| Show Section Monday June IV loot TheHerald Journal Insido w Pagel of the day Kuerten wins the French Open for the third time PARIS (AP) — By winning the French Open for the third time Gustavo Kuerten joined a select group of tennis players Only five other men have matched Kuerten's feat: Henri Cochet Rene Lacoste Bjorn Borg Ivan Lendl and Mats Wilan-d- er : - Former USC and Tampa coach John McKay idles of Kuerten’s l clay are notes suited to faster surfaces Kuerten exited last year’s UJS Open in the first round and was alimimrtret fawn thg Andmlian Open in January in die second round His chances of improving oq last year’s third-roushowing at Wimbledon are nonexistent this year He has decided not to play at die tournament preferring to rest instead ' With only the US Open remaining this year Kuerten is a long way from taking a Grand Slam title sside from die French Byt die runner-u- p in Sunday’s final Alex Corretja is convinced “Does he have to shbw that he can win the Australian Open or the US Open?’’ Corretja asked “He doesn’t need to show anything “I would love to be in his situa- tion” Kuerten’s win in Paris will send him to the top of the ATP champions race just six points above Australian Open champion Andre Agassi With two Grand Slam events and three Masters Series tournaments on fast surfaces to go before die rad of the year nd But unlike his predecessors Kuerten has yet to prove that he can win championships on other surfaces and become one of history’s best players Outside the French he has only twicereached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event IBs baseline game and sweeping groundstrokes devastating on B2 Sports briefs Davis ends streak ROCHESTER NY (AP) — Ending tbe worst winless run of her career Laura Davie? shot s 74 at the Rochester International for her 20th victory in 14 yean on the LPGA Tour Briton aided Hie with a 279 total on the ' Locust Hill course That was three strokes better than Wendy Ward who closed with the day’s best round of 67 and' Swede Maria Hjorth who shot a 72 See CLAY on B4 AP photo Brazifs Gustavo Kuerten kisses the cup after winning the men's final of the French Open Jig From to 32 DU seeds Wimbledon’s Schroeder wins NFL Golf Classic in playoff attempt to quiet critics CLIFTON NJ (AP) — John Schroeder tapped in a putt on die second playoff hole to beat Allen Doyle Sunday in the NFL Golf Classic and claim his first victory on the Senior PGA Tout Both players paired the first playoff hole the par--5 18th But on the par--3 17th the second playoff hole Schroeder put his first shot on die edge of the green and putted to within a foot of the cup to set up the winning tup-i- n - Stingers Jose teFrS&nb1 ’ The Fresno Grizzlies tagged Salt Lake's Steven Mintz for two runs in die sixth inning and went on for the 6--3 win on Sunday night The series between die two teams ends on Tuesday' finals Florida 7 Tbronto 2 ' Boston 5 Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 8 DetroftS Cincinnati 9 Cleveland 3 NY Mets 10 Tampa Bay 0 Baltimore 3 Montreal 2 Pittsburgh 11 Minnesota 8 White 8ox3 Cuba 1 Oakland 6 San Francisco 2 Anaheim 6 Los Angeles 5 (10) Seattle 8 San Diego 1 Atlanta 4NY Yankees 1 Houston 6 Texas 5 Arizona 12 Kansas City 5 V PCL Fresno 6 Salt Lake 3 2-- ' anexedfentjobHehitahnniohgous : - Houston 60 Phoenix 58 New York 81 Washington " 80- WUSA PhRadelphia 3 CaroBna 0 Bay Area 0 New York 0 (tie) Ontolovlsion ‘ HicsBii i ESPN2 --- College World Series game 8 teams TBA at Omaha Neb MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS —Atlanta at Toronto ' ' : - '' shot for us” The 76ers trailed from the second quarter on and missed their one and only dunce to tie the game when Allen Iverson could make only one of two fiee throws with 2d)6 left — 15 see onds after O’Neal drew his sixth foul for backing over Dikembe Mutombo “I didn’t think the best defensive player in the game would be flopping like that Tt irirnmetfut Hie wfcrmi buy into that” O’Neal said “I wish he'd stand up and play me like a man instead of flopping and crying every time I back him down “It’s just a shame ‘and you can quote me on thaL Andpnderiine it three tunes” O’Neal s?id Iverson missed a with 38 seconds left and Raja BeU mteed one WNBA 'v- — er MLB ns i ms tt 96-9- LA Lakers 96 Philadelphia 91 Spun! PHILADELPHIA (AP) — AU the talk about heart character resiliency and toughness has been a little onesided in the NBA Finals Turns out the Los Angeles Lakers possess those qualities too Kobe Bryant silenced the fans who gave him rode welcome ead Robert Horry made sure they went habie angry Sunday night as die Lakers overcame the of their biggest weapon — Shaquille O’Neal — and held off the Philadelphia 76en 1 “I don’t care what your problem is I don’t care how big your heart is” Bryant said “We just