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The Citizen, Ottawa, Thursday, October 17, 1985, Page C9 TENNIS W. Germany, Sweden seeded for '86 Davis battle Jets must hustle to top last season LONDON (AP) The draw for the 1936 Davis Cup men's team tennis has West Germany and Sweden finalists in the 1985 Davis Cup championship round Dec. 20-22 are seeded to face each other again in next year's final. The draw announced Wednesday paired West Germany with Mexico in next year's opening round, with Sweden, the defending Davis Cup champion, to meet Denmark. Both seeded teams will play away.

If the Germans overcome Mexico's challenge, they could stage a repeat second-round clash against the United States. Led by Wimbledon champion Boris Becker, the Germans defeated the United States 3-2 in Hamburg in this year's second round and would again be home if the two countries meet in the 1986 competition. The American team must first win in Ecuador in the opening round before contemplating another matchup with the West Germans. Under the complicated rules of the competi tion, the team that played away last time plays at home the next time. But if two countries are playing each other for the first time since 1970, the choice of venue is decided by lots, as was the case in Wednesday's draw which prevented the United States from playing at home until the 1986 semifinals.

If Sweden, as expected, overcomes the Danish challenge, it will face another session on the road against the winner of the first-round match between Italy and Paraguay. Among the other seeds in the 16-country World Group, Australia travels to New Zealand in the opening round, Spain plays at Britain, Yugoslavia entertains the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia travels to India. All first-round World Group matches will be played March 7-9. In the American Zone, Chile and Argentina were placed at opposite ends of the draw and are seeded to meet in the final. Both teams received a first-round bye, with Chile at home against Canada in the second-round and Argen tina also at home against either Uruguay or Venezuela.

In European Zone France, dramatically eliminated from the World Group by Yugoslavia, was seeded to meet Romania in the final. The French, given a bye in the opening round, will travel to either Turkey or Luxembourg in round two. Monaco and Israel were seeded to reach the final of European Zone B. The Eastern Zone pairings created the possibility of a potentially politically sensitive meeting in the semifinals between China and Taiwan. But China is expected to be eliminated before that stage by either Singapore in the opening round or by Japan in the second round.

The Japanese were seeded to meet South Korea in the Eastern Zone final. In a first-ever African Zone series, nine countries have entered the competition with Zimbabwe and Algeria expected to reacu the final. But instead of playing off against each other, both African finalists will be promoted to European Zones A and B. (tfttj Toronto's Michibata advances to 3rd round of Japan-Asian Open TOKYO (AP) Glenn Michibata of Toronto joined top seeds Tim Mayotte, Scott Davis and David Pate all of the United States in the third round of men's singles play at the Japan-Asian Open tennis championships Wednesday. Michibata easily disposed of American Brett Dickinson, 6-1, 6-3, while Mayotte, the No.

1 seed, shook off the loss of a long, hard first set and defeated compatriot Cary Stanbury, 6-7 (9-11), 6-0, 6-1; Davis, ranked second, crushed Ha- jime Nihonmatsu of Japan. 6-0, 6-0; and third-seeded Pate beat fellow American Scott McCain, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. In other second-round matches involving U.S. players, fourth-seeded Jimmy Arias defeated Jacques Manset 7-6, (7-4), 6-1, and fifth-seeded Greg Holmes downed Gary Lemon, 6-2, 6-1. In the second round of women's singles, top-seeded Argentine teenager Gabriela Sabatini, ranked No.

11 in the world, trounced American Kristin Kinney, 6-0, 6-0, while No. 3-seeded Lilian Dresner of Switzerland downed Japan's Akiko Kijimuta, 6-2, 6-0. Fifth-seeded AngeliKi Kanellopoulou of Greece beat Mercedes Paz of Argentina, 6-0, 6-4. A field of 64 men and 32 women began in the seven-day tournament on the hard courts of Ariake Forrest Park. By John Trethewey The Canadian Press WINNIPEG Winnipeg Jets face a dilemma this ssson after shocking the National Hockey League by finiting fourth overall last year vitt 96 points.

A young club that proed last year it is going places, the Jets nevertheless are under the gun to prove the club is nc flash in the pan. To many, improvement will be noted only if the' Jets can take a step closer toEdmonton Oilers, a task coach larry Long says won't be easy. Winnipeg finished with a flurry last spring. Riding a 13-gai)e unbeaten streak heading intQthe playoffs, the Jets beat Calg(ry Flames in the Smythe Diviion semifinal before bowing oit to the Oilers in the final. But the Jets iad served notice they would je a force to be reckoned with i the NHL this season, althougf their 0-3 start before Wednesday's game in Detroit hasnJ been striking much fear in he hearts of the 20 other NHLfeams.

The slow jtart this season aside, Long fays the Jets will have a matching its 43-27-10 reci-d of last year, the club's best 'performance since entering theNHL in 1979. "Teams Jill not be taking us lightly thifjyear," Long said in a recent nterview. "We'll not be sneakig in and out for tvo quick poirfs like last year. "Our rd record is likely going to because other teams vill be more prepared when weeome to town." Last rear, the Jets' road record was second in tie league, next only to the higi-flying filers. Winiipeg's strength on tie road lirgely offset its dif ficuliy with earns in its own division.

"Wi're going to have to improve our home record," Long said. "We didn't do well in our own division and it's going to te a reil dogfight again this year." Tie Jets are a fleet-skatinj. higl-scoring team. To be successful this season, they'll neec string goaltending and anothtr stady performance from a defensive corps. Barry Long It won't be easy With the recent acquisition of goaltender Daniel Bouchard from the Quebec Nordiques, general manager John Ferguson at least temporarily stifled questions about the Jets' lack of depth in goal.

Bouchard will be called upon to provide the experience and stability the Jets sorely missed last year, when No. 1 goaltender Brian Hayward performed admirably without the benefit of a seasoned backup. Hayward, 25, compiled a record of 33-17-8 and a 3.84 goals-against-average in the 61 games he appeared in last season. On defence, former Norris Trophy winner Randy Carlyle and veteran Robert Picard return to anchor an experienced unit bolstered last year by the addition of Dave Ellett. The Jets made some moves to plug what has been a weak right side on the forward lines after Paul MacLean.

Ferguson signed free agent right winger Dave Silk. Winnipeg is strong up the middle and on the left side, where 30-goal scorers Brian Mullen and Doug Smail hold court. Centre Dale Hawerchuk, team captain and bona fide star, was third overall in the scoring race. Behind Hawerchuk at centre are Thomas Steen, hard-nosed Laurie Boschman and utility forward Ron Wilson. 259 Jf 4 i I've got 1985 cars, trucks and demonstrators still in stock we're under construction and the new '86's are arriving daily we're out of room! HERE'S WHAT I'M DOING ABOUT IT OH Of FRED BURROWS GENERAL SALES MANAGER my managers this Gee-Gee volleybal crew wins, loses was called with six minutes left because of numerous fights.

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