The Michigan Daily-friday, June 4, 1982-Page 15
NAVRATILOVA ROLLS OVER MANDLIKOVA
aeger upsets Evert- loyd
PARIS (AP)- Andrea Jaeger, on the slapped down another double. She lost and the semifinals are scheduled for won the title in 1974. Wilander, who
eve of her 17th birthday, overwhelmed eight straight points before going to 30- today, with the final Sunday. eliminated Ivan Lendl and V
fvoite hri Evhrtd yd rh e ~ all in the final game. Mats Wilander, a 17-year-old Swede, Gerulaitis this week, plays Jose-
yesterday and is bidding to become the Navratilova finished off the match also is aiming to become the youngest Clerc of Argentina in the semifinals
youngest winner of the French Open with a spectacular backhand return winner on record. The youngest men's Argentina's other star, Guille
down the line. champion was Wilander's compatriot Vilas, meets Jose Hilgueras of Sp
tennis championship. woJm
In tomorrow's final she will face Mar- It was a rest day in the men's singles Bjorn Borg, who was just 18 when he who upset top-seeded Jimmy Conno
tins Navratilova, who rolled past
deedn hminHn adioa 6-0, 6-2 in another semifinal matchz
yesterday.
"THIS IS the best tennis I have ever
played," Jaeger said following her one- k
sided victory over the four-time cham-
pion. f
Lloyd, once rated unbeatable on the °
slow clay courts at Roland Garros w
Stadium, was out-classed and lost
seven games in a row as Jaeger went
from 4-3 in the first set to 5-0 in the
second.
Jaeger, in the singles final of a Grand
Slam event for the first time, played an
almost perfect game, racing to retrieve
balls on her baseline and driving to the
back corners of her opponent's court.
Lloyd wilted under the pressure and r
made a stream of errors.
NAVRATILOVA'S victory over Man-
dlikova was even more one-sided. The %
first set lasted only 16 minutes-an
unusually quick time on these courts,
where rallies are drawn out.
It was Mandlikova's second tour- .
nament this year, following back
trouble. She showed only rare flashes of
the form that took her to the title last
year, when she upeet Lloyd in the final._
Mandlikova went to 2-2 in the second
set, but then slumped again and picked
up only five points in the last four ,
games. ;b ...
SHE FINISHED the sixth game withAPh
two double faults. She queried the first APPh
of these, but after an argument she ANDREA JAEGER returns a shot in her French Open semifinal match with Chris Evert-Lloyd. Jaeger upset Evert-
laughed, went back to her baseline and Lloyd 6-3, 6-1 and will face Martina Navratilova in the finals tomorrow.
McEnroe back in
top vocal form
has
itas
Luis
rmo
ain,
rs.
MANCHESTER, England (AP)-
John McEnroe's game still has room
for improvement, but the Wimbledon
champion took the opportunity yester-
day to show he was approaching his
best vocal form as he reached the
semifinals of the $18,000 Greater Man-
chester Grass Court Tennis Champion-
ships.
McEnroe, who had his Wednesday
program washed out by rain, had to
play two singles yesterday to catch up.
HIS FIRST was peaceful enough-a
6-2, 6-0 third-round victory over British
junior Nick Fulwood.
But then the opposition became a lit-
tle more fierce in the quarterfinals and
McEnroe needed 97 minutes of hard
work to beat fellow American Jay
Lapidus 6-3, 6-4 in a match in which
winning never looked that easy.
The 23-year-old Lapidus, an
aggressive left-hander ranked No. 102
in the world, gave McEnroe a tough
battle.
IT WAS only the Wimbledon cham-
pion's third match after a long layoff
.with torn ankle ligaments, and whether
he wanted such a rugged workout at
this stage of his comeback is
questionable.
After six games, contested at a fast
pace on a scorching hot day; some of
the line decisions began to bother
McEnroe. In the seventh game, when
he was a break point down, he struck a
ball fiercely to the back of the court. It
ricocheted into the crowd and hit a
spectator.
At the end of the game, won by
McEnroe for a 5-2 lead, a line judge
walked across to the umpire and spoke
to him about the incident.
MCENROE ASKED what all the fuss
was about and the linesman said after-
ward, "He said things to me I couldn't
possibly repeat. I don't use language
like that."
Toward the end of the second set,
with McEnroe looking as weary as the
packed crowd, the Wimbledon cham-
pion appealed for extra linesmen.
There only were four to assist the
umpire and McEnroe shouted across to
the referee's headquarters, "This poor
guy is being forced to call six lines him-
self. Even I would make mistakes in his
position. There are at least 20 linesmen
sitting in the stands watching, can't we
have some down here working."
HIS REQUEST went unheeded and
afterward McEnroe said, "I know this
isn't a Grand Prix tournament, but if
they want to stay big they should play
as near to Grand Prix conditions as
possible."
McEnroe served nine double faults
during the match but said, "That has
nothing to do with my injury, it is just a
lazy serve after my layoff."
McEnroe plays John Alexander of
Australia in the semifinals today.
LW I
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