Seles Seeks At Least $10 Million For Injuries

Monica Seles today demanded at least $10 million from the German Tennis Federation for losses caused by the stabbing attack that has kept her off the women's tour for more than a year.

Seles also disclosed that she is appealing the sentence of her assailant, Gunther Parche, who was released on probation without serving jail time.

Attorney Wilhelm Danelzik, in a letter released by Seles' agent, cites a number of examples of inadequate security at the Hamburg tournament. He said "it cannot be doubted that insufficient security measures," made it possible for the attack to be committed last April.

"It's hard to specify the damage . . . it is still going on," Danelzik said. "But at least $10 million is correct."

That amount, he said, includes actual losses from tournament winnings, and tennis and non-tennis related endorsements.

-- France upset the defending champion United States in the World Team Cup in Duesseldorf, Germany, with the only American win coming on Pete Sampras' 29th straight victory. He beat Cedric Pioline 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).

Arnaud Boetsch surprised Michael Chang 6-4, 7-6 (8-6), and the French completed the upset when Boetsch and Olivier Delaitre beat Patrick McEnroe and Richie Reneberg 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in the doubles.

Germany was upset in the other Blue Group match against Russia, even though the Russians were without their No. 1 player, Yevgeny Kafelnikov (hamstring injury).

Michael Stich, ranked second in the world behind Sampras, lost 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) to Alexander Volkov, and Andrei Chesnokov clinched a Russian victory by beating Bernd Karbacher 6-2, 6-2.

All four teams in the Blue Group are now 1-1, and all four have a chance of reaching the final.

-- Several Pac-10 players were among those advancing to the round of 16 at the NCAA women's championships in Athens, Ga. Laxmi Poruri, the No. 1 seed from Stanford, defeated Jackie Moe of Texas 6-2, 6-0. Also advancing were No. 5 Vera Vitels of California, No. 6 Jane Chi of UCLA, No. 7 Kori Davidson of Arizona State, and unseeded Maggie Simkova of USC.

College football

Kicker Scott Bentley and reserve tight end Kamari Charlton were suspended from the Florida State team by Coach Bobby Bowden.

Charlton, 21, was freed from jail after posting $10,500 bond on felony rape and simple assault charges. Earlier this week, Bentley, 20, was fined $500 and sentenced to 40 hours on a road crew for illegally taping a sexual encounter.

Soccer

AC Milan, with two first-half goals by Daniele Massaro, stunned Barcelona 4-0 in the European Cup final before 75,000 fans in Athens.

-- Referee Nourredine Terkhi was punched and killed by a player he threw out of a small-town club match, Algerian radio reported. The player, Mohamed Korti, is reported to have struck the official in the temple, killing him instantly. Police are investigating.

-- Alcohol sales and consumption were banned in most areas of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., for World Cup matches, and restaurateurs were asked to curtail alcohol sales during games. Eight World Cup games, including the championship, will be played at the Rose Bowl between June 17 and July 17.

Auto racing

Doctors in Nice, France, have begun the process of bringing Austrian Formula One driver Karl Wendlinger out of an artificial coma, his team said. Wendlinger, 25, has yet to regain consciousness since suffering severe head injuries in a crash during last week's warmups for the Monaco Grand Prix.

-- Joining the push for improved safety in Formula One, Italian racing officials said extra protection will be added to turns at the Monza Metrodrome track for the Sept. 11 Italian Grand Prix.

NFL

The Kansas City Chiefs, who lost defensive backs Kevin Ross and Albert Lewis to free agency, signed former Cleveland cornerback Barry Wilburn.

-- Rod Woodson, Pittsburgh defensive back, is suing Fort Wayne, Ind., and two police officers over his arrest and trial following a domestic dispute. Woodson a Fort Wayne native, alleges he was wrongly arrested May 19, 1992.

Bowling

Dave Soutar struck on 19 of 24 shots in the championship round and won the Professional Bowlers Association $85,000 Jackson (Mich.) Senior Open. Soutar, of Bradenton, Fla., defeated tournament leader Gary Dickinson, of Edmond, Okla., 239-209 in the title match to earn his first senior singles title and $13,000.

-- Rookie Rachel Perez is standing up to the challenge of the veterans at the Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour $50,000 Omaha (Neb.) Classic. Perez won five of eight matches during her fifth round as she expanded a four-pin lead to 51 pins over 18-time LPBT champion Tish Johnson.

Softball

Washington placed five players on the All-Pacific Region collegiate team. Angie Marzetta, a senior center fielder hitting .364 with 36 stolen bases, was the only Husky named to the first team. On the second team were sophomore pitcher Stephanie Burns, sophomore first baseman Michelle Church, freshman second baseman Sara Pickering and freshman outfielder Shelley Brown.

iscellany

-- Don James, former University of Washington football coach, will receive a community service award from the Pacific Northwest Region of the Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'rith at a dinner tonight at the Sheraton Seattle.

-- Bicyclist John Stenner, who competed in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, was killed in an accident in Denver while riding his bicycle home from work. He was 29.

- Seattle Times news services