European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                In by Stephen Wilson Wimbledon England a the serves were overpowering the rallies Short and the exciting moments few. But even if the Tennis might have been tedious Pete Sampras was clearly the Best player in the world sunday As he beat Goran Ivanisevic in straight sets to win his second straight Wimbledon title. A the Euy was just too Good a Ivanisevic said. A the played unbelievable. He  play better. He a just too Good at the  in a match that featured 42 aces and Only three service Breaks Sampras overcame Ivanisevic s bludgeoning serves to Post a 76 727-6 7-5 60 Victory for his fifth grand slam championship. The match was dominated by big serving from both players a with Ivanisevic hitting 25 aces including 16 in the first set and Sampras 17. There were few rallies of More than three shots and none of More than six. / _ but it was Sampras who had a better All around game and played his Best at the crucial moments. A i really  play any better than today a he said. A a returned As Well As j could return. I served As Well As i have All the past two  Sampras the no. 1 seed and worlds top ranked player became the first Man to win two straight Wimbledon crowns since Boris Becker in 1985-86, a the first one is something you la never forget and maybe the second is just a Little bit sweeter he said. Sampras 22, has now won four of the last five grand slam tournaments with last months French open the Only major event to elude him. The stars and stripes ports july 4/5,1994 Page 48 Sampras put on a commanding display of serving volleying and returning. He never lost serve and faced Only two break Points the whole match while capitalizing on three of 11 break Points against Ivanisevic the match lasted 1 hour 55 minutes a four minutes Shorter than saturdays women a final won by Conchita Martinez Over Martina Navratilova in three sets. Temperatures on Centre court sunday reach a 116 degrees one of the hottest Days Ever at Wimbledon. There were no service Breaks in the first set two sets but Sampras dominated both tiebreakers. Sampras took Complete command in the third set after getting the first service break of the match in the second game. While Sampras got stronger Ivanisevic appeared to fold under the immense pressure from his opponents serves and returns. When Sampras broke again for a 4-0 Lead he dropped into a Crouch pumped his fists and let out a yell. Ivanisevic lost his Cool for the first time muttering to Himsel f out loud in croatian. Ifft a a.  of a v or v a Pete Sampras smashes one of his 17 aces against Coran Ivanisevic in sundays finale Sampras held easily for 5-0 and broke again to end the match. On match Point Sampras hit a Low backhand serve return which forced Ivanisevic into a forehand Volley error. Sampras earned 5517,500, while Ivanisevic got 5258,750. The australian duo of Todd Wood Bridge and Mark Woodforde and the  pair of Gigi Fernandez and Natalia Zvereva both successfully defended their titles in the Wimbledon doubles. Woodbridge and Woodforde the fifth seeded pair beat the second seeded team of Grant Connell of Canada and Patrick Galbraith of the United states 7-t 6 7-36-3, 6-1 in the menus final. The aussies Victory was a repeat of last year Quot when they also beat Connell and Galbraith in straight sets. Fernandez and Zvereva the women Stop seeds Defeated no. 2 seeds Jana Novotna of the czech Republic and Arantha Sanchez Vicario of Spain 6-4, 6-1 to win their third straight Wimbledon  re warming up for   by John Flinn a san Francisco examiner Stanford Calif. A the Conga Drums arc already banging. Flags banners and godly hats arc being gathered. The first swatches of Day Glo paint Are being applied to expectant faces. A and in living rooms across the nation millions of people Are making plans to spend fourth of july doing in u something that once seemed Al world cud most in american watching a soccer game on television. When the . Team takes the Field Here monday against Brazil in the second round of the world cup Many americans will find themselves caught up for the first time in the maelstrom of passion. And pageantry surrounding the. Worlds most popular sport. A a it a not overstating it to say this is the biggest soccer match Ever played in the United states a said world cup spokesman Rick Laplante a and if the . Somehow wins it will change the course of sports in this country Quot. With 86,018 tickets sold a Many a year in Advance a the crowd for the  soccer match will be larger than Lor the 1985 super bowl Between the san Francisco 49ers and Miami dolphins it Drew 84,059 to Stanford stadium. All the crowd wont be inside the Arena. Cup officials expect thousands to gather outside to watch the game on portable televisions drink dance the Samba and soak up the Mardis Grash . Cup officials arc promising a Little something extra for Independence Day. A a in a going to try and add some Pizazz to it because it is the fourth of july a said Peter Bridgwater the British born venue director. A we done to know yet. Maybe a Fly Over some fireworks a big . Flag a few things we re not supposed to  for Security reasons officials Are mum about vips who might be coming to the match. The president of Brazil was in the stands for earlier matches. So were Pele and Rod Stewart. There were rumours that president Clinton or vice president a1 Gore might show up but the White House says there Are no plans for either to attend. However president Clinton telephoned members of the United states soccer team during dinner saturday night wishing them Well against Brazil on monday and inviting them to the White House. Clinton calling from Camp David said he would be watching the game a the first second round appear Ance for the United states in the world cup since 1930 a with his wife Hillary and daughter Chelsea. A a we re silting Here on pins and Needles and pulling for you a Clinton  update world cup Dallas apr rennet Andersson scored twice and Martin Dahl Iii added a third goal As Sweden advanced to the world cup semifinals with a 3-1 Victory Over saudi Arabia sunday. The Victory sends Sweden against the Winner of monday nights Mexico Argentina game sunday at Stanford. Fahad Al a Schyan scored the saudi Arabia goal in the 85lit  Langer triumphs Kilkenny Ireland apr Bernhard Langer won his third Irish open sunday giving him at least one european event Victory every year since 1978. His final round 67 overhauled Robert Allenby the 3-stroke Leader after three rounds Lunger finished at 13-under-Par 275, one stroke ahead of the 22-year-old australian and John Daly. 0 i 246850 005