European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sampras sinks out of open by Bill Dwyre los Angeles times new York a in a real life drama played out not far off Broadway the in sin Cable Pete Sampras sagged and Sank Here tuesday in the . Open. The top seeded and ranked Sampras Winner of four of the last five grand slam events and 35 of his last 36 grand slam matches lost to the 23rd-ranked Jaime Yznaga of Peru. The five set match won by the 26-year-old Yznaga in 3 hours 38 minutes ended with Yznaga stepping up and cracking Sampras nigh kicking 94-Mph first serve with a backhand that zipped Cross court and cleanly past a charging Sampras. Just like that the 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 747-5 struggle was Over. A tournament that had appeared to be All ecstasy for Sampras had turned into nearly four hours of agony on the stadium court. He had Given All he had had carried on through the last four games purely on the Energy flowing from the crowd of 20,000 in the stands. And Yznaga had had More. A a a Quot said Sampras a i just hit the Wall  said Yznaga a i congratulate him because he never really gave up and obviously he Wasny to feeling Well. But that a what makes a Champion. He kept fighting until the  although three years younger than Yznaga Sampras was nowhere near As fit. Until the Start of this tournament he Hadnot played a competitive match since the Davis cup on july 17. He rested a left ankle that had developed Calcium deposits and his run through the Early rounds of the . Open had been As it turns out misleading a a in a just not in great shape now a he said a and i acknowledge the fact that Peru a Jaime Yznaga. Ousts no. 1 Pete Sampras in be taken five weeks off and not really played Many matches. At the end i just did no to have anything  ironically about the Only thing that did t break Down on Sampras body was the notorious left ankle. A i got blisters on my feet a my feet Are raw a he said. A everything is just sore. My whole  with the late afternoon shadows creeping longer Over the court Yznaga got up a service break in the fifth and ran that out to a 5-2 Lead. Sampras kept bending Over hands on Knees stealing every moment Between. Points for every breath of air he could Jund. But somehow with the wildly nationalistic american crowd frantically urging him on Sampras reached Back and held at 3-5, then battled Yznaga from the base Jine until the peruvian Clay court specialist finally missed a forehand inches Long for break Back and 4-5. Sampras held for 5-5, then Yznaga held to Send Sampras Back out to serve at 5-6. Sampras then sent a running Cross court forehand wide and Yznaga had match Point. Sampras sent his big kicker at Yea Gay a backhand and Yznaga answered with the shot heard a round the Tennis world. Sampras left the court quickly escorted by medical people. And after much speculation about stomach ailments and food poisoning two doctors met with the press followed closely by Sampras the diagnosis from Alt was simple and very in medical sounding Pete Sampras was dead tired. Sampras loss meant that for the Only the third time since the tournament began seeding players in 1927, Only three seeded men advanced to the quarterfinals. No. 4 Michael Stich of Germany completed the quarterfinal Field emerging As the top remaining seeded player in the Field when he beat no. 14 Yevgeny Kapelnikov of Russia 7-6 10-86-3,6-2. Stich will play Jonas Bjorkman of Sweden with the rest of the menus quarterfinals pitting Yznaga against Karel Novacek of the czech Republic Andre. Agassi against Thomas Muster of Austria and no the stars and strip sports september 8,1994 r Page 32 9 Todd Martin against Bernd Karba Cherof Germany. Agassi and Muster and Martin and Karbacher were to play wednesday. Bjorkman advanced by beating Joern Renzenbrink of Germany 3-6, 6-3,6-2,67 3-76-3, and Novacek advanced by beating Javier Frana of Argentina 6-3, 63,6-7 7-36-3. Steffi Graf trampled Amanda Roetzer 60, 6-2 wednesday in her dash into the worn ends semifinals. The top seeded German took Only 55 minutes to beat the Lith seeded South african. Graf will face no 7 Jana Novotna of the czech Republic who ousted no. 4 Mary Pierce 6-4, b-0. Wednesday update buckeyes Galloway suspended Columbus Ohio apr Joey Galloway a key receiver for Ohio state was suspended wednesday for the next two games for accepting Money from a financial planner. Baseball strike by the los Angeles times Gene Orza associate general counsel of the baseball players Union said tuesday it is a patently absurd to cancel the rest of the season including playoffs and world series As Early As Friday a tentative deadline set by acting commissioner Bud Selig if there is no bargaining agreement. A the idea that you  be playing on sept. 24 because the season was cancelled two weeks before that is ludicrous Quot Orza said on Day 26 of the players strike a the idea that you  play the world series because the season had been cancelled before it needed to be is  Orza said a settlement could be reached As late As sept 17, preserving enough of the season a a week of conditioning and a week of games a to make the playoffs and world series meaningful. He said the Union believes that Friday is a soft deadline at Best. A _ Selig said a i really think Friday is the appropriate termination Date but we would t be foolish about it if we were close to a Deal. Its just that we re not close and in a not optimistic that we will  in another development tuesday the Union filed a grievance with the National labor relations Board charging owners with unfair labor practice in refusing to make a $7,8-million pension and welfare payment due on aug. 1 from All Star Mairm receipts. Selig said the owners were no longer obligated because the pension agreement had expired. The matter could ultimately be decided by an administrative Law judge if the Norb agrees with the unions complaint. The truck stops Here Boise Hawks left fielder Kevin Young appears to be hit by a pickup coming out an Outfield Fence and in Boise Idaho tuesday. Young rolled Over while trying for a Long hit by a Yakima bears Batter. The Hawks won the opener of the class a Northwest league championship series 9-7 minor league standings on Page 27. 246850000504