Graf Shows Her Greatness

Steffi Graf turned a cold shoulder on an opponent with a sore shoulder and captured her third title of 1995 with a businesslike, 6-1, 6-4 defeat of Kimiko Date of Japan in the final of the Lipton Championships.

The victory left the second-ranked Graf six-tenths of a computer point behind top-ranked Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, and the 25-year-old German’s $205,000 winner’s check nudged her career earnings beyond the $15 million mark, making her second in income only to Martina Navratilova.

In the men’s final today, Andre Agassi will meet Pete Sampras. Sampras will remain No. 1 regardless of the outcome.