Page Eleven Saturday, May 21, 1977 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Gurulitis, Gotfried meet in finals ROME, (1. - Vitas Geru- laitis of the United States beat top-seeded defending champion Adriano Panatta of Italy 1-6, 7- 6, 6-3 yesterday and entered the semifinals of the $185,000 Ital- ian Open tennis tournament. Gerulaitis' semifinal opponent will be Brian Gottfried,'who de- feated Australia's Kim War- wick 7-5, 6-2 to insure the United States of its first finalist in the tournament since 1960. Phil Dent of Australia beat third-seeded Ilie Nastase of Romania, a Iwo-time winner here, 6-3, 6-2 in another ma- jor upset of the day which turned the tournament wide open. Gerulaitis, of Howard Beach, N. Y., fell behind 4-0 in the first set and won 6-1 in just 20 min- utes - never missing a shot. Gerulaitis stood watching from the base line most of the time. "We were too nervous to play well, but I felt the pressure very much in the first set be- cause I could not get my first service shot in," the American, said. In the second set, Gerulai- tis went to the net more of- ten and began putting some pressure on Panatta, who was clearly annoyed by the crowd that often shouted when the players were in action or about to serve. "The crowd really bothered me. It took quite an effort to keep from arguing with the fans," said Panatta. The Italian dropped his serv- ice in the very first game of the second set with a double fault in the last point. Geru- laitis broke again in the fifth game and took a 4-1 lead. Pan- atta,ehowever, rallied for serv- ice breaks in the sixth and 10th games and tied the score 5-5. In the tiebreaker, the Italian was trailing 1-6 but he again rallied and moved to a 6-6 tie. Gerulaitis, however, remained cool and calm and took the next two points to win the tie- break 8-6. In the third set, the Ameri- can jumped to a 3-0 lead but Panatta fought desperately to a 3-3 tie with a break in the fifth game. The Italian, how- ever, appeared tense and Joe DiMaggio holds the World Series record for most consecutive games without an error by an outfielder. Jolting Joe played in 45 Series games in a row, 1937 through 1951, without a miscue. No filly has started in the Kentucky Derby since 1959 when C. V. Whitney's Silver Spoon faced the colts. She fin- ished fifth. tired. Gerulaitis kept control of the net and scored anoth- er break -in the eighth game and went on to win the set 6-3. "It was a tough match," Gerulaitis said. "There were also a few people making noise in the crowd, forcing us to stop in between services and that rattled our nerves. "I served very poorly throughout the match. That is why I was afraid to go to the net in the first set, but then I realized my mistake and I took the initiative in the second and third." Connors .cash leader NEW YORK /P)--Jimmy Connors surpassed the half-million mark and Dick Stockton moved into the third spot in money-win- nings figures released yesterday by the U.S. Tennis Association. CONNORS' TOTAL earnings were $557,666 so far this year- $246,000 coming in tournament play. Ilie Nastase of Romania was third with $243,000, and Stockton, of Dallas, had $226,834. Sweden's Bjord Borg was fourth on the list with earnings of $216,540, and Guillermo Vilas of Argentina was fifth with $188,648. Chris Evert led the women with $252,000, followed by Martina Navratilova, $191,775; Sue Barker of England, $129,500; Virginia Wade of England, $81,650, and Rosemary Casals, $74,500. Walchuck grabs lead in BigTen olftournament EAST LANSING, Mich. (PA- was Kevin Treacy of Minnesota Ken Walchuck of Michigan shot with a 68, while four players tournament - leading four - un- tied for third with 69s. They y(r-par 67 yesterday and Ohio were Gary Gabrielson of Min- Aaegrabbed the team lead in nesota, Mike Mealia of Indiana, hfirst (lay of thte Big Ten golf Rod Spittle of Ohio State and scoiponship. Yve Tremblay of Indiana. WA.CIUCK shot five birdies In 7th place were John Cook aid just one bogey on the par of Ohio State and Ken Kellaney , 6,854-yard Forest Akers of Illinois at 70, while Mark West Golf Course here. He sank Balen and Rick Borg of Ohio a 30-foot putt for a birdie on the State, Doug Bauman of Wiscon- par-five 16th hole. sin, Mark Brooks of Michigan State and Kevin Burich of Iowa Ohio State notched a low score shot 72s. of 357, as the best five scores were recorded from each team's six golfers. 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