European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 30 the stars and stripes sports monday september 5, 1994 baselines continue to Prosper a ,. Open by Steve Wilstein a Tennis writer new York they were the perfect antidote to slam bang Tennis Andre Agassi winning in three Sweet sets and Michael Chang in just one and a half with each showing Why baselines Are dominating this year s . Open the Way they played saturday Agassi and Chang looked As if they were Sharp ening up for the final. Too bad one must bump off the other in the round of 16. Agassi beat the tougher opponent no. 12 Wayne Ferreira 7-5, 6-1, 7-5, and he did it in thoroughly convincing Fash Ion. Ferreira was so frustrated he was reduced to fits of Racket throwing. Chang was equally in command of mismatch but got away in half the time when Jim Grabb retired with an aggravated shoulder injury while trailing 6-1, 4-1. Chang played his Best Tennis so far serv ing like a bigger Man and chasing Down almost everything. It is no coincidence that Agassi an Chang Are playing so Well. So too Are other baselines like no. 3 Sergi bruguera who beat big Marc Goellner 1-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 pm 6-1, and no. 13 Thomas Muster who beat Thomas Enquist 6-0,6-4, 6-2. Richey Reneberg an unseeded Baseline who upset Boris Becker in the first round reached the fourth round with a 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 7-46-2 Victory Over Richard Fromberg. No. 9 Todd Martin a classic serve and volleyed struggled through five sets in the first round. He s stayed Back More eve since and on saturday night he approached the net about half As often Spatrick Rafter in beating him 7-5,6-3,6-7 7-3 ,6-2.-."  r -. Andre Agassi Downs Wayne Ferreira on saturday in route to a Date with Michael Chang. The same pattern has developed on the women s Side. Defending Champion Steffi Graf is coming in Only on Short balls and she saw a lot of those As she put away 23 of 24 net approaches in a 6 2,6-3 Victory Over Radka Bobkova. No. 4 Mary Pierce a Baseline resident beat Judith wiesner6-2,6-4. No 6 Lindsay Davenport tried Rushing the net but was too slow and got caught out of position too often As she converted Only 22 of 33 approaches in a 6-3, 7-6 7-1 loss to no. 44-ranked Mana Endo. No. 7 Jana Novotna who charges Tenet at Wimbledon mostly stayed Back to beat Patricia by 6-1, 6-2. The same was True of no. 11 Amanda Roetzer who beat Mariaan de Swart 6-1, 6-3, and nos Galena male Eva who beat Shaun Stafford 6-3,7-6 7-3. The hard courts and slightly fuzzier balls Are a Little slower this year creating a Nice balance Between the Speed of Wimbledon s grass and the Rusty Dusty rallies of the French open s Clay. If you take the atmosphere out of it and some of the noise and some of the hecklers this is certainly the fairest court because you can serve and Volley unlike on Clay but you can stay Back Marti said it gives everybody an equal shot at winning the tournament. If you hit a Good Volley then it is Good Volley. If you Don t hit a Good Volley then you re going to pay for it  Chat s the Way Tennis should  even serve and vol Leyers like defend ing Champion Pete Sampras Are taking notice staying Back More instead of Rush ing in As they always do at Wimbledon. Agassi unseeded with a no. 20 rank ing is thriving Here so far though getting past Chang won t be easy. Michael is playing some great Tennis and i am definitely going to have my hands full against him Agassi said. But when Iam hitting the Ball Well concentrating this Well i like my chances against anybody. I was t scared to take chances at the right time against Ferreira. I m using All parts of my game right now. That s when m playing my Best Tennis when i m using the angles and the  Chang won t take Agassi for granted but is feeling pretty confident himself after boosting the Power in his game with upper body work and practice on his serve. Getting off easy against grabbed in Hurt. Sometimes if you play a five set match it can really take its toll on you physically Chang said. Store closing advisory a i in i Akk f the following stores will close at noon on wednesday 7 september Adana Turkey Moron Spain Rota Spain Simonella i Simonella 1 Aviano Italy Gar much Germany Naples Italy bad ambling Ger Rome Italy. Vicenza Italy Livorno Italy Illesh Cim Ger Berchtesgaden Gen Bonn Ger remember. You can still save 40-75% on a Good selection of books up to the very last minute stars and stripes arc makes conferences pleasure for a pleasurable and successful conference arc Garmisch or Berchtesgaden offer you a an efficient enthusiastic conference staff. A full line of technical equipment. The incomparable Beauty of the bavarian Alps. A varied selection of English speaking Tours. A Large Range of recreation programs for your free time. To schedule a Date for your next conference at arc Call the conference coordinator Garmisch Berchtesgaden Dan 4402-462 4415-623/823 Civ. 08821-790300 08652-61057