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Show B6 Page - THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Sunday, August 1, 1993 airtanes sweeps Mo UaMmmt Andretti steals show; makes racing history s Tma By FRANK BAKER Associated Press Writer STRATTON MOUNTAIN, Vt. Conchita Martinez swept into the finals of the U.S. Women's Hard Court Championships with a dominating straight set Manue-l- a d victory over e on Saturday. d In the other semifinal, Zina Garrison Jackson benefitted from some questionable line calls to beat Beate Reinstadler Top-seed- ed h- By MIKE HARRIS AP Motorsports Writer - "v - f fourth-seede- M - Maleeva-Fragnier- fifth-seede- , i 500-mi- 1 2-- 6, 7-- 5, 6-- 4. Martinez, the world's sixth-ranke- d Malee- player, overpowered in every aspect In the first set, and won the Spaniard lost one point in three service games. 'I played better than I played all week," said who had beaten Martinez in four of six previous matches. "She just played too well." Martinez, seeking her fourth singles title this year, said she played her best match of the week. "I was really into the match," she said. "I was feeling very confident today." Martinez dropped the first game, but won nine consecutive games to go up 0 in the second. e then won two 5 on straight games, and led her serve in the sixth game when she came unglued. e After reaching deuce, double faulted and Martinez hit a backhand winner to take the game and a 2 lead. Martinez then held easily and broke at love to win the match, which lasted just hour, 3 minutes. e said if she va-Fragniere 6-- 1, 6-- 2. Maleeva-Fragnier- . e, 3-- Maleeva-Fragnier- 30-1- Maleeva-Fragnier- 4-- 1 Maleeva-Fragnier- high-banke- hand-time- se AP Photo of Houston backhands a shot against Beate Reinstadler of Austria during the Zina Garrison-Jackso- n 4 to advance won Acura U.S. Women's Hardcourt Championships Saturday. Garrison-Jackso- n Conchita Martinez of Spain. to Sunday's finals against 6-- 7-- 5, 2-- 6, top-seed- she has the week. She routed Garrison match the Jackson in the first set and took a 2 seen all year. lead in the second set. thing." "The line calls were bad, it " I knew I had to play incredibly She had two break points in the should have been said Reinseventh game, but ended up losing well to win," she said. "Overall, seventh-seede- d earlier who stadler, upset " it. On one break point, a Garrison she just played very well. d and Lisa Raymond In the other semifinal of the Jackson forehand appeared long Sukova. Helena tournament, which is sponsored by but was called in. After the match, Reinstadler Reinstadler d Acura, "Maybe it's America," the the of criticized Austrian third said. the her off linesmen, upset calling nearly pulled held serve in the sixth game it "could have changed every- worst-officiat- 4-- 162nd-ranke- who drubbed unseeded fellow 4 American Richey Reneberg for the $235,000 top prize. Pernfors, who will pass the $1 million mark in career earnings this week, missed about two years of play and underwent Achilles tendon surgery in 1990. His world ranking dropped to 1,001 in 1991 before he began his comeback. He rose to No. 95 going into the um. The victory put Pernfors, a Canadian Open, giving him direct former top-1- 0 player on an injury entry into the field for the first time comeback, in position to win a this year. He is the lowest ranked tournament for the first time since player ever to reach the Canadian 1988, when he won in Scottsdale, Open final. Pernfors did not drop a set in his Ariz. "I thought if I played really well first five matches, which included d Jim CourI'd go two or three rounds and if I upsets of d ier and Alexander came up against a really good player, I'd lose," said Pernfors, 30, of Volkov. Sweden. "I don't know if you can call it In Sunday's final, Pernfors will luck because it happened three face Todd Martin, days in a row, but I just seem to be 6-- 3, 6-- 7-- second-seede- eighth-seede- 13th-seed- ij k a jt ? 6 Spd., AC. 1981 Corvette Sharp, low 72-5- ix right- hander from East Lansing, Mich., has jumped to No. 20 in the world and is considered one of the game's best young prospects. He had an even more impressive run to the final, downing third- - seeded Boris Becker in the third round and Andre Agassi in the quarterfinals. He recorded his first tournament victory at a clay court event at Coral Springs, Fla., in May, reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals and made the final of a tournament a week ago in Washington. "I feel good mentally and physically, so that's a good sign," said Martin, who beat Pernfors in both of their previous meetings, including one. last April in Caarlotte, N.C. "I'm anxious. It's exciting for me to be in the situation I'm in." 10-fo- ot of second-yea- r quarter. However, both teams struggled against equally tenacious defenses, and at the end of the second quarter, the Mavericks had only the Jazz to take a 6 lead into the locker room. The