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September 9, 1995 | JULIE CART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
The probability of Steffi Graf and Monica Seles meeting in the women's singles final at the U.S. Open has created its own kind of urgency here in the last two weeks. Graf and Seles, seeded No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, have seemingly been destined to play for the title as surely as if lines had been traced from their names at the top and bottom of the draw to today's intersecting point.
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September 6, 1995 | JULIE CART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Mary Joe Fernandez left the U.S. Open healthy, if not completely happy. Her winning streak here was ended Tuesday in the quarterfinals by Gabriela Sabatini. The ninth-seeded Sabatini won, 6-1, 6-3. Fernandez, seeded 14th, had upset Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the fourth round and has been enjoying a relatively injury-free summer. Fernandez, 24, from Miami, had hoped she might catch Sabatini on an off day as she had at another Grand Slam tournament two years ago.
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September 6, 1995 | From Associated Press
Jim Courier wandered out of his strange wilderness and into contention at the U.S. Open on Tuesday, thumping foot-sore French Open champion Thomas Muster in straight sets on a day when upsets reigned. There was no indifference by Courier this time, none of the haphazard stretches or moody moments that have marked his descent in the rankings.
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August 20, 1995 | JULIE CART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Nothing so far has managed to give Monica Seles pause on her inexorable path to the final of the du Maurier Ltd. Canadian Open this week. Why should a little sentiment trip her up now? Facing a loyal friend and steadfast supporter in the semifinals Saturday, Seles didn't so much as tap the brakes before running over Gabriela Sabatini in 49 minutes, 6-1, 6-0. Seles managed to reduce the No. 8 player in the world to an unusual position of defenselessness.
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August 12, 1995 | JULIE CART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
Chanda Rubin floated into the tennis world's consciousness at this year's French Open as the player who, having been down 0-5, 0-40 in the third set against Jana Novotna, staved off nine match points and won in one of the year's biggest comebacks. Then Rubin, No. 22 in the world, had a flash of fame at Wimbledon when she was one of the players involved in the longest-ever match at a Grand Slam event, 58 games, and the longest-ever final set at Wimbledon, 2 hours 4 minutes.
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August 6, 1995 | JULIE CART, TIMES STAFF WRITER
She had mentioned it only once, a few days before. Debbie Edwards of the Women's Tennis Assn. Tour had asked Gabriela Sabatini, in passing, if she had anything to donate to a fund-raising auction for women's athletics at the University of Florida. Now, Edwards came across Sabatini in the locker room moments after her upset loss to Lindsay Davenport in the fourth round of last year's Wimbledon tournament.