European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 23,1994 i sports the stars and stripes Page 29 Becker roars through Volvo Field by the associated press new Haven Conn. Boris Becke booming just in time for the . Pen the three time Wimbledon Champion and former no 1 player was True to his did form Over the weekend sweeping through the Volvo International for a title he said was the most decisive in his Emory. To Tell you the truth Over the whole Eek none of my opponents have reached six games in a set / Becker j pro Tennis said after sunday s final. In All of my 41 titles i Don t remember it happening  Becker the third seed finished with a 6-3, 7-5 win Over seventh seeded Marc Rosset for the $152,000 first prize. R i really had a dream week Here. Too bad we Only had two Days of Good Sun Shine he said referring to the three straight Days of rain disruptions. I it was Becker s 41st career title an third this year. He also won at Milan in february and captured the los Angele open earlier this month Becker ranked eighth in the world bythe at would have moved up to no. 7 regardless of the outcome. The win improved his match record on hard courts to 11-4 this year and 11-1 since Wimbledon. He said the mental and physical sides of his game have improved steadily since the beginning of the year and he s seeing the Ball better than Ever. I started off Good Early in the Yea Rand got better every month thinking i clearer and More physically fit he said. And now this is the Best i played All  i he did t want to talk about his chances in next week s . Open a title i he captured in 1989. The Volvo Tournai ment is played on the same dec turf ii surface As the . Open. I that s still seven Tough matches away and i really Don t want to talk about it beforehand he said. I d rather just talk about  in the doubles final two time Wimble Don finalists Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith the top seeded team in the tournament and ranked no. 2 in the world beat second seeded and third ranked Jacco Entingh and Paul Laarhuis 6-4,7-6. Spain s Arantha Sanchez Vicario serves to Steffi Graf in matinee final sunday. The winners get the no. 1 ranking. Becker cruised through All of his five tournament matches in straight sets. He beat Roger Smith no. 13 seed Andre Chesnokov no. 11 Mulivai Washington and top seeded Michael Stich to get to the final. Top seed Graf loses Montreal second seeded a Anta Sanchez Vicario withstood four rain delays and four match Points to Winthe matinee International women s ten Nis championship sunday beating top seeded Steffi Graf 7-5,1-6,7-6 7-4. The Victory was Worth $150,000 to san Chez Vicario a spaniard who is second to Graf in the world rankings. Graf who has seven tournament Victo Ries in 11 appearances earned $60,000. It was grass first loss on hard courts this season after winning 32 consecutive matches on that  Vicario won the renamed Ca Nadian open for the second time. She also won it in 1992, the last time it was played in Montreal. The four rain delays lasted a combined 5 hours the first a 90-minute delay be fore the match began. Graf lost the first set after being Bro Ken in the Lith game but came Back strongly to break Sanchez Vicario three times in the second set in a Vintage Dis play of hard hitting from the Baseline. Graf who has a 24-7 career mar against Sanchez Vicario was on the verge of another Victory in the 10th game of the third set. She led 5-4, 40-15, Only to have Sanchez Vicario stave off four match Points. I be had two match Points against me but never four Sancnez Vicario said Steffi had two match Points against meat Hamburg and i came Back to  that was on a Clay surface and was the Only time in four meetings that Sanchez Vicario had Defeated Graf. I knew today was the same situations Hamburg Sanchez Vicario said. "1 just thought i had to keep fighting be aggressive and everything can turn around. I took my chances and i won.". The players held serve in the last two games to Force a tiebreaker in which Sanchez Vicario maintained the poise she had displayed throughout the match. Graf bothered by a sore Back off Andon in the last year had the injury flare up at the end of the first game in the second set. She stretched out on the sidelines and went Back on the court wearing Corset like Brace on her Back. Graf refused to use her Back injury Asan excuse saying the rain delays actually helped. She said she Hopes the Rackwon t Hurt her in the upcoming , open. I m going to take the next couple of Days off do lots of physiotherapy and just rest Graf said. Hopefully it will define for the  after rain interrupted play following the third game of the second set Graf spent the 3/4-hour delay getting ice and ultrasound treatment Ferreyra romps Indianapolis seventh seeded Wayne Ferreira had to wait More than seven hours because of rain during semifinal match but needed Only 59 min utes to beat Olivier Delaitre 6-2, 6-1 forthe Ria championship. In the doubles championship mar Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge beat Jim Grabb and Richey Reneberg 6-3,6-4. Williamsport nabs baseball spotlight Williamsport a. A base Ball hungry fans turn their attention Tomilu Asport this week for the Little league world series where the unite states can win a third consecutive title for the first time since 1966. Long Beach calif., which won the last two titles in t Back after losing two games in its state tournament.  calif., is in the eight team Field and was to open play monday nigh against Brooklyn Center Minn. 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