Thursday • July 6, 1995
Page 5 • The Battalion
Top four men’s
seeds march into
^{^imbledon semis
□ Top seed Andre Agassi will face Goran Ivanise
vic while Pete Sampras squares off against Boris
Becker on Saturday.
WIMBLEDON, England (AP)
— Andre Agassi led a historic
march of the top four seeds into
the Wimbledon semifinals today.
Agassi was joined in the final
four by two-time defending
champion and No. 2 seed Pete
Sampras, No. 3 Boris Becker
and No. 4 Goran Ivanisevic.
It marks the first time since
seeding began in 1927 that the
top four men’s and women’s
seeds have reached the semifi
nals at Wimbledon.
The women’s semifinalists are
top-seeded Steffi
Graf, No. 2 Aran- &
txa Sanchez Vic-
ario. No. 3 Con-
chita Martinez
and No. 4 Jana
Novotna.
Agassi, ripping returns and
passing shots with devastating
pace and accuracy, beat Dutch
doubles specialist Jacco Eltingh,
6-2, 6-3, 6-4, in a match that
took just 1 hour, 41 minutes.
Sampras had a tougher time,
losing the first set before rally
ing to beat big-serving Shuzo
Matsuoka of Japan 0-7 (7-5), 6-3,
6- 4, 6-2.
Ivanisevic, a two-time Wim
bledon finalist, served 33 aces —
and smashed one racket — in a
7- 5, 7-6 (13-11), 6-3 win over No.
6 Yevgeny Kafelnikov.
But none of those victories
matched the drama of Becker’s
five-set thriller over Cedric Pio-
line of France.
In one of the most compelling
Wimbledon matches in years,
the three-time Wimbledon
champion overcame a stirring
comeback before prevailing 6-3,
6-1, 6-7 (8-6), 6-7 (12-10), 9-7, in
4 hours, 11 minutes.
Becker appeared headed for
an easy victory after winning
the first two sets. But Pioline,
who was treated for a side strain
during the second set, staged a
remarkable comeback.
Pioline saved four match
points — one in the fourth-set
tiebreaker, another with Becker
leading 5-4 in the fifth set, and
two more in the final game, be
fore he hit a backhand long to
end the contest.
Pioline showed signs of
cramping and looked exhausted
in the final games, while Becker
still appeared rela
tively fresh. When
the match finally
ended, Becker
tossed his racket
into the stands.
In Saturday’s
semifinals, Agassi will play
Becker and Sampras will face
Ivanisevic.
Agassi, showing the same
form that took him to the 1992 ti
tle, was simply stunning from
the baseline. He had 40 back-
court winners — 20 off the fore
hand and 20 off the backhand —
and hit 21 passing shots and 13
return winners.
“Today was the best I’ve hit
the ball yet, bar none,” Agassi
said. “I’m striking it cleanly, tak
ing it early, playing offensively,
not making too many errors.”
It was Agassi’s 23rd win in
his last 24 Grand Slam matches
— with his only defeat coming to
Kafelnikov in the quarterfinals of
th
“I stunned him a little bit with
the pace in the first set.” Agassi
said.
“I was in command all the
way. I was very much the dicta
tor of the shots out there be
cause I was hitting it so well.”
Shaq, Hakeem ready for the silver screen
Hakeem —
It ain’t over between you and me.
Sure, you’re pretty good
with your team behind you,
but I want you one-on-one.
— Shaq
E ver since this advertisement ap
peared in newspapers last week,
people have been trying to figure
out what it means.
Is Shaquille O’Neal challenging Hakeem
Olajuwon to a game of one-on-one? Is it go
ing to be televised? If it is, you don’t think
Bill Walton will be the commentator, do
you?
Media outlets reported that the ad was
the beginning of a major publicity campaign
for Taco Bell involving the two centers. My
sources, however, have confirmed the ad is
actually the start of a media blitz for a new
movie the two 7-footers will star in.
Titled Dream and Shaq’s Excellent Ad
venture, the movie is made up of several
skits that will show Olajuwon and O’Neal’s
acting talents. The film is expected to
thrash the rest of the summer movies when
it is released in August.
Even though no one involved would com
ment on the project, my sources were able to
get a working copy of the script. Here are
some outtakes from the movie that will
bring Shaquille and Hakeem to the silver
screen.
Shaq man Forever
“Riddle me this, riddle me that, who’s
afraid of the big, bad Shaq?”
“I’ve discovered a way to stop you,
David
Winder
Sportswriter
Dream. It’s all
over for you
and that stu
pid costume
you’re wear
ing.”
