European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday januan/25, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 29 to f Washington eliminates Wilander Byro Gloster Melbourne Australia a Matvai Washington reached his first grand slam tournament quarterfinal by outlast ing Mats Wilander in five error filled set monday at the australian open. Washington overcame Early sloppiness and. Rallied to win 6-7 7-96 2, 6-7 3-7austraha open 6-4, 6-1 in a Center court Battle of Attri Tion that lasted exactly four hours. I think i was up and Down throughout the match Washington said. There were times especially in the two tie Breakers where i was making a lot of errors. It s satisfying to be Able to Grin through a match like  the unseeded american waved to friends in the stands and twice punched j his fist into the air after a Wilander Back a hand shot sailed wide on match Point. He started to go wide and for fore hand Cross courts and it was taking its i toll on me said Wilander who won the australian open three times during the 1980s and is making a comeback from two years of self imposed Tennis exile. I feel i had the Opportunity to win the match but i just could t pull it off. There were a couple of Points i choked  Washington overcame his Early errors with a variety of shots he mixed drop shots sharply angled volleys and slashing ground strokes with lobs including one 1 that went about 100 feet into the air. His quarterfinal opponent will be Todd Martin whose game nearly wilted in the 102-degree afternoon heat. By the time Washington Defeated Wilander the eve Ning temperature had fallen to 66 degrees. I Martin s feet were burning his nose was bleeding and with his opponent leading i by a set and winning 5-2 in the second set i he knew his time was running out. I i knew if i lost that set i d probably s be done said Martin who fought Backoo win the set in a tiebreaker and defeat Aba Todd Martin of the . Struggles against an obscure belgian opponent monday. Xavier Dufresne in four sets. I did t feel very Good at the time and knew i would t feel very Good in a fifth set said the ninth seeded Martin who broke the Nail on the big toe of each foot be cause his sneakers were sticking to the court. Martin covering his head and legs with iced towels during changeovers beat Dufresne 6-7 3-77-6 7-56-3, 6-3 in a Lan guid match that lasted 3 hours 24 minutes. After the first seven or eight games it was just a matter of staying Cool an dealing with the heat As Well As i possibly could said Martin who lost seven pounds during the match and had a nose bleed he blamed on the blazing  games both went Down a bit and that was attributable to the  Dufresne a belgian who did not play on the men s Tennis tour last year was playing in Only his second grand slam  did t i y so aggressive because of the heat Dufresne said. You feel so Down it s unbelievable. Today was my hottest  no. 4 Stefan Edberg also advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4,6-4,6-4 Victory Over swedish compatriot Lars Jonsson. It is the 10th straight year Edberg has reached the australian open quarters. Edberg s next opponent will be no. 6thomas Muster who rubbed ice on his face during changeovers while defeating no. 12 Alexander Volkov 6-3,6-3,6-2. I just did t get into the match because All during the match i was thinking about How hot it was How warm it was said vol Kov. The other men s quarterfinals were determined sunday top seeded Pete Sam Pras will face no. 10 Magnus Gustafsson and no. 3 Jim courier seeking his third straight australian open title will play no. 5 Goran Ivanisevic. The women had monday off their quarterfinals will be tuesday with top Seede Steffi Graf facing 16th-seeded Lindsay Davenport in a Battle of two of the hardest hit ters in women s  other quarterfinal matchup Are no. 2 Arantha Sanchez Vicario is. No. 8 Man Uela Maleva Fragniere no. 3 Conchita Martinez is. No. 10 Kimiko Date and no.4 Gabriela Sabatini is no. 5 Jana Novotna. 76ers grab rare Victory at Garden by the associated press the Philadelphia. 76ers can count onto fingers the number of Quality Road victories they be had this season. One was at Golden state on dec. 28.the second came sunday night As they heat the new York kicks 99-92. It was the mixers seventh Road Victor of the season but five of those came against teams who were at or below .500. It s As Good of a win As we be had Al season Long. It was in the top one mixers coach Fred Carter said. I m really proud of them. They just Rose to the  Philadelphia wont Madison Square Garden for the first time since March 1, 1990. The mixers had lost eight in a Row to the kicks Overall. It was the second loss in a Row for Newyork and ended the kicks six game Home winning Streak. Philadelphia ended a four game losing