Graf Gets Even With Navratilova in Tokyo

Top-seeded Steffi Graf defeated second-seeded Martina Navratilova, 6-2, 6-4, today to win the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo.

Graf used a strong serve and powerful ground strokes to overwhelm Navratilova, who is playing her last season in singles.

Graf, ranked No. 1 in the world, earned $150,000 as she evened her record with Navratilova at 9-9. Navratilova took home $67,500.

Navratilova beat Graf in the Pan Pacific finals last year.

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Sixth-seeded Renzo Furlan of Italy upset second-seeded Richey Reneberg, 6-4, 6-4, in the semifinals of the San Jose Open.

Furlan plays top-seeded Michael Chang, who defeated fifth-seeded Karsten Braasch, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.

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Top-seeded Sergi Bruguera and fourth-seeded Magnus Gustafsson will meet in the final of the $1-million Dubai Open in the United Arab Emirates.

Bruguera beat sixth-seeded Wayne Ferreira of South Africa, 6-2, 6-1, and Gustafsson defeated eighth-seeded Alexander Volkov of Russia, 6-2, 6-2, in the semifinals.

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Defending champion Marc Rosset of Switzerland upset top-seeded Michael Stich of Germany, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, in the semifinals of the $538,000 Marseille Open.

Rosset was joined in the finals by Frenchman Arnaud Boetsch, who beat Diego Nargiso of Italy, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3.

Winter Sports

In an emotion-charged and roughly played game at Rouen, France, Peter Ferraro’s third goal, with 3:02 to play, lifted the U.S. hockey team into 4-4 exhibition tie with France. The United States will face France in its Feb. 13 Olympic opener.

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With the Austrians missing in commemoration of Ulrike Maier, Vreni Schneider of Switzerland won the slalom at Sierra Nevada, Spain, for her 49th World Cup victory.

Maier was killed a week ago during a downhill in Germany.

Schneider won with a fast second run of 48.88 seconds for a total time of 1 minute 41.30 seconds.

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Ulrike Adeberg of Germany won the 500 meters and Emese Hunyady of Austria won the 3,000 during the first day of the World Speedskating Championships for Ladies at Butte, Mont.

Miscellany

Mike Powell, the world outdoor record-holder in the long jump, leaped 26 feet 5 1/2 inches to win his event in a meet at Budapest, Hungary.

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Dallas Maverick forward Randy White was suspended without pay for one game and fined $7,500 by the NBA for throwing punches at the Lakers’ Vlade Divac in a game Friday night.

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Former NCAA champion Bob Kennedy won the USA Track & Field cross-country trials at Memphis, Tenn., in 36 minutes 25 seconds, as nine men qualified for the March 26 World Championships at Budapest.

Lucy Nusrala of Eugene, Ore., won the women’s division in 20:40 over a six-kilometer (3.7-mile) course.

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Steve Hoskins beat Pete Weber, 253-219, to become the first person in two years to successfully defend a Professional Bowlers Assn. title by winning the Quaker State Open in Grand Prairie, Tex.

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A field of nearly 3,500 runners is expected at today’s 13th annual Long Beach Marathon.

The wheelchair division will begin at 7:55 a.m. and the runners at 8 a.m. The 26.2-mile course will start and finish at the Long Beach Convention Center.