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Ill Santa Cruz Sentinel Friday, July 27, 1990 D-J Newman is upset victirn Cal Open If rr-i WJ 1 Notebook By BOB LINNEMAN Sentinel staff writer APTOS Former Santa Cruzan Judy Newman, who is now a teaching pro at Belvedere Tennis Club, was an upset victim Thursday in the quarterfinals of the BMW California Open.Newman, who was seeded second, lost to Tanya Lauer of Berkeley, 6-3, 6-3. Newman starred at Harbor High and later San Diego University and now lives in Sausalito. She received a first-round bye in the Cal Open, then downed Michelle Lambert of Sacramento in the second round before bowing out Thursday. In doubles, Newman fared a bit better with partner Jennifer Shorr. The duo raced past Frederika Adam and Alison Vidal, 6-0, 6-1.

In second-round singles action, No. 7 Mimi Burgos of Camarillo defeated Susan Davis of Danville, 6-2, 6-1. In another quarterfinal match, No. 8 seed Emma Wood-house of Danville defeated Mario Carruth of Fresno, the fourth seed, 6-2, 6-3. In other women's doubles, Jennifer Nguyen teammed with Woodhouse to beat Carruth and Heather Willens, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Top-seeded singles player Lindsay Bartlett and sister Shelly Bartlett downed Capito-la's Kirsty Bennington and partner Elizabeth Sordyl, 6-0, 6-4. Also, Melissa McNabb and Julie Radder topped Cara Abe and Heidi Chinchiolo, 6-3, 6-4. The local doubles hope in the men's draw of Mark Fairchilds and Rick Kepler was shown a quick exit by the Italian duo of Christian Brandi and Cristiano Caratti. The Italians controlled the two-set match the whole way, winning 6-3, 6-4. "That's what happens when you're not warmed up well," said Kepler, a past Northern California Tennis Association mm, Continued from Page Dl whole comeback thing in stride.

He not allowing himself to get too nigh or too confident. He knows there is still a lot of tennis to be played in this tournament. "I'm taking It hour by hour," Anger said while waiting to take the court for his first doubles match. 'Right now, hopefully I can concentrate on doubles and then go on to tomorrow. I'm very happy with the way it's going.

I felt I was hitting the ball well in practice, but I didn't know if it would carry over into a match. I didn't know if, all of a sudden in a match, I'd get blown off the court." With the Anger victory, the quarterfinal field of the tournament is now set for today. Anger will play Sweden's Henrik Holm; Diego Nargiso of Italy and Johan Carlsson will also meet in the that half of the draw. Top-seeded Brian Garrow of Los Altos, a 6-3, 7-6 (7-4 tie-breaker) winner over England's Mark Petchey on Thursday, will meet South Africa's David Nainkin, the lone qualifier remaining in the tournament. Nainkin defeated Patrick Baur of Germany, 7-6 (7-6), 6-4, to reach the semis.

West Germany's Alexander Mronz and Portugal's Nuno Marques are to play in the other quarterfinal this afternoon. The big story, though, is Anger. Just days before the Cal Open began, Anger decided to end his retirement and give tennis another shot. The way his good friend Leach sees it, it was a wise move. "I know how good he is," Leach said of Anger.

"I couldn't believe it when he said he was retiring. I'm glad he's coming back. It's the smart thing to do. He's just so tal-' ented." Of course Leach is no slouch cither. His doubles expertise was evident in his match with Anger.

The Laguna Beach resident continually charged the net and played some beautiful volleys and drop shots. "I try to be creative with my shots," Leach said. "And sometime that gets me into trouble. I can't overpower people, I don't have that kind of strength. Maybe it's from being left-handed, I don't know." Anger said Tuesday that he hadn't played a left-hander since October.

Yet his extraordinary sharpness made it difficult for Leach, especially late in the match. "The first set I think I lost it myself," Leach said. "But the last set, he just beat me." Anger admits he might have a psychological edge over Leach. After all, Anger was the big gun at USC when Leach arrived as a freshman. "I might," Anger said.

"I'm two years older than he is and maybe I have a little edge. But he's been playing so much lately, that I really don't think it mattered." For Garrow, it was just another day at the office. The top seed advanced past Petchey and is right where he figures he should be. "I always think I can get to the finals," the aggressive Garrow said. "It may not happen, but I wouldn't be here if I didn't think I could get to the finals." The Anger-Holm match is the second match set for Court 1 and will be followed by the Garrow-Nainkin match.

The first match on Court 1, a women's quarterfinal, begins at 10 a.m. doubles champion and current manager ittj Seascape Swim and Racquet Club. Matt Anger and his partner, Marius BaV nard, scored a big upset to advance to'lpe second round of doubles competition. and Barnard dumped Ugo Colombi'ni' and Diego Nargiso of Italy, the No. 3 seeds-; in the tournament.

Anger and Barnard" won 6-4, 6-3 in a match which was high-" lighted by the Italians' constant disputes' over umpires' calls. It seems neither Colombini nor Nargiso" approved of the way the match was h'ari-7. died by just about every official on court. The two smashed balls into the' ground, stomped their feet and generaflyv protested every call which went against'' them. It didn't do them any good, as Anger anft Barnard kept their composure to post the1' win.

