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Show 1995 Sunday, April 2, when asked how the Davis Cup team compared to the By VICTOR SIMPSON star-studd- Associated Press Writer ' fpj-.- ffi'LJ 'Hb i r Dan Brooks Lincoln Taylor - KrisJsx Tennis PALERMO, Sicily may have found its dream team. The punch of Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi, the No. 1 and No. 2 players in the world, and their doubles teammates beat overmatched Italy Saturday and moved the United States into the Davis Cup semifinals against Sweden. Playing a match delayed a day by rain, Sampras defeated Renzo Furlan 6 Then, Richey Reneberg and Jared Palmer defeated Stefano Pescosolido and Cristian Brandi 1 , 7 1- -2 Nate Cooper top-rank- 7-- '.Mm Williams Justin Wilkes Kelly Bnmhall Kris Cox ed (7-3- 6-- 3, ), 6-- 0. 6-- 6-- (2-7- 6-- 4, ), 6-- 3. Following Agassi's straight-se- t victory Friday, it gave the United States an unbeatable 0 lead in the best-of-- 5 series, making Sunday's final two singles meaningless. The decision by Sampras and Agassi to put aside their rivalry to 3-- unan imous picks be Davis Cup teammates added such strength and prestige to the U.S. team that even the 5, 100 partisan fans jamming the Palermo Tennis Club often applauded their Provo's Mattpv imams, oyan- - ish fork's Ji, THnpview's shots. Kris "We're good," Sampras said and All-Regi- bas-kjja- ll K? h y In' team. I Vyjlliams, who helped lead the player. jQUier members of the first team include Provo's Kris Cox and Kel- JPfimhall; Payson's Lincoln Taylor, Jared Nielsen and Joel Opky; Pleasant Grove's Justin and Mike Leatham; and Tirpview's Dan Brooks. Receiving honorable mention wet Timpview's Beau Archibald ly.. ri er "It showed we thought the Ital- ians were good players and we had to bring our best to win," Reneberg said. Clay is Sampras' least favorite surface and he showed some hesitation against Furlan, although he benefitted from a dry court after Agassi's soggy experience Friday. Furlan, ranked only No. 67 in the world, played grittily during the first set, rallying from a 4-- 1 deficit and saving five set points to force a tiebreaker. But he lost that and never threatened again, beaten by Sampras' big serve and complete game. It was only the second of 11 tiebreakers that Sampras has won this year, and he said it "gave me a and Frank Afa; Provo's Mekeli Wesley and Jeremy Frampton; Spanish Fork's Josh Davis; and Springville's Dustin Tanner and Jake Huff. Cox, Williams, Taylor, Jex and Cooper are also members of The Salt Lake Tribune's team. Cox was selected as most valuable player as he led the Bulldogs to the all-sta- te state 4A title. Cougar volleyball squad claims pair of victories tun - Scott LOS ANGELES, Calif. Larkin had 29 kills and 20 digs d Friday night as the BYU men's volleyball team defeated Southern California, eighth-ranke- and Larkin also had 22 kills in 28 attempts Thursday night in a 0 3-- it to HILTON HEAD ISLAND, Conchita Martinez, the deS.C. fending champion, continued her run of dominating tennis Saturday to reach the final of the Family Circle Cup. Martinez, ranked fourth in the world, overwhelmed Natasha Zvereva in little less than an hour 2 and was poised for her first title since winning Wimbledon last year. ''My confidence is back," Martinez said. "You can't always ex6-- 6-- 1, pect an easy match in the semifinals, but I played very well." Magdalena Maleeva, in only her second Family Circle appearance, 6 beat unseeded Silvia Farina in the other semifinal. (7-But Zvereva, who dropped the final here to Martinez a year ago, didn't think it mattered who faced the Spaniard. "I don't think she'll have any problems whoever she's playing," Zvereva said. "I always give cred- 6-- 4, victory over Loyola Marymount. Anthony Fenton had 17 kills against LMU and 18 kills with 12 digs against the Trojans. 17-1- 6, 15-1- 1. another player, but I just think Conchita's game is a lot more suit- By PETE IACOBELLI AP Sports Writer Jared Nielsen on. 5 morale-boost- 1- -2 inexperience showed, with the Americans, champions at the Australian Open, playing steadily to win easily. The combination of Sampras and Agassi marks the first time since 1984 that the world's No. and No. 2 players have been on the same U.S. Davis Cup team. Then it was John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors. That team was upset by Sweden on an indoor clay court at Gote-ber- leads over the Netherlands ajyj (i South Africa, respecitvely, with the winners to meet in the oth.ec semifinal. ' Sweden 3, Austria 0 At Vaxjo, Sweden, Jan Appell and Jonas Bjorkman won 6J3? 3 over Thomas Muster and Alex , 7-- 5, 6-- Antonitsch, giving the Swedes their fourth consecutive trip to the semis. Russia 2, South Africa 1 comeback from twf It took a sets down for the Russians to hg the lead, as Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Andrei Olkhovsky defeat South Africa's Wayne Ferrer 4-(8- 6 and Gary Muller 4-6-- 3 ), at Moscow's iij 6), 6 door Olympic Stadium. 6, 6, 7-- The U.S. team could exact its 22-2revenge in the semifinals Sept. in the The match will be played United States, on a hard court and possibly at Las Vegas, Agassi's hometown. 4 On Saturday, Sampras camq close to committing himself to the next round. ., ', Barring ailments, he said, "I 3d i i see myself playing." n In other championship round ac') tion, defending champion Sweden clinched its match with Austria and Germany and Russia took 2:1 1 g. 1 7-- (7-3- Germany 2, Netherlands 4. 1 At Utrecht, Boris Becker and Michael Stich rallied to beat Jaccp Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis 7 (7- -, 6-- 1), 4-- 6, 6-- 4, 1 ';' 6-- 3. 7-- 5, artinez sweeps into Family Circle fina IV ilrV Joel Ockey Mike Leatham Bulldogs to the league title, was the coaches' choice as most valuable 11-1- won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics. "The American team is almost a dynasty," Sampras said. He listed such Americans as Jim Courier, Michael Chang and Todd Martin, who have played in recent Davis Cup matches. Reneberg said the presence of Sampras and Agassi was a great to the U.S. team. lot of momentum and confidence" for the rest of the match. "Once I got the first set, I could sense the air coming out of his balloon," Sampras said. Furlan said there was little that Italy could do against the tough U.S. combination. "When they have a chance to win, they don't let it slip away," Furlan said. In the doubles match, the Italians won their only set after losing the first set in 19 minutes. But their C5 Page Nate Coqper are unan? uuuu selections to the Eight boys' 16-1- 4, basketball "Dream Team" that - THE DAILY HERALD, Provo, Utah, Kevin Hambly, the nation's leader in blocking, had 10 blocks at LMU and 14 at USC. able for clay." Also Saturday, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, the world's No. 1 player, underwent a bone scan that revealed a stress fracture of her right leg's outside bone. Kathleen Stroia, the WTA's director of sports sciences and medicine, said the injury would require -6 weeks to heal. "I'm a person who always thinks positive," said Sanchez Vicario, who will return to Andorra, Spain, on Sunday to start recuperating. "The most important thing now is to recover and come back strong." Martinez has looked solid and efficient throughout the tournament, except at the start of her quarterfinal match with Iva Ma-jol- i. On Friday, Martinez lost six straight service games to fall be0-But she recovered to hind win the final 12 games of the match-Shwas on from the start against Zvereva, rushing to a 0 lead. Martinez took the first set on a blistering forehand deep into the corner as Zvereva stood watching. Zvereva held serve, making it 2 in the second set. But Martinez 2-- 6, 3. 5-- 3-- i '' again switched to overdrive. The next game, she sliced a nifty drop shot just out of reach, ran down a Zvereva drop for another, winner and slammed a 96 mph ace: to go up Martinez spun a serve in ori match point that Zvereva couldn't handle, the return weakly tagging the net cord ticks before the game ' clock switched to one hour. who took three weeds' Maleeva, off to practice on clay, is the seep ond member of her family to reach a Family Circle final. 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