TENNIS ROUNDUP : Sampras Plays His Aces to Win U.S. Pro Indoor Title

Pete Sampras had 21 aces in beating Amos Mansdorf, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 7-6 (7-2), Sunday at Philadelphia for his second U.S. Pro Indoor tennis championship in three years.

Sampras won his first tour title two years ago at Philadelphia, beating Andres Gomez. Last year, he was runner-up to Ivan Lendl, losing in five sets.

The second-seeded Sampras received $141,500. He also climbed to the No. 3 world ranking, his best since joining the pro tour in 1988. The 16th-seeded Mansdorf, an Israeli in his first U.S. final since turning pro in 1983, collected $76,000.

The victory was the eighth, including the 1990 U.S. Open, in Sampras’ five years on the tour and boosted his career earnings to $3,171,428.

Seventh-seeded Goran Ivanisevic of Croatia had 32 aces in upsetting Stefan Edberg of Sweden, 6-7 (7-5), 6-3, 6-4, 6-4, in the final of a $1.04-million tournament at Stuttgart, Germany.

Ivanisevic, ranked ninth in the world, dominated the match against the world’s No. 2-ranked player, punctuating his performance with five aces in the final game.

“He played very well . . . and he served a little too good today,” Edberg said.

Ivanisevic also upset top-ranked Jim Courier in the quarterfinals.

Top-seeded Zina Garrison needed nearly 2 1/2 hours to defeat Lori McNeil, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (10-8), in the final of the Virginia Slims of Oklahoma at Oklahoma City.

The victory was the 11th in Garrison’s career and avenged a 6-1, 6-3 loss to McNeil last week in the Virginia Slims of Chicago tournament.

Stanford defeated Texas Christian, 5-1, in the final of the USTA-ITCA National Indoor Championship at Louisville.

Michael Flanagan, Alex O’Brien, Robert Devens, Jason Yee and Vimal Patel scored wins for the Cardinal.

Stanford (8-0) will move from No. 3 to No. 1 in the rankings, while No. 6 TCU (7-1), which upset No. 1 UCLA in the quarterfinals, will move up to No. 2.