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Lendl wins third straight U.S. Open Navratilova becomes triple winner at Open
No.1 seed overcomes illness and beats Wilander in marathon match
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — For years Ivan Lendl couldn't win the U.S. Open. Now he can't lose to it.
Lendl's bid for a third straight Open title appeared on the Wilhelms yesterday after he lost the first.
Lendl, a 27-year-old Czech who lives in Greenwich, Conn. lost three straight Open finals from 1962-84 before starting his winning streak in 1965 with a victory over John McEnroe.
It was the first set Lendl had lost in the tournament. Worse, he was suffering from the flu and facing a player who specializes in long, tiring baseline rallies.
"It's something I never dream of," Lendl said. "It's unbelievable. If somebody told me three years ago, when I had lost my third straight final, I wouldn't have believed it. I would have said that person was crazy."
But Lendl rallied to beat the 23-year-old Swede 6-7 (7-9), 6-0, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 in a 4-hour, 47-minute match at the National Tennis Center.
Lendl, who has also won three French Open titles, said his illness drained him during the match.
"I was out of juice for the last 3½ sets," he said.
"It was strength of mind and a little bit of luck. In this kind of match, there's such little difference between the players."
between the players.
Lendl thrust his fists upward in joy and covered
his face with his hands after closing out the matel with a backhand service return down the line. Both players had held serve in the final set until the 10th game.
ginner Lendl and McEnroe are the only men to win three consecutive U.S. singles titles in this Open era.
Wilander, who has won two French and two Australian Open titles, was in his first U.S. Open final.
"I was surprised to be in the final," he said. "But after the way I played in the tournament, I thought I could win it."
It was Lendal's second victory over Wilander this year in a Grand Slam final, with the first coming on the slow red clay at the French Open. The U.S. Open is played on hardcourts, a faster surface
Open a player or a backcourt. Wilander, a classic baseliner, said he tried to be aggressive against Lendl, who has a more varied attack.
1. was the one who was attacking. "Wilander said, 'But you can't do it all the time. I can't attack any more for my style. I don't have that good a volley and he passes so well."
The match, postponed Sunday because of rain,
started under sunny skies at 2:11 p.m. EDT. When it ended at 6:58 p.m., the sun had set and the stadium lights were on.
Wilander, who was more emotional than usual during the match, won the first-set tiebreaker
after saving one set point with a forehand passing shot.
That broke Lendl's 25-set winning streak at the Open. He hadn't lost a set at the Open since losing the third set in his quarterfinal victory over Henri Leconte last year.
The set, which lasted $1\frac{1}{2}$ hours, ended when Lendl hit a forehand that landed inches wide of the sideline. Lendl argued briefly with chair umpire Richard Kaufman, who declined to overrule the line official's call.
Wilander broke Lendl in the fifth game of the first set when he ran down a Lendl drop shot and hit a handfire cross-court winner. But Lendl broke back in the eighth game to even the set at 4-4 and both players held serve to force the tiebreaker.
The last player to win the U.S. men's titles title without losing a set was Neale Fraser in 1960, eight years before the tournament was opened to professionals.
Trailing for the first time in the tournament, Lendl began to attack more at the net and stormed back to even the match in 28 minutes. Wilander won only five points in the entire set, including one off Lendl's serve.
In the third set, both players reverted to long baseline rallies and neither could hold his serve in the first four games. Lendl broke again in the fifth game, but lead, but Wilander broke back in the next game.
NEW YORK - Martina Navratilova became the first triple winner at a Grand Slam event in 14 years yesterday and also passed the $1 million mark in career earnings at the U.S. Open.
The Associated Press
Navratilova added the women's doubles and mixed doubles championships to her singles crown.
She teamed with longtime partner Pam Shriver for a 5-7, 6-4 2-victory over Kathy Jordan and Elizabeth Schrader as the losers led 4-1 in the second set.
She then won the third title at this tournament by teaming with Emilio Sanchez for a 6-4, 6-7, 7-6 victory over Betsy Nagelson and Paul Anacone in mixed doubles.
The last triple winner at a Grand Slam event was Billie Jean King, at Wimbledon in 1973. Margaret Court was the last triple winner at the Open, in 1970.
"It was about as nerve-wracking as it can get," Navratilova said after she and Sanchez saved two match points and wasted six. Her smash down the middle of the court clinched the victory. Then, she leaped in the
air and hugged her Spanish partner. "I've been so close so many times," she said. "At the end, I was thinking, 'If it happens, it happens. Maybe I'm not destined to win the triple.'"
"I looked at the draw and said we should win both doubles. I was most uncertain about the singles, but I thought I had a good chance to win."
She beat Steffi Graf, seeded No. 1 to her No. 2 ranking, 7-6, 6-1 for the singles title on Saturday.
