Seles, Sampras, Muster All Hit With Injuries

Monica Seles’ plans to play the French Open and Wimbledon were jeopardized Thursday when pain in her left shoulder forced her to withdraw from the Madrid Open.

A day after winning her first match since early February, Seles said the shoulder she injured en route to her Australian Open triumph in January hurt again.

Her problem was diagnosed as tendinitis with a tear in the lining of the shoulder socket. She hadn’t even practiced serving until last week for fear of re-injuring the shoulder.

Now it seems likely that she will pull out of the French Open and perhaps Wimbledon as well, and either opt for immediate surgery or give herself more time to heal for the U.S. Open in late August.

Meanwhile, Pete Sampras and Thomas Muster also are in danger of missing the year’s first Grand Slam tournament.

Sampras pulled out of his match at the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf, Germany, because of back spasms. Muster, the French Open favorite, injured his right ankle while preparing for a quarterfinal match at St. Poelten, Austria.

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Judith Wiesner of Austria defeated top-seeded Anke Huber, 7-5, 6-1, in the quarterfinals of the Strasbourg Open in France. . . . Top-seeded Gigi Fernandez and Natasha Zvereva rallied to beat the Russian pair of Elena Makarova and Eugenia Maniokova in the quarterfinals of the World Doubles Cup at Edinburgh, Scotland. . . . Defending champion Keri Phebus of UCLA advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I women’s championships at Tallahassee, Fla. . . . The annual Osuna Cup, a dual competition between age-group players from the United States and Mexico, begins today at Rancho La Quinta in La Quinta.

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Bjorn Borg was resting in his parents’ home near Stockholm after collapsing before a senior tour final last week at Mook, the Netherlands. He was taken to a hospital, examined and released.

Golf

Jay Williamson birdied his last four holes to tie Scott McCarron and Billy Andrade at five-under-par 66 for the first-round lead at the Kemper Open in Potomac, Md. . . . Amy Benz shot a six-under-par 66 and took a one-stroke lead over three others in the LPGA Corning Classic at Corning, N.Y.

Defending champion Arizona State, with a second-day total of 624, is in first place at the NCAA women’s golf championships at La Quinta. Arizona and Stanford are tied for second at 625. UCLA and Wake Forest are tied for third at 626. Arizona freshman Marisa Baena holds a three-shot lead after shooting a three-over 75.

Auto Racing

Jeff Gordon and Dale Earnhardt were among 16 drivers held out of practice for Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., after NASCAR inspectors found inferior tubing in their cars’ roll cages. The same discovery prompted officials to temporarily bar another eight Busch Grand National drivers from practicing for Saturday’s Red Dog 300 at Concord. Dale Jarrett won the pole for the Red Dog 300 with a lap of 171.996 mph.

Miscellany

The Los Angeles Sports Council has elected the following area sports and business leaders to its board of directors: Richard Schlosberg, publisher and CEO, Los Angeles Times; Dr. Larry Bosley, Bosley Medical Group; Kathryn “Kitty” Cohen, general manager, Prime Sports; Greg Garrison, managing partner, Price Waterhouse; John Jackson, vice president, Bowne of Los Angeles, Inc., and Lois Rice, executive vice president, Wells Fargo Bank.

Names in the News

The Mighty Ducks signed Dan Trebil, a defenseman from the University of Minnesota, to a two-year contract. . . . Philadelphia Flyer winger Mikael Renberg will undergo surgery today for a lower abdominal strain. . . . Wide receiver Randy Moss, one of Florida State’s top football prospects, was dismissed from the team a week after admitting he smoked marijuana in violation of his probation. . . . The Kansas City Chiefs signed free-agent tight end Reggie Johnson to a two-year contract.

The Rose Bowl Hall of Fame inducted six new members: former Stanford coach John Ralston, former USC standouts Pete Beathard and John Ferraro, Eric Ball, who played at UCLA; Bill Tate, who played at Illinois, and past Tournament of Roses president Stan Hahn. . . . Sim Iness, who won the Olympic gold medal in the discus in 1952, died of a heart attack. He was 65. . . . Jim Millinder has been named coach of the USC women’s soccer team. Millinder had been coaching at Loyola Marymount.