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...Open, Hingis made the semifinals in not only singles but also women's doubles, with Helena Sukova, and mixed doubles, with Christo van Rensburg. Alas, she lost in the semis of all three. In the women's singles on Saturday, the No. 16 seed fell to the No. 1 player in the world, Steffi Graf, 7-5, 6-3. Though Hingis blew five set points in the first set and briefly lost her composure, there was no disgrace in the defeat. Asked last Wednesday if playing in three competitions might be too much, Hingis, whose game is ahead...
...bugs. One woman claimed her children were traumatized after encountering an insect in their bedroom, and demanded to sleep in the car. Experts say the insects are harmless--good news, since there is little likelihood of eradicating them. ``They get immune to the poisons,'' says exterminator Thys van Rensburg. ``But it is easy to see why people want to get rid of them. They're big, ugly and, heh-heh, very scary...
...Rensburg, a railroad worker who helps in a soup kitchen that provides 300 meals a day for the Afrikaner poor: "I haven't made up my mind. I am not happy with any party or any policy in South Africa. I don't agree completely with anything that is being offered. I can't change overnight...
Besides that, I even played some tennis. In the warm-up tournament, I reached the quarter s by beating the number two South African seed, Van Rensburg. Nobody even protested the match. In the real tournament I beat Matt Willander from Sweden, who was the number one 16-year-old in the world in '79, but then lost to a German named Zipfin the next round. I'll be home in the next few days. London is great, wish you were here. Howard Burlingame, California...
Last week Hennenman was cleaner and safer than it had been for years, but Willem van Rensburg, the self-appointed health commissioner, was in a mental hospital for observation. Said one Hennenman shopkeeper: "Some say he's off his rocker, but I think he's all there. He did a fine job for the town...