Navratilova's earnings in her 15 Open appearances total $1.135 million. She has won four singles titles, two doubles and two mixed doubles championships.
The 30-year-old won $250,000 for her 1987 singles championship, the 1989 team competing with Shriver for their 18th Grand Prix double titles, and $13,000 with Sanchez.
"Once you are in the final at a Grand Slam, it's easy to keep your energy up," she said of the Open tournament. "You have to do it through the tournament."
"I learned a lesson not to take the other two events seriously enough to bother me in singles."
KU volleyball seeks NU's success rate
By ROBERT WHITMAN
Staff writer
The University of Nebraska doesn't have a volleyball program that Kansas coach Frankie Albitz wants to copy.
Albiz just wants to copy the Cornhuskers' success. A major aspect of that success is a strong showing in the Big Eight Conference.
The Jayhawks, 4-2, will have a chance to carve out a part of Nebraska's success for themselves at 7:30 tonight when the two teams meet at Allen Field House for a dual match.
Nebraska, 6-0, is ranked seventh in the nation, according to the latest American Voleball Coach Association poll. The poll gathers the votes of 50 volleyball coaches scattered throughout the country.
The Cornhuskers have also won all 11 Big Eight championships in volleyball and were 10-0 in the conference's regular season last year.
"I don't want to emulate anybody. I just want a strong program," Albizt said. "I just need time to recruit. They recruit some pretty good athletes."
Nebraska returns three starters from last year's team, but it lost three seniors who were All-America players, including Karen Dahglern, the Big Eight Player-of-the-Year and Broderick Award winner, which is given to the country's best player.
Kansas outside hitter Judy Desch said that she thought the Jayhawks might have a chance to beat Nebraska this year.
"We beat them in the spring tournament without those three girls," Desch said.
Desch said that the Cornhuskers should have some heavy hitters to test the Kansas defense, such as 5-11 senior Kathi DeBoer.
DeBoer leads the Big Eight with an average of 5.41 kills a game. In the Nebraska-Mizuno tournament over the weekend, DeBoer had 66 kills in three matches, including 25 against Penn State, which set a school record for Nebraska.
The Jayhawks counter the Nebraska hitter with a strong defense. Kansas has the third, fourth and fifth best players in digs per game in the conference with Shannon Ridgeway, Monica Spencer and Jodi Oelschlager.
Chip Budde, Lawrence freshman, watches a scrimmage from the sidelines. Budde was red-shirted last year but is now the starting center for the Kansas football team.
Redshirt year benefits Kansas center Budde
By CRAIG ANDERSON Staff writer
Not playing football last year turned out to be a good experience for Kansas starting center Chip Budde, a redshirt freshman.
Budde said the redshirt year helped him get physically stronger and helped him learn the Kansas offensive system better. He said Kansas' starting center last year, Paul Oswald, was a great role model for him. Oswald, an 11th round draft pick, now plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League.
"Paul had kind of a quiet personality, but he was always there to help me when I needed it," he said. "He was a great player last year. I want to emulate some of the things that he did."
Kansas offensive line coach Jan
Quarless agreed that the redshirt
year helped the 6-foot-2, 260-pound
Buddle.
"It it helped him immensely," he said. "Mentally, it helped him as much as physically because he was able to become acquainted with our system."
When Budde signed a letter of intent with the Jayhawks as a Lawrence high school senior, he weighed 230 pounds. Quarless said Budde's adding 30 pounds since he was a testimony to his work habits.
Budde said he wanted to add about nine more pounds this season to get to his best playweight. He said with his height he didn't feel like he would need much more weight than that.
"I want to be smaller than the noseguards I play against," he said, "I don't size that is important being thin and hard. Hard work and technique are."
After watching Oswald perform last season, Budde said the big turning point in his own young career came when a replacement had to be found for the graduating senior Oswald during the Jayhawks' spring practice. During the spring drills, Budde, still in his first year, had to assume a leadership role in the offensive line. He said being put into a position of being a leader and not so much a learner, as he had been before, made him feel more comfortable.
weren 'always practicing because of injuries,' Budde said. "Then Bryan (Howard) and Jay (Allen) went down with injuries. Suddenly, I was the only projected starter still practicing. I enjoyed the little leadership responsibilities I had."
Budde said the closeness of the offensive line made him feel good about his role on the team. He said the veterans always accepted the younger players and tried to make them comfortable.
"Jim (Davis) and Bob (Pieper)
"They (Auburn) were as good as we expected they would be," he said. "The things we expected we were going to be able to do, though, we just couldn't accomplish."
Budde's individual play in his collegiate debut was satisfactory. He also excited about himself because his team had lost 49-0 to Auburn.
Quarless said Budde had played well in the Jayhawks' opening game.
"He met all expectations," he said of Budde. "He had some low snaps when we were in the (shotgun) formation, but, overall, he played well for a freshman. What he lacks in technique and experience, he makes up for with hard work and enthusiasm."
Budde said the lack of recognition that offensive linemen often receive didn't bother him. He said senior guard Steve Isham and junior center Jay Allen called themselves the "no press brothers" because of their lack of attention from the media.
"It's part of the job, and we expect it," he said. "When we do get media attention, though, we apreciate it."
Budde said that the Kansas team this year, as well as the program overall, would continue to improve throughout the season. Position by position, he said, Kansas was as good as Alabama and he knew, though, that the Jayhawks still had to prove themselves on the field.
"We know the program isn't where it could be," he said. "We've got some great athletes on the team, but something just hasn't clicked yet. I know we're going to be successful this year and in the next few years. We don't doubt ourselves."
Bears' defense helps defeat Giants, 34-19
The Associated Press
CHICAGO — Mike Tomczak threw for two touchdowns and ran for a third, and the tough Chicago defense pressured New York's quarterbacks to help the Bears win the battle of the Super Bowl champions 34-19 last night and reassert their dominance in the NFL.
The victory ended a 12-game New York win streak that had begun at the seventh game of the 1986 regular season. Last night's win was every bit as dominant as Chicago's 21-0 win in the 1985 playoffs that the 1986 champions wanted so badly to avenge. The Bears were beaten by Washington last year, one game short of an NFC title game meeting with the Giants.
Tomczak, filling in for the injured Jim McMahon, looked very much like the McMahon who led Chicago to
the 1985 NFL championship.
He completed 20 of 34 passes for a gain of 292 yards, including third-quarter touchdown passes of 56 yards to Willie Gault and 42 yards to Ron Morris. He sneaked over from the 1-yard-line with eight seconds left in the half to give Chicago the lead for the first time at 10-7.
But it was a defense led by Mike Singletary and Wilber Marshall that turned the game. The defense registered eight sacks for 53 yards in losses, seven on Super Bowl MVP Phil Simms and one on Jeff Rutledge, who had to enter the game twice when Simms was knocked groggy.
Dennis McKinnon also had a 94- yard fourth-quarter punt return for a touchdown that clinched the game, the second straight defeat for the Giants on a season-opening Monday night game.
Scoreboard
Baseball
American League
Milwaukee 6, New York 4
Detroit 3, Boston 0
Toronto 18, Baltimore 3
Chicago 8, Minnesota 2
Kansas City 8, California 5
Texas 2, Oakland 1
Cleveland 11, Seattle 8
National League
New York 6, Chicago 5
Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 2
Atlanta 3, Cincinnati 2
San Francisco 4, San Diego 3
Houston 8, Los Angeles 1
Football
Chicago 34, New York Giants 19
Black pitches K.C. past California, 8-5
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bill Pecota's fifth-inning double snapped a tie and reliever Bud Black stopped California for six innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the Angels 8-5 last night.
Pecota's double off reliever Jack Lazorok, 4-6, scored Wilcoff Wilson, who started the inning with a bunt single and then stole the 84th base of
The blow broke a 5-1 tie, and Kansas City added two runs in the seventh off Lazorko. Danny Tartarbull singled home one run, and another run scored when Angels catcher B乔 Boone throw the ball into center field on a double steal by George Brett and Tartarbull.
The Royals moved to within 3/4 games of first place Minnesota in the American League West because the Twins lost to Chicago 8-2.
Lazorko replaced Sullivan, who was seeking his 320th career victory, to
California had pulled to within 5-4 when Boone hit his third home run of the season in the second inning.
Frank White singled home two runs, and Steve Balboni followed with a three-run homer, his 23rd of the season and fourth in five games.
Black, 7-6, relieved Royals starter Milden Perez, who was making his second major-league start, with the Royals leading 5-4 in the third innings and runners at second and third and no one out. Black gave up four hits, struck out three and didn't walk a batter in his six-inning stint.
The Angels took a 3-0 lead in the first on Wally Joyner's two-run double and an RBI double by Johnny Ray. But the Royals came back with five runs off Don Sutton in the bottom of the inning.
Inning streak finally ends for Ripken
TORONTO — Baltimore shortstop Cal Ripken had his consecutive inning streak ended at 8,243 last night when he was replaced defensively in the eighth inning of the Orioles' loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
The Associated Press
Ripken started the streak on June 5, 1982, and it covered 908 games, in which he played every innning.
According to the Orioles, the streak was believed to be the longest of its kind in major league history.
Ripken grounded into a fielder's choice in the top of the eighth, then was replaced by Ron Washington at shortstop in the bottom of the inning.
"For the moment, I don't know what I feel," said Ripken, who received handshakes from his teammates. "It was so strange to be out of the game. Period. It been so long since I sat on the bench."