European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Australian open Graf sends -. Davenport to school Melbourne Australia it Lindsay Daven port will be sitting in a classroom at Murrieta Valley High school on thursday morning instead of standing on Center court at the australian  17-year-old californian was ousted by top seeded  in the quarterfinals 6-3,6-2 tuesday in a due Between two of the hardest hitters in women s Tennis. Graf a three time Champion who has not lost a sets far in the tournament took advantage of Daven port s Lack of Speed by con stantly rifling forehand passing shots beyond the reach of the lumbering teen Ager. She hits the Ball so hard and she keeps you on the defensive. She just controls the Points Davenport said of Graf i be never played someone who hits it As Hardas she  Davenport 6-foot-2 and 165 pounds was seeded no.16 and playing in her first grand slam quarterfinal. She often froze Graf with blistering forehand an sharply angled two handed backhands but was too slow to give Graf much  got an Early service break to go up 3-1 in the first set. But the German won the next five games to Winthe set and was in command throughout the second set. Because she s that big and tall i think it s a bit More difficult for her to move Graf said. Graf will be facing no. 10 Kimiko Date in thursday semifinals. Date became the first japanese woman to Advance to a grand slam semifinal in More than two decades with a 6-2,4-6,6-3 defeat of third seeded con Chita Martinez. Date is naturally left handed but her Grandfather con Vinced her to become a righty when she was Young be cause of a japanese preference for right handed women. She hit several left handed shots during tuesday s  Only other japanese woman to reach a grand slam semifinal was Kazuko saw Matsu who reached the 1973 australian open semis. Jiro Sato reached four grand slam men s semifinals in the 1930s. It is a hard thing to reach this stage being japanese because we Are not very big people said the 5-foot-4, 117-Pound Date. Second seeded Arantha Sanchez Vicario and no. 4 Gabriela Sabatini advanced to a clash in the other semifinal. Sabatini sick earlier in the Day Defeated no. 5 Jana Novotna 6-3,6-4 in an evening match. She woke up Early in the morning with severe dizziness and nausea but said she Felt better after sleeping most of the  Vicario reached the semifinals for the fourth straight year. She won 7-6 7-36-4 to end the grand slam career of Manuela male Eva Fragniere who is retiring next month after a 13-year pro career. Sanchez Vicario played erratically losing her Las two service games but no. 8 male Eva Fra Mere made even More mistakes. The men play their quarterfinals wednesday. The matchup Are no. 1 Pete Sampras is. No. 10 Magnus Gustafsson no. 3 Jim courier is. No. 5 Goran Ivani Sevic no. 4 Stefan Edberg is. No. 6 Thomas Muster and no. 9 Todd Martin is. Unseeded Mulivai washing ton in an All american Battle. Japan s Kimiko Date hits two handed return during her win Over Spain s Conchita Martinez in Melbourne tuesday. Hoe Falls r Bugel cards owner keeps Promise the stars and stripes ports january 26,1994 Page 36 Tempe Ariz. A just As he said he would Phoenix owner Bill Bidwill fired Joe Bugel monday when the cardinals failed Post a winning record. The cardinals finished 7-9, winning five of their last eight games including the final three. While we had a Good finish our Overall season performance was not satisfactory Bidwill said in announcing the firing. We will continue our efforts to become a More talented and successful team this  have concluded however that to take this next step requires a coaching  Bugel 53, was 20-44 with the cardinals. To replace Bugel Media reports said the offensive coordinators of the san Francisco 49ers and Kansas City chiefs Are among those at the top of Bidwill s list. The Arizona Republic on tuesday quoted a Cardi nals source As saying the team would like to talk to 49ers assistant Mike Shanahan and chiefs assistant Paul Hackett but that like other teams in the Market for a coach Bidwill has tagged Dallas offensive coordinator Norv Turner As the top Choice. Bug efs staff also was dismissed. His contract Runsthrough 1994, while his assistants contracts ended with the 1993 season. A a quandary does t scare new Falcon coach june Jones Suwanee a. A inheriting a team with Only one quarterback under contract and that one s about to undergo surgery to his throwing Arm does t cause june Jones much concern. That does t scare me. Know we re going to move the Ball with the people we have no matter who lines up at that Posi Tion said Jones who was named coach of the Atlanta fal cons on monday replacing the fired Jerry Glanville. Quarterback Bobby Hebert who suffered from tendinitis in his throwing Elbow much of last season is scheduled to undergo surgery next week to repair and reattach a Tendon in his right Elbow. Atlanta s other three quarterbacks Chris Miller Billy Joe Tolliver and Bob Giordano Are free agents. Last season the Falcons ranked second in the nil with 28 touchdown passes were rated second in passing and fifth in total offence in the pfc. Jones 40, the Falcons assist ant head coach for offence for three years under Glanville Wasa backup for the club when Steve Bartkowski was the Atlanta quarterback in the late 1970s. Jones has not signed a con tract and terms were not Dis closed but club president Tay Lor Smith said we re thinking of three  Smith said he interviewed fiver six other candidates but that Jones was the one he favor Dafter Glanville was fired Jan. 4 following a second consecutive6-10 season. Glanville had one year left Ona five year contract. He was 28-38 in four seasons. 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