European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes May 28,1994 Page 32 Graf Sampras Roll on Paris apr top seeds Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf won Friday and advanced to the fourth round of the French open but Mary Joe Fernandez the women a runner up last year was upset by romanian Irina spiraea. Three other seeds a no. 11 Thomas Muster no. 16 Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands and no. 15 Helena Sutkova French open of the czech Republic a also were upset leaving Only seven of the 16 menus seeds of the women a seeds even before the tournament reached the Halfway Point. Ines Gorrochategu of Argentina beat Sutkova 7-6 10-87-6 7-1and australian Patrick Rafter won 6-4, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 Over Muster who ousted Andre Agassi in the second round. He said playing Sampras would be fun adding a if i can return his serve maybe i can beat Sampras playing his Best Tennis of the tournament overwhelmed Paul Laarhuis of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-4,6-1 in just 99 minutes. Jim courier the menus runner up last year and Champion in 1991 and 1992, also advanced with a 6-3, 6-1, 6-1 drubbing of Sweden a Jonas Bjorkman. / a it was a strange match a courier said. A the made quite a few unforced errors. Its hard to say How in a hitting the Graf dropped her first set in three matches in a 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 win Over 76th-ranked Joannette Kruger of South Africa. Kruger whose two victories Here were her first Ever at a. Grand slam grinned broadly when her second set comeback Drew spirited applause from the court a a a a a a a a a a a. Also advancing was no. 12 seed Mary Pierce a resident of Florida representing France who crushed Lori Mcneil 6-0, 60. Pierce seemingly headed for a semifinal match with Graf has lost Only two games in three matches the Best showing of any player in the tournament. No. 7 seed Natalia Zvereva of Belarus beat Austria a Judith Wiesner 7-5, 7-5 in a second round match that has been suspended by darkness thursday. Sampras had not played Laarhuis before but was Way of the dutchman a record As a grand slam giant killer a with. Victories Over John Mcenroe Goran Ivanisevic and Boris Becker. A i did no to want to give him an oppor. Unity to get into his game and i did a pretty Good Job of that a Sampras said. A i did no to take him lightly by any Knick Center Patrick Ewing drives past the pacers Rik Smits in game 2 of Eastern finals thursday night. The knocks won 8978. Kicks break it open by Bill Barnard new York a defense and Patrick Ewing did it again for the new York kicks. Ewing made All four of his shots and scored 10 Points during an 18-2 second half Blitz that lifted the kicks to an 89-78 Victory thursday night and a 2-0 Lead Over Indiana in the Eastern conference finals y a. A it you look at All the Hustle plays i think the kicks came out ahead on every one of them a Indiana coach Larry Brown said. A a that a Why they be been so successful this year and the last couple of years a a they get every Loose Ball and they get every Long rebound and they make every Effort play. And we Haven to done that. The kicks looking for their first trip to the Aba finals since winning their second title in 1973, trailed by five late in the third Quarter before Ewing led the key burst that lasted nearly eight minutes. The run gave new York a 75-64 advantage with 7 47 left in the game and Aba playoffs the pacers got no closer than seven Points in the final minutes. Ewing who has 60 Points in the first two games of the Best-of-7 series finished with 32 Points and 13 rebounds and made his last seven shots for the kicks who travel to Indianapolis for the next two games saturday and monday. Reggie Miller scored 23 Points and Rik Smits 22 for the pacers making their first appearance past the first round of the Aba playoffs. They managed just 16 Points to the fourth Quarter As the kicks lowered their Points allowed average to 17.6 in the final period of their 13 playoff games. A a. A 7. Derek Harper scored 18 Points on 8-for-12 shooting and Charles Oakley finished with 17 Points for new York. Indiana got nine Points from Smits in a 22-14 spurt that turned a 43-40 deficit into a 62-57 advantage with 3 39 left in the third period. Ewing who also had nine in the Quarter then started and finished a 9-0 run with baskets As new York took a 66-62 Edge into the final 12 minutes. Harper scored 10 Points in the third period including two 3-pointers. The kicks who trailed 8-0 in the opener got a Good Start this time pulling ahead 10-2 As the pacers missed five of their first six shots. But Indiana closed to 25-21 at the end of the first period As Miller scored 10 Points on 4-for-7 shooting. A a. Smits who missed his first five shots then scored nine Points in an 18-6 run to Start the second Quarter giving the pacers a 39-31 Lead. New York missed 17 of its first 19 shots of the period but tied the score 40-40 at halftime by closing the Quarter with a 9-1 burst keyed by Greg Anthonys 3-Pointer with 53 seconds left. Both teams shot less than 40 percent from the Field in the half with the kicks 16 for 45 and the pacers 16 for 43. East Rutherford no. Chuck Daly announced his resignation thursday As head coach of the new Jersey nets. Daly will remain in the nets to a take on broadcasting Daly said he would also work As a Bali broadcaster for the Tbs game of the week next season. The 63-year-old Daly said that he would recommend that three of his assistants a Brendan Suhr Paul Silas and Rick Carlisle a be considered As a successor. The nets were 45-37 this past season under Daly and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the new York kicks. New Jersy was 43-39 in 1992-93, its first season under Daly. Daly was inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame earlier this month and reportedly was upset that no new Jersey players were in attendance at the induction ceremony. Daly has coached a total of 12 seasons with Cleveland Detroit and new Jersey posting a 564-379 record. A this is not a sad Day its a Happy Day a Daly said. A this was a proper time to remove myself from the for