So just how big an attraction was the, Matt Anger-Rick Leach singles confronta-tion? For Seascape co-owner Paul Kepler.it was so big that he left the Aptos-Seascape Golf Club on the 11th hole to return for thel final two sets. I "I had my portable phone out there and called to see how the Garrow match was going," Kepler said, referring to the match prior to Anger-Leach. "When I called Garrow had won and Anger was up in the first set. "I got back in time to see the final 'two sets. And I was a up couple of skins, so' It.

was a hard decision to leave the course. least I was up." I Bill LoveioySentlnel file Anger followed through vs. Leach. SC American to meet Capitola-Soquel again Matt Youth Leagues Colt League San Jose PAL 4, Watsonville 2 SAN JOSE Watsonville rallied for two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning, but it wasn't enough to overcome host San Jose in the second round of the North Region Colt All-Star Tournament at PAL Stadium. With one out in the sixth, Watsonville had the bases loaded when Dan Hill was thrown out at third by San Jose catcher Eddie Perez.

Jacob Castillo was then thrown out trying to score from second on a single by Watsonville teammate Robert Flores to end the inning. Watsonville had one hit through the first five innings before coming up with four to fuel the sixth-inning rally. Big League SLV 1, District 59S 0 SAN JOSE The game officially went in the books as a forfeit victory for San Lorenzo Valley when-District 59S could not field a full team Thursday night in the Big League All-Star Tournament game at Silver Creek High. The two teams were to continue a game that was called due to darkness Wednesday after eighth innings with the score tied 8-8. SLV advances to the tourney finals at 11 a.m.

Saturday with an undefeated record. If SLV should lose that game, a second winner-take-all final will be played at 3 p.m. Senior League Union City 2, SLV 1 REDWOOD CITY San Lorenzo Valley was eliminated from the Senior League All-Star Sectional Tournament with its loss Wednesday night in the finals of the loser's bracket. SLV losing pitcher Charles Hurst held Union City to four hits, but lost on a pair of unearned runs. Junior League SLV 6, Walnut Creek 4 NOVATO By virtue of its victory Wednesday night over Walnut Creek, San Lorenzo Valley takes on Union City tonight at 5:30 in the finals of the Junior League All-Star Sectional Tournament at Novato High.

Because SLV goes into tonight's game undefeated in tourney play, if it should lose a second winner-take-all championship game will be played Saturday. By DENNIS JOHNSON Sentinel correspondent LIVE OAK Joey D'Amico shut out Santa Cruz American to lead Capitola-Soquel to a 6-0 victory Thursday night in the Little League District 39 All-Star Tournament at Green Acres School. The win by Capitola-Soquel over previously unbeaten Santa Cruz American forces a final meeting between the two teams at 5:30 p.m. today with the winner advancing to the Section 5 Tournament, which begins Sunday at Ramsay Park in Watsonville. D'Amico, a control pitcher, kept the ball down throughout the game and didn't walk a batter.

"I just wanted to pitch strikes," said D'Amico, who only learned he was starting 15 minutes before game time. "They (Capitola-Soquel's defense) really played well. They made a bunch of great plays and terrific catches." "He (D'Amico) gave us a really big lift and the defense was super," said Capitola-Soquel Manager Joe Richardson. Capitola-Soquel's consistent defense has been a trademark for them throughout District 39 play. D'Amico was aided by a fine play in the first inning when shortstop Trevor Nass went deep into the hole to throw out Jason Billardel-lo.

That play set the tone for the game. Santa Cruz hit the ball hard but failed to find the holes in Capitola-Soquel's defense. Third baseman Cory Schrack made the defensive play of the game for Capitola-Soquel by snagging a line drive to rob Ben Begandy of an extra-base hit Jn the fifth inning. Mike Raffo pitched well in the loss for Santa Cruz American, recording nine strikeouts. Santa was done in by one big inning by Capitola-Soquel.

Capitola-Soquel broke the game open in the top of the third inning. Zach Berman drew a walk and went to third on consecutive singles by Steve Richardson and Greg Jones. Mike Maas walked to force in Capitola-Soquel's first run. With two-out Chris Borasi hit a single to score two as Maas barely beat the strong throw from center fielder Jacob Fleming. Borasi scored when D'Amico, 3-for-3, helped his own cause with an RBI single to make the score 5-0.

sf. (fri teZt-t lit Ji 5iMT iff JftS ASSW: Sprint cars invade Speedway ifor the next three Saturdays WATSONVILLE Local auto racing fans can get a double dose lof entertainment for the next three weeks at Watsonville Speedway. While the Santa Clara County Fair is taking place, the open-wheeled sprint cars will move their Saturday night show from San Jose to the Santa Cruz County Fair- grounds. The winged sprinters make the of three appearances this Saturday one night after the regular stock-car racing schedule hits the dirt oval. NASCAR officials are expecting about 30 sprint cars to compete at Watson-iville.

Powered by 700-horsepower en-'gines, the sprint cars Average about 2 seconds faster than the stock cars. Lloyd Antonet-ti Jr. of Santa Cruz holds the one-lap track record for stock cars at .15.622 seconds, while Scott Luhdorff of San Jose set the mark for sprint cars at 13.361. Rick Martin and Rod Spencer, both of San Martin, are battling for the San Jose sprint points title. Martin, who won the only other Watsonville sprint race this year, leads 412 to 366.

Tonight, Jeff Silva of Aptos will try to stretch his Pacific Coast Region points lead in the Late-Model Stocks Division. A victory at Anti-och last Saturday gave him a 30-point lead over Steve Hendren of Santa Cruz. Kevin Stimberis of Ridgefield, has crept up to third place in the region, despite only two wins. His is one of four drivers from the Oregon-Washington area now in the top 10. The regional title is worth nearly $33,000.

Eight weekends of racing remain on the schedule. Watsonville's Bobby Large has a monstrous points lead in among street stocks drivers 92 points over second-place Chris Tjernegal of Aptos. Greg McGregor of Ben Lomond is ahead by 50 points in the Figure 8 class over John Keld-sen. I ALL PRICES AFTER REBATE (IF ANY) PLUS TAX, LICENSE AND DOC. FEE.

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