Two Straight For Martinez

Mon., April 10, 1995

Compiled From Wire Services

Conchita Martinez capitalized on an overpowering first set to win her second straight tournament 6-1, 6-4 over Gabriela Sabatini in the finals of the Bausch & Lomb championship in Amelia Island, Fla.

Martinez, who a week ago won the Family Circle Magazine Cup at Hilton Head Island, S.C., sent the Argentine star to her third consecutive loss in the Bausch & Lomb finals.

Sabatini, ranked seventh in the world, appeared ready to take the second set when she broke the Spaniard in the eighth game to make it 4-4. But Martinez broke the following game and held serve to win the match after Sabatini’s backhand lob landed in the net.

The second-seeded team of Amanda Coetzer of South Africa and Ines Gorrochategui of Argentina won the doubles championship with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win over top-seeded Nicole Arendt of Princeton, N.J., and Manon Bollegraf of the Netherlands.

In Wesley Chapel, Fla., Chris Evert and Olga Morozova beat Martina Navratilova and Francoise Durr 6-4 to win the doubles title at the Virginia Slims Legends Tour.

Then, in a replay of a classic rivalry, Evert took on Navratilova in a singles exhibition. Evert, 40, edged Navratilova 7-6, 5-7, 7-3 in front of a crowd of 3,096 at Saddlebrook Resort, where the first player to reach seven points in a set was the winner.

Jimmy Connors beat Johan Kriek 7-5, 6-3 to win the $150,000 Corel Champions men’s over-35 tournament in Boca Raton, Fla.

Jose-Luis Clerc and Eddie Dibbs beat Roscoe Tanner and Peter Fleming 6-1, 6-2 to capture the doubles championship.

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