want to come and beat you no matter how competitive you are” Bryant scored 32 points half of than in die second quarter when he gave the Lakers the lead for good and Horry scored 12 fourth-quartpoints — die seven — Lakers’ final including in this lead a 1 LxHAngeles tyok and compelling entertaining series Bryant O’Neal and Horry acc for 77 ofthe Lakers’ 96 points with Horry scoring die game’s biggest has-ket —a with 47 seconds left “That’s what teammates are for” Bryant said “Robert came in and did ks Sunday's scores NBA LONDON (AP) — In a major break with tradition there will be 32 seeded players — instead of 16 — at this year’s Wimbledon tennis i championships Hie move was announced Monday by The All England Club in a bid to assuage clay-- r q court experts who claim Wim-- “ bledoo’si seeding policy ji 9n diMrimiMlw against fliww in :I favor of grass-cou-rt special- - ’ ists -- The new fonnulawillbe adopted by ill four Grand Slam tournaments — Wimble- -' don and the US Australian i and French Opens Under foe new systan foe 32 seeds trill be the top 32 players on foe ATP Entry Sys-tern rankings and foe WTA i Tour rankings But the order of the seeds will be arranged 1 1 on a surface-base- d system Brazil’s Gustavo Kuerten who won his third French Open title Sunday already has! said he will not be playing at i Wimbledon winch begins J AP photo June 25 Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant dribbles past Philadelphia TSare1 Raja Bell in Kuerten said be wants to ! the second half of game 3 of Ihe NBA finals Sunday rest a sore groin but he previ-oud-y had complained about I six seconds later but lyronn Lue away” Iverson said “We were right the tournament’s seeding sys-- ! there kept fighting and just weren’t fouled Iverson on a 3 and he made all Iran and his career record three free throws to Cut tbe Lakers’ able to pull it off there is only 4 lead to 1 wife 276 seconds left in foe secBryant shot just rt But other experts'1 ond half but the damage he did in die Hony made two from the line with French Open runner-u- p including r second quarter 213 left for a 1 Alex Corretja and Spanish lead and the 76ers be more to proved o compatriot Juan Carlos took their final time- important He hit have said they would out eight straight shots wait to see what Wimbledon — all but two of Iverson drove to the decided basket and had to them from foe Wimbledon had been the — to attempt a perimeter only one of the four Grand shot over foe out- give foe Lakers a Slam tournaments which had stretched arm of lead that slowly adhered strictly to foe ATP not dwindled foe rest Bryant It missed world rankings in its seedings of the way but Horry was fouled on The All England Club has foe rebound and made both shots to never got lower than tme point seeded players based on their O’Neal had 30 points 12 rebounds wrap up foe victory record and grass-couGame 4 is Wedraday night “I don’t want to say we let it slip : See RISE on B4 i 4 onB4-See : "f clay-cou- 94-9- V Fer-rer- high-archi- ng rt v ' ESPN— LosAngMesi at Houston " ' 1 wemMM l:-'7--' quoto 'You sit there and you know you're going to get beat? walks throws were lousy i to first no hittingI don’t know if there's anything die manager can do about it” —- Minnesota manager Toni Kelly on blowing Jtn 1 Head to ' Pittsburgh Sunday in an 11-- 8 loss c i John Olerud Ichiro Suzuki and A1 Martin homeied as Seatde wod for the I6fo time in 17 gamjes rimfoig foe Sab Diego Padres 1 Sunday sratttered John Halama (5-seven hits in seven shutout 'innings to corftpktean 11-- 1 61-ga- (50-11- - 8-- 4) AP photo by team- - :' The Seattle Marinere’ AJ Martin is congraluiatsd n mates hi the dugout (blowing Ns homa mn v ’i' v'Sr two-ro- bookstand “Tbam-wis- - ! e v it’s : ‘t- - ' e : great’1 V Halama said “Eleven of 12 games at home ft’s unbelievable Wb lost yesterday but ' our mood hasn’t dunged” At 3 foe Mariners matchedthc 1939 New Yfokf s Yankees for the second-be- st record since 1900 V' bdfoid foe 1912 Nrav York'1 Giants )' Suzuki got his 100th hit ' with his home run ind foe seven-timbatfoig champion from Japan is on pace to finish with 266 hits which would be a imyor league record ' 48-1- : VtM AV winning streak foe Mariners started a new 15-ga- SetoKle - 16-of-17 : Aday afterfoeendoffoeir v- - 8-- win " Mb' senapMasnwwp gamev 9V teams TBA at Omaha Neb V 1ib : ' r -fi By The Associated Prdaa VpjnvESPN— Colege World Series : 1 6-- 92-9- VV' 16 ' t rr t- yrgywCTgr?xisPv In foe one Nadraul League game Coloradorouted St Louis 12--3 At Seatde Carlton Loewer 4 ) made his first nuyor (0-1- 1999 and allowed siXjmq and six Mb in 2 3 innifaa Braves Yankees At New York Greg Maddu& ’ (6-allowed one run and 2-seven hits in 6 innings to I defeat Mike Mussina (5-who gave up four runs —1 fil i i 1-- 5) 3 7) 1 SeeMsonB4i 3 ' A |
