Tennis Roundup : Guy Forget Gets Sweep in France

Third-seeded Guy Forget of France earned the second tournament victory of his career, defeating seventh-seeded Michiel Schapers of the Netherlands in the final of the $130,000 Lorraine Open Sunday at Nancy, France.

“Guy had very good serves,” said Schapers, who lost, 6-3, 7-6. “My legs were a little slow and he was faster than me on the court. That makes all the difference.”

After wrapping up the first set easily, Forget had to rally to win the second-set tiebreaker. Schapers moved ahead, 4-1, in the tiebreaker, but Forget tied it, 5-5, before winning, 7-5.

Forget’s only previous tournament victory was in Toulouse, France, in 1986.

Steffi Graf coasted to her third title of the year with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Ann Henricksson in the final of the U.S. women’s hardcourt championships in chilly weather San Antonio, Tex.

Graf, the world’s No. 1 ranked player from West Germany, did not lose a set during the tournament.

At 2-2 in the second set, Graf got a service break after extending Henricksson to six deuce points. Henricksson held serve the rest of the match, but was unable to break Graf.

Asked if she believes she is playing better than her last year, the 19-year-old Graf said, “I think I am, but it’s hard to show that the last two days (because of the adverse weather). But I felt it earlier in the week.”

Led by twins Tami and Teri Whitlinger, top-ranked Stanford took the women’s national indoor collegiate team championship with a 6-0 victory over No. 2 Florida in the U.S. Tennis Assn./ITCA tournament at Madison, Wis.

Tami, playing at No. 1 singles and ranked No. 1 nationally, defeated Nicole Arendt, 6-0, 6-4. At fourth singles, Tericlinched the title with her 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Andrea Berger, giving Stanford a 5-0 lead.

UCLA took third place with a 5-4 victory over Georgia.