European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 8, 1994 sports the stars and stripes Page 35 Furlan stuns Chang Tennis meets by the associated press san Jose Calif. A Renzo Furlan his game becoming More daring As the match wore on upset Michael Chang 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 sunday night to win the san Jose open his first title on the tour. A a in a in the sky right now a said Furlan the no. 6 seed from Italy. A i can to believe i Furlan ranked 69th in the world knocked off the top seed after defeating the no. 2 seed Richey Rene Berg on saturday. He earned $42,000 for the Victory Over the worlds ninth ranked player. A a i was nervous at first playing Michael Chang in a championship match and All a Furlan said. A nothing was working. Quot but i started feeling More comfortable in the second set and did a better Job of coming to the in the second set he broke Chang three times. Furlan went up 2-0 in the final set before Chang broke in the third game. Chang was at break Point in the 11th game but fur Lan fought Back to Lead 6-5. In the deciding game fur Lan was up 30-0 and 40-30. Chang rallied to twice hold the advantage but went no further. He committed an unforced error and then double faulted. Furlan won when changes return went wide. A it was a Good week but a frustrating Day a said Chang who earned $24,150. A i found that i really need to work on my conditioning. I did no to expect to play Back to Back three hour Chang of Henderson nev., Defeated Furlan last year in their Only previous meeting. A the changed tactics after the first set a Chang said. A the started serving and volleying More and it threw me off some. He picked my serve pretty Well too and i did no to handle his Well even though his first serve often Wasny to that in the doubles final sunday night second seeded Rick Leach and Jared Palmer upset top seeded Byron Black and Jonathan Stark 4-6,6-4,6-4. / Rosset conquers Boetsch Marseille France a Marc Rosset of Switzerland won his second consecutive Marseille open Sun e Day by beating Arnaud Boetsch 7-6 8-67-6 7-4. Rosset seeded fourth and Boetsch seeded fifth each fought off break Points. It was the seventh at tour title for Rosset who won the 1992 olympic Gold medal. He won tournaments last year at Moscow Long Island and Marseille Rosset was Down 15-40 in the ninth game of the first set after two double faults. He then got in four consecutive first serves and won the game. Boetsch came Back to tie at 6-6. The tiebreaker went to 6-6 before Rosset went ahead at 7-6 and Boetsch double faulted. Boetsch took a 3-0 Lead in the second set before faltering. A a a. A Gustafsson wins Dubai open Dubai United Arab emirates a Magnus Gustafs son beat top seeded Sergi bruguera 6-4, 6-2 sunday to win the Dubai open. The swede ranked 12th, utilized Cross court shots to ush the spaniard Back to the Baseline. Gustafsson Roke for a 5-4 Lead in the first set then served out with a forehand passing shot. Bruguera the favorite to win the title continued to commit unforced errors in the second set. _ a i think it has to do with my concentration a Gustafsson said. A i was watching the Ball and was not prone to committing too Many errors while bruguera was i think too much under Sargsyan takes Dallas a Sargis Sargsian of Arizona state used a powerful serve to overpower Paul Robinson of Texas Christian 6-3, 6-3 sunday for the menus singles championship at the National . Lucie Lud Voga of Texas won the women a title Lud Vigo a who reached an unprecedented third collegiate grand slam final gained her third win of the season by beating Angela Lettiere of Georgia 6-1,6-3. The top ranked player in the country with a 14-1 record Ludvi Govan a Only loss this year came in the finals of the sky Tel used a powerful serve to overpower Robinson and did not drop a set in five matches in route to his first collegiate title. Gleeful Magnus Gustafsson holds up trophy following his 6-4,6-2 Dubai open Triumph Over Sergi bruguera. New cars fail badly in Daytona 24-hours armed forces recreation Center by Mike Harris Daytona Beach Fla. A the new built for racing world sports cars by Simsa were soundly beaten sunday in the season opening rolex 24 hours a race surprisingly dominated by production based race cars. The Winner in the 24-hour Romp at Daytona International Speedway was a its division Nissan zx300, co driven by Paul Gentilozzi Scott Pruett Butch Leit Zinger and new Sealander Steve Millen. The International motor sports association Simsa had hoped the race would give its new open cockpit cars a solid sendoff As the sports car body a new Glamour division replacing the retired it prototypes. But with attrition taking a toll on the eight a Sci a that started in the 63-car Field the Best finish by the new economical racers was ninth with Only three of them running at the end. Meanwhile the winning car fought off Early challenges from another Nissan zx300 and a Porsch 911 Turbo a a be mans division entry a to finish 24 laps plus 2 minutes 23.957 seconds ahead of another porsche 911 Turbo with frenchmen Bob Wollek a four time Daytona Winner and Dominique Dupy combining with German Driver Juergen Barth As co Drivers. The winning car covered 707 laps a 2,516.92 Miles a on the 3.56-mile Road course that included two thirds of the 2v-mile, High banked Oval and a narrow twisting infield Section. The Nissan which led the final 14 hours and 25 minutes averaged 104.8 Mph. The fastest of the porsche a turbocharged gt1 entry was gone following a Chase through the darkness. The car shared by five time Daytona Winner Hurley Haywood former indy 500 Winner Danny Sullivan and German Drivers Hans stuck and Walter Royhl led several times before succumbing during the 17th hour after a fan Belt broke under full Power As stuck crossed the finish line. He had to drive the entire length of the track without a Cooling fan before pitting fatally damaging the engine. Another Nissan co driven by Millen Johnny of Connell and John Morton was dueling for the Lead before a broken crankshaft knocked it out just before 1 . Sunday. That left the eventual Winner owned by Clayton Cunningham and in its sixth year of development in charge. It was the first time since 1983, when a production based porsche 935 won that a Ftp was not in Victory Lane after the grueling opener. It was also the first major endurance Victory by a production based car since a 935 won the Sebring 12-hours in 1984. Another indication of what a wide open race this was was the third place finish by a Gnu division porsche 911 Rosr entry shared by germans Dick Ebeling Karl Wlazik Ulrich Richter and Gunter Doebler. It equalled the Best previous Gnu finish at Daytona in 1981. Imsais elimination of the Ftp division was made in the interest of Economy with the Csc cars generally hosting under $250,000, to about $1 million for a Ftp. But the new cars Are also less exotic in appearance than the closed cockpit gaps and slower on the track. # there was Only one full course caution period. 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