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Se Ptemb, Friday, September 7, 1984AThe Battalion/Page 13 we need to cm ,or or Kanizab,, ' to miprovt.: eiilize we will, uniamentj.j, ’ 1 I Paving so* IS,? 1 ""- welcomes all 5 an * n iere« iij iHia°ry me^ 7 I coni 7-IOp, te Coliseum pi aaites wi|j Friday ai tit] I'ei e is a dill,, nameni andt; t*rs. !»i members a,, •c w ho are oj and will be i* lournamej nernben art I, or no pnorej II not be pant ments su then, dnp fee isles er compartdt { in i uimem pb» » Tl I aIm Floriculture-Ornamental Horticulture Club • SJMJEII *J/c(0£riy T^tccn Ifij ^/ouseptonts, (Fx.oti.cs osxd 7770££! ^Connors rolls to Open semifinals | United Press International Seixas in the national rhaninion- rlaim the first set thanks to a hreak touts w..a >■<b k the NEW YORK — Defending cham pion Jimmy Connors claimed his ac- ! ;ustomed spot in the semifinals of 1 he U.S. Open Tennis Champion- •> at boil ;hips Thursday, ending the dream iail I’ccnilt . runo f j () i in Lloyd in straight sets. mnlm K d f|W Warming up to his task as the af- madcthis:: erluon wore on, Connors steamed flight iffy n ' s way to a 7-5, 6-2, 6-0 victory over i7'>touchdor L ' , r d > the sur P r is e of the Philaddphii : h #ip io pship after registering four :onscc iitive upsets. a habit of d Ctsunors, who celebrated his 32nd oirthday Sept. 2, swept through the , r A . . final nine games against Lloyd and 12 of the last 13. >1 the two KM This marks a record 1 1th consec utive year Connors has fought his M way into the Open semifinals, and he , | i has won the title lour times. It also was his 72nd singles success, three shy of the men’s record held by Vic KanuH caaft 7 yards andjl: lis (lanadiano' Seixas in the national champion ships. In Saturday’s semifinals, Connors will take on the winner of Thursday night’s match between top seed John McEnroe and Gene Mayer. The other semifinal will match Ivan Lendl and Pat Cash. The women’s semifinals will be played Friday with Martina Navrati lova meeting Wendy Turnbull and Chris Evert Lloyd taking on Carling Bassett. Just as he did in his previous match against Joakim Nystrom, when he was extended to a tie-break in the opening set. He then dropped only three games in the next two sets, with Connors put to a severe early test by Lloyd. Lloyd, in fact, ranked only 49th in the world, raced to a 3-1 lead and it took Connors exactly ‘bn hour to claim the first set, thanks to a break in the 11th game. Given this big boost, Connors breezed through the second set in 31 minutes and then swept through the third in 20 minutes. Starting with the final game of the second set, when he came back from 0-30, Connors won 15 points in a row. “It was a little bit difficult playing out there,” Connors said. “The wind was gusty and swirling, but after I got through the first set 1 was going to try and cut through the wind, make my shots and go ahead and play. “I struggled a few times in the first set on my serve, but once I got through that set I felt a lot more con fidence.” Lloyd, who saw his world ranking soar from No. 24 in 1978 to 356 in 1980, never had taken a set from Connors in three previous meetings, including a first rounder in the 1981 Open. But he achieved the first break Thursday, that coming in the fourth game at 15 when Connors sent a lob long. Connors had to work long and hard to get it back. He had triple break point in the next game, only to have Lloyd come back to deuce, and it wasn’t until his eighth chance that Connors gained the break with a lob. A netted forehand by Lloyd, though, gave Connors the decisive service break in the 11th game. Lloyd had three break points in the 12th game, with a chance to force a tie-break, but eventually was long with a return to give Connors the set. © % ^ Bar Restaurant $i. 00 FROZEN MARGARITAS $3. 95 FAJITAS AND SOON TO BE FAMOUS ENCHILADAS MON THRU FRI9 TO CLOSE 317 S. College • SKAGGS CENTER • 260-9172 PEKING GARDEN Chinese Restaurant AIX YOU CAN EAT JVoon Buffet Mon.-Fri. 8 3 98 Evening Buffet i n., s»t., sun. *4 !,K Bullets include: egg roll, fried rice. Tried wonton soup, chicken lou mein, sweet and sour pork, beef with broccoli and fried honey banana > Tex«u» I OPEN DAJEY: 11:3° tern, to 2 p.m. 131 3 S . College S.dOp.m. to 9:30 p.m. 822-7601 * < T S. College We Did It, Tool r Tower liable- •earn pu 1 San® ;oupo ri i za p Lir ' 3. e leased one of the new condos at the #1 development in town. Visit Cripple Creek Condominiums today! tppi CONDOMINIUMS Developed by Stanford Associates, Inc. 904 University Oaks #56 College Station 764-8682/846-5741 Models Open Daily Mon. thru Sat. 10 a.m. til 6 p.m. Sunday I p.m. till 6 p.m. jllvery ^