second half belonged to the Mavericks, and more specifically to Jackson, who scored eight of his 17 points in the quarter, as he simply went above anyone guarding him and connected on several out- 9, out-scor- ed 13-- player Corey Crowder, who scored nine points, and the continued development of third-yecenter Isaac Austin, who led the Jazz with eight rebounds and 10 points. Crowder was specifically assigned to cover Dallas stand-oJim Jackson, and competed well against him, said Chiesa. "Jackson was sensational, it was hard to defend him. " The Jazz began the game well, keeping close to the Mavericks, and tied the score on Crowder' s three-poishot with 1.9 seconds to go in the first quarter. The second quarter began quite differently ar 32-2- 7, side shots. When Jackson was not connecting from the outside, his teammates were getting the ball inside and scoring, and were led by the 17 of center Sean Rook. The Mavericks pulled away as the second rjalf continued, outscor-in- g ; the Jazz In other Friday action it was Seattle 92, Denver 91 and Phoenix ut 40-3- 3. nt 98,BurghyRoma88. mmp (maids c , (Any Time After 4:00) 1,33 $o)l9 J $7,895 miles. Hot Dog & 2000 mile warranty on Medium ; selected used cars Drink $100 Provo Full line repair Consistently lower prices 44 years myself." .Martin, 22, a - It was a SALT LAKE CITY low scoring affair, but as Utah Jazz assistant coach Gordon Chiesa explained after the Dallas Mavericks defeated the Jazz "We're seait the like exhibition treating son and playing everyone. We're trying to see how we can play .' ' Despite the loss, the Jazz are encouraged by the improved play Family Night Special Specials! 1981 Toyota Corolla able to make these guys make mistakes," Pernfors said. Pernfors runs down every ball, mixing lobs and drops with consistent ground strokes in a baseline game. As he did against Courier and Volkov, Pernfors kept returning the ball and waited for Korda to make 55 unforced errors, mainly ground strokes into the net. "My legs were heavy I was a step slower today," said Korda, 25, a Canadian Open finalist in 1991. "He didn't win the match, he played well and let me beat as neither team could put the ball through the net until Justus Thig-pe- n stole the ball and popped a jumper with 6: 10 to go in the By BOYD KARREN Herald Correspondent tof !)IM This Week's low-scorin- third-seede- - ), Mavericks trim Jazz g in affair ," Mikael MONTREAL (AP) Pernfors landed in the final of the $1.65 million Canadian Open tennis tournament and couldn't hide his surprise. "I never thought it would happen again," said Pernfors, who downed a tired Petr Korda of the in the 5 Czech Repulic 6 semifinals Saturday at Jarry Stadi(7-4- le record-smashin- Pernfors surprised to reach Canadian final 7-- Mario BROOKLYN, Mich. Andretti stole the show Saturday in time trials for Sunday's Marlboro 500, turning the fastest qualifying lap in motorsports history. Andretti took The the pole position for the race with a blazing lap of 234.275 mph on a virtually perfect day at Michigan International Speedway. Andretti's effort knocked Newman-Haas Racing teammate Nigel Mansell's '233.462 out of the top spot and was considerably quicker than the 232.618 lap by Roberto Guerrero in 1992 at Indianapolis that had stood as the fastest official qualifying lap until Saturday. g The lap on the d oval bumpy d was not quite as quick as the closed-courunofficial Indy-ca- r record of 234.5 set by Jeff Andretti, the younger of Mario's two racing sons, during a test session on Feb. 23 at Texas World Speedway. "I was a little worried about how things were dragging today; Andretti said. "Things werei? going off on time and I was afraig the track conditions would deterio rate if we waited too much longeiv But it seemed like everyone waS running a little faster than thrS morning (in practice), so I just helj my breath and went for it. "The tfack was great," he added. "The only thing that would have made it better is if it had been overcast." Mansell already had qualified on the warm, calm and sunny afternoon, breaking Andretti's track qualifying mark of 230.150, set last year. So Andretti, who upped record to 66 career his Indy-ca- r poles, knew he had his work cut out for him. The first of Andretti's two warmup laps in his Lola was 229.432. He followed that with another warmup of 232.551, took the green flag and ran 233.875 and then topped that on his last hot lap. "I attacked the track from the word go." In Just Show Your Reciept at The Snack Bar Executive Golf Course ,55R $o)o)9 Li a P155MR 12 Hzz'in K!2:&n - 9 Holes Adults $3.00 9 Holes - Children $2.00 17570R-U29.- 40,000 1570H-14.33.9- 9 ;tiz? 9 PMSZSR-wIsi- WARRANTY NO DEALERS PLEASE MILE 1 35,000 MILE WARRANTY 3 v- NO DEALERS PLEASE & under Must Be Accompanied By An Adult) 'IIJitfcijllNMPPFl iiiiiiiintnJiaiiiiiBifli rJilW iiiiiHiiiiMiii.'ii'iiimiii VOj W U LT22575R-1079.- k, 78.99 750R-I6- . 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