Streak. Jeff Hornacek scored 23 Points Tim Perry had 18 and Clarence Weatherspoon 17 for the mixers. Patrick Ewing led Thek Nicks with 36 Points and a season High 21 rebounds but the kicks did t score inthe final 3vi minutes. Just a bad loss for us a Nicks coach Pat Riley said. We had the game in hand in the fourth Quarter and we just had that dry spell for seven  in sunday s Only other game i heat 113, bullets 80 at Miami the heat broke a seven game losing Streak and finally got Kevin Lough Ery his 600th career coaching Victory. It s been like the Temple of doom inhere lately said Point guard Steve Smith who had a career High 15 assist Sand scored 18 Points. Rony Seikaly had seven rebounds inthe first Quarter and started several Miami fast Breaks with Smith setting up Glen Rice 21 Points and Grant Long 16 for easy layups. Calbert Chancy led Washington with 15 Points. Knight says his dec. Suspension was Bloomington ind. A Indiana coach Bobby Knight says he deserved to be sus Pended by the University for his actions in a game against notre , speaking out for the first time since the incident dec. 7, said he never kicked his son Pat. He admitted kicking a chair but he said the suspension stemmed from his shouts at fans who booed his earlier actions Knight s version was reported sunday in an interview with the Indianapolis Star. How Many times have you seen Indiana play basketball it s a lot. All right now Many times have you seen me kick a chair a lot he  Many times have you Ever seen me kick a player so i rest my Case on that part of it " we w m k i i pc � o coaches in this league since kick the floor kick towels take their Coats off throw them Down kick chairs. I be seen  i Haven t seen is a coach yell at the crowd which is something i admittedly did and i think that separates the , who was suspended for one game said he had no quarrel with the suspension. Owls p u 11 away after sea re by the associated press by halftime no. 11 Temple was so far ahead of rut Gers that it looked like the game was Over. Too bad Temple began to believe it. Rutgers put a scare into the owls scoring the first 13points of the second half before visiting Temple wound up with a 78-56 Victory sunday. Rutgers was just tearing us up. We were just stand ing there serving hot dogs and hamburgers Temple coach John Chancy said. I Don t know what we were doing out there but it was t playing basketball. I in n task them because they can t Tell me  Temple 11-2, 4-1 Atlantic-10 led 4628 at halftime. Rutgers run closed the deficit to five Points. At halftime coach told us to be ready for the pres Sand we weren t ready for it Aaron Mckie said. We just came out Lazy. We were a Little complacent because we were up 18 Points. They made the run and it was a Wake pall for  Mckie scored 31 Points As Temple won its fifth in arow. His 3-Point shot stopped the Scarlet knights burst and began an 11-2 run for the owls. Rutgers 5-9, 1-4 lost for the seventh time in nine games. In other games sunday no. 15 Michigan Defeated Illinois 74-70, no. 17 Georgia tech beat Virginia 74-70and Memphis state topped no. 19 Cincinnati 62-55. No. 15 Michigan 74, Illinois 70 Jalen Rose scored 28 Points and Juwan Howard re covered from the Chicken pox had 20 As Michigan won on the Road. Rose s two foul shots put the wolverines 12-4, 4-2 big ten ahead for Good at 70-68. To. Wheeler had 23 Points for the Willim 10-4, 3-2. No. 17 Georgia tech 74, Virginia 70 Travis Best and James Forrest each scored 20 Points College basketball and Georgia tech won at Home. A Basket by Forrest capped a 10-t burst that put the yellow jackets 11-5, 2-3 Atlantic coast conference ahead 63-52. Junior Burrough had 18 Points for Virginia 10-6,4-2. Memphis state 62, no. 19 Cincinnati 55 Memphis state scored 21 straight Points Midway through the first half and went on to end its eight game losing Streak. Cedric Henderson and Deuce Ford each scored 16 Points for the Host tigers 6-9, 1-4 great Midwest conference. Cincinnati 12-5, 1-2 got no closer than four Points in the second half. Lady Lions claw wolverines Ann Arbor Mich. A Katina Mack and Shelby Thayer scored 16 Points apiece and no. 3 Penn state took advantage of Michigan turnovers to beat the wolverines 97-53 sunday and remain undefeated in the big ten women s standings. The lady Lions 13-0 Overall 5-0 used a 22-2 tear Midway through the first half to open a 30-10 Lead. They shot 56.8 percent in the first half and led 60-27 at the break. Michigan 3-12, 0-6 was victimized by 30 turnovers and six blocks and was out rebounded 51-30. Yes him Bra Gray had 18 Points and eight rebounds for Michi Gan. Jackie Donovan and Missy Masley had 12 Points each for the lady Lions and Helen Holloway added 10. Tina Nicholson had 13 assists just two fewer than the entire Michigan team