The Michigan Daily-Thursday, July 6, 1978-Page 15 MARTINA BEATS LIMPING GOOLAGONG Evert aces Navratilova in final WIMBLEDON, England (AP)-Chris Evert tamed the big-serving defending champion Virginia Wade 8-6, 6-2 in a fickle wind yesterday and reached the Wimbledon tennis final for the 'fourth time in six years. She will meet Martina Navratilova, the Czech who defected to the United States two years ago, on Friday. Navratilova patiently wore down an in- jured, limping Evonne Goolagong 2-6, 6- 4, 6-4 in the other semifinal. THE AUSTRALIAN needed three in- jections of xylocaine in her left ankle before the match and was increasingly hobbled as the duel went on. At the end she was almost at a standstill. Evert is aiming for her third Wim- bledon title and a first prize of $30,780. It will be Navratilova's first final. The men will play their semifinals today. Defending champion Bjorn Borg will take on unseeded Tom Okker, who upset seeded players Guillermo Vilas and Ilie Nastase. Jimmy Connors, the 1974 champion who lost to Borg here last year, will face fellow American Vitas Gertulaitis. A packed crowd of 14,000 at center court watched the downfall of Wade, Britain's heroine of a year ago, in con- ditions more suited to the Winter Olym- pics than tennis. "THE WIND WENT round in circles and it showed in our serving," Evert said. "Virginia doesn't usually serve so many double faults." The British player had difficulty throwing the ball up and double-faulted four times in her first two service games, six times altogether. Throughout the match her first service was off target more often than not. But the wind did not hamper Evert's lobbing, one of the decisive factors in the match. Whenever she lobbed she won points, finding Wade's baseline with unerring accuracy. It was a reversal of last year's semifinal, when Wade conquered Evert in a tremendous battle before downing Betty Stove of the Netherlands in the final. "IT WAS DIFFERENT then," Evert said. "I was the defending champion and she had everything to gain and was more relaxed. Today the pressure was on her. I looked at her eyes across the net and I could see she was nervous." Goolagong, the 1971 titlist and three times the defeated finalist since then, could not cope with the powerful Navratilova in her weakened condition. The Australian made all the best strokes, some of her backhands drawing stirring roars from the crowd. But the handicap was too great. Navratilova toyed with her opponent in the second set and raced to a 5-1 lead, but Goolagong struck back with graceful strokes and took three games in a row before a net cord helped Navratilova win the last game of the set. GOOLAGONG KEPT pace with her rival and led 4-3 in the final set, but the drama reached a poignant climax on the last point of the seventh game. Goolagong won it with a lob-and screamed with pain as she made the shot. Navratilova gave her a startled look, and the ball sailed over her head and dropped on the baseline. The ex-Czech claimed she was distracted and wanted the point played again, but the umpire ruled it should stand. Goolagong took a long time to get ready for the next game, walking around the umpire's chair and cautiously trying out her bad foot. When she limped out to play again she managed only 4 points in three games, an" "' w" a"l n"p VITAS GERULAITIS of the United States returns a shot from Brian Gottfried during their Wimbledon match Tuesday. Gerulaitis hung on to win 7-5, 4-6, 9-7, 6-2, and will meet Jimmy Connors in the semifinals, Nastase gets slapped for sassy LONDON (AP)-A subdued Ilie Nastase accepted his $5,000 fine and three-month suspension from Grand, Prix tennis without appeal yesterday. But he accused authorities of discriminatory practices. "Given that I am imperfect," he said in a formal statement, "then it also should be recognized that those who sit in judgment over the players both on and off the court are sometimes imper- fect. "Yet also, it seems, I am the only one who is forced to pay for his mistakes." Moments after he had lost his quar- ter-final singles match in the Wim- bledon championships to Tom Okker Tuesday, the 31-year-old Romanian firebrand was informed by the Pro Council of his penalty for violations of the code of conduct covering a 2%k-year period. The council is the governing body of the year-long Grand Prix tourament series. Under the ban, Nastase will not be' conduct allowed to play in Grand Prix events for three months, beginning July 10. This includes the U.S. Open championship, but he is not restrained from other competition, such as the World Cham- pionship of Tennis Invitation tournament next week in Forest Hills, N.Y., and the World Team Tennis. 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