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Martina delays Monica's coronation
PALM SPRINGS (California). Mar 5: Martina Navratilova delayed the coronation of 17‘-year-old Monica Seles as women's world number one by beating the top-seeded Yugoslav 6-2. 7-6 on Monday to win the rain delayed Virginia Slims of Palm Springs tennis tournament, reports Reuter.
Seles will have to wait a week before officially ending the 3-1 /2 year, record reign of Germany's Steffi Graf, who Is entering her 186th consecutive week as number one.
Seles, who will pass Graf because the German can not earn enough points to keep pace at this week's tournament In Boca Raton. Florida, said she was not disappointed over the wait
It's okay." said Seles who settled for the runner-up prize of 28.000 dollars "It's not go Ing to make a difference that I lost. It's already happened that I will be number one. so that s great for me. I can still say I will be number one."
Seles, at 17 years and two months of age. will be the youngest number one ever, claiming that distinction from American Tracy Austin, who was 17 years, four months when she became number one tn 1980. Graf was 18 years, two months old when she took the top spot tn 1987.
Navratilova, who collected 35,000 dollars for winning her 154th career title, distanced herself from the subject of rankings by focusing on her own game
"This win is pretty sweet. I haven't beaten Monica for a while. I never thought about the number one ranking until the match was over." she said
I was too busy chasing the ball
Navratilova, third tn the world. Jumped to a 4-0 lead tn 15 minutes by attacking the net and repeatedly hitting the Une with shots and closqd out the first set four games later.
Seles found the groove for her two-fisted groundstrokes In the second set and broke Navratilova with a slzzing fore hand winner for a 3 I lead, which began a run of six consecutive service breaks before Navratilova held to make it 5-
The Yugoslav held her own serve to lead 6-5 and had five set points on Navratilova's serve tn th^ 12th game, but Navratilova saved them with a dazzing display of serving to force a tiebreak.
Navratilova broke through at 5-5 in the tiebreak with an ace to set up match point at 6-5. Seles saved it for 6-6. But Navratilova took the next two points for the vtctoiy. closing out the 77-minute match with a backhand volley winner.
HUBER HAPPY
Meanwhile Reuter from Boca Raton adds: Promising young tennis star Anke Huber was happy with her first-round win on Monday over Frances’ Nathalie Herreman in the Virginia Slims of Florida but not pleased at being compared to fellow-German Steffi Graf, reports Reuter.
The 16-year-old Huber, seeded 14. advanced to the second round of the 500.000-dollar tournament with a 6-3. 7-5 victory and enjoyed the attention — but not the com-padsons.
"1 don't like that too much, said Huber. Steffi is someone special, she plays so good 1 don't want to be compared to her.
Comparisons may prove inevitable as Huber, currently ranked number 23. continues to make steady progress.
The steady rankings reign of the 21-year-old Graf, however. comes to an end next week.
Huber made a good start as she survived strong winds and a difficult second set In which she trailed 5-2