European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                " Sampras Powers to third straight grand slam title Byro Gloster Melbourne Australia a Pete Sampras blasting aces As fast As 126 Man won his third straight grand slam title by overpowering Todd Martin in straight sets sunday in the final of the australian open.  v Sampras who had 13 aces overcame an Early threat from Martin by winning a first set tiebreaker and then rolled to a 7-6 7-46-4,6-4 win. The top seeded Sampras be came the first Man in nearly three decades to win Wimble Don the . Open and the australian open consecutively the Only other times it was done was by Roy Emerson in 1964-65 and Don Budge in 1937-38. Sampras raised his arms in Triumph and screamed yeah after ending the match with a forehand Winner. Golfing Bud Dies Martin and Sampras then put their arms around each other s shoulders and Sampras momentarily rested his head on Martin s left shoulder. While congratulating each other Martin needled Sampras about leading 5-1 in the third the stars and stripes january 31,1994 australian open Pete Sampras celebrates after completing 3-sct Victory Over Todd Martin in australian open final sunday. Set and dropping three straight games including a service game before finally ending the match. He said Way to serve it out he was giving me a hard time Sampras said. It was the first ail american final in the australian open since 1982, when Johan Kriek Defeated Steve Denton. Sampras won $322,000, Martin $161,000. Sampras powerful serves and ground strokes often left the ninth seeded Martin Flat footed or reaching in vain As the Ball rifled past. He s just too Good and he really deserves what he s succeeding at because he s really working his butt off Martin said of Sampras then thanked the crowd saying i just appreciate All the support a Little american kid can  there were plenty of excellent shots in the 2-hour, 33-minute match but Little drama. Sampras and Martin Are extremely professional in their approach to Tennis and show Little personality on the court and Sampras was firmly in control after the first set. Sampras was so consistent that he had two aces in a three Point Span in the final set and each of the serves went past Martin at exactly 119 Mph. The first set took 63 minutes longer than the entire women s final in which Steffi Graf Over whelmed Arantha Sanchez Vicario on saturday. Martin had his Best Chance at 3 3 in the first set when he had four Page 40 break Points but Sampras saved them All and eventually forced the tiebreaker. J when i did lose the breaker i think it motivated Pete it loosened him up Martin said. Like most of the top players he plays a lot better when he s  Randau s split dec son cleos Chavez his 7sf official loss . Las vegas f a Julio Cesar Chavez lost sat urday night and this time it was official. Frankie Randall knocked Down Chavez in the Lith round and won the wac super lightweight championship on a split decision. It was the first defeat in the illustrious career of the 31-year-old Chavez although Many thought he had lost to Pernell Whitaker on sept.10 in a fight judged a majority draw. Not this time promoter Don King said to Chavez just after the fight ended. Chavez brushed him away. Judge Chuck Giampa of Las vegas scored it 116-111 and judge Angel Guzman of puerto Rico saw it 114-113, both for Randall who got the Victory on the strength of two penalty Points assessed Chavez by ref Eree Richard Steele. Judge Abraham Chavarria of Mexico scored it 114-113 for Chavez. I m out of Here i m still the Champ Chavez snapped afterwards. Then he added "1 want a Manda tory  the Victory by Randall a 15-1 underdog despite enter ing the fight with a 48-2-1 record with 39 knockouts was the feature of a title triple header before an estimated crowd of 12,500 at the Mem grand hotel. Felix Trinidad defended the if welterweight title with a one sided decision Over fellow puerto rican Hector Camacho. Simon Brown defended the wac super welterweight title with a majority decision Over australian Troy Waters. One judge scored it even but the other two had Brown far ahead. Chavez of Mexico complained bitterly about the decision. He never Hurt me. How could he have won the fight yes i m very shocked. The Knockdown surprised me but you can t judge a fight by one fall. I m very upset with Richard  look at the to. That s All i be got to say Steele said of his penalizing Chavez. Look for yourself it was Steele who stopped Chavez s 1990 fight with Meldrick Taylor making the mexican a Victor with two seconds left in the fight. Taylor was on his feet when the fight was halted and ahead on two scorecards. This time Low blow penalties Cost Chavez the title of though Randall had to be Given a great Deal of the credit for the shocking upset. He out jabbed Chavez scored Well with counters kept Chevez off balance and knocked him Down for the first time in Chavez s 91-fight career. Chavez scored Well with combinations to the head but his main attack was to the body and he Hurt ran Dall there. But it was also on body punches Low ones that he Hurt himself. Chavez had a big seventh hurting Randall about a minute into the round. Then with 30 seconds to go he hit Randal Klow and was penalized. The two went toe tote for the Hist 20 seconds. Just Whan Chavez seemed to have the upper hand Randall Cine roaring Back. At one Point in the eighth round Randall landed 13 consecutive punches to the head without a return until Chavez landed a body punch. The fighters were in the Middle of the ring in the Lith when Randall suddenly unleashed a right hand counter to the head Over a Chavez Jab. Chavez went Down on the seat of his Pant. He got up at the count of "3" and the Belrang a few seconds later. Chavez is now 89-1-1 with 77 knockouts. J super seats As this edition of the stars and stripes was on its Way to readers these Georgia dome seats and Over 73,000 others were filled with fans watching super bowl xxviii in Atlanta. See tomorrow s stripes sports Sec Tion for Complete coverage of Buffalo is. Dallas. 0"246850"00050411