European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                N a v Rati i ova leads american charge a a. A w a a by Stephen Wilson Wimbledon England of a Martina Navratilova pursuing a 10th title in her 22nd and final Wimbledon appearance stormed Back after losing the first set tuesday to beat Jana Novotna and reach the semifinals. The fourth seeded Navratilova ran off nine straight games after the first set in route to a 5-7, 6-0, 6-1 Victory Over no 5 Novotna the woman who beat her in straight sets in the semifinals last year. Unseeded Lori Mcneil and Gigi Fernandez also advanced but the possibility of four americans reaching the semifinals was thwarted when Lindsay Daven Kort lost in three sets to Spain s Conchita Martinez. See Pago 33 for earlier commentary on Davenport the 18-year-od Davenport saved a match Point at 2-5 in the second set and won a tiebreaker to Force a third set but the third seeded Martinez regained command to Complete a 6-2, 6-7 7-46-3 Victory. On the hottest Day of the tournament with temperatures reaching 105 degrees on Centre court Mcneil reached the semifinals for the first time by beating Larisa Niland 6-3, 6-4. Fernandez known More As a doubles specialist overcame a thigh injury to beat Zina Garrison Jackson 6-4, 6-4. Fernandez had her left thigh strapped by a Trainer near the end of the second set and although she was clearly in pain managed to close out the match. In thursday s semifinals Navratilova will play Fernandez and Martinez will face Mcneil in menus play three time Champion Boris Becker reached the quarterfinals by winning the fifth set of a suspended match against Andrei Medvedev Novotna seemed in command after she saved a set Point in the ninth game of the first set with an Ace broke Navratilova for a 6-5 Lead and then served out the set in the next game. But the 37-year-old Navratilova dominated the rest of the Way a serving and. Volleying with authority hitting Superb serve returns and keeping the charging Novotna at Bay with passing shots. Navratilova was up 3-0 in the final set before Novotna finally held serve for 3-1. Novotna had four break Points in the next game but Navratilova saved each one and held. A that was huge a Navratilova said. A a we could still be out there if i Hadnot won that game.�?�. On match Point Navratilova won in typical fashion a following her serve to net punching a forehand Volley then ending the contest with a backhand Volley into the Corner. A she started to return so Well there was nothing i could do a Novotna said. A she was just playing really really Well much better than she did against me last year. Martina believes More in herself than last year. In a sure she can win the tide a. A. Its the 16th time in her career that Navratilova has reached the Wimbledon semifinals. After her Victory British bookmakers installed her As the 10-11 favorite for the title. Mcneil playing a classic serve and vol Lcy game reached the semifinals of a grand slam tournament for Only the second time in her career. She got to the semis at the . Open in 1987, a a in a not surprised a said the 30-Ycar-old Houston native who upset top seeded Steffi Graf in the first round a i fought very hard. Its a great feeling it represents a lot of hard work for  five of the women s Quarter finalist were from the United states Navratill the stars and stripes june 29, 1994 Page 36 a Davenport Mcneil Garrison Jackson and Fernandez. That a the Best . Showing since 1985, when six americans made it to the quarters. Except for Davenport the americans Are All in their 30s. A its the first time in Wimbledon history that the top two women s seeds failed to reach the quarters. The 1981 . Open was the last grand slam tournament where neither the no. 1 or no. 2 seed played in the final. The menus quarterfinals Are set for wednesday Pete Sampras is Michael Chang Todd Martin is Wayne Ferreira Goran Ivanisevic is. Guy forget and Becker is. Christian Bergstrom of Sweden the seventh seeded Becker completed a 6-7 7-57-5, 7-6 7-36-7 7-37-5 Victory Over no 9 Medvedev. The match had been suspended by darkness monday night at 1,-1 in the fifth set. Becker went Down a break at 2-4, 0-30, but came Back and broke for the match in the 12th game. Koreans scare Germany before bowing out world cup Usa 94 by Jaime Aron Dallas apr South Korea had been Here before in the Cotton bowl Down by a seemingly insurmountable margin to an opponent supposedly far better than they. But this time they weren to playing Spain. This opponent was Germany the defending world cup champions who simply done to blow leads especially not ones As big As three goals and never in a match with this much at stake. Yet the South koreans came roaring Back and looking Crisp hungry for More. Their dream May have fallen Short 3-2, but the germans were the ones tuft explaining what went wrong. A there was a Lack of concentration a Star Forward Juergen Klins a Mann said of Germany a second half collapse. A we were not men tally fresh and it was hard for us to pick up  with its Victory Germany guar anted it will play july 2 at Chicago. By eliminating South Korea it also assured the United states a if it advances a of playing at Stanford calif., in the second round against Brazil or Sweden. Spain which beat Bolivia 3-1 in Chicago in the Only other game monday also advanced As it finished second behind Germany in group c with five Points see world cup standings on Page 31. Down 3-0, the South koreans could have Given up after Germany a nearly flawless first half sparked by a goal by Karlheinz Riedle and two from Klinsmann including one of the Best thus far in the tournament. With the on Field temperature climbing near 120 degrees in the second half the germans began wilting while the will conditioned koreans had plenty of Pep. In the 52nd minute Jung bae Park outran the defense and fed Hwang Sun Hong near the lop left Corner of the penalty Box. When goalkeeper Bodo illgner charged Sun Hong flipped the Ball into the net. One measly goal. No problem. That Sall Germany had allowed in the world cup since the title game of the 1986 tournament when they lost 3-2 to Argentina.  Germany s 1 Homes incr hold jumps Over South koreans Cho Jinho at he Cotton bowl monday. Germany non 3-2. A South Korea nearly broke through from close Range several limes. Then they tried a new strategy a the Long blast. Hong Myung boys Boom snuck past illgner and suddenly it was 3-2. Anyone among the sellout crowd of 63,998 who remembered South koreans stunning comeback from a 20 deficit to tie Spain in the final minute of their first round game in Dallas on june 17 was acutely an Are of Hal was happening. The germans knew too and illgner simply did no to let it happen. Forced to be the last line of defense far too often he answered repeated challenges by coming out of the net and sliding up on attackers staying Back to swat shots and diving alongside the goal line. Despite its valiant Effort South Korea became the third team eliminated. It leaves the world cup still searching for its first Victory in three tournaments. V a i i a it \ % 0 246850 000504wr