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Page 8/The Battalion/Friday, June 7 1985 mmmmm SPORTS Here they go again tennis fan 1AM Navratilova, Lloyd vie for French title Associated Press PARIS — Two old adversaria- Martina Navratilova and Chris[ie Lloyd — arc ready to battle apr this time for the French Opeiui; en’s singles title. Saturday's championship mi will be a repeat of last years. Iiii will be a repeat of their first Gran Slam final confrontation, which a place here in 1975. In the 10 years since Lloyd Navratilova 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 at R< Garros Stadium, the two have me nine other Grand Slam title man Surprisingly, this is only their clash in Paris. The defending champion and 1 seed, Navratilova advancedlh day with a rain-interrupted 6-L triumph over No. 7 seed CMi Kohde-Kilsch of West Gemut Lloyd, seeded No. 2, crushed i year-old Gabriela SabatiniofArgs tina 6-4, 6-1. Ranked one and two. respectivdl in the world, Navratilova and U4 clashed last year inti) championship matches at Wiml don and the U.S. Open — Navi nm IU( Wl cu w Photo by GREG BAILEY Looking Toward The Majors Texas A&M shortstop Rob Swain (9) was taken in the 23rd round of the Major League Baseball draft Wednesday night by the Cleveland Indi- Other Aggies drafted into the Majors in- ans clu ded outfielder Mike Scanlin (24th round) and catcher Steve Johnigan (25th round). Bird puts Celts under wing in 4th period Associated Press INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Larry Bird didn’t hit the winning shot and he wasn’t his team’s leading scorer, but — as he often claims — the fourth quarter belonged to him. The Boston forward, who was just named the National Basketball Asso ciation’s Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive year, had not played exceptionally well in the NBA Championship Series as the Los Angeles Lakers took a 2-1 lead over the Celtics. However, in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s 107-105 victory over the Lakers that evened the best- of-seven affair at 2-2, Bird was dll over the Forum floor in the final pe riod as the Celtics rallied from a 92- 85 deficit early in the period. He stole the ball, he blocked shots, he tipped in a rebound and he made a couple of long jumpers. And, with time running out, he drew two Los Angeles defenders to him before he f vassed off to Dennis Johnson, who ired in a 21-footer at the buzzer for the victory. “Especially in the fourth quarter when we haa a chance to win it, I was very glad that my teammates kept coming to me,” said Bird, who fin- points, 11 rebounds ished with 26 and five assists. Bird, who did not shoot partic ularly well in the opening three peri ods, was asked if he was bothered by bone chips in his right elbow and a jammed finger on his shooting hand. He replied, “For the last month and a half it’s been the same story — I feel great.” The Lakers, meanwhile, were try ing to forget the game as quickly as possible and look ahead to Friday night’s fifth game at the Forum. lova winning both times. But Nat#’ tilova was upset by CzechoslovaL|. : Helena Sukova in the Austraif Open, which was won by Lloyd. | Between them, they have wonr' ery Grand Slam tournament-|1 Wimbledon and the French, nf|f el hodis and Australian Opens — staniG*f I1 g e with the Australian in 1981. dations o On Friday, the men’s semifk ], n l ,act * 0, will pit top-seeded John McEnro|g 0 *5 a H f against Sweden’s Mats Wilander,tiiH e ™ <a re 1982 French Open champion, wh# a F 32-year-old Jimmy Con non, seeta|® wart ‘ a ] the only Grand Slam crown thatliiij§ e eluded him, will face defendit; “ uies ’ champion Ivan Lendl of Czechot U[iaar ned vakia. IT, 116 a f public ar The men’s final on Sunday willit the detail televised live by NBC, beginnings mgs until am. EST. Saturday’s women’s! be I ore tf match will be taped delayed meets Au NBC. BSMU P Navratilova is in the final at i tei Veceiv! land Garros for the third times! The hi four years. Although she ran nounced reached peak form on Thurstb period e> she produced some brilliant sit Times He late in the game against her6-foolT “They’i West German foe. kind of tii over the 1 appeal th( a lawsuit, “It’s good to know that I canpt badly and still win in straight sen Navratilova said. • “The last play was something do all the time,” said the Lake do an the time, said the LaRers’ Johnson. “We just lost a tough game at the buzzer. All we can do now is forget this game and look ahead to Frida lay. Lloyd, a five-time winner oftl<! French title, reached her SWl Grand Slam final by crushing Salt tini, one of several young up coming stars. 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