Show incrnr I"' 'i'm ripf"l)ii 1 r fvimtmt Hr'Hil' in luranr ftf"HiirirW i'i irfrt I I I iW J'TfliL" nw I jllSjOgdeiStandard Sports PARIS (AP) — It wouldn't be a Grand Slam women's singles tennis final without Martina Navratilova or Chris Evert Lloyd And today the world's top two women face each other yet again this time for the singles crown at the French Open tournament It will be the 20th consecutive Grand Slam final in which either or both have th time they have played and the faced each other in the women's title match at the French Open Wimbledon US Open and Australian Open It was in 1981 on the brick-reclay courts of Roland Garros that Navratilova lost to West Germany's Sylvia Hani-k- a in the quarterfinals and Lloyd was ousted in the semifinals by eventual winner Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia That French Open was the last Tennis Grand Slam event where neither played on the final day Lloyd won last year's crown defeating Navratilova in an exciting three-se- t showdown "It's not water under the bridge" Navratilova said of last year's loss "because I will always remember" The two have carried their rivalry around the world playing on grass at Wimbledon and the Australian Open on hard courts at the US Open in New York and on the clay in Paris At first it was Lloyd who dominated winning their first five clashes and running up a advantage Then Navratilova took over Now af ter 68 career meetings — the longest rivalry in tennis history — over 13 years Navratilova has won 36 times Lloyd 32 times" Na"She's beaten me vratilova said after her semifinal victory on Thursday "and one more time won't make that big a difference" might not and a can prove either's It ry look at their case histo- Grand Slam finals In the last where they have battled each other Navratilova has won eight But Lloyd won last year at Roland Garros Stadium on clay her favorite surface and one that suits her baseline game attackNavratilova plays an ing game always forcing play But over the years the two have slowly changed Navratilova becoming more patient 10 from the baseline waiting for just the right moment to attack while Lloyd more and more will fight her way to the net no longer content to hang on the baseline and depend entirely on her passing shots Lloyd had the tougher draw in this year's French Open but Navratilova came closest to losing The route to the final for Lloyd who now lives in Boca Raton Fla included victories over Cecile Calmette of France Nathalie Herreman of France American Gabriela Anne Smith of Argentina No Carling B sett of Canada and No 5 Hana Mandlikova of Czechoslovakia Twice against Sabatini and Bassett Lloyd lost the first set before rallying to win Navratilova a native of Czechoslovakia who became an American citizen in 1981 and now makes her home in Fort Worth Texas breezed past Italy's Sandra Cecchini Larisa Savchenko of the Soviet Union Claudia Porwick of West Germany Italy's Laura Garrone and No 7 Kathy Rinaldi of the United States before running into No 6 Helena Sukova in the semifinals of Czechoslovakia There Navratilova came within three second-se- t tiebreaker — points — a of losing But she prevailed to win and set up her another meeting 2 with Lloyd "It would mean more for me to beat Martina if I were to win the French" 1 thrashLloyd admitted after her is the No ing of Mandlikova "She and it is a Grand Slam" Brazil Unranked Pernfors is Sweden's hope to upset Lend PARIS (AP) — Unseeded Pernfors of Sweden continued his amazing run through the French Open tennis championships Friday by upsetting Henri Lcconte to Ivan Lendl in join the men's final Pernfors playing on the red clay courts of Roland Garros for the first time swept past his French opponent 3 after Lendl thrashed Ameri2 0 can John Kriek The Swede who had never won a Nabisco Grand Prix match in Europe before this k Grand Slam tournament began honed his game in the United States where he twice captured the NCAA singles title while a student at the University of Georgia Now he is Sweden's hope to continue its domination of the men's title an incredible string that was started by Bjorn Borg in 974 Swedes have won eight of the last 12 French Opens — six by Borg and in 1982 and 1985 by Mats Wilandcr Today Americans Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert Lloyd will meet for the 69th time this time for the women's singles crown where the winner will collect $154400 and the runner-uwill get $78000 e match The which was interrupted twice by rain finished under bright sunshine without a cloud in the sky Lendl's rout of Kriek occurred in a steady cold drizzle that saw Lendl wear a sweater and sweatpants throughout the match while Kriek played in his jacket Ranked 27th in the world when the year's first Grand Slam event began two weeks ago Pernfors now has a chance of duplicating the feat of West Germany's Boris Becker who became the