European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sampras a Roll Bicker Ivanisevic Martin join defending Champion in semis by Stephen Wilson Wimbledon England a Pete Sampras playing nearly flawless grass court Tennis overwhelmed Michael. Chang in straight sets wednesday to reach the Wimbledon semifinals and move closer to his second consecutive title. With his serve and Motley game in High gear the top seeded Sampras looked unstoppable As he steamrolled the 10th-seeded Chang 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 in just one hour 51 minutes on Centre court. A there was a moment there where everything just really clicked,1 Sampras said a i did no to feel like i was in the a zone but i was getting there. Today a Tennis was pretty much flawless on my Side a three time Champion Boris Becker also a shed the semifinals in straight a sets winning the last 12 Points of the match to beat Christian Bergstrom of Sweden 76 7-56-4, 6-3, but he continued to generate controversy Over his alleged gamesmanship fourth seeded Goran Ivanisevic was another straight set Winner serving 29 aces in a 7-6 7-37-6 7-36-4 Triumph Over Guy forget. The Frenchman served 19 aces of his own in a match that had Only three service Breaks including the second by Ivanisevic to end the contest. Todd Martin the no 6 seed needed five sets to beat Wayne Ferreira 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 5-7, 7-5. It was Martins fourth five setter of the tournament Martin nearly gave away the match with double faults. He lost the fourth set after serving four double faults in the 11th game and was nearly undone by four More double faults in the final set. But Martin staved off three break Points and closed out the match by breaking Ferreira with a forehand return passing shot. A Sampras who still has not lost a set in the tournament firmly re established himself As the Strong favorite for the most prestigious title in Tennis. A my Tennis is getting better and better As the tournament goes on a he said. �?o1 feel if i play at my Best in a very Tough to  weaknesses asked if Sampras had any we Chang said a the can to Cook. A in a match that shaped up As the classic confrontation Between puncher and counter puncher it was Sampras who landed virtually ail the blows. Chang came into the match with a 6-5 Edge in career meetings with Sampras but this was the first time they played on grass. Sampras served Only eight aces but he won 77 percent of the Points on his serve never faced a break Point and dropped Only 17 Points on serve in the match. He a Only been broken once in the whole tournament. Sampras was take in to Deuce on his serve in Only two games. He averaged 114 Mph on his first serves with a top Speed ofl28mph. Chang managed to stay close in the first set but a single service break by Sampras in the fifth game was enough to Clinch it. Sampras lost just five Points on serve in the set which he closed out a the stars and stripes june 30,1994 Page 36 defending Champion Pete Sampras reaches for a shot in route to Victory wednesday. Fittingly a with an Ace. From then on Sampras was on a Roll. He broke to open the second set and broke again in the seventh game to win the set with a sharply angled forehand drop Volley. He lost Only two Points on serve in the set. In the third set Sampras broke Chang in the third game. After Chang saved two match Points in the ninth game Sampras ended the contest with a big serve followed by a forehand cutaway Volley. Sampras will face Martin in the semifinals and Becker will play Ivanisevic. While Becker won comfortably Over the unseeded Bergstrom he caused More controversy with his conduct. At set Point in the first set tiebreaker Becker held up his left hand after Bergstrom hit an overhead to signal he thought the Ball was Long Becker hit the Ball Back anyway but Bergstrom thanked an easy forehand Volley. The swede argued he was distracted by Beckers gesture but the chair Umpire let the Point stand. Bergstrom also grew annoyed at Beckers slow Pace Between Points. At one stage the swede sat on his Racket As he wanted for Becker to serve. On tuesday after losing to Becker in the quarterfinals Andrei Medvedev accused the German of a a cheating by interrupting him just As he was about to serve. Date on july 4th by Ronald Blum Mission Viejo Calif. A the waiting ended for the United states tuesday when it mowed into the second round of the world cup for the first time since 1930. Now the americans say they re psyched to play tournament favorite Brazil on monday at Stanford stadium. A a there a nothing better,1�?� Paul Caligiuri said. A nothing you imagine could be better than playing Brazil on the fourth of july a fans with american flags showed up at the . Training form co Camp tuesday to Avo flu up watch practice 1 1c a Flunder the late Day Sun. Players were a a a a a a a a a a relaxed with easy smiles As they a \ i talked about w achieving their goal of reaching the second round. Id thai. A a we re stepping into a place we Haven to been for a Long  Captain Tony Meola said. A a in be been Here for seven years. Before we started we weren to ranked in the top 100 seven years later we re in the final 16. In a very  advancing did no to require any Effort for the americans who wasted a Chance to Clinch sunday when they lost to Romania 1-0. Instead of practising tuesday morning players remained at the Dana Point resort and watched Italy tie Mexico i a. That combined with Ireland a scoreless tie w Ith n o Way cd i Che d the Bert h. If the morning results had gone against them the americans would have focused on the afternoon game Between Russia and Cameroon which would have been the next Chance for the americans to Clinch. A if that group had failed a million things would have run through our minds a Meola said. A a everybody Stalcu a Lator already had failed a after coach Bora Milutinovic cancelled morning practice players watched the Italy Mexico game together in one re pm when the Ireland Norway game ended first ensuring . Advancement players let out a big cheer thrust their arms in. A a a 1 _ i Lea Ivy Vul u u vol vol % a a a j the air and started singing a role Ole Ole Ole a a traditional soccer song. Russia a led by an amazing scoring display from Oleg Salenko whose five goals set a world cup record a rescued the italians by beating Cameroon 6-1-that pushed Italy a pre tournament favorite into the second round