Putting it briefly<\/p>\n
Yayuk to set
\na hat-trick<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Indonesia's top tennis player Yayuk Basuki is
\neying a hat-trick at the April US$100,000 Indonesia Open women's
\ntennis championships.<\/p>\n
Yayuk, currently world number 31, is likely to lead the seeds
\nat the third edition of the tennis tournament. Her stiffest
\nchallenge is likely to come in the form of Wang Shi-ting of
\nChinese Taipei. Yayuk avoided a meeting with Wang at last
\nJanuary's China Open as the Taiwanese player fell in the early
\nrounds.<\/p>\n
The 32 player field will include seven other players ranked in
\nthe top 100, including fast improving teenager Romana
\nTedjakusuma.<\/p>\n
Seeded sixth at the $1.21 million Japan Open, Yayuk failed to
\novercome a nagging ankle injury and made an early exit after a 6-
\n7 (5-7), 3-6 first round defeat to Linda Niemantsverdriet of the
\nNetherlands yesterday. The Indonesian was bundled out of the
\nsecond round of the tournament last year. (amd)<\/p>\n
Saive, Svensson
\nEuropean champs<\/p>\n
BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuter): World number one Jean-Michel
\nSaive of Belgium and Marie Svensson of Sweden blasted their way
\nto the titles at the European table tennis championships
\nyesterday.<\/p>\n
The attacking, all-action Belgian put previous big tournament
\ndisappointments behind him when he beat Olympic champion Jan-Ove
\nWaldner of Sweden 23-25, 21-10, 21-17, 21-16 in a classy final.
\nSaive, runner-up two years ago in the Europeans and also a silver
\nmedalist at the world championships, was determined to justify
\nhis leading ranking after his 55-minute success.<\/p>\n
Big-hitting Svensson overwhelmed unseeded Dutchwoman Gerdie
\nKeen 21-12, 21-14, 21-18 on her way to the women's title.
\nSvensson, 26, ranked 11th in Europe, never allowed Keen a look-
\nin, and although the Dutch number three bravely saved three match
\npoints from 15-20 in the third, the destination of the title was
\nby then abundantly clear.<\/p>\n
Crucial FIFA
\nsummit meeting<\/p>\n
ZURICH (Reuter): Five continental soccer chiefs converged on
\nZurich yesterday for a crucial FIFA presidency summit with the
\nworld game's head Joao Havelange.<\/p>\n
Havelange, the 78-year-old Brazilian who has been president of
\nthe International Football Federation since 1974, is seeking a
\nfinal four-year term in the election at the FIFA Congress in
\nChicago on the eve of the World Cup finals.<\/p>\n
But speculation has been rife that the European governing body
\nUEFA, wary of losing its strong powerbase in the world game and
\nWorld Cup places to the emerging soccer continents, might name a
\nrival candidate.<\/p>\n
Parks worries
\nabout Arkansas<\/p>\n
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuter): Duke, already facing an
\nuphill battle against top-ranked Arkansas in Monday's showdown
\nfor the NCAA men's basketball championship, had more worries on
\nSunday after center Cherokee Parks' knee swelled up.<\/p>\n
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said he was sure Parks would play.
\nHe said it was not known on what play in Saturday's 70-65
\nsemifinal win over Florida the injury had occurred.<\/p>\n
Krzyzewski said Parks, a key man against the powerful inside
\ngame of an Arkansas team that already had a big depth advantage,
\nwould skip practice to rest and ice the knee.<\/p>\n
Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson for his part said he also had
\nan ailing player -- point guard Corey Beck.<\/p>\n
Bugno triumphs
\nin Tour<\/p>\n
MEERBEKE, Belgium (Reuter): Gianni Bugno shaded last year's
\nwinner Johan Musseeuw by a matter of millimeters to take the 268-
\nkm Tour of Flanders World Cup race in a thrilling four-man finish
\non Sunday.<\/p>\n
It put Bugno level with fellow Italian Giorgio Furlan on top
\nof the World Cup standings on 50 points, 10 more than third-
\nplaced Musseeuw of Belgium with eight races remaining.<\/p>\n
The race came to life on the top of the cobbled Oude Kwaremont
\nhill 110 kms from the finish, when a fall shattered the pack.<\/p>\n
Zambia wins as
\nGhana beaten<\/p>\n
SOUSSE, Tunisia (Reuter): Zambia's dream of a semifinal place
\nat the African Nations Cup became reality on Sunday, but the
\nhopes of Ghana captain Abedi Pele were left in tatters.<\/p>\n
Zambia, who said before the tournament their best hopes lay in
\nreaching the semifinals, achieved that goal with a 1-0 win over
\nSenegal at the Olympic stadium in Sousse.<\/p>\n
But Ghana, one of the pre-tournament favorites, were beaten 2-
\n1 by the Ivory Coast in a repeat of the 1992 final.<\/p>\n
England hopefuls
\nfail to shine<\/p>\n
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (AFP): England hopefuls Matthew Maynard,
\nNasser Hussain and Devon Malcolm all flopped here on Sunday as
\nEngland crashed against the West Indies Board XI at Queen's Park.<\/p>\n
Hussain and Maynard, hoping for selection for the fourth Test
\non Friday, both failed to reach double figures on the second day
\nwhich saw the tourists lose their last six wickets for 18 runs in
\n62 balls.<\/p>\n
Then Malcolm, in his first bowl since suffering a knee injury
\nduring the first Test in February, looked rusty as he returned
\nfigures of 12 overs for 57 -- although he did claim the wicket of
\nPhil Simmons.<\/p>\n
Yamaha holds
\nnarrow lead<\/p>\n
SOUTHAMPTON, England (Reuter): Whitbread 60 Yamaha held a
\nnarrow five-mile lead yesterday on the fifth leg of the
\nround-the-world yacht race.<\/p>\n
Light conditions during the first 48 hours of the leg from
\nUruguay to Fort Lauderdale, Florida have meant slow progress up
\nthe South American coast. The five leading Whitbread 60s and
\nthree Maxis are all within sight of each other.<\/p>\n
Tokio was in second place, followed by Maxi New Zealand
\nEndeavour. Intrum Justitia, Merit Cup and La Poste were one mile
\neastern.<\/p>",
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