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Show Monday, March 9, 1992 THE HERALD, rmvo, Utah, — Page 83 Chang downs Chesnokcv, now ranked ninth in world .11- INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — Michael Chang is glad to have his highest ranking in two years, No.9. Ramayana Jilin-74.91”“ '"' ‘Mnmmn newt-chronmu All he had to do to get it was survive three early three-set matches and beat a player with a rib injury. Actually, Chang's 6-3, 6—4, 7-5 victory over Andrei Chesnokov in the Champions Cup tournament on Sunday wasn‘t that easy. “He played the same consistent tennis. i tried to ease up, and that was the wrong mentality,” Chang said. “i should have kept my concentration. It’s kind of dangerous playing an injured player. " M .EI .01‘ .415 .052 ,4“ II .33. II .220 382288; I. a II I! 34 a .010 .“I .501 .0! AN .450 .313 Chesnokov was up 4-2 in the second set before Chang won the final four games to capture the set. Chang trailed at 4-2 again in the third set before staging another comeback. 135??? M .“1 .W1 .611 .320 .276 . 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L 11 II II III. I .84 H 14 .IO 3 .1" I 11 .224 1 .II a 14 .tm Mum m m A” I l P41. I L M 14 I .l'll I 2 .III 11 I .H II I .101 4 7 .III 14 I .104 I I .II I 14 ‘7 I I H ‘II 14 .fl 1 I A. 11 10 .II 11‘ II 11 .III I 11 .III II 14 .Q1 I .444 II II .III played for 10 days with a new racket, and the day before the tournament started, I changed to my‘ old racket. So I’m happy about it. ” Martinez also finished second — to Seles —— at the Indian Wells Open a week ago. Pontiac 400 win “We're devastated,” skipper Peter Gilmour said. “We‘re obviously very upset that new dream team of driver Bill Elliott and car owner Junior Johnson is creating nightmares for the competition. Only three races into their rela- tionship, they have two straight victories and a growing psycholog- ical edge on the other Winston Cup teams. The latest success came Sunday at Richmond International Race- way, where Elliott came up with only the second short track win among his 36 career victories. Even though he led 348 of the 400 laps on the .75-mile D-shaped oval. Elliott did have to hang on It the end to beat Alan Kulwicki by a scant 18 inches in a late battle of Ford Thunderbirds. It was the seventh straight victory by Fords. dating to Oct. 6 at Charlotte. The streak was started we haven't gotten the performance we would have liked. " record-setting 22:32 victory. But the most unlikely victor of ‘ ‘upside-down “ breezes played havoc with the race courses, shifting 110 degrees from a southeasterly 10 knots at the start to a southwesterly 8 knots by mid— BYU netters fall to Wichita St. ing for Johnson. Asked about his quick with Johnson, the smiling and relaxed Elliott — who has matched his victory total of the last two years in his brief tenure with 11: Hall of Fame driver — looked over at Johnson and said, “If I’d of known this several years ago, hmior, I'd probably been there a little earlier.“ Johnson, smiling back, ”PM: .111 .III .444 .III “I came into this tournament not sure about my game,” she said. “I Elliott edges to 444-.- ILIII II I .121 so boost of confidence. took advantage of shifty winds to turn a 37-second midrace lead over Sweden‘s Tre Kronor into a Under. Spirit of Australia, by 2:45 for its first victory in 16 races. l II “I haven’t been without any injuries or illnesses for some time. It's good to feel that way right throughout all three round-robins by Geoff Bodine when he was driv- III III 14 1: I. “Wow,” said Graf, still only onds, and France‘s Ville de Paris “I IN I I New Zealand, the other series co-ieader, easily defeated Spain‘s Espana ‘92 by 17 minutes, 46 sec- III “I cm m 62nd, she was impressed. RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The III II II III 