesterberg 6 . Saturday s game Ramstein at Oesterberg. 6pm a Tburg at Rhein main 2 . Sembach at Span Dahlem 2 . Sunday s Gam Ramstein at Oesterberg noon Friday s result Rhein main 50, Sembach 53 saturday s results Oesterberg 34, Span Dahlem 80 Pitburg 50, Ramstein 66 sunday s results Oesterberg 49, Span Dahlem 67 ser Nabach 72, Pitburg 57 Rhein main 59, Ramstein 77 . Sports conference men Lakenheath 62 .750 Mike shall 7 3 .700 1 Ateo Bury 5 5 .500 2 upper Heyford 55 .500 2 Chicksands 1 9 -100 6-5 Friday s results Alconbury 93, Chicksands 73 Mildenhall 73, upper Heyford 60 saturday s results Alconbury 78, Chicksands 58 Mildenhall 109. Upper Heyford 90 Friday s games Lakenheath at Alconbury. 8 30 . Mike shall at Chicksands. 8 30 . Saturday s games Lakenheath at Alconbury 2 . Mildenhall at Chicksands 2 . Women Chicksands 71 .875 Mildenhall 5 1 -833 Lakenheath 2 4 .333 Alconbury 0 8 .000 8 Friday s result Chicksands 69, Alconbury 23 saturday s result Chicksands 64, Alconbury 38 fridays games Lakenheath at Alconbury 6 30 . Mildenhall at Chicksands. 6 30 . Saturday s games Lakenheath at Alconbury noon. Mildenhall at Chicksands noon. P i tic in
