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Show TheSaltLakeTribuneSPORTS June Friday, 25, 1999 Ds Becker Recaptures Magic at Wimbledon BY RACHEL ALE WIMBLEDONRESULTS WIMBLEDON, Bngland Resul Men’s Singles ind Round Sweden, de WIMBLEDON Boris Becker raised hisfist in the air Thursday, and all of the sudden he was 17 years old again. The fans were screaming and the flashbulbs were are Rosset. Sw herlands, de. Todd Wood det, Fernando Vie lof David Prinosth wn Michael Gam Worx def Sandon Stole det Guillermo Ca def. Younes Ed Ayrianul, Mo he Germany, def. Nicolas Kiefer (15), Ger 39), Germany, de. Richard Fromberg, wia, def Jett Tarango, 53, (86) ustralia, def Jonas Bjorkman, en's Singles Sec Satalle Dechy. France de Sabine Appelmans, Bel ma Stevenson, ited States, def. Olga Bara Stary Perce) France det Ri Grande, tay, 61 Elena Wagner, Germany, dof M ann Shaughnessy United States, 76179), 64 Anne Kremer, Luxembourg. def, Brie Rippner, United Hingis on Tuesday, won her second-round match, 6-0, 4-6, 8-6. was upsetin the third round, and in 1997 he lost to Samprasin the twinkling and mostofall there was his name,attached to a winning score high above Centre Court at Wimbledon. Then he blinked, and hereal- ized he was 31 andthat this was the tournament’s second me,” Becker said. “It was almost like I won the tournament. Unfortunately, it was only the second round, but it wasa great feeling to be back on Centre Court, andit No. 3 seed Lindsay Davenportalso brought the best out of me.” Becker looked comfortable ‘torious, speeding through from theinstant he stepped onto the familiar green ing his way past 21 rymanNicolasKiefer 6-4 Hat sud ngles win over Karina a and a6-0, 6-0 doubles victory with partner Corina thrash‘old coun. Morariu. ina 6-4, 6-2, Becker and Kiefer have had several public squabblesover match that was neither pre- dictable norfriendly. As the 15th the past few months at German [ Heimmediatelydecreedthat to be his final Grand Slam appear. ance, and although hehas played scattered tournaments since, he has been listed in the ATP Tour register as “semi-retired.” He didn’t miss the competition until about six months ago, when he found out his wife was pregnant with his second child. He decided to take onelast run at Wimbledon before retiring completely to be with his family. “T'm really surprised,” hesaid. “T didn’t expectthisat all.” DaveCaulkin/Associated Press Boris Becker retumsa shotduring his 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 victory over countryman Nicolas Kiefer in the second round on Centre Court on Thursday. is Cup and World TeamCupevents, andearlier this week Kiefer ac seed, Kiefer had technically been the favorite, but the match marked Becker's return to Centre Court after semi-retiring two years ago, and he appeared determined to makeit a happy homecoming. cused Beckerof purpose! ing himin thelocker room. Their matchwas given advancebilling as a heated conflict between the “I can’t really say this is my place anymore I used to own it, but Pete Sampras has taken over the keys,” Becker said. “So we have newownership of the court, but I still obviously feel very much roaring impatience of youth and the crafty wisdomof age. Instead, spectators weretreated toa rather quick Becker coronation that concluded with the players inga quick, wordless handshe The match was at homeonit andvery comfortable there.” switch from Becker's mined 6:3, agan, a five-set dogfight in which Becker came back from two sets down and three Maclagan match Joining Becker in the third round will be French Open cham pion AndreAgassi, after adeter. Argentinean quarterfinals. victory overBritain's Miles Macl 3 win overfeisty Guillermo Canas, points. and defending Wimbledon cham. Beckerfirst burst onto these pion Jana Novo' Sylvia Plisel hke, vho handled ; No. 7 Arantxa § inchez Vi cario wa: a as succ ul alling groundsas a16-year-old, dominat ing his opponents with a monster serve and booming, powerful strokes. He won his first title by the age of 17 and his third by21, and by 1995 he had been in seven Wimbledon finals. 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