first unseeded player since seeding was introduced in 1927 to win the men's singles tle at Wimbledon last year Going into Wimbledon Becker was ranked 20th in the world "I feel like I can't miss a tennis ball" Pernfors said after his latest upset "I feel like whatever the opponent docs I can counter it" Both Leconte and Pernfors said the first rain delay — a interruption that came after the seventh game of the advances to Round 2 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Brazil which has won three World Cups and came here as the favorite to be the first nation to cap- Tennis second set — was crucial "I was playing well" before the delay Leconte said "And he started player better" after they returned to the court Just before play was halted Pernfors who was down a set and a service break broke serve to pull even "That was a crucial game" he said in his "I knew I had to go out English (after the delay) and play a good first game and I did" before The two battled to then broke Pernfors held to Leconte in the 2th game He reached set point on a forehand passing shot with heavy topspin then closing out the set on a backhand passing shot that Leconte volleyed into the net That tied the match at one set each After they traded service breaPs in the second and third games of the third set giving the Frenchman a lead another heavy shower suspended play again "The third set was very difficult" Leconte said "And in the fourth set I was very tired and had to stay back" Pernfors broke Leconte's service in the ninth game then was serving for the third set when Leconte broke back They traded service breaks again in the 11th and 2th games sending the set into a tiebreak which the Swede captured With his backhand passing shots working to raced out to a lead as he closed in on a berth in the championship match "It was very difficult to see what he was going to do because he has a backhand and takes the ball out in front of him" Leconte said of Pernfors "He can go down the line lob or go As far as Sunday's match is concerned Pernfors said he is "not going to go out there and shake I'm not going to be nervous" Lendl played The well running through a Kriek in 78 minutes But Kriek has definitely had better days "Today is the day I shouldn't have even woken up" said ture four championships moved into the second round with a victory over Algeria on Friday "sJF--- rs World Cup ing !tt ? V Mikael KMl i4 t I ST Pernfors jubilates as he defeats Henri Leconte Kriek who was booed at the end of the match Lendl who won the US Open last Scpetmber said he was right on schedule for the nal "I came here with the hope win seven that I could matches" he said "I've won six — I've got one more to go" "I was disgusted with myself" Kriek the South said "I shouldn't have woken up this morning I have never played so badly in my life "He didn't have an opponent out there It was total disaster" In the final set the crowd whistled — the European way of expressing displeasure — and booed the American when the match ended "It was a typical European crowd" Kriek said "If you Associated Press don't give your 100 percent what do you expect I fell apart I couldn't deal with the pressure I couldn't deal with myself It was a disastrous day" It was a nightmare ending for the man who after winning his quarterfinal match said "This is like Disney World all over again It's like a little fantasy world" On Friday the fantasy was all Lendl's Suicide attempt leaves Kathy Orsmby paralyzed INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Distance runner Kathy Ormsby of North Carolina State is permanently paralyzed from the waist down following her suicide attempt the chief of neurosurgery' at Wishard MemoriFrom 1B al Hospital said Friday double "Given the nature of her fracture we capturing the be would steeplechase in 8:21 17 the just misleading her if we gave fastest time in the world this year any possibility at all of regaining the use of Korir who will run the 5000 meters her legs" said Dr Peter Hall the physician supervising Ormsby's treatment tonight bettered the clocking of 8:2486 "This is as absolutely permanent as we can determine" Purdue University at Indianapolis said it Ormsby 21 suffered multiple spinal was a suicide attempt fractures a punctured lung and a broken Ormsby fell an estimated 40 to 50 feet rib when she jumped from a bridge minbefore hitting in a flood plain about 20 utes after dropping out the women's feet from the water run in the NCAA Track and Lt Douglas D Cox of the campus pohere Wednesday lice department said Field Championships Ormsby left the stadinight um and "people believed she had just She had been favored to win the event continued to jog after dropping out She in which she set the collegiate record only jogged toward the New York Street bridge six weeks ago (about two blocks from the track) and then The reason for the leap from the New