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...French Open was a triumph. To do it at 17 was a wonder. But Michael Chang seemed to grasp more than just the moment when he beat Ivan Lendl and Stefan Edberg in Paris to join the company of world-champion tennis players. Chang was wise enough to understand, "These two weeks are going to stay with me the rest of my life," but excited enough to imagine, "Maybe someday I'll be able to achieve something greater." More than a few days later, the sport is still tingling with his possibilities...
...those of Spain's Arantxa Sanchez, also just 17, who, in the face of that invincible Grand Slammer Steffi Graf, took heart from the achievements of her American contemporary and turned both the female and male sides of the French Open into historic celebrations of youth. "When Chang beat Lendl ((in the fourth round))," Sanchez said, "I think then I have a chance against Steffi. Plus, look what Monica did." Monica Seles, a two-fisted Yugoslav giggler, every bit of 15, terrified Graf in their three-set semifinal. "That gave me hope," said Sanchez, who came back in the championship...
...exuberant imagination, Becker has somersaulted into almost every tennis vacuum, though especially the one in the States. Connors and John McEnroe go on milking their death scene from Camille; the Connecticut- Czechoslovak Ivan Lendl continues to stand by, waiting for U.S. citizenship; and Becker simply makes everyone smile. Losing to the sleepiest of the Swedes, he obstreperously slammed down his racket and curdlingly called out to the sky. But at the end, Becker gently touched Edberg's golden trophy and charmed people again. "I just wanted to remember how it felt," Boris laughed...
...McEnroe darkly took stock of his flagging comeback and called this a "critical time for tennis and me." He said he could envision American tennis becoming like soccer, "where the rest of the world is crazy about it, and nobody in the U.S. gives a damn." But Lendl, 28, the lead Swede Mats Wilander, 23, the Australian Pat Cash, 23, Becker and Edberg are at least worth one damn, and Steffi will play the winner...
BEST NET GAIN Rubbing out more than the competition, stoical Czechoslovak Tennis Ace Ivan Lendl at last learned to smile...