11 13 1310 I 1| numbers. But when a reporter noted that the championship was her 22. “It‘s always surprising to me how long I’ve been in the game. Ten years is such a long time. Sixty-two tournaments is a lot. It’s a lot." In the defender trials, America3 SAN DIEGO (AP) —— Nippon upset Italy’s Il Moro di Venezia downed its older stablemate, Dewith a 5-second victory that moved fiant, twice in a doubleheader the Japanese yacht into a first- sailed on shortened courses. place tie in the America’s Cup America3 received points for challenger selection series. just one victory, however. The Their match Sunday, the second America3 Foundation yachts were day of Round 3 racing for the chalscheduled to sail three short races lenger fleet, was the closest of the to give the crews more opportunity series being contested on the Pacif— to practice starts. a race official ic Ocean off Point Loma. I] Moro, which dropped into a third-place tie with France‘s Ville Spirit of Australia is virtually de Paris, filed a protest because the out of the competition after its loss race committee had placed one of to Challenge Australia. which also the course marker buoys in the has little more than a mathematical wrong spot. chance of making the semifinals. The jury overseeing the chal- This would be the first time since lenger trials denied the protest. 1970 that Australia has not been in saying the marker was in the same the finals of a multinational Amerilocation for both boats and did not the day was Challenge Australia, which beat its cousin from Down M 1 I I 18 she‘s unconcerned about such “This is a good start for me, because it’s only the second time I’ve played this year,’ “If you just keep practicing all the time, you don’t really know where Nippon sails past Italy in America Cup trials 1‘31 III III I32 I 1“ 21w 13.1.00 this." Graf lost a set to Martinez for the first time in their six matches Hitting the ball deeper and harder than at the outset, the top-seeded German won 14 consecutive points early in the third set to pull away. She said her year was just begin- put the Italians at a disadvantage. II ii 11.04am Mary Joe Fernandez. “I pulled out some close matches, and that's what I needed to do," Graf said. “I nwd to have the feeling that when the match is getting closer, I‘m still in there. That's why I’m really happy about before taking charge of the final. I I I I I 1:112i'3.’5 ii [.1 g :1 s?! a: 1.1-1 441 :4 14-4 444 14 267 110 II 14-4 445 14 15 gs i I: a; 1 4 4 14 4 12 14 j: l 1: 8 2 :11 :3 24-4 11411 M1440 23-4 1114 13-4 414 21-s I“ 414 21-4 141 3:: a: :9 aria: : ”ins-1.:1.0141(2) mm 4.1mm "tame-i mama-81. 12.04311” 12.14.111.11 , aw ”:IJMM' Yaw 1. ' N.M.-n4 Mama-41. ' 14m IIJIIIIIW 3: 1|. 2 ‘“-a:~ s; I444" m 24-21344 1 24-4 1440 4 a-a 1444 1 3 3 :11. momma) 1m 3.1141:- «4114M: 9: 3 al i il. F5 it?2r: lii: E.t g: .3 phonon“ fi“ M41014 lunar-1:41:15 ~45" Juana nals. Not good for finals. " Chesnokov earned $72,380. His trip to the final advanced him from 36th to 19th in the world rankings. “Wetried.” urday evening to claim a men‘s 101 y at tour singles when he was up 5—4 and was serving, but lost 7-6. BYU, now 5-8 in duals, hosts Utah State this Friday at 6 pm. tennis victory over BYU, 5-4. Am 4941M wigs—1. utum: "u M" ALBUQUERQUE. N.M. — Wichita State won the third set in the number two doubles match Sat- 4114.414 01414 I. I'll 4 Elliott, 36. appeared to have (In race wrapped up after ' flu. ry Gant — who had grabbed 3‘, spot during the leaders‘ pit lap 222 —— for the lead on (3. , 0411411 F114". 63, H. Id The crucial blow for BYU came earlier in the match when junior '. Mo W I: . But. with the end ofthe m in 1 sight, Kulwicki made a ‘ Marco Pacheco pulled a groin moving within one 49m 11 E' muscle in the second set. 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