European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sports Friday september 23,1994 rain Davis cup be Mim Goteborg Sweden a Stefan Edberg returning to the City where he made his Davis cup debut 10 years ago will play Todd Martin in today opening singles As Sweden takes on a favored United states team in the world group semifinals. Pete Sampras the world Stop ranked player who also is coming off a a disappointing . Open faces swedish Sec Ond Stringer Magnus Larsson in the other opening Day singles of the Best-of-5 match series. For me it s an Opportunity Roget Back and play Good Tennis again. Obviously the . Open was t great for me this year Edberg said after thursday s draw at the . Edberg won the . Open in1991 act 92, but made an Early exit in the final grand slam tournament of the year. The swedes picked Tarr Aflex a fast carpet for this weekend semifinal and it suits the swedes Well. Sampras and Martin also Strong serve and Volley players like it too. Fortunately the court Here i fast but i m not really going to get into a lot of Long rallies this weekend because i m not in great shape Sampras said. Sampras won eight tournaments this year including the australian open and Wimble do but he was bothered badly by tendinitis in his Aikle Al summer and was sidelined for six weeks. That Hurt his chances in the . Open where the de fending Champion lost in the fourth round to Peru s Jaimey Zaga. ./."., Sampras first told . Cap Tain Tom Gullikson that he would t be available for the Davis cup semifinal. \ a few Days after his loss to Yznaga Sampras changed his mind and Gullikson got the phone Call he was waiting for. I went Home after the Operand did t pick up a Racket for quite some time Sampras re called. But i was still doing the Bike and lifting weights. I thought about it for a couple of Days and really got the urge to play. I m just going to try and Fin ish the year really Strong and i could t find a better Way to get motivated Back into it than play ing Davis cup he said. That is important to me and i m Gladi m the americans arrived Sun Day arid have been practising every Day for two or three hours. Martin who s had an Excel Lent grand slam season making the finals in Australia and the semis at Wimbledon and the . Open made his Davis cup debut in this year s opening round 5-0 Victory Over India. Obviously we re going to be tested much More Here said Martin who s ranked sixth in the world. I d like to make an other sort of debut Here with some Good Tennis because Idin t feel like i played that Well in Martin is 3-1 lifetime against Edberg including victories in the semifinals of the australian open and the quarterfinals at Queens a Wimbledon tuneup this year. Jonathan Stark will make his Davis cup debut in saturday s doubles with Jared Palmer against swedes Jan apell and Bjorkman. Ranked sixth in the world the sides have been playing Well this year. They won both Davis cup doubles reached the French open final but lost inthe first round of the . Open. The reverse singles will replayed on sunday. Apm Todd Martin. Another sort of debut the americans beat the Netherlands in the quarterfinals and this will be their third straight Road match but behave been Road warriors All year and we like playing away fro Home Gullikson said the United states leads j5we-Den in 6-1 Davis cup play. Defending Champion Ger Many hosts Russia in the other semifinal this weekend. Tennis pays prep Grid standings schedules -. -. ". Respects to Geru Lautus Oyster Bay , a Tennis greats gathered this morning for the funeral of Vitas Gerulaitis a ceremony that turned into an emotional Odys sey of mirth sorrow and Mem " pry. V. Forty years was not Long enough for Vitas to live but it was enough to leave a lasting impression on All of us Jimmy Connors told the congregation. Life is for the living and Vitas gave us examples on How to do it. Visas was my Friend Connors said from the lectern. I loved him and i la miss then he began to sob. But it was t entirely solemn broadcaster Mary Carillo brought Down the House with stories from Gerulaitis life and career others made fun of Gerulaitis admittedly ices than great second serve. In Southampton meanwhile authorities said proper inspection might have revealed the heating system flaw in the cot Tage where Gerulaitis died. Jon Foster the Southampton Village building inspector said wednesday that the Bungalow where the retired Tennis Star was poisoned by Carbon monoxide should have had an occupancy permit. But the inspector said no one had applied for one. An inspection is required for such a document Foster said and an inspector might have Dis covered the problem in the heating systems on the property investigators suspect a Mal function in one of the systems used to heat the Pool was the source of the lethal Gas that leaked into the cottage bed room killing Gerulaitis. His body was found sunday afternoon. How they stand division i conference w it Pis of wet All Gaines Frankfurt ,., .,.,.0 0 0 .0 0 Ramstein. .,v.0 do 0 o Heidelberg 000 00 Wurzburg 000 00 Kaiserslautern. 000 0 0 division i a. Conference w l t pts of .bitburg., .0 000 0 is. ,. 0 0 0 00 Hanau. \ 000 0 0 Mannheim. ,.000 0 0 Wiosbden-.," 0 000 0 division la conference. 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