did jump off" York Street bridge over the White River Cox said a railing across the bridge remains a mystery although fellow ath- would have prevented anyone from falling letes speculated the reason may have been over unintentionally Hall said Ormsby had not yet said why pressure to perform Campus police at Indiana University- - she tried to kill herself Track the Brazilians playing in thousands of their cheersinging and dancing fans at Guadalajara were the first qualifiers for Round 2 Canada fell to the brink of elimination with a loss to Hungary in Irapuato Brazil in Group D can finish no worse than second in its division The top two teams in each group — plus the four teams with the best records — will advance in its first World Canada Cup must beat the Soviet Union hope that France beats Hungary and then hope again that its record is one of the four best for the squads That's a longshot at best France and the Soviets each have three points and Hungary two in Group C In the other game Friday Motie in rocco held England to a Monterrey Previously the Moroccans had drawn with Poland like England one of the European favorites here The tie meant England which lost to Portugal in its opener almost certainly must beat Poland to have any chance of making the second round Morocco meanwhile is in a stronger to advance than anyone could have imagined prior to the tournament As this capital city braced for the possibility of even wilder partying in the streets prior to Mexico's second game of the tournament — the hosts play Paraguay today — police promised tighter security and announced that only specific areas would be cleared for celebrating But there was some question about how effective those measures would be if more than the estimated 100000 people who partied on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning took to the streets — especially on a weekend and with good weather Heavy rains did not interrupt the festivities earlier in the week when 200 people were reported injured and 8 arrested Mexican tourism officials who were hoping the World Cup would increase their business demanded a halt to the street celebrations claiming they spawn While front of posted by Utah's Henry Marsh earlier this year Weber which has had steeplechase runners in the nationals for four straight years was the only school to have two Americans in the finals Wayment a graduate of Clearfield last year High was also while this marked Henderson's first time competing in the national meet "Her only comment to her parents was that she wasn't exactly sure what happened" he said "It's quite likely she has some amnesia of the event She w ill probably have significant lapses of memory about the incident" had been no Hall said there improvement in her legs since she was admitted to Wishard He said she has complete use of her arms and is awake and aware of her injuries Her family told her Friday morning that the injuries would be permanent he said "The family has been talking with her and she is doing very well" Hall said "She is able to cope with it She's a brave young kid vandalism The directors of the national associations of hotel operators "About everybody who goes through restaurateurs and travel agents all this will experience some depression usualcondemned such vandalism as ly a few weeks down the road So far there have been no signs of that" he said "besmirching" the celebration The officials also expressed conHall said that while the injuries are not Ormsby will need surgery cern about Mexico's image if such acts continue first to stabilize the spine and then another On the soccer field Brazil was operation to remove bone fragments to beat Algeria He said she probably could be moved which came out of a defensive out of Wishard by the middle of next week and that he recommended she be moved shell early in the second half and nearly scored first closer to home for rehabilitation "It was no surprise for me how major who only six Ormsby a weeks ago set a collegiate record in the well Algeria played" Brazil 10000 meters is a native of Rockingham 'Coach Tele Santana said "They play soccer very much like Brazil NC They arc pleasing to the spectaHall said she probably would be hospitors have a high level of techtalized about six weeks and that after that nique and are dangerous against she would require physical any adversary" therapy for some time But Brazil held them off and "Given the distance she fell she's very now the is off for a while lucky she's not quadriplegic" Hall said — at leastpressure until the next round "She could have easily died" in its Hungary which lost He said Ormsby is experiencing some USSR — fallpain and that she has no feeling in her opener against the in the first four ing behind legs minutes — turned things around "She's not showing any unusual emoby scoring two minutes into the tional response" Hall said game with Canada |