“What cos
tume? This is
the Rockets’
new uniform
design.”
Die Hard With a Midset
“Hakeem, Shaq, we’ve got a problem.
Muggsy Bogues has placed bombs all over
the city and he’s about to start detonating
them.”
“Why do you need us then, captain?”
“He said we had to put you two guys on
the case because of your height. If we do, he
might not blow everything up.”
“What do we have to do, captain?”
“Wear these basketball goals on your
head. Set them so your face will be the back-
board.”
“This isn’t hard, captain. We could do this
all day if need be.”
“I wish it were that easy, fellows. I be
lieve you guys know Nick Anderson and
Vernon Maxwell, don’t you? They have to
make 10 three-pointers each in one hour, us
ing the goals on your heads. If they don’t,
Bogues starts blowing up New York City.”
“Hakeem, we’ll die from concussions from
all those bricks before they reach 10.”
“Look who’s shooting, Shaq, they’ll never
reach 10.”
White Men Still Can’t Jump
“Hakeem, the only reason you played bet
ter than me in the NBA Finals is that you
had more rest.”
“What do you mean Shaq? I played more
games than you.”
“Yeah but you had to go against Danny
Schayes and Joe Klein. What kind of compe
tition is that?”
“I wouldn’t be talking. You had to go
against Bill Wennington, Luc Longley, Will
Perdue and Rik Smits in thirteen straight
games.”
“Oh yeah, Jeff Turner was my backup be
cause Tree Rollins is too old.”
“So what, Zan Tabak was mine. I played
all the time because Rudy wasn’t about to let
him into a game.”
Later ...
“Oh yeah, well Scott Skiles was once my
point guard.”
“Oh yeah, I had Scott Brooks running the
point some.”
A View To Shaquille
“Excuse me Miss, have you seen the man
in this photo in here today?”
“No, I haven’t. Who is he?”
“He’s an international terrorist named
Shaquille O’Neal. I’ve been following him for
the last week in order to stop his diabolical
plan to destroy the world.”
“How do you plan to stop him?”
“Casual sex and the best spy gadgets that
Scotland Yard has to offer.”
“Who are you?”
“Won. Hakeem Olajuwon.”
The film will also feature stories entitled
The Lion Dream and Ashaqalypse Now.
Colorado silences Houston’s big guns, wins 4-2
/ ,1 I! of the three batters he faced m the eighth bounced past th© catcher, He scored or
□ The Astros' offense was limit
ed to four singles and two walks.
DENVER (AP) — Larry Walker broke a
I tie with an RBI single in the seventh in-
; ning, helping Kevin Ritz and the Colorado
Rockies beat the Houston Astros 4-2
Wednesday night.
After the teams staged slugfests in the
first two games of the series — a 15-10
: Colorado win and a 16-8 Houston win —
Ritz and Darryl Kile engaged in a pitchers’
; duel.
Ritz (7-3) went seven innings, allowing
two rune on four hits with two walks and
six strikeouts. Steve Reed struck out two
„ in the eighth
>lmes pitched the ninth for
The Rockies scored twice in the seventh,
snapping a 2-2 tie. With one out, Eric
Young tripled into the gap in left-center,
chasing Kile (3-8). Pinch-hitter Dante
Bichete was intentionally walked by Ross
Powell, and Walker singled to right-center.
After Dave Veres replaced Powell, Andres
Galarraga was hit by a pitch, loading the
bases. Vinny Castilla then hit a sacrifice
fly.
In the first, the Astros got to Ritz for
two runs with three consecutive singles to
start the game. James Mouton singled and
stole second. Craig Biggio hit an. RBI sin
gle to left and went to third when left
fielder Ellis Burks’ throw to the plate
bounced past th© catcher. He scored on a
wild pitch.■Illlllf' |||ll||||||ill:|-i'l
The Rockies managed only an infield hit
off Darryl Kile until the fourth. Walker
reached second when first baseman Jeff
Bagwell misplayed a throw on a grounder.
With two outs, Ellis Burks walked and Joe
Girardi singled off Kile’s glove for the first
Colorado run. Jason Bates then singled to
center to make it 2-2.
Kile wriggled out of a jam in the fifth.
He walked the first two batters, then in
duced Walker to hit into a fielder’s choice
grounder, struck out Galarraga and re
tired Castilla on a groundout.
After giving up the fourth Houston hit
in the third, Ritz retired 12 straight bat
ters before walking Dave Magadan with
one out in the seventh.
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