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Tuesday, April 11, 1995
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Andre Agassi's push to the top began last July at the Canadian Open when he was stuck at No. 20, an imposing 4,061 points behind leader Pete Sampras on the ATP computer rankings.
Agassi lands tennis' No.1 ranking
The Associated Press
In those days, Agassi was viewed as a tennis novelty, a ponytailed showman who had only occasionally delivered on his promise. It was an image that was about to change.
Agassi won that tournament, touching off a sensational stretch during which he won six more events in the next eight months, including two Grand Slams — the U.S. Open and Australian Open.
for the first time in his career. He becomes just the 12th player in the 22-year history of men's computer rankings to hold No. 1 and ends Sampras' 82-week grip on the top spot. Sampras held it for 101 of the last 104 weeks, interrupted only by Jim Courier for three weeks from Aug. 23 to Sept. 13, 1993.
Yesterday, his ponytail long gone,
Agassi got the payoff, moving past
Sampras to claim the No. 1 ranking
During his march to the top, Agassi, 24, had a 55-6 match record, including 26-2 this season. He piled up points against the best players in tennis, going 17-3 against opponents in the Top 10.
Over the same period, Sampras,
23, went 34-9 with three titles and
two second-place finishes. He won
the year-end World Championship
in Frankfurt, Germany, beating
Agassi in the semifinals, and
finished with a Tour-high 10 titles.
The lead is a mere 187 points as the rivals go to work this week in separate tournaments — Agassi in Tokyo and Sampras in Spain. Both were well aware of the change at the top and its significance.
"It's important for me to be the best that I can and I believe that is No. 1," Agassi said after his victory over Sampras in the finals of the Lipton Championships positioned him to take over the top spot.
"Taking over No. 1 won't have the impact that it is going to have a few years from now when I look back and know that I have maintained it."
The Lipton final was the 15th meeting between the two Americans and left Sampras with an 8-7 lead. Earlier this year, Sampras won at Indian Wells, Ariz., but Agassi prevailed in the Australian.
"It is a great high, two heavyweights going at it," Sampras said. "It is something that is great for the game."
Their rivalry could be the spark tennis has been seeking.
Agassi agreed. "The intensity against Pete is above and beyond anything I can feel with anybody at this time," he said.
The two are entered in seven more events this year, including the three remaining Grand Slams.
Lakers to return to playoffs
Sampras sees his rivalry with Agassi in NBA terms. "I would be the more conservative Larry Bird and he is the more flamboyant Magic Johnson," he said.
To which Agassi might point out, the conservative Bird won three NBA titles and the flamboyant Johnson won five.
The Associated Press
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Seven games into the season,
Vladie Divac went to owner Jerry Buss with a bold prediction: The Los Angeles Lakers will win the NBA championship.
Divac and his young teammates are doing their best to make it a reality for Buss and first-year coach Del Harris after the debacle of last season.
The Lakers finished 33-49 last season under three different coaches.
The Lakers are 47-28 and already have clinched a playoff berth. They had won seven straight at the Forum and 15 of their last 19 overall until losing 101-87 to the Western Conference-leading San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night.
They are a season-high-tying 20 games above .500 for the second time, and are on pace to win 52 games or more.
Magic Johnson lasted 16 games, long enough to discover he didn't want to coach players he later ripped for having selfish attitudes.
Harris has gotten better results with some of the same players, including a renewed Divac. Also making solid contributions are Cedric Ceballos, who returned to his
Only Dallas, which is on track to improve by an NBA-high 24 games this season, can top the Lakers' 19-game turnaround.
"The Lakers are going to cause a lot of problems for a lot of teams, hopefully not
"Big difference is last year at this time I knew I'm not going to playoffs, now I'm going to playoffs," Diivac said.
native Los Angeles in a trade with Phoenix, and rookie Eddie Jones. Ceballos is averaging 18.8 points and 6.6 rebounds since returning from thumb surgery 11 games ago. At various times, seven different Lakers have been on the injured list, including Jones, who has since returned to the starting lineup.
us. "
"I think a lot of people still don't believe in us," second-year guard Nick Van Exel said. "I really don't know what it takes, but hopefully we can surprise some people in the playoffs."
After failing to make the playoffs last season for the first time in 17 years, this season looked like a rebuilding year.
"I can't believe how quick this team is," Utah's John Stockton said. "The Lakers are going to cause a lot of problems for a lot of teams, hopefully not us."
John Stockton Utah Jazz guard
Instead, the Lakers are winning with three veterans and a bunch of youngsters who have no more than five years' NBA experience among them.
The only veterans are Divac, Sam Bowie, Sedale Threatt and Kurt Rambis, a holdover from the Lakers' 1980s championship teams. The team's youthfulness and success are making people forget Harris' nickname of "Dull Del."
Buss jokes, "He still has two years on his contract, I'd rather not praise him."
"Del has probably been one of the unheralded coaches in the league," Buss said. "I'm very happy for him, even more happy for me. He's the ultimate gentleman, the kind of person we always associated with being a Laker. We like class and I can't think of a classier human being than Del Harris."
But he does, anyway.
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ESPN — Sailing, America's Cup, Challenger and Defender finals, at San Diego
7:30 p.m.
ESPN — Golf, World Championship of Golf, firstround, U.S. No. 3, and 4; Fuzzy Zoeller vs. Paul Azinger and Tom Kite vs. Loren Roberts, at Lake Ocene, Ge. (same-day tape)
ESPN2 — Sailing, America's Cup, Challenger and Defender finals, at San Diego (same-day tape)
8 p.m.
TNT — NBA Basketball,
Phoenix at Seattle
USA — Boxing, heavyweights,
Andrew Golota (22-0-0) vs.
Melton Benton (32-5-0); mid-
weights, Raul Marquez (19-
0-0) vs. Froyd Williams (26-
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