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Show SPORTS Standard-Examiner SPORTS BRIEFS PARIS (AP — Mary Joe Fer- officials resign Thefifth-seeded Fernandez overpowered No. 2 seed and formear' PARK CITY — The U‘S. Ski Team announced the resignations French Open champion Arantxa reasons. “Both have done an out- standing job with their programs during the past few years.” Agee is returning to a position at Mammouth Mountain. Calif., where he worked for 20 years before joining the U.S. team in 1991. “It's a hard devision, but one which is best for my family and myself right now,” said Agee, who will remain with the team through the end of the month. Ashley will continue with the team until September. Layton brothers pin down top finishes DOLORES, Colo. — Layton brothers Josh and Zach Lamano both won first place trophies last month in the Four Corners Championship Invitational wrestling tournament here. Joshua won the 65 pound division for 1! and 12 year olds, and Zach won the 60-pound division for 9 and 10 year olds. They will now compete for the regional title in Greco and freestyle wrestling at Western Regional FRENCH OPEN nandez and Andrei Medvedev produced major upsets at the French Open tennis tournament toda ard Peterson, who said the resignations were both for personal June 3, 1983 3B Fernandez knocks off Sanchez Vicario in straight sets Two U.S. Ski Team today of alpine director Dennis Agee and cross country director Alan Ashley “I'm disappointed that Dennis and Alan have chosento leave.” said U.S. Ski Team president How- hurscay ‘| don’t think she played up to her best. It was her first Grand Sanchez Vicario, 6-2, 6-2, in their semifinal match, following up her spectacular comeback v ictory over third-seeded Gabriela Sabatini in the quarterfinals. Medvedev, an 18-year-old from Ukraine, outhit and outsmarted Siam semifinal and she was probably nervous.’ — Steffi Graf, commenting on Sweden's Stefan Edberg, 6-0, 6-7 (7-3), 7-5, 6-4, to clinch the last spot in the men’s semifinals. opponent Anke Huber Fernandez’s victory was her sec- 1991, when Monica Seles surpassed her. ond over the Spaniard in eight matches and her firs; ‘4 four tries on clay. It put her m «he finals against top-seeded Steffi Graf. Seles won the French Open the past three years, but is out ofaction indefinitely after being stabbed Apnil 30 in Hamburg, Germany, by a factory worker who said he wanted to help Graf become No. |! again. Graf is now 6-0 against Huber, losing only 20 gamesin 12 sets. “I don’t think she played up to her best,” Graf said of Huber. “It washerfirst Grand Slam semifinal and she was probably nervous.” Graf won thetitle here in 1987 and 1988, and Sanchez Vicario won in 1989 before Seles began her streak. Medvedev displayed all-round virtuosity, slamming eight service returns for winners, hitting 14 passing shots to only one for the thirdseeded Edberg, and neutralizing the Swede’s serve-and-volley game with eight offensive lobs that went for winners. “It was a pre-game plan,” Medvedev said of the lobs. “He was Graf swept her semifinal, 6-1, 6-1, in 50 minutes over error- plagued Anke Huber, the No. 8 seed, and heads into Saturday’s final holding a 10-0 career advantage over Fernandez. The ltlth-seeded Medvedev, playing in only his third Grand Slam event, fended off an Edberg comeback attempt with bullet-like service returns and deadly lobs to win. The Ukrainian earned a semifinal match Friday with No. 10 seed Sergi Bruguera of Spain. In the other men’s semifinal, No. 2 seed Jim Courier, the two-time defending champion, plays 12thseeded Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands. Graf's victory in the all-German match with Huber enabled her to reclaim the world No. | ranking for the first time since September getting too close to the net in his previous matches. He's very quick at the net ... I knew that at the key points I had to make a few lobs.” The match started Wednesday evening, and Medvedev won the first set in an astounding 16 minutes, yielding only seven points to Edberg. Rain forced suspension of the match with the second set tied 5-5 “When someone like Stefan wins only seven points — it’s really my best-ever set,” said Medvedev Edberg double-faulted once in each ofhis first four service games, and at one point drew a cheer just for breaking a string of Medvedev points. Krajicek made no secret ofhis strategy against Courier. “Ill leave the baseline play to him,” said the 21-year-old Dutchman. “I'll play my own game, which is serve-and-volley, play short points, attack his second serve, if possible, come in, just play a completely different game than he has been playing against all the other guys.” Thelast serve-and-volley man to win the French Open was Frenchman Yannick Noah in 1983. Krajicek, whose only previous Grand Slam semifinal was on a fast surface at last year’s Australian Open, said he wasn’t surprised by his strong showing here. “I always had the feeling I could play on clay,” he said. “Just because I go to the net more often than other people doesn’t mean you're not a clay court player.” He is 1-3 in his career against Courier, with the lone victory com- ing on a fast surface last year in Antwerp, Belgium. The Associated Press Andrei Medvedev of the Ukraine hits the ball during his upset win Thursday over Sweden’s Stefan Edberg in their quarterfinal match of the French Open in Paris. Wrestling Championships, which will be staged June 14-19 at the Weber County Fairgrounds. Bell’s suspension upheld by A.L. boss NEWYORK — The three-game suspension ofCleveland outfielder Albert Belle was upheld Wednesday following a hearing by American League president Dr. Bobby Brown. Belle, leading the major leagues in both home runs with 17 and runs batted in with 48, was suspended for charging Kansas City pitcher Hipolito Pichardo on May 13. He appealed and had his hearing with Brown on Tuesday. The suspension begins Friday in Cleveland. to SPORTING GOODS COMPANY Uae Wewill meet any current or advertised price of our competitors! 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