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Top players advance to next round at Wimbledon
WIMBLEDON. England (AP) — Fans
gasped at the revival of Pete Sampras' J 20
ntpn act’s anti went gaga over Andre
Agassi's shaven torso on a day of tennis
and titiilalion at Wimbledon.
And to everyone’s relief, no one shout
ed anything cruel again at Steffi Craf
The sun shone improbably for a third
straight day Wednesday ns the top seeds
sailed unperturbed Into the third round
Craf. the women's No 1 and four-time
champion, Iteal Clare Wood (i-2. ft-1 Cer
man compatriot Boris Bet ker, the three
time c hampion and No -t seed, downed
Alexander Volkov 7-B (7-.1). fi-1,6-3 And
No t> Michael Stic h. the 1‘t'tl < hnrnpion.
bent Sondon Stolle 4-fi. t> 1. 7-*>. fi-4
Yet nothing was more stunning than
the power Sampras showed in his quit k
recovery from a shoulder injury, and
nothing excited the crowd more than
Agassi posing unabashedly to reveal Ins
newly sheared i host and belly during his
victory.
Sampras, the No I seed, served 17 at ex
with a lop speed of 122 mph in (mating a
tough grass-t ourt player, |amie Morgan of
Australia. l>-4. 7-ti (7-r»). f>-4
"I wasn’t apprehensive today." Sam
pras said after his second matt h in two
days without any pain in the tendon that
had flared up Inst week and threatened to
keep him from playing Wimbledon. "I
wasn't to really hit it at 120 miles
per hour 1 felt 1O0 perron! fit and strong
and fell that I may as well go for it As it
turned out, I served much _
bolter today than I did
yesterday.
"I malty don't think it's
a problem anymore I
didn't feel it at nil. and
even more importantly,
in my mind I feel there's
no problem at all ”
.Sampras had been
granted a delay of his
first-round matt h until
Tuesday, and he started
off the tournament
restraining his serve,
going more for plat ement
than power Me expet ted
to have Wednesday off to
rest his shoulder but
didn't let the lini k-to-lwii k
mai< hes bother him.
Kvon whmi hi was in .
danger of dropping a set.
trailing !>-4 with Morgan ready to servo
twice in the si*< ond-set tiebreaker. Sam
pras seemed entirely at ease
Morgan, who recently heat Stefan
Kdberg on grass in a tunewp tournament.
flubbed his first serve softly into the net
-Sampras jumped on the short next one to
drive n fmi khand perfectly down the line
for n winner Sampras made it B-5 with n
low backhand I Hire I v over
This Is the biggest
tournament In the
world. If you ask 90
percent of the
players on the tour
they will say
Wimbledon is the
one tournament
they would like to
win, and I'm one of
those people
Pete Sampras
(he net cord that Morgan
scooped up on a half-vol
ley and knocked hack
into the net Sampras
then ended the set with a
service winner that
ticked off Morgan's out
stretched racket
In those three points,
and ill the set th.it fol
lowed. Sampras showed
not only Ins health hut
Ins in< reusing confidence
on grass as he seeks to
improve on a semifinal
finish last year — his best
at Wimbledon. This was
only his third match on
Centre Court in five
years, and he reveled in
the experience
"Centre Court, out of
all the Grand Slams, is the most enjoyable
and peat vful," he said. "Behind the court
it's dark, so you ran pick up the ball real
ly easily. It's really a great c ourt to play
on. I feel my grass-c ourt tennis is getting
butler
"This is the biggest tournament in the
world If you ask 00 percent of the play
ers on the tour they will say Wimbledon
is the one tournament they would like to
win, and I'm one of those people."
The key to him winning, ho said, is less
in his serves than in his returns He'll get
his ares if he's healthy, but he'll have to
improve on his ability to handle the low,
hard, skidding serves of the top grass
court players.
"Look at the past champions," he said.
Agassi won it last year. His return of
serve is the (rest in the game, and that's a
good example of how important the
return of serve is I didn't lose my serve at
all today, but could have lost the second
set tiebreaker. The return of serve, if I am
going to win it here, that's the shot."
Agassi displayed that same return-of
sorve prowess — and more — in his 5-7,
fi-3, 6-2. 6-0 victory over Joao Cunha-Sil
va.
At the end of the second set. Agassi
pulled off his shirt, exposing a newly
shorn midsection almost as smooth as
Cher's. The women in the crowd
whooped loudly and Agassi hammed it
up by raising his arms and turning
around to model for them.
Jordan picks up third straight NBA Finals MVP award
CHICAGO (AP) — A gracious
but tired Michael Jordan
received his third consecutive
trophy and new cor for being the
most valuable player in the NBA
Finals and said Wednesday he
was looking forward to a sum
mer without basketball.
"I tune o great feeling that it's
over with," said Iordan, who
averaged an NBA Finals ret ord
■tl points over sis games in lead
ing the Chicago Bulls to their
third straight championship
"It's very relieving that 1 t an
get up and not think haskeilvdl."
he said at a news conference
where the award was presented
Iordan was mimed the MVP
after Sunday's clinching win
over the Phoenix Suns
Iordan is the first player over
to win three straight NBA Finals
MVP awards and only the sec
ond player to win three in a
career Magic Johnson won fhe
honor in imho. iiih2 and l*iH7
with the l-os Angeles lakers.
Iordan said mental fatigue
bothered him this season, whir h
followed his plnv with the gold
medal winning U S. Olympic,
basketball team last summer
That effort came shortly after the
Bulls' 1*1112 NBA victory
"I fee I without the Olympic s.
I've got on adequate time to get
away from the game." Iordan
said
With their 99-98 win Sunday,
the Hulls became the first team
in 27 years to win the NBA title
three straight seasons.
Jordan said Wednesday he
had expected the pressure to
lessen after the team's second
championship, in 1992. fiut the
pressure "was even greater than
1 ever expected It was a tough
season "
"1 must thank my family —
my wife and my kids for dealing
with me for eight straight
months of frustration, ups and
downs, whatever — the Chicago
Hulls ... the coaching staff, my
teammates, everybody," Jordan
said.
He also thanked fans and the
city of Chicago.
The playoff prussure was
compounded by an uproar over
reports of Jordan's gambling
habits, some observers suggest
ed that Jordan. 30, wasn't enjoy
ing the game anymore
Hut the nine-year NBA veter
an said he still expects to find
fulfillment on the court.
"Basketball is my medicine, is
my psychiatrist," he said. "It
helps mo solve a lot of problems
that 1 may have away from the
game. And I think that's one of
the blessings that 1 feel that I've
been blessed with.”
For Jordan's efforts in this
year's finals, where he also aver
uged 8.5 rebounds and 6.3
assists per game, he received a
large trophy and keys to a 1993
Fugle Vision TSi automobile
from the Chrysler (iorp.
"Now I've got so many cars I
don't know what to do with
them,'' he said, jokingly. "But
I'm never going to turn them
down when they're free."
He received cars for each